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Todd Doherty <br />Colorado Basin Roundtable Grant Request <br />Page 2 <br />ready and this money, along with cash and in -kind services, allows it to proceed <br />to completion. <br />Colorado River Restoration and Conservation Projects /Eagle River Watershed <br />Council. The vote was 19 -1 in favor. Dissent cited the fact that while this paves <br />the way for projects, it is still a study. The request is for $20,000 in Basin Funds <br />and $90,000 in Statewide Funds. This initiative seeks to create baseline <br />information about a stretch of the Colorado River that has been little studied. It <br />will prioritize strategies regarding rehabilitation projects and assess recreational <br />impacts with an eye toward directing recreation to the most suitable sites on the <br />river. <br />- Crystal River Watershed Assessment and Design of Restoration <br />Projects /Roaring Fork Conservancy. The vote was 20 -0 in favor. The request is <br />for $15,854 in Basin Funds and $301,219 in Statewide Funds. This is a proposal to <br />study a heavily impacted area of historical coal mining in drainage of the Crystal <br />River. It will lead to projects, and includes a pilot project on road restoration. <br />As well, we approved one grant request addressed at consumptive uses. The Robinson <br />Ditch Company that serves the Basalt-El Jebel area in the Roaring Fork Valley is seeking <br />assistance for ditch piping. The request from the CBRT is for $60,000 from Basin Funds. <br />The vote was 19 -1. Please note that the application asks for $120,000. The dissent cited <br />the lack of a revegetation plan, a need to engage the neighbors, impacts to wells and <br />the fact that no ag was involved in this ditch that has seen uses migrate to urban uses. In <br />halving the request, the applicants were also encouraged to apply for a low- interest <br />CWCB loan to complete the work. The CBRT agreed overall that there are many benefits <br />to piping this ditch that include safety to neighbors and the more efficient movement of <br />water that enjoys about half its flow under pre - Colorado Compact water rights. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Jim Pokrandt <br />Chair, Colorado Basin Roundtable <br />Attachment: CFWE grant applications <br />is <br />