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STATE OF COLORADO Colorado Water Conservation Board Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 Denver, Colo rado 80203 Phone: (303) 866 - 3441 Fax: (303) 866 - 4474 www.cwcb.state.co.us TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members FROM: Dan McAuliffe Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor DATE: November 7, 2008 Agenda Item 2 7 c , November 18 - 19, 2008 Board Meeting SUBJECT: Harris D. Sherman DNR Executive Director Water Supply Planning and Finance Section – En - bloc Non - Reimbursable Investments , Water Planning Jennifer L. Gimbel CWCB Director Studies Dan McAuliffe CWCB Deputy Director The CWCB needs funding to meet unanticipated needs for projects and studies and to provide assistance to entities related to water planning. These requests often take the form of small grants for projects and studies . The General Assembly has in the past authorized and appropriated money to the agency for “ W ater Planning Studies.” The amount the CWCB has remaining in the Construction Fund authorized for Water Planning Studies has been reduced over time. Recommendation (written as proposed statutory language) The Board should approve the inclusion the following provision in the 2009 Projects Bill: SECTION __. Wa ter Planning Studies -- Continuation. (1) The Colorado water conservation board is authorized to expend up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to continue providing funds for water related planning activities. (2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed Past Water Planning Projects Basin Planning Fact Sheets Basin Planning Meetings Center for Southwest Studies Water Quantity/Water Quality Facilitation (Joint Board Meeting) Dolores Water Conservancy District and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe joint reconnaissance study, including Totten and Plateau Creek Reservoirs Highland Ditch Company Evaluat e Canal Modernization and Secondary Water System Options Union Ditch Company Evaluate Canal Modernization and Secondary Water System Options New Consolidated Lower Boulder Reservoir and Ditch Company Evaluate Canal Modernization and Secondary Water System Options Previous Funding: $225,000 Previous Disbursements: $175,727 Available Balance: $ 49,273 Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigation • Stream & Lake Protection • Wat er Supply Planning & Finance Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate W ater Management & Development