CWCB Annual Report December 1996

• Year: 1996
• Title: Annual Report to the 61st Colorado General Assembly First Regular Session
• CWCB Section: Agency-wide
• Publications - Doc Type: CF Annual Report

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3.11 Restoration of Emergency Infrastructure Repair Loan Account Balance
The Board recommends a total of $960,000 be transferred from unreserved cash in the
Construction Fund to bring the balance in the Emergency Infrastructure Repair Loan Account back
to $2 million. Since its creation in 1993,the Board has authorized 7 loans with contract amounts
totaling $960,000 from the account for qualifying projects in Montezuma, Larimer, Rio Blanco,
Douglas, Clear Creek, and Las Animas counties.
3.12 Salinity Control Program Loans
The Board recommends it be authorized to expend a cumulative total of $1,000,000 from
unreserved cash in the Colorado water conservation board construction fund for loans to participants
in the Colorado river basin salinity control program. Such loans shall be at the terms and conditions I
the Board determines after review and approval of each potential participant's application. The loan
amount shall not exceed 50%of the total cost of constructing any particular salinity control project.
3.13 Horse Creek Basin Loan Account
At the January 1997 meeting, the Board recommended the creation of the Horse Creek Basin
Account in the Construction Fund. The account should have an initial balance of$915,000. The I
Board recommended it be authorized to make loans from the account to borrowers in the Horse
Creek basin for the purpose of acquiring water rights,with an initial loan for up to $825,000 from
the account to the Horse Creek Water Users Association. I
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