BOARD00220

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Director's Report Attachment - September 22-23 Board Meeting
Water Snpply Planning and.Pinance Section
Design and Construction Status Report

The CWCB Water Supply Planning and Finance Section completed 6 projects in FY 03-04. Currently for FY 03-04 we
have 26 projects under construction and 26 projects in the design phase.

The attached spreadsheet summarizes project status including budget, construction schedule, and progress to date.
During this current reporting period 6 projects were completed.

The attached progress report briefly outlines all active project design and construction information and progress to date.

Projects Under Construction

1. Windsor Reservoir and Canal Companv - Various Canal and Reservoir Rehabilitations
Authorization: SB 96-153 County: Larimer- N. of Ft. Collins
Water Source: Cache La Poudre Project Yield: 30,000 ac. ft.
Terms of Loan: $2,658,500 @4.J5% for 30 years Project Type: CanallRes. Rehabilitation

m 1995 the Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company retained the services of Smith Geotechnical to evaluate the
current condition of their 25 miles of canal and 6 reservoirs. SIhith Geotechnical identified approximately
$3,400,000 in recommended improvements, with a proposed design and construction time frame of IS-years. The
projects identified consisted of the Poudre Valley Canal, Cobb Lake Pipeline and Outlet/fulet Structures, Windsor
Reservoir No.8, Annex No.8 and Elder Reservoir Outlet Structure. The Poudre Valley Canal and the Cobb Lake
improvements have been designed and constructed. The construction of Elder Reservoir was completed October of
200 I, constructed by Zak Dirt, from Longmont, CO. Barker Construction commenced construction of Annex No.8
and Windsor No.8 in fall of2002 and completed the work in May of2003. Project substantial completion is
scheduled for October of2003.

2. Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company Annex No.8 and Windsor No.8 Dredging
Authorization: SB 96-153 County: Larimer- N. ofFt. Collins
Water Source: Cache La Poudre Project Yield: 620 ac. ft.
Terms of Loan: $681,750 @4.J5% for 30 years Project Type: CanallRes. Rehabilitation

The Windsor Reservoir & Canal Company (WRCC) is in the process of recovering 620 acre-feet of storage in their
Windsor Reservoir No.8 and No.8 Annex, by excavating and removing up to 1,000,000 cubic yards of sediment.
The WRCC service area extends from their Cache la Poudre di~ersion north of Fort Collins east to near the town of
Galeton northeast of Greeley, generally bounded by the Eaton Ditch and the Greeley Ditch No.2 Ditch. The total
area encompassed is about 86,000 acres, providing water for irrigation for about 55,000 acres. Project
construction commenced in April of 2003 and has been shutdown for summer irrigation. The project will resume in
OctoberlNovember of 2003 and is anticipated to be completed by April of2004.

3. Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Companv - System Rehabilitation
Authorization: SB-97-008 County: Montezuma - NE of Cortez
Water Source: Lost Canyon Creek Project Yield: 4,287 ac. ft.
Terms of Loan: $300,000@3.75% for 30-years Project Type: Reservoir and Ditch Rehab.

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This $270,000 project is the rehabilitation of the Summit Reservoir Dam outlet works and the repair and
improvements to the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company's water collection and distribution facilities. The
Cortez office of Natural Resource Conservation Service prepared the construction plans and specifications.
Construction for the Walker Drops improvements commenced in March of 1999, by Noland, mc., of Mancos, CO.,
and was completed in July of 1999. The second to last phase of the project was completed in October of 2001. .
That fmal remaining phase of the project is anticipated to be coinplete by the winter of 2004.