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e e e included the findings of the consultant and the recommendations for specific river improvement projects. Twelve priority projects were described in detail. These 12 projects include flood protection projects, irrigation diversion improvement projects, and river stability projects. Later in July the consultant will assemble all of the Technical Memoranda, along with revisions, into a draft final report, Approximately 2 to 3 weeks after that mailing, Brian Hyde, project manager for the CWCB, will join the T AC for a meeting to review the final draft and develop any comments or revisions, In August or September a final presentation will be made to the public, Then, the community can begin pursuing funding, designing and implementing selected projects, Alamosa River Restoration Project: In late June the contract and the Scope of Work for the Alamosa River Restoration Project were finalized and sent to the local sponsors. While the contracting process is going on, we will be meeting with the designers of the river restoration improvements on July 19, Approximately 5 or 6 miles of the river in and around the unincorporated community ofCapulin will be restored by this project. Meanwhile, rock for the restoration structures in the channel will be hauled from a CDOT project on Wolf Creek Pass and stockpiled along the Alamosa River, ready for construction. The CWCB is also beginning work on a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for the project stream reach. Flood flows will be calculated, the floodplain boundaries will be determined, and the hydraulic forces to which the restoration structures will be exposed during floods will be calculated. That information will be used by the project designers as they design specific restoration elements. San Juan and Dolores River Issues Carbon Lake Ditch Water Right Donation Closes: In March 2001, the Board approved a donation agreement with the San Juan Resource Conservation and Development Council that conveyed a 15 c,f.s, water right to the Board for instream flow use on Mineral Creek and Big Horn Gulch in the Animas drainage. The donation was contingent upon the Council acquiring at least an 80 percent interest in the donated water right. The Council has since been able to obtain 100 percent of the Carbon Lake Ditch shares and closed on the water right purchase on July 10, Staff will now conduct the necessary field work and initiate a change of water right application with the water court. ALP Repayment Contract Negotiations: On June 29, Reclamation announced that it is scheduling more negotiations with the San Juan Water Commission regarding the terms of an amendatory repayment contract. The San Juan Water Commission's 1990 Repayment Contract is being amended because of changes to the Animas-La Plata Project as a result of the Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of2000. The amendatory contract will: . Provide for storage and delivery of project water . Identify the amount ofproject construction costs the Commission will pay the Federal Government . Provide for operation and maintenance ofthe project Copies of the proposed contract are on the Web at htto://www,uc,usbr,gov/speciaValp/index,htmL San Juan River Low Flow Test: On June 25 Reclamation issued a final Environmental Assessment (EA) on a plan to conduct a 5 to 1 0 day test of 250 cubic feet per second (cfs) releases from Navajo Reservoir into the San Juan River. Based on the EA, Reclamation intends to execute a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONS!) and proceed with the test. The test was scheduled to begin on July 9 when releases from Navajo Reservoir into the San Juan River will be reduced at incremental levels to a minimum of250 cfs. This is approximately halfthe flow that Reclamation would normally release from Navajo during the summer. This flow will be maintained for 5 to 10 days to data associated with river flow as far downstream as Shiprock, New Mexico. 13