Contract Amendment Number 2

• File Number: 8461.750
• Description: Governance Committee Meeting
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/22/2003
• Author: Rick Brown
• Title: Contract Amendment Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director
To: Maggie Van Cleef, Department of Natural Resources
Dan McAuliffe
From: Rick Brown, Colorado Water Conservation Board Deputy Director
Date: September 22, 2003
Subject: Contract Amendment Number 2- for Administrative Support to the Governance Committee
and Executive Director for the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership
Attached please find a contract amendment to the above referenced agreement. This agreement is
administratively complex because it involves the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, the United States
Department of Interior, and the Contractor, Nebraska Community Foundation. Due to the lengthy
negotiations needed to develop and Endangered Species Program the agreement needs to be amended until
July 31, 2005. Based on my understanding of the situation this timeframe may be inconsistent with the State
Procurement Rules because of the length of the agreement. Consequently, I have also included a Sole Source
Justification to allow the Amendment to move forward.
I apologize for the late routing of the contract. However, the negotiations have been very contentious and in
recent times it was not clear that all the parties would continue along the current path. I realize that the
Endangered Species Partnership has been a protracted process but I would emphasize that this program still
appears to provide the best mechanism to address endangered species compliance issues, which in turn will
provide regulatory certainty for Colorado's South Platte water users.
Thank you for you assistance in this important matter. If you have any questions please contact me at (303)
866-3514.
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