BOARD00607

• Board Meeting Date: 11/22/1999
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Authorization: SB 97-008 County: La Plata - W ofIgnacio
Water Source: Florida River Project Yield: 125 ac.ft. e
Terms of Loan: $206,000 @ 3.75% for 30 yrs Project Type: Diversion and Dist. System
This $345,000 project is the construction of a new rural raw water irrigation and distribution
system in La Plata County west ofIgnacio. The project consists of construction of a concrete
diversion structure and pump station at the Florida River, a transmission pipeline from the diversion
to a storage impoundment, and construction of approximately 9,000 feet of distribution pipeline
from the storage impoundment to the water users. RMI Environmental Services of Farmington,
New Mexico prepared the project design. Project construction commenced September 2, 1997 by
RMI Environmental Services of Farmington, New Mexico (a designlbuild contractor). The project
is currently 70% complete and continues to be on indefinite hold due to and financial problems.

DNR - Division of Wildlife - Native Aquatic Soecies Restoration Facilitv

Authorization: SB 98-1189 County: Alamosa- W of Alamosa
Water Source: San Luis Valley Aquifers Project Yield: N/A
Terms of Loan: $2,000,000 Grant Project Type: Aquatic Species Hatchery
This project is the construction of a Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility just west of
Alamosa. The project is being managed and 60% funded by the Division of Wildlife. FishPro, Inc.
of Port Orchard, Washington completed project design and construction contract documents. The
construction contract was awarded to Southwest Contracting, Inc. of Cortez July 16, 1999.
Construction commenced in August 1999 with completion scheduled for June 2000.

Palisade. Town of - Cottonwood Creek Pipeline Rehabilitation ..

Authorization: HB 95-1155 County: Mesa- SE of Palisade ..
Water Source: Cottonwood Creek Project Yield: 2,210 ac.ft.
Terms of Loan: $750,000 @4.0% for 30 years Project Type: Pipeline Replacement
This project is the 22,000 linear foot replacement of the Town of Palisades Cottonwood
Creek pipeline. The proposed pipeline will be a 12-inch diameter ductile iron pipe from the outlet
pipe on Cabin Reservoir to an existing pipe 5,300 feet upstream of the Town's water treatment
plant. The pipe will be installed along the access road that runs through the narrow rocky canyon of
Cottonwood Creek. Del-Mont Consultants, Inc. of Montrose, CO. completed the design plans and
construction specifications. Construction is scheduled to commence in November 1999 by Western
Slope Utilities, Inc. of Breckenridge, Colorado and is scheduled for completion in the summer of
2000.

Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Comoanv - Sununit Reservoir and Ditch Svstem Rehab.

Authorization: SB 97-008 County: Montezuma - NE of Cortez
Water Source: Lost Canyon Creek Project Yield: 4,287 ac.ft.
Terms of Loan: $200,000 @ 3.75% for 30 years Project Type: Reservoir and Ditch Rehab.
This project is the rehabilitation of the Summit Reservoir Dam outlet works and the
construction of repairs and improvements to the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company's water
collection and distribution facilities. The Cortez office of the Natural Resource Conservation
Service prepared the construction plans and specifications. Construction for the second to the last
phase of improvements commenced in March by Noland, Inc. of Mancos, CO. and was completed
in July. The final phase of improvements is scheduled for completion in the fall of2000. e