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<br />alternate funding sources have been obtained yet, but inquiries have been made to the USDA and .
<br />Congressional staff, CSU has provided significant inkind contributions to the project, including a
<br />site for the Iysimeter and project management services. The DWR has also provided funds and
<br />design services.
<br />. Proiect Budget: The four principal activities and budget therefore are setout below:
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<br /> Activity Budget Vendor Obligate Expend Unobligated
<br /> to date Balance
<br />IA Construct 2 Iysimeters 250,000 Colo.St. 193,000 80,000 57,000
<br /> Univ.
<br />18 Lysimeter O&M 50,000 Colo. St. 0 0 50,000
<br /> Univ,
<br />2A Irrigation Field Studies 220,000 Colo. St. 220,000 164,500 0
<br /> Univ.
<br />3A Enhance CoAgMet 103,300 Colo. St, 103,300 36,200 0
<br /> weather station network Univ.
<br />3B CoAgMet O&M 26,700 DWR-Div. 2 26,700 3,000 0
<br />4A Expert Witness Prep. SO 000 Hydrosphere 50,000 7,900 0
<br />4B Expert Witness Prep, 50,000 Helton & 50,000 0 0
<br /> Will.
<br /> Total Proiect 750,000 553,000 288,600 107,000
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<br />Notes: I. Some values rounded
<br />2, Expenditures generally as of Nov. 30, 2005
<br />3, Only Ilysimeter included in $193,000 contract with CSU. Unobligated balance of $57,000
<br />plus savings on current contract to be used to construct 2nd smaller Iysimeter. .'
<br />4, Lysimeter O&M contract with CSU in process.
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<br />Arkansas River Compact Administration [ARCA) Annual Meeting:
<br />. The Annual Meeting of the Administration was held on Tuesday, December 13,2005 in Lamar
<br />Colorado, Committees of the Administration met on the afternoon of Dec. 12.
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<br />. Colorado's two new water user representatives, Matt Heimerich of Olney Springs and Colin
<br />Thompson of Holly took their seats. At the end of the meeting the CWCB hosted a luncheon for our
<br />outgoing representatives Tom Pointon and Jim Rogers, In addition ARCA adopted resolutions
<br />thanking them for their service. I will be introducing two resolutions expressing this Board's
<br />appreciation for the service Jim and Tom provided to the State of Colorado (see agenda item 25).
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<br />· In substantive actions ARCA created a "Special Engineering Committee" on which Hal Simpson and
<br />I will serve in an effort to negotiate with Kansas on numerous contested accounting issues related to
<br />the 1980 Operating Plan for John Martin Reservoir, We also reviewed and agreed to consider
<br />approval at a special meeting this spring a proposal by LA WMA to use a portion of their Keesee
<br />water right as water source for the JMR permanent pool. We also agreed to mOve ahead with a study
<br />of transit losses and travel times for the Arkansas River reach between JMR and the Stateline, We
<br />also adopted budgets with significant increase in the assessments charged to each state. Colorado's
<br />assessment will increase from the $40,800 we paid this year to $57,600 that will be due in July 2007,
<br />These increases reflect the need for work such as the Transit Loss Study as we work with Kansas to
<br />resolve future disputes through technical expertise and negotiation, Another driver of the increased
<br />assessments is the continuing escalation of the cost of USGS gaging funded by ARCA, which we
<br />have asked the ARCA Engineering Comm, to examine in more detail. .
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