BOARD02414

• Board Meeting Date: 9/25/2000
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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worth of water from the Colorado Water Conservation District's Wolford Mountain Reservoir, for a
total of $20 million.

If one deducts these expenses from the total estimated cost of $100 million, along with the federal
share of $46 million, non-federal parties must still pay $34 million. This amount will be provided
through two primary mechanisms:

1. Upper Basin states will contribute a total of$17 million. Colorado's share is $9.1 million,
roughly 53 percent of the state's share, which corresponds to our apportionment of Colorado River
water.

2. Colorado will loan $17 million to the two recovery programs to be repaid by power
revenues collected from Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm Power Contractors. This
will allow these contractors to participate in funding the capital projects and meet project
repayment obligations within the 50-year time frame established by the Colorado River Storage
Project Act.

If the bill should become law, Colorado will be presented with some immediate financial
obligations: $9.1 million for our portion of capital construction costs and the need to loan money to
W AP A. Power users are currently discussing whether to ask for a loan to cover their portion of funds.
We will be working with the DOW to put together a Native Species Conservation Trust Fund request to
cover our direct contribution for your consideration in November.

Endangered Fish Recovery Program Implementation Committee Meeting Held: The
meeting of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program Implementation Committee
that was canceled July 17, was held on Sept. 6 in Denver. The committee discussed recent program
accomplishments, reviewed and approved the proposed 2001 work plan, approved a proposal to make
the Colorado River Energy Distributors Association and the National Park Service voting members of
the committee and discussed how to incorporate the states' funding and power revenues into the
program. The group also discussed the status of developing recovery goals for the endangered fish.

The committee changed the date for commenting on the draft recovery goals. before they are
published in the Federal Register, from Sept. 22 to Oct. 27. An updated version of the draft goals will be
mailed to program Management Committee members on Sept. 15. This will be the major topic of
discussion at the Nov. 20 Management Committee meeting.

Maddux Leaves Colorado: Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program Director
Henry Maddux announced in August that he was leaving the state to move to Utah. The USFWS is in
the process of the difficult job of finding a replacement. Henry will be transferring to the Salt Lake City
Ecological Service Office. In his announcement, he reminded program participants that "no single
person nor any single agency can recover these species." He said the program reminds him of one of his
favorite movies 'The Outlaw Josey Wales,' where the Indian Chief made the statement "Endeavor to
Persevere. "

New Reclamation Eastern Colorado Area Manager Named: On Aug. 7 Reclamation
announced the appointment of Brian Person (pronounced "Pierson") of Boise, Idaho, as manager of the
Bureau of Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area office in Loveland. Person will be responsible for
managing programs and facilities associated with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, the Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project and Bonny Dam and Reservoir. Since July 1997 Person has been Deputy Manager,
Resource and Technical Services, in Reclamation's Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Boise. Person
is a native of Minot, North Dakota. He graduated with a BS in civil engineering from North Dakota

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