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• Board Meeting Date: 9/17/2008
• Description: Director's Report - CWCB Director
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Orders to contractors (CTM and L&M) to spray an aquatic safe weed killer on willows on the banks of
the river, and the dead vegetation will be chopped and removed in September and October. An RFP will
be issued over the winter 2008-09 to complete the remaining vegetation removal work during the
summers of 2009 and 2010. A key nuance in honoring the agreements and the O&M Manual for the
project will be to find the solution that appeases flood control concerns but leaves a river corridor that is
not totally denuded of vegetation. (Kevin Houck)
CHATFIELD RESERVOIR REALLOCATION PROJECT: CWCB staff continues to work
with a large coalition of interested stakeholders to pursue water supply storage space in Chatfield
Reservoir. The Corps of Engineers has recently released Preliminary Draft Chapter 4 as follow up to the
release of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement (FR/EIS).
Chapter 4 is being internally reviewed by the cooperating entities.
In late September, Tom Browning will lead a group of project stakeholders to Washington D.C. for
meetings with headquarters staff at the Corps of Engineers as well as with Colorado's Congressional
Delegation. (Tom BNOwning)
SOUTH PLATTE WATER RELATED ACTIVITIES PROGRAM (SPWRAP): The South
Platte Water Related Activities Program continues to meet on the third Thursday of every month, odd
months at the Northern Colorado Water Conservation District Offices and even months at Denver Water.
SPWRAP and the CWCB are continuing to develop the information necessary for the State's reporting
requirements under the Platte River Program. In addition, the State, SPWRAP, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service are developing a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") for addressing new federal
depletions that may occur within the State of Colorado. For more information, please contact Ted
Kowalski of the CWCB or Kevin Urie of Denver Water. (Ted Kowalski)
SOUTHWESTERN RIVER BASINS
ANIMAS-LA PLATA PROJECT DEDICATION: On Thursday, October 16, 2008, the Bureau
of Reclamation will host an event tocelebrate aconstruction-progress milestone on the Animas-La Plata
Project. The event will be held in Durango and will include aribbon-cutting ceremony at the nearly
completed Durango Pumping Plant and a tour of the outlet works at Ridges Basin Dam. Construction of
the main Project features (Ridges Basin Dam, Basin Creek Drop Structures, and Durango Pumping Plant)
is approximately 96 percent complete. State representatives have been invited to speak at the celebration.
(Randy Seaholm)
DOLORES RIVER DIALOGUE (DRD) WILD AND SCENIC FUNDING REQUEST
GRANTED: The CWCB Director approved a funding request from the DRD for $99,980 from the
Construction Fund for developing and evaluating alternatives to Wild and Scenic designation on the
Dolores River below McPhee Dam. The DRD will develop the alternatives through its participation with
the USFS and BLM on updating the 1990 BLM Corridor Management Plan, which will result in a
Dolores River Management Plan. Activities will include identifying and securing needed protections for
the ORVs identified by the USFS/BLM, performing field work, holding public meetings to obtain
stakeholder input, and formulating alternatives to submit for the Environmental Assessment to be
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