BOARD00234

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2002
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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No. 8 and Elder Reservoir Outlet Structure. The Poudre Valley Canal and the Cobb Lake improvements have been
designed and constructed. The design on Annex No.8 and Windsor No. 8 are currently underway. The construction of
Elder Reservoir commenced in May of 2001, constructed by Zak Dirt, from Longmont, CO. Elder Reservoir is tentatively
scheduled to be completed by June of 2002.

4. Owl Creek Suoplv and Ditch Company - Hydraulic Structure Rehabilitation

Authorization: HB 00-1419
Water Source: Cache La Poudre
Tenus of Loan: $450,000 @ 4.00% for 30-years

County: Weld - N. of Greeley
Project Yield: 30,000 acre feet
Project Type: Structure Rehabilitation

The Owl Creek Supply and Irrigation Company operates and maintains 12 miles of the Owl Creek Ditch. The
existing hydraulic structures along the 12 miles of ditch, such as; check structures, drop structures, measuring weirs,
flumes, gates, etc., have severely deteriorated over the years and are in the need of replacement. The proposed project
involves the replacement of 14 major structures, 55 flwnes, 10 meter gates, and 30 headgates, to be designed by Smith
Geotechnical, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Construction commenced in November of 200 I and is anticipated to be completed
by August of 2002.

5. North Poudre Irrigation Comoanv - Reservoirs No.4, 5 and Indian Creek Rehabilitatio!l_

Authorization: HB 98-173
Water Source: Cache La Poudre
Tenus of Loan: $1,107,000 @ 4.04% for 20 yrs.

County: Weld - N. of Fort Collins
Project Yield: 9,363 acre feet
Project Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation

This project involves the rehabilitation of Reservoirs 4, 5 and Indian Creek. The Irrigation Company has retained the
services of Smith Geotechnical, out of Fort Collins, Colorado to prepare design plans and specifications for the
proposed improvements. Improvements to Reservoir No.5 were designed and completed in 1999. Reservoir 4 is
currently under design and is tentatively scheduled for coustruction in the fall of2003. The proposed improvements to
Indian Creek Reservoir involve a new 500-ft.long spillway, replacement of the outlet structure, new toe drains, and
reshaping the downstream dam face. The proposed improvements to Reservoir No.4 include, relocation ofthe
spillway to the center of the dam, replacing the existing outlet structure and Parshall flume, new toe drains, rip rap
placement, and reshaping the upstream face of the dam. The design for Indian Creek Reservoir is complete and
construction was awarded to Zak Dirt, Longmont Colorado. Indian Creek Reservoir is anticipated to be completed by
June of 2002.

6. Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Companv

Authorization: SB-97-008
Water Source: Lost Canyon Creek
Tenus of Loan: $200,000@3.75% for 30-years

County: Montezuma - NE of Cortez
Project Yield: 4,287 ac. ft.
Project Type: Reservoir and Ditch Rehab.

This $270,000 project is the rehabilitation ofthe Swnmit 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, Inc., of Mancos, CO., and was completed in
July of 1999. The second to last 1 phase of the project has been designed and is currently under construction. That
current project is anticipated to be complete by February of2002. The overall project is anticipated to be completed
by the spring of 2003. .

7. The Town of Monument - Monument Dam Rehabilitation

Authorization: Severance Tax Trust Fund
Water Source: Monument Creek

County: E1 Paso - W. of Monument
Project Yield: 450 acre-feet