Board Meeting 12/05/1979

• Board Meeting Date: 12/5/1979
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums December 5, 1979
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

COLORADO VATER CONSERVATION BOARD
823 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
November 29, 1979
I/ ?i E M O R A N D U II
TO: Members, Colorado Water Conservation Board
and Colorado Water Congress Executive Committee
FROM: J. William McDonald, Director
SUBJECT: Agenda Item No. 4, December 5, 1979 Board Meeting
(Policy Regarding Reimbursement for Flood Control
and Recreation Projects) _
1. S .B. 537, enacted in 1579 by the Colorado General Assembly, amended
37-60-119, C.R.S. (1973) , to include flood control projects among
those which could be constructed by the Board. In addition, this
bill authorized the construction of the recreational facilities
associated with any Board projects . Finally, the bill specified
that "all or any portion of the costs attributable to flood
control and recreation may be considered nonreimbursable at; the
discretion of the board . . •" (subject, of course., to the le gis.-
lature 's approval when it authorizes a project) .
2. As you are aware, 37-60-119 requires that the Board recover its
capital investment on projects serving all other purposes . Thus,
the question before the Board is whether it would like to exercise
its newly vested discretion on flood ,control and recreation proj .
ects (and if so, pursuant to some evaluation criteria to be
developed) or simply require, as it has with water supply projects ,
that its capital investment also be recovered in full in the case
of flood control and recreation projects.
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3. Staff recommendation.
A. The staff recommends that the Board adopt the policy of
recovering in full the capital investment which it makes in
flood control and recreation projects (plus a service charge
of 2 percent--see agenda item 3) .
B. The staff further recommends that the Board adopt a policy