BOARD00949

• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2001
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Authorization: SB 96-153 County: Larimer- N. ofFt..CoUins
Water Source: Cache la Poudre Project Yield: 30,000 ac. ft.
Terms of Loan: $2,357,000 @4.15%for30yearsProjectType: Canal/Res. Rehabilitation

. In 1995 the Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company retained the services of Smith Geotechnical to
evaluate the current condition of their 25 miles of can~l and 6 reservoirs. Smith Geoteclmical 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 Poud1-e Valley Canal, Cobb Lake Pipeline and OutletlInlet
Structures, Windsor Reservoir No.8, Annex No.8 and Elder Reservoir Outlet Structure. The Poudre Valley
Canal and the Cobb Lake improvements have been desi~ed and constructed. The design on Annex No. 8 and
Windsor No.8 are cWTentIy underway. The constructibn of Elder Reservoir conuneneed in May of 2001,
constructed by ZaIc Dirt, from Longmont, CO. Elder Reservoir is tentatively scheduled to be completed by
September of 2001. .

Projects Un~er Design
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1. Rvan Gulch Reservoir Company- Ryan Gulch Dam Rehabilitation

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Authorization: SB 99-173
Water Source: Big Thompson River
Terms of Loan: $317,500 @4.2S% for 30 years

County: Larimer- S. of Loveland
Project Yield: 64S ae.ft.
Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation

This project is the rehabilitation of the Ryan G~lch Dam which includes the construction of a new
spillway, lining the upstream face of the dam with a clay liner, sleeving the existing 24-inch outlet pipe, and
constructing a new upstream controlled inlet works. B;oyle Engineering, Inc. of Denver has completed the
final design plans, which has been reviewed and approve:ct by the State Engineer's Office. Bids were received
to construct the planned improvements, but were outside:the project budget. The Ditch Company is currently .
obtaining a new design engineer to redesign certain aspects of the project in an attempt to reduce the overall
. cost of the job. The project is currently on-hold pendin$ the outcome of the Ditch Company's redesign of the
reservoir.

Authorization: Small Project Loan
Water Source: South Platte River
Terms of Loan: $43,000 @3.75% for 20 years

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2. People Ditch Comoanv - People Ditch Diversion Stnlcture Rehabilitation
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!County: Logan - N .E. of Sterling
iProject Yield: 1,200 ac.ft.
'Project Type: Diversion Structure

The People's Ditch Company historically divertJd irrigation water from the South Platte River at an
existing diversion point located approximately 6 miles n~rthwest of the Town of Sterling. This existing
diversion structure was damaged during the flood of 199p and was entirely washed out in 1997. The proposed
project is to construct a new diversion structure along th~ Bravo Ditch, therefore eliminating the need for the
existing structure, and then construct approximately 1050 1.f. of 24" pipeline to transport the flow from the
Bravo Ditch back to Peoples Ditch. Bravo Ditch has agteed to allow People Ditch to convey their decree
flows through their ditch system and then divert it back t.o the existing People Ditch by means of the new
diversion structure. The project is tentatively on-hold pending resolution of some specific loan contract
requirements.

3. Summit Reservoir and Irrigation ComRany

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

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

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This $270,000 project is the rehabilitation of tqe Summit Reservoir Dam outlet works and the repair
and improvements to the Summit Reservoir and Irrj.gation Company's water collection and distribution