BOARD01008

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/2004
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Water Source: ~iirdMeek ',,'
Terms of Loan: $265,00 @2.80% for 30-years

Project Yield: 436 acre-feet
Project Type: Dam Rehabilitation

This $365,500 project involves the rehabilitation of Hote] (Twin) Reservoir, located on the Grand Mesa. Hote]
Reservoir is a Class I dam, with a dam height of2]-feet and a storage capacity of 549 acre-feet. Storage restrictions .
were imposed by the State Engineer's Office due to a history of seepage problems. The Ditch Company elected to
reconstmct the entire dam, based on reconunendation from Resource Engineer, Inc. The proposed improvements
involve reconstmction of the dam embankment to a height of 22-feet with a crest width of 44-feet. The existing
outlet works will remain in-place, but extended to accommodate the crest widening. A new spillway will be
constructed and the County Road reconstructed over the dam crest. The project is currently under constmction and
is 95% complete. The project is anticipated to be substantially complete by February of2004

15. Grand Mesa Reservoir Companv - Rehabi]itation of Reservoir No.1 and No.9
Authorization: Construction Fund County: Mesa
Water Source: Gunnison Project Yield: 1,000 Acre-Feet
Terms of Loan: $200,000@ 2.4% for 20-yearsProject Type: Reservoir Rehabilitation

The Grand Mesa Reservoir Company operates 6 reservoirs on the Grand Mesa to supply water to ]6 shareholders
for the irrigation of 500 acres. This project involves the replacement of the outlet stmctures at each reservoir and
also addresses seepage problems at each facility. The project was designed by the City of Grand Junction, one of
the major shareholders, and is currently being constructed by the City of Grand Junction. The outlet stmctures have
been installed and the seepage problem corrected at both reservoir locations. The City of Grand Junction is
currently waiting on the gates, which are anticipated to be installed in the spring of 2004.

16. Town of Akron - Well and Pipeline Constmction
Authorization: Small Project Loan Alccount County: Washington
Water Source: Wells - Camp Creek Project Yield: 530 ac.ft.
Terms of Loan: $349,799 @ 3.75% for 30 yrs.ProjectType: WelIlPipeline Const.

The Town of Akron provides domestic water to 1,711 residents, with approximately 880 taps, residential and
conunercial. Ten wells feed into a 1.5 million gallon above ground storage tank, constructed in 1996, for treatment and .
distribution. Given the low production of the existing well, this project will add 2 new wells with 8,300 linear feet of
ductile iron transmission lines to the town's existing system The Town of Akron is looking to have the wells
operational by spring of2003. Currently the projectis approximately 95% complete.

]7, Rio Grande and Piedra VallevDitch Companv
Authorization: Constmction Fund
Water Source: Rio Grande
Terms of Loan: $52,000@2.5%for30yrs.

County: Rio Grande
ProjectYie]d: ]7,38] Acre Feet
Project Type: Diversion Structure

The Rio Grande and Piedra Valley Ditch Company office is located in Del Norte, Colorado. The Ditch Company
has 31 shareholders that provide irrigation water for approximately a 7,660-acre service area. This project involves
the replacement of 13 check structures along their main ditch. The project was designed by Natural Resource
Conservation Service, Monte Vista Office and is currently under constmction. The Contractor has completed the
work and is waiting on payment.

18. Stromberger Land and Cattle Companv LLC - Augmentation Recharge
Authorization: County: Montezuma
Water Source: West Mancos River Project Yield: 9,000 acre-feet
Terms of Loan: $5,486,531 @2.80% for 30-years Project Type: Canal Rehabilitation

The Stromberger Land and Cattle Company operates a family ranch located IS miles south of Sterling, Colorado.
The ranch currently operates 12 wells that are augmented under the Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte
(GASP). GASP operates on a year-to-year basis with no guarantee of continued coverage. The current drought
conditions have brought to the foreground the difficulty of providing augmentation for well users. The
Stromberger's project will provide its own augmentation water to protect itself against possible curtailment by
GASP. Constmction activities include drilling 6 wells to pump water to a series of constructed recharge ponds in
the winter months. The project has conunenced construction and is anticipated to be complete by February 6f2004.

19. Larimer and Weld Irrigation Companv - Check Structure Rehabilitation
Authorization: Small Project Loan Account County: Weld