MOA Between Members of Fountain Valley Authority on Reoperation Storage

• Description: Pueblo and Torquoise Reservoirs
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/10/2001
• Author: Foundation Valley Authority, City of Fountain, Security Water District, Widefield Water and Sanitation District, Stratmoor Hills Water District
• Title: MOA Between Members of Fountain Valley Authority on Reoperation Storage
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Contract/Agreement

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FVA REOPERATIONS MOA
The Enterprise and the FVA Participants shall cooperate in the implementation
and development of Reoperations as set forth in this MOA. Specifically, the FVA
Participants and the Enterprise each shall have the following responsibilities:
• A. FVA Participants' responsibilities: . •
1. The FVA Participants agree that allocation and operation of reservoir space
for Reoperation Storage shall be governed by Reoperation Contracts, and shall be
subject to limitations as described in the Implementation Committee Report and
. shall be subject to the Allocation Principles and to the spill priority established in
the District's Contract with the United States (Contract No. 5- 07- 70- W0086, as
amended), as provided in the PSOP Report and in this MOA.
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2. The FVA .Participants shall participate in the implementation and
development costs and resulting benefits of Reoperations as set forth in this • •
MOA. Prior to execution of any Reoperation Contracts, implementation and •
development of Reoperations will require expenditures of money by the
Enterprise (including reimbursement to the United States pursuant to MOU, and
the Enterprise's own engineering, legal, accounting and other consulting fees and •
administrative costs) in order to establish contracting authority (by administrative
determination and/or by legislation), to identify appropriate contract terms and
rates, and for associated activities in compliance with NEPA and related statutes. •
In the PSOP Report, these implementation and development costs for •
Reoperations are estimated to be up-to 37,400,000; the Enterprise's current budget
for such costs from 2001 to 2.004 is S2,585,000. While these estimates illustrate
• the expected range of magnitude of costs, the FVA Participants' obligations
pursuant to this MOA are based on actual costs incurred, rather than estimates.
• 3. The FVA agrees to reimburse the Enterprise for its share (up to 100 %) of the
Enterprise's implementation and development costs for Reoperations.
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a. If there are no other Reoperation Participants (other than the FVA
Participants) electing to participate in Reoperations at the time such costs
are incurred, the FVA's share of such costs shall be 100 %. If other
Reoperation Participants elect to participate in implementation and
• development of Reoperations by execution of an MOA with the Enterprise,
the FVA's share of such costs shall be based on the ratio of the FVA's
• intended Reoperation Storage space pursuant to this MOA (31,500 a.f.) to
• the total intended Reoperation Storage space as provided in MOA's with all
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