BOARD00349

• Board Meeting Date: 9/9/1980
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

COLORADO TflATER CONSERVATION BOARD
823 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

July 1, 1980

M E M 0 R 4 N D U M

TO: Members, Colorado Water Conservation Board

FROM: J. William McDonald, Director

SUBJECT: Agenda Item No. 3 - Review of Construction Fund Program,
Board Meeting, July 8, 1980

Background

As directed by the Board at the May 7, 1980 meeting, the staff
has, within the constraints of available time, reviewed the Board's
criteria for selecting projects to be recommended to the legislature
for construction by the state with funds appropriated by "the Colorado
General Assembly. The criteria presently being used are well docu-
mented in the Guidelines which the staff prepared and which were
approved by the Board. These criteria include:

1. Local interest.

2. Cost of project,

3, Benefits of project.

4. Number of people benefiting or groups participating.

5, Impact on existing or authorized projects.

6. Need for project.

7. Financial capability of project sponsor.

8. Conformity with existing plans (regional plans, water quality
plans, land use plans, state water plans, etc.).

9. Type of project:

a. Municipal, industrial or rural domestic,