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<br />CWCB FY97 Annual Report, page 28 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />4.9 Recommended Change in the Session Laws <br /> <br />Last year the General Assembly approved the CWCB recommendation that monies from the Fish <br />and Wildlife Resources Account within the CWCB construction fund be made available to the <br />recovery program to help implement improvements to the Orand Valley Canal. These improvements <br />are intended to reduce administrative spills by the canal and, as a result, increase stream flows <br />available for recovery of the endangered fish. These improvements are being planned and will be <br />implemented with full cooperation of the Grand Valley Water Users Association and without any <br />impairment of their beneficial uses. In order to provide more flexibility in the delivery of those <br />monies, the Board recommends the name of the grant recipient be changed from the "U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service" to the "participants ofthe Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program." <br />This recommendation is supported by the Grand Valley Water Users Association and Recovery <br />Program participants. <br /> <br />4.10 Recommended Change in Statutes <br /> <br />The Department of Natural Resources Controller's Office has determined that, while the Board <br />has statutory authority to receive funds for cooperative projects with local governments, the CWCB <br />technically does not have the statutory authority to expend such monies. The Board recommends <br />- - -- --tliestate statUtes be amended to allow the Board to expend funds received in managing cooperative <br />projects so that the Board has the same authority as other DNR agencies. <br />