BOARD02011

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2002
• Description: CF Section - Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Fund Town of Monument - Monument Dam Rehabilitiation Project Mitigation Grant Request
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Additionally the statute states that an applicant is eligible for a grant if the cost of the
mitigation recommendations exceed 5% of the total qost of the water project. In this case the total
cost of the mitigation work was $429,920, or 11% <;>f the total project cost of $3,888,556. The
applicant's share for the work will be the first 5% :and the grant from the Fund will be for the
remainder of the costs, not to exceed 5%. The disb1.)1'sement of the grant monies is also limited to
70% of the total grant amount in any fiscal year.

Finally, the statute requires that the Division of Wildlife and the Wildlife Commission be
notified of the grant application and the Commission agrees with the mitigation plan for the facility.
The Commission must then forward the agreement to, the CWCB, and the Board will then adopt the
agreement as the official state position on the mitigation actions required of the applicant.

Discussion

Staff has received the attached notification from the Division of Wildlife Director, that the
Coloraao Wildlife Commission has reached agreement with the Town of Monument concerning
wildlife mitigation for the Monument Lake Dam Rehabilitation Proj ect. Under the provisions of the
wildlife mitigation statute 37-60-122.2 C.R.S. the Board is required to adopt the mitigation plan as
the official state position when notified that such agreement occurs.

The Fund was refreshed this year to $5 million by provisions of HB 02-1152, the annual
Construction Fund bill. The grant request therefore is well within the financial resources of the .
Fund. Another stipulation of the statute addresses distributing the Fund monies equally between the
east and the west slope. A new accounting of grant distributions within the state will commence
with the new Fund budget.

Recommendation

Staff recommends that the Board adopt the mitigation plan approved by the Colorado
Wildlife Commission as the official state position <;>n wildlife mitigation for the Monument Lake
Dam Rehabilitation project, and award the Town of Monument a grant from the Fish and Wildlife
Resources Fund to cover the eligible design and construction costs of the mitigation plan in the
amount of$194,428. '

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