BOARD02447

• Board Meeting Date: 3/10/1998
• Description: CF Section - Native Aquatic Species Facility - Status Report and Proposed MOU with CDOW
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Facility Name: Colorado Native Aquatic Species
Restoration Facility
Performance Period: to
Fiscal Year
Amount: $2,000,000
3/3/98 REVISED DRAFf

(BUYING AGENCY#)

ROUTING#
CONTRACT#: CI537

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE COLORADO W ATER CONSERVATION BOARD
AND
THE COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE

WHEREAS, authority exists in the law and funds have been budgeted, appropriated and otherwise made
available and a sufficient unencumbered balance thereof remains available for payment in
Colorado Water Conservation Board FUND NUMBER ,AGENCY
ORGANIZATION , APPROPRIATION CODE , PROGRAM
FUNCTION , OBJECT CODE , GBL
REPORTING CATEGORY , FACILITY NUMBER
$ , CONTRACT ENCUMBRANCE NUMBER ; and

WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board ("CWCB") and the Colorado Division of Wildlife
("CDOW") are responsible for protection of the fishery and water resources of the State of Colorado; and

. WHEREAS, the CWCB and the CDOW have determined that the development and maintenance of a
facility providing for the protection and culture of aquatic species identified as rare, threatened or
endangered on a statewide basis would aid in efforts to protect and enhance populations of these species
considered to be in decline, assist in the management and balance between native and non-native species,
and allow future development of the State's compact apportioned water resources to continue; and

WHEREAS, on September 13, 1993, the Colorado Wildlife Commission ("CWC") and the CWCB
approved a joint resolution regarding the development and maintenance of a Native Aquatic Species
Facility; and

WHEREAS, in November 1996, the CWC and the CWCB approved a joint funding resolution for the
construction and operation of a Native Aquatic Species Facility ("the Facility"); and

WHEREAS, at its January 1997 meeting, the CWCB approved a grant to the CDOW of up to $2,000,000
for the Facility on the condition that the CDOW submit a detailed proposal concerning the Facility that
includes cost-sharing arrangements for both capital and operating costs, and provide the CWCB an
opportunity to review all appraisals of property considered for Facility use; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to 1997 Colo. Sess. Laws, Ch. 168, Section 11(1), the General Assembly authorized
the CWCB to make a grant of not more than two million dollars from the Fish and Wildlife Resources
Account of the CWCB Construction Fund to the CDOW for the development and initial operation of the
Facility, with said grant not to exceed forty percent of the actual cost to develop and operate the Facility for
the first three years of operation; and

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