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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods - Arkansas River/South Platte River Competitive Grant Programs
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

The authorizing legislation directed the CWCB to work in consultation with the basin water
users in developing the program "design". The criteria and guidelines were developed jointly by
many of the applicants and focus on advancing beyond academic/scientific concepts to applied
strategies to establish rural-urban partnerships that provide reliable water supplies while
sustaining rural communities. The criteria and guidelines were adopted by the CWCB at their
January 2008 meeting and are attached.
Super Ditch Compan~
At the May 21, 2008 CWCB meeting, the Board approved funding of the LAVWCD Super Ditch
Company project in the amount of $320,000. This is a reduced amount compared to the
applicant's grant request of $480,371. The Board approved the Super Ditch Company
application contingent upon several conditions. One of those conditions was for the applicant to
conduct a legal analysis involving antitrust issues described in the scope of work and a legal
analysis of how their project protects property and water rights for Super Ditch participants and
non-participants and for the applicant to present this analysis to the CWCB for their
consideration and approval. The applicant will present this analysis to the Board during this
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Subsequent to the May 2008 CWCB meeting, staff has met with the applicants to discuss the
approval and Board action. The applicant proposes to modify the project's scope of work to
account for the shortfall in funding of approXimately $160,000. The original scope of work
included the following tasks:
Tasks Budget
A-C: Engineering and Economics $334,210
D: Water Quality $122,496
E: Anti-trust Analysis $17,500
F: Corn Fallowing $19,540
G: Comprehensive Report $40,000

Total Project Costs $533,746
Match $53,375
Ori inal Grant Re uest ~480,371
The applicant proposes to remove tasks related to the proj ect's effects on water quality and the
effects on the soil from rotational fallowing and potentially return at the November 2008 CWCB
meeting to request funding of these tasks. Also, since the applicant has performed the anti-trust
analysis prior to approval, this task is removed from the scope of work. The modified scope of
work is provided below:
Tasks Budget
A-C: Engineering and Economics $334,210
G: Comprehensive Report $40,000

Total Project Costs $374,210
Match $53,375
Revised Costs ~320,835
Grant Award $320,000
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