C150102 Approval Letter

• Contract/PO #: C150102
• Contractor Name: Monument, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 10
• County: El Paso
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
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Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E.Walcher
MEMORANDUM Executive Director
Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director
FROM: Mike Serlet,P.E.,Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section
DATE: July 12,2002
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 18a—July 23-24,2002,Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance—Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Fund
Town of Monument—
Monument Dam Rehabilitation Project Mitigation Grant Request
Introduction
By letter dated June 27, 2002 (attached), the Town of Monument has requested a grant from
the Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Fund (Fund) in the amount of$194,428 for the mitigation of the
Preble's Jumping Mouse habitat effected by the rehabilitation of the Monument Lake Dam. The
purpose for this request is to help offset the Town's expenses associated with the habitat mitigation
requirements of the Corps of Engineers 404 Permit.
Background
Provisions included in 37-60-122.2 C.R.S. establish the criteria and procedures associated
with providing grants from the Fund. Those criteria state that an eligible project is one that requires
an application for a permit, license or approval from the United States. In this case, a 404 permit
from the Corps of Engineers was required to complete the rehabilitation of the Monument dam. The
404 permit required a biological assessment of the project and a biological opinion from the Fish and
Wildlife Service relative to threatened or endangered species. The biological opinion outlined work
required to mitigate the impacts of the dam rehabilitation on the Preble's meadow jumping mouse.
That work included, among other things, the construction of a 60-foot wide travel corridor
incorporating high-quality Preble's habitat along the western edge of Monument Lake.
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