BOARD01778

• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Terms of Loan: $1,600,000@4.75% for 30-years

Project Type: Tunnel Rehabilitation

A. The existing Laramie/Poudre Tunnel is approximately 2 miles in length, diverting water directly from the
.Laramie River and discharging it into Poudre River at a point approximately 60 miles west of Fort Collins. On May 28,
2000, a 400-fl. section of the tunnel collasped, leaving the tunnel inoperable. The proposed project involves the
construction of new access roads and staging areas at both ends of the tunnel and the repair of the failed tttnnel area.
Rocky Mountain Consultants, Longmont, Colorado, has completed the final design at a estimated project cost of
$1,800,000. Construction is tentatively scheduled to commence in December 2000

5. Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company
Authorization: SB-97-008
Water Source: Lost Canyon Creek
Terms of Loan: $200,000@3.75% for 30-years

County: Montezuma - NE of Cortez
Project Yield: 4,287 ac. fl.
Project Type: Reservoir and Ditch Rehab.

This $270,000 project is the rehabilitation of the Summit Reservoir Dam outlet works and the repair and
improvements to the Summit Reservoir and Irrigation Company's water collection and distribution facilities. The Cortez
office of Natural Resource Conservation Service prepared the construction plans and specifications. Construction for the
second to the last phase of improvements commenced in March of 1999, by Noland, Inc., of Mancos, CO., and was
completed in July of 1999. The final phase of improvements is scheduled to be designed during the fall of 2000 with
construction to follow in the early spring of 2001.

6. Bottlder & Lefthand Irrigation Company - Twin Lakes Outlet Improvements
Authorization: 1998 Small Project Loan Accottnt County: Boulder - NE of Boulder
Water Source: Boulder Creek Project Yield: 218 ac.fl.
Terms of Loan: $100,000 @ 3.75% for 15 years Project Type: Dam Outlet Improvements

.. This project is the reconstruction of the Boulder & Lefthand Irrigation Company reservoir's (Twin Lakes) otttlet
.and inlet structures and the construction of a new emergency spillway. Recent State Engineer Office inspections indicate
that the outlet conduit has rusted through and is functionally obsolete. Rocky Mountain Consultants of Longmont are
currently preparing the final design plans and specifications, with construction scheduled for the early spring of 2001.

7. Loveland, City of - Green Ridge Glade Reservoir Rehabilitation
Authorization: HB 98-1189 County: Larimer - W. of Loveland
Water Source: Big Thompson River Project Yield: 6,000 acre feet
Terms of Loan: $5,000,000 @ 4.75% for 10 yrs. Project Type: Dam enlargement

This $19.2 million project is the enlargement of the Green Ridge Glade Reservoir northwest of Loveland. The
project consists of raising the crest of the existing dam approximately 60 feet, construction of a new concrete labyrinth
weir spillway, and new multi-level intake gate tower outlet structure. The City has contracted with Woodward-Clyde of
Denver to prepare the final design and construction contract documents. Environmental studies are cttrrently ttnderway
with construction scheduled to commence in late 2001 or early 2002.

8. Riverside Reservoir and Land Company - Riverside Reservoir Spillway Rehabilitation
Authorization: SB 98-1189 Cottnty: Weld - NW of Wiggins
Water Source: South Platte River Project Yield: 200 ac.fl.
Terms of Loan: $450,000 @ 3.75% for 20 yrs. Project Type: Spillway Rehabilitation

This project is the construction of an emergency spillway on the Riverside Reservoir Dam, located 11 miles
northwest of Wiggins in Weld County. The State Engineer has placed a storage
.. restriction on the reservoir until an emergency spillway is completed. The Riverside Reservoir and Land Company
..-contracted with W.W. Wheeler and Associates of Denver to prepare construction plans and specifications. The State
Engineer's office and the Riverside Reservoir and Land Company are currently evaluating alternate spillway sizes.
Construction of the project is currently on-hold, pending resolution of the spillway size and downstream property issues.