BOARD00033

• Board Meeting Date: 11/23/1998
• Description: CF Section - New Loans - Columbine Ranches Property Owners Association
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADO
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Roy Romer
Governor

MEMORANDUM

lilmes S. lochhedd
Executive Director, DNR

O..ries C. liJe, P.E.
Director, eWeB

Peter H. EVilns
Acting Director, eweB

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM:

Bill Stanton and John Van Sciver

DATE:

November 17, 1998

SUBJECT:

Agenda Item 24c, November 23-24, 1998 Board Meeting
Columbine Ranches Property Owners Association

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Introduction
The Columbine Ranches Property Owners Association (CRPOA) is applying to the Board for a loan of
$305,250 to purchase water rights for augmentation. The estimated cost of the project is $407,000. Please see
the attached project summary and map_

Backe:round
The CRPOA, located in Adams County, represents property owners within the Columbine Ranches
Subdivision. The Association provides raw water to property owners through an existing well and pipeline
system The water is used for irrigation, livestock watering, and fIre protection, and represents an existing
water use. The well has a junior water right and must be augmented to replace its consumptive use_ The
CRPOA wants to buy water rights for this purpose_ The project includes $10,000 for a turnout structure and
$7,000 for the cost of engineering to evaluate the water rights purchased.

This is the second request by the CRPOA for funding of this project, the fIrst being at the May 12,1998
CWCB meeting_ The initial request was denied because the Board determined that the lack of
augmentation water does not constitute a hardship, a necessary condition for granting a loan from the Small
Project Loan Account. The CWCB invited the CRPOA to apply for a Standard Construction Fund Loan, with
funds available June 1999.

Feasibility Studies
The Association retained Robert Longenbaugh P-E., of Lakewood, to conduct a feasibility study_ The study
was completed November 12, 1998 and includes an assessment of alternatives available to provide raw water
to the subdivision. The cost of the study was paid by the CRPOA_