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The authorizing legislation directed the CWCB to work in consultation with the basin water <br /> users in developing the program"design". The criteria and guidelines were developed jointly by • <br /> many of the applicants and focus on advancing beyond academic/scientific concepts to applied <br /> strategies to establish rural-urban partnerships that provide reliable water supplies while <br /> sustaining rural communities. The criteria and guidelines were adopted by the CWCB at their <br /> January 2008 meeting and are attached. <br /> Super Ditch Company <br /> At the May 21, 2008 CWCB meeting,the Board approved funding of the LAVWCD Super Ditch <br /> Company project in the amount of$320,000. This is a reduced amount compared to the <br /> applicant's grant request of$480,371. The Board approved the Super Ditch Company <br /> application contingent upon several conditions. One of those conditions was for the applicant to <br /> conduct a legal analysis involving antitrust issues described in the scope of work and a legal <br /> analysis of how their project protects property and water rights for Super Ditch participants and <br /> non-participants and for the applicant to present this analysis to the CWCB for their <br /> consideration and approval. The applicant will present this analysis to the Board during this <br /> agenda item. <br /> Subsequent to the May 2008 CWCB meeting, staff has met with the applicants to discuss the <br /> approval and Board action. The applicant proposes to modify the project's scope of work to <br /> account for the shortfall in funding of approximately$160,000. The original scope of work <br /> included the following tasks: <br /> Tasks Budget <br /> A-C: Engineering and Economics $334,210 <br /> D: Water Quality $122,496 • <br /> E: Anti-trust Analysis $17,500 <br /> F: Corn Fallowing $19,540 <br /> G: Comprehensive Report $40,000 <br /> Total Project Costs $533,746 <br /> Match $53,375 <br /> Original Grant Request $480,371 <br /> The applicant proposes to remove tasks related to the project's effects on water quality and the <br /> effects on the soil from rotational fallowing and potentially return at the November 2008 CWCB <br /> meeting to request funding of these tasks. Also, since the applicant has performed the anti-trust <br /> analysis prior to approval,this task is removed from the scope of work. The modified scope of <br /> work is provided below: <br /> Tasks Budget <br /> A-C: Engineering and Economics $334,210 <br /> G: Comprehensive Report $40,000 <br /> Total Project Costs $374,210 <br /> Match $53,375 <br /> Revised Costs $320,835 <br /> Grant Award $320,000 <br /> 2 <br />