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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />have all been checked out by our staff. The staff approves them. We <br />recommend that these floodplain information reports, the resolutions <br />concerning them, be adopted by the Board. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I will entertain a motion. <br /> <br />MR. GORMLEY: So moved. <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Seconded. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: It has been regularly moved and seconded that the <br />recorninendations be approved.' All those in favor signify by saying "Aye." <br />(Ayes.) Those opposed? (NO response.) <br /> <br />They are approved. <br /> <br />(See Appendices B through D.) <br /> <br />Larry, your Director's Report. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: Mr. Chairman, before r start, I would like ~o have Mr. <br />Fetcher report on ~he Yamcolo 'Project, because,itis'in' line w~th one 'of <br />the things I would report on.' <br /> <br />MR. FETCHER: Well, it appears that I am getting my regular bi-monthly <br />report on Yamcolo. <br /> <br />This project, for those of you who don't know much about it, is a 9,000 <br />acre-foot reservoir on the headwaters of the Yampa River. The upper <br />Yampa Conservancy District, which is the sponsoring agency for the <br />project has been working on the project for about 8 years, and it appears <br />now that it will come to fruition. We have our money in the bank. The <br />money comes from three sources--the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Construction Fund, in the amount. of $1 million, monies that were recom- <br />mended by this board approximate'ly 2 years ago and authorized by the <br />Legislature, I believe last year. A second source of funds is the <br />private bond market, in the amount of $3,900,000. And, finally, because <br />our contracts were substantially over our estimates, we had to go to <br />the Farmers HOme Administration for approximately $1 million. But we do <br />have the money. At least we have the authorizations for funds. And we <br />have awarded the contract; we expect to start building on the 1st of May. <br /> <br />Incidentally, we have received our 404 permit. And after going through <br />a quagmire of permits and authorizations, we finally did get our 404 <br />permit about a month ago. There are a number of conditions on the <br />permit, which I think we can live with. <br /> <br />And I would like at this point to give full credit to Pete Barrows, our <br />speaker of a few minutes ago, who was really instrumental, on behalf of <br />the Division of Wildlife, in helping us get this permit. <br /> <br />The reason we had so much difficulty with the permit was that, under <br />Presidential Order 11,900,090--1 remenber the number very distinctly~- <br />that said we had to preserve the wetlands that were inundated by the <br />reservoir. The Federal Fish and Wildlife Service wanted us to purchase <br />equivalent wetlands to those that were being inundated. And this <br /> <br />-35- <br />