BOARD02357

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: CF Section - Referred Non-Reimbursable Investments CWCB - Colorado River Return Project
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
eweB Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Mike Serlet, P.E. Lf/~
Chief, Water Suppi? Planning and Finance Section

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

FROM:

DATE:

November 15,2002

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 22d - November 25-26, 2002, Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance - Referred Non-Reimbursable Investments
CWCB - Colorado River Return Project

Introduction

This item is a review and request for approval of the cost estimate of the Colorado River
Return Project (CRRP) to be included in the 2003 Construction Fund Projects Bill.

Backl!roundlDiscussion

At its September 2002 meeting, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) approved
the Scope of Work and general project administration for the CRR? The Scope of Work was
incorporated in a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and advertised in the Denver Post November 14,
2002. A pre-proposal meeting of the staffwith intereste_d consulting firms is scheduled for December
5,2002 with written proposals due on December 19, 2002.

A Consultant Selection Committee composed of CWCB Board members Eric Wilkinson,
Greg Hoskin, Carolyn McIntosh, and Don Schwindt together with CWCB staff member Mike Serlet
and a representative from the DNR Executive Director's Office will review the proposals, interview
the top three candidate firms, and present a recommendation for a study consultant to be approved
by the Board at the January 2003 CWCB Board meeting. Work on the study is expected to begin in
early-2003, following legislative authorization, and be completed by November I, 2003.

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