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vegetation/bank stabilization. Respectively, the projects represent the South Platte River Basin, Rio Grande River Basin, Colorado River Basin, and the Upper South Platte River Basin. Another $236,000 authorized for FY 2009-2010 was awarded to grant applications from the same grant cycle. 33. Weather Modification Program Authorization: HB 04-1221 to HB 08-1346 Grant Amount: $480,000 Previous Disbursements: $228,401 Contract No. 07000000053 * Subtotal: $251,599 Donations: $402,000 Available Balance: $653,599 Current Disbursements: $340,786 Ending Balance: $a12,813, Water Source: N/A Project Type: Cost Share Grants Location: Denver Manager: Joe Busto Sponsor: CWCB Beneficiary: Statewide In Fiscal Year 2009, CWCB allocated $175,000 and received donations through the Colorado River agreements of$126,000 and $42,000 from the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission for a total of $343,000 to be used over winter 2008-2009 for grants, equipment, and studies that benefit local wintertime cloud seeding programs. Issues with TABOR made it difficult for CWCB to assist programs; in short they couldn't take the state and regional funding assistance. At the request of the Southwestern Water Conservation District, CWCB started to contract with the San Juan Resource Conservation and Development Council in July 2008. Due to a contracting freeze and the inability to get a template contract from the State, CWCB worked with the San Juan RC&DC and the Attorney General's office in December 2008 to get an agreement together that would provide funding for three southwestern cloud seeding programs (Western & Eastern San Juan Mountains Programs and the Dolores/Telluride Program). Due to the Colorado River funding being received in the spring of each year,there are complications to complete the work as agreed to for the previous winter as the process spreads over two fiscal years. CWCB executed a Master Agreement on April 1, 2009 and is awaiting the execution of Task Order Letter#1 for$145,000.This task order letter provides$123,000 in cloud seeding grants to the three programs and $22,000 for a weather station at Purgatory Ski Area. Staff requested a Purchase order of $40,000 to Gunnison County in February 2009. There is a purchase order issued to Desert Research Institute for $57,000 to fabricate a generator. The generator is staged in Durango awaiting deployment on Mancos Mountain and we are awaiting a final report from DRI. A purchase order for $9,000 was issued to WET International for a Downwind Effects Study and a final report was received in April 2009. A purchase order for $38,540 was issued for DRI and it was to operate, repair, and restock solution for two remote operated generators and one weather station on the Grand Mesa. A $5,000 interagency transfer was given to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center for hosting a website used for cloud seeding regulatory duties of curtailing operations during high hazard levels for mountain passes.A purchase order for$15,000 was issued to the Water Enhancement Authority for manually operated cloud seeding on the Grand Mesa. Staff also contributed $1,500 towards the publication of the Vail Cloud seeding Streamflow Evaluation. The total activities listed in this paragraph represent $310,040 that is either requested, under contract, or awaiting finalization of contracts. The remaining funding was used for professional organization dues, conferences, workshops,and travel. 34. Climate Change Effects on Colorado Water Resources Study Authorization: HB 08-1346 Grant Amount: $100,000 Current Disbursements: $ 38,616 Contract No. C154126 * Ending Balance: $ 61,384 Water Source: N/A Project Type: Study 19 of 45