Board Meeting 11/07/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 11/7/1985
• Description: Minutes, Memo's November 7,8 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Mr. McDonald' s November 8 memorandum, with the exception
of principle numbered 2, and direct the staff to provide
the final proposed settlement to the Board for its
approval via telephone and mail. The motion was passed
unanimously, with Mr. Lochhead abstaining from both the
discussion and the vote on the motion.
2. Mr. Getches moved, seconded by Ms. Sanfilippo, that the
Board authorize the Attorney General and Mr. McDonald,
at such time and in exchange for such concessions from
the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe as the two of them deem
appropriate, to state that the Board will support a
recommendation by the Attorney General to the General
Assembly that the Board be authorized to construct the
Towaoc pipeline and associated facilities with monies
from the CWCB construction fund, the capital cost of
such facilities to be nonreimbursible; provided,
however, that if alternative funding is found for the
pipeline to Towaoc, the Board will consider using the
same amount of funding for other purposes within the
Board' s statutory authority. This motion passed on an 8
to 1 vote.
3. Mr. John Carlson, legal counsel for the San Luis Valley
Irrigation District, participated in the discussion of
the item concerning the Rio Grande Reservoir with the
approval of Assistant Attorney General Barry Stein.
Mr. Getches moved, seconded by Mr. Lochhead, that the
Board:
a. Authorize such additional funding for the
District as is needed to complete the necessary
engineering work and investigation that will be
conducted by Harza, such funding to be a combination
grant and loan in the same proportions and subject to
the same terms as provided for in the authorizing
legislation, but not to exceed the amount that would
bring total expenditures on the project to the
originally authorized $1 , 134 ,500;
b. Authorize such additional funding for the
District as is needed for temporary, stopgap repairs
this winter, such funding to be subject to the same to
the same conditions set forth in item a;
c. Defer the annual payment due from the District
on June 1 , 1986, and extend the repayment period from 40
to 41 years;
d. Confirm the position previously taken by Mr.
McDonald that the District must take any and all steps
necessary to protect all avenues of recovery which the
District may have against Wheeler, Avery, and the
issuers of the surety bonds taken out by Avery as a
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