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<br /> <br />CWCB Construction Loan Program <br />Project Data Sheet <br /> <br />Borrower: Co unty <br /> Republican River Water : Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick, Logan, <br /> Conservation District Washington, Lincoln, and Kit Carson <br /> <br /> <br />Project Name: Project Type : <br /> North Fork Water Rights Lease Water Rights Lease <br /> <br />Drainage Basin: Water Source <br /> South Platte/Republican : North Fork Republican River <br /> <br />Total Project Cost: Funding Sources: <br />$ 5 million CWCB , Enterprise <br /> <br />Type of Borrower: Average Delivery : <br /> Agricultural - Low Muni Blend 2, 5 00 A F <br /> <br />Loan Amount: Interest Rate: Term: <br />$ 4 ,5 4 5 ,000 (Including 1% fee) 2 . 25 % 2 0 years <br /> <br />Reduced from 2.5% - 30 year <br /> <br /> <br />The Republican River Water Conservation District (District), acting by and through its Water <br />Activity Enterprise, is requesting a $4.5 million loan from the CWCB to finance a 20 - year lease of <br />the North Fork Water Rights (Lease) as part of a $20 million purchase of the water rights by the <br />Yuma County Water Authority. The water rights purchase is needed in order to settle a lawsuit <br />threate ning to impact the Northern High Plains Designated Ground Water Basin (NHP - Basin) <br />requirements as well as maintain a vital agricultural economy on the eastern plain s of Colorado. <br />This Lease will leave water in the stream therefore reducing the amount of water pumped from the <br />the January 2008 meeting (HB 1346). Execution of the Lease contract is scheduled for December <br />30, 2008. <br /> <br />COLORADO STATE LINE <br />WRAY <br />NORTH FORK <br />REPUBLICAN RIVER <br />LOCATION MAP <br />