BOARD00995

• Board Meeting Date: 11/23/1998
• Description: CF Section - Changes in Existing Loans - City of Sterling - Pawnee Creek Flood Control Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

The initial feasibility study for the project was completed in October of 1987 at which time the
cost of the project was estimated at about $16.7 million. The preliminary project design and .~
$16.7 million cost estimate were presented to the Board in December of 1987. The Board
recommended a loan of $8.0 million from the Construction Fund as subsequently authorized by
the General Assembly in 1988 in SB-30.

Since 1988, a total of about $1.6 million has been disbursed from the $8.0 million authorization,
as shown in Table 2, leaving a remaining balance of about $6.4 million for design and
construction.

Table 2 - Summary of Disbursements from 1988 Loan Authorization

Ori inal Authorization
Ori inal Feasibilit Stud
Colorado River Pum in Plant
Disbursements to Date for Permittin Studies
Remainin Balance

$8,000,000
-$62,500
-$400,000
-$1,110,349
$6,427,151

A great deal of additional planning work has been done for the project since 1988 (please see the
attached project summary) including an environmental impact statement (EIS) which was
completed in February 1998 for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The project purpose, as stated in the EIS, is to allow the District to replace the existing pipeline
with a facility having sufficient capacity to meet the projected year 2045 peak daily water .
demand. After an extensive stakeholder involvement and public comment process, 16 -
preliminary alternatives for meeting the project purpose were formulated and evaluated in the
EIS. The 16 alternatives were screened to three final alternatives and a no-action alternative that
were evaluated at the feasibility-level of detail. A summary of the four alternatives is displayed
in Table 3:

Table 3 - Summary of Alternatives from Ute WCD EIS

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Nomina:! Pipeline 48 and 54
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'Pipeline:Lerigth::!iLf':m:':~
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Capital Cost
LifeCYc.leCost (1) ......
Water Supply (Acre-
Feet in year 2045)
Cost per Acre-FQot.. .
Peak DaFlow (MGD) ,

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24

",1'39'

$1,387
40.3

.$1;904
40.3

$1 ,464
40.3

$17,135,000
, $29;900;000
12,807

. . $2,335
18.0

$30,311 ,000
$34,3QO;QOO .
24,727

$43,161,000
'$47,100,000'
24,727

. $26,656,000
$36,200,000 .
24,727

(1) Present worth of all capital, operating, maintenance and replacement costs for expected life
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