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• Water Supply Reserve Account — Application Form Grand County Revised Aug 30, 2012 <br />Revised December 2011 Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at Pumphouse <br />4. To help us map WSRA projects please include a map (Exhibit B) and provide the general coordinates below: <br />Latitude: 39 *59'N Longitude: 106 *301W <br />The Gore Canyon Whitewater Park will be built at the Pumphouse Recreation Area. This site is located on <br />the Upper Colorado River, on Trough Road, (Grand County Rd 1) east of State Bridge and west of Kremmling. <br />This site is centrally located and is easily accessible in under an hour by locals and tourists coming from <br />Summit, Routt, Grand, Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle Counties and is only about 2.5 hours from thousands of <br />boaters living in the front -range metro area and Grand Junction. <br />Please provide an overview /summary of the proposed water activity (no more than one page). Include a <br />description of the overall water activity and specifically what the WSRA funding will be used for. A full <br />Statement of Work with a detailed budget and schedule is required as Exhibit A of this application. <br />SUMMARY: ALL FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GORE <br />CANYON WHITEWATER PARK AT PUMPHOUSE ON THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER. <br />The Gore Canyon Whitewater Park feature at Pumphouse will consist of large, manmade block -like, concrete <br />objects placed across the stream channel that are not visible at normal flows and allow for fish passage at all <br />flow rates. These structures are engineered to create standing waves and other features designed for <br />Whitewater enthusiasts to play in the water using kayaks, Stand -Up Paddleboards, etc. <br />The construction site is just upstream of Pumphouse Launch number 2 and spans the full width of the river at <br />the lower end of the island. <br />This site is compatible with current and anticipated future uses of this popular area and does not interfere <br />with commercial access, heavily used fishing spots or camping sites in other parts of this BLM Recreation <br />Area. Upland improvements may be included at the site. Grand County will work with BLM to optimize the <br />use of this site. Educational signage will be installed as part of the construction of the Gore Canyon <br />Whitewater Park. <br />Part M. — Threshold and Evaluation Criteria <br />Describe how the water activity meets these Threshold Criteria. (Detailed in Part 3 of the Water Supply <br />Reserve Account Criteria and Guidelines.) <br />a) The water activity is consistent with Section 37 -75 -102 Colorado Revised Statutes." <br />i 37 -75 -102. Water rights - protections. (1) It is the policy of the General Assembly that the current system of allocating <br />water within Colorado shall not be superseded, abrogated, or otherwise impaired by this article. Nothing in this article shall <br />be interpreted to repeal or in any manner amend the existing water rights adjudication system. The General Assembly affirms <br />the state constitution's recognition of water rights as a private usufructuary property right, and this article is not intended to <br />restrict the ability of the holder of a water right to use or to dispose of that water right in any manner permitted under <br />Colorado law. (2) The General Assembly affirms the protections for contractual and property rights recognized by the <br />contract and takings protections under the state constitution and related statutes. This article shall not be implemented in any <br />way that would diminish, impair, or cause injury to any property or contractual right created by intergovernmental <br />agreements, contracts, stipulations among parties to water cases, terms and conditions in water decrees, or any other similar <br />document related to the allocation or use of water. This article shall not be construed to supersede, abrogate, or cause injury <br />• <br />