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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Department of Natural Resources 721 State Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3441 MEMORANDUM STATE OF COLOMDC ~ . Roy Romer Governor j. William McDonald Director David W. Walker Deputy Director TO: Members. CWCB FROM: Bill McDonald DATE: March 14. 1989 SUBJECT: Agenda Item 10. March 20-21. 1989. Board Meeting-- Approval of Redlands Water and Power Company Project Introduction The feasibility study for this proposed project has been undertaken with partial funding from the Board pursuant to the Board's guidelines. It was originally intended that the proposed project. a summary for which is enclosed. be acted upon at the Board's January meeting. However. the feasibility study was not yet done and I did not include the project on the agenda. I intended that the project be brought before the Board at this meeting for action when the feasibility study was completed and approved by the staff. However. due to the short legiSlative session. the House Agriculture Committee has already acted upon the annual projects authorization bill (S.B. 85). At my recommendation. this project was amended into the bill. Discussion The project was approved by the House Ag Committee with the proposed financing set forth in the enclosed project summary. Furthermore. as has become standard practice. the committee added a footnote stating that monies for the project "...shall not be made available by the Board until the Board has. in its sole discretion. determined that the project is technically and financially feasible." Recommendation The feasibility study has now been completed. reviewed. and approved by the staff. Based upon that study. the staff finds . 9613E