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<br />. <br /> <br />1986 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE <br />COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br />FROM THE <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />January, 1986 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />Section 37-60-122 (l)(a), eRS, directs the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to submit an annual report to the General <br />Assembly. The purpose of this annual report is twofold. <br /> <br />First, section 37-60-122 (l)(a), CRS, directs the Board to <br />report on the proposed facilities which the Board recommends be <br />constructed with moneys appropriated or otherwise credited to the <br />construction fund created pursuant to section 37-60-121 (1), <br />CRS. Section 37-60-122 (l)(a) also directs that the Board's <br />report include suggested priorities for the funding of such <br />proposed facilities. <br /> <br />Second, section 37-60-121 (l)(c), CRS, directs the Board to <br />apprise the General Assembly of the steps taken to comply with <br />the criteria which are set forth in section 37-60-121 (l)(b), <br />CRS. In consideration of making expenditures from the <br />construction fund, the Board is to be guided by the subject <br />. criteria. <br /> <br />Projects Recommended for Authorization <br /> <br />At its January 16-17, 1986, regular meeting, the Board voted <br />to recommend that four projects be authorized, subject to the <br />terms of financing set forth in Table 1. Brief summaries of <br />each proposed project are enclosed. Three of the four <br />recommendations pertain to already authorized projects for which <br />the Board is recommending amended authorizations. <br /> <br />Project Recommended for De-Authorization <br /> <br />In 1984, funds in the amount of $1,510,000 were authorized <br />for the Fruitgrowers Reservoir. The money was to have heen used <br />to enlarge the existing dam in conjunction with a spillway <br />enlargement by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. On May 3, 1984, a <br />ballot vote was taken of all the landowners within the District. <br />The projec was turned down. subsequently, the District requested <br />that the project be dauthorized. At its January 16-17, 1986, <br />regular meeting, the Board voted to recommend that this project <br />be de-authorized. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Compliance with Construction Fund Criteria <br /> <br />Since the adoption in 1981 of the criteria set forth in <br />section 37-60-121 (l)(b), CRS, all actions taken by the Board <br /> <br />1001 <br />annjrpt <br />