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<br />... ,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLOAADO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (03) 866-3~~1 <br />FAX, (3031866.4474 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members V' <br /> <br />Bill Green, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance Section/(3 <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance Section <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />November 19, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Agenda Item He., November 22-23, 1999 Board Meeting - Water <br />Supply Planning and Finance - Changes in Existing Loans - <br />Leroux Creek Water Users Association - Carl Smith Dam <br />Rehabilitation <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Board will be asked to approve an increase of $200,000 in the Construction Fund <br />loan to the Leroux Creek Water Users Association (LCWUA)for the Carl Smith Dam <br />rehabilitation project. <br /> <br />Backl!:round <br /> <br />Carl Smith Dam is located about 12 miles north of Hotchkiss in Delta County. On May <br />12,1998, a portion of the dam embankment failed unexpectedly in dry weather while the <br />reservoir was full releasing a surge of water to Leroux Creek and causing damage to <br />several small structures and to livestock downstream. <br /> <br />In January 1999, the Board approved a loan of $1,250,000 (for 90 percent of the <br />estimated project cost) at 3.75 percent for 30 years to the LCWUA to repair and improve <br />the dam. The loan was subsequently authorized in SB 99-173. <br /> <br />The project involves restoration of the original reservoir capacity of about 800 acre-feet <br />and improvements to the dam at an estimated cost of $1,389,000. Specifically, the work <br />includes filling the breach in a portion of the embankment and reshaping the dam crest <br />and downstream slope by placing a considerable amount offill material on the <br />downstream face of the dam. Riprap protection has been placed on the upstream face and <br />a toe drain and drainage blanket and new 18-inch diameter outlet conduit were installed. <br />The spillway has been reshaped to pass the Probable Maximum Flood. <br /> <br />Bill Owens . <br />Governor <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director, DNR <br />Peter H. Evans <br />Director, OVCB <br />