BOARD01004

• Board Meeting Date: 9/24/2001
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Englewood, Colorado is designing the project, at an estimated construction cost of $3,000,000. The project was
. awarded to ASI, of Colorado, for $2,200,000. Construction commenced in August of 200 I and is tentatively
scheduled to be completed by December of 200 1.

11. North Poudre Irrigation Company Reservoirs No.4. 5 and Indian Creek Rehabilitation

Authorization: HB 98. I 73
Water Source: Cache La Poudre
Terms of Loan: $1,107,000 @4.04% for 20 yrs.

County: Weld- N. of Fort Collins
Project Yield: 9,363 acre feet
Project Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation

This project involves the rehabilitation of Reservoirs 4, 5 and Indian Creek. The Irrigation Company has retained the
services of Smith Geotechnical, out of Fort Collins, Colorado to prepare design plans and specifications for the
proposed improvements. Improvements to Reservoir No.5 were designed and completed in 1999. Indian Creek and
No. Reservoirs are currently under design. The proposed improvements to Indian Creek Reservoir involve a new 500-
ft.long spillway, replacement of the outlet structure, new toe drains, and reshaping the downstream dam face. The
proposed improvements to Reservoir No.4 include, relocation of the spillway to the center of the dam, replacing the
existing outlet structure and Parshall flume, new toe drains, rip rap placement, and reshaping the upstream face of the
dam. Indian Creek Reservoir was awarded to Zak Dirt, Longmont Colorado, with construction tentatively scheduled
for October, 2001.

Prolects Under Desil!n

1. Rvan Gulch Reservoir Companv - Rvan Gulch Dam Rehabilitation

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Authorization: SB 99-173
Water Source: Big Thompson River
Terms of Loan: $317,500 @4.25% for 30 years

County: Larimer - S. of Loveland
Project Yield: 645 ac.ft.
Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation

This project is therehabilitation of the Ryan Gulch 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. Boyle Engineering, Inc. of Denver has completed the final design plans, which has been
reviewed and approved 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 pending the
outcome of the Ditch Company's redesign of the reservoir.

2. People Ditch Companv People Ditch Diversion Structure Rehabilitation

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

County: Logan - N.E. of Sterling
Project Yield: 1,200 ac.ft.
Project Type: Diversion Structure

The People's Ditch Company historically diverted irrigation water from the South Platte River at an existing diversion
point located approximately 6 miles northwest of the Town of Sterling. This existing diversion structUre was
damaged during the flood of 1995 and was entirely washed out in 1997. The proposed project is to construct a new
diversion structure along the Bravo Ditch, therefore eliminating the need for the existing structure, and then construct
approximately 1050 I.f. of 24" pipeline to transport the flow from the Bravo Ditch back to Peoples Ditch. Bravo
Ditch has agreed to allow People Ditch to convey their decree flows through their ditch system and then divert it back
to 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.

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3. Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company

Authorization: SB-97 -008

County: Montezuma - NE of Cortez