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could either fulfill this obligation by managing the area itself <br /> or by obtaining the services of some other entity or agency to <br /> perform that management function. The important point is merely <br /> that it is an obligation of the District and that it is an <br /> obligation which must be met to the Board ' s satisfaction before <br /> the Board executes contracts with the District for the <br /> construction of the project. <br /> In order to forward a very concrete and specific site <br /> development plan to the General Assembly for its approval, I <br /> believe that the Board ' s recommendation should be in the form of <br /> proposed statutory language which clearly spells out all of the <br /> major aspects of the site development plan and the obligations <br /> which will be imposed upon the District and which will have to be <br /> met before the Board enters into contracts with the District for <br /> the construction of the project . By the time of the Board <br /> meeting, I will have prepared for your consideration legislative <br /> language which would accomplish the approval of the site <br /> development plan as contemplated in the District ' s report and <br /> in the circled items from the Division of Wildlife ' s memorandum, <br /> subject to the major change that there will not be a marina on <br /> the south side of the reservoir. <br /> Construction Schedule <br /> The District has indicated that it would like to start <br /> construction of the project in the summer of 1985 . In order to <br /> meet this schedule, the Board would have to enter into a contract <br /> • <br /> with the District within the next few months so that the District <br /> could proceed with land acquisition, preparation of final designs <br /> and specifications, and the bidding procedure for the award of a <br /> construction contract or contracts . <br /> For a number of reasons, it is impossible to do this. Most <br /> importantly, the $22 .5 million borrowed from the construction <br /> fund last year will not be returned, it is clear, any sooner than <br /> FY 84-85 , if then. Under the circumstances, the Board simply has <br /> no money and can therefore not enter into any contracts with the <br /> District any sooner than the spring or summer of 1985 . <br /> There are several other reasons that need to be taken into <br /> consideration also. First, the District is just now starting the <br /> preparation of an environmental assessment, and I anticipate that <br /> several significant issues will be need to be resolved before <br /> construction can be approved, not the least of which will be the <br /> Section 7 Consultation Process and likely jeopardy opinion under <br /> the endangered species act . Second, until those kinds of <br /> concerns are resolved the ultimate cost of the project is not yet <br /> precisely known. Third, the financing for the project is not yet <br /> been assured. Contracts for the sale of water have yet to be <br /> executed, the Bureau of Reclamation has not yet approved the loan <br /> application for a small project loan and grant, and consideration <br /> is just now being given to the question of how the recreational <br /> facilities and public access areas proposed in the site <br /> development plan will be operated and maintained on an annual <br /> MEMORANDUM -5- March 9, 1984 <br />