FLOOD00632

• County: Denver
• County: Jefferson
• Community: Morrison, Denver
• Stream Name: Bear Creek Lake
• Title: Flood Control Project Bear Creek Lake
• Date: 11/1/1972
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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e. It should be recocnized that the non-Federal cost sho\m in
tanle 6 repreGents the minimum non-Federal cost under the plan of
maximum development. ;{';n-Fecieral costs wou.ld be increased if detailed
subsurface explorations s:,ould reveal that a dam and reservoir plan
requiring less storage than the recommended plan could be adopted.
In that event the land requirements for project purposes ot':ler than
recreation could be reduced. However, the outer limits of the Bureau
of Outdoor Recreation's optimum development are defined by existing
topographic fE,atures. Based on these limits, the land :requirement
specifically for recreation would increase if the land :requirement
for p:roject purposes other than recreation should decrease.

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5. LOCAL COOPEllATION

e.. The recreation enh",ncement and fish and wildlife enhancement
functions of the project would require local cooperation in accordance
~ith the Federal Water Pro~ect Recreation Act. Accordingly, non-
Federal interests woU:d be required to:

(1) Administer project land and ~ater areas for recreation
and fish and ~ildlife enhancement;

(2) Pay, contribute in lund, or repay with interest, one-
half of the separable cost of the project allocated to recreation and
fish nnd wildlife enhancement, a sum presently estimated to be
$1,911,000.

(3) Bear all costs of operation, maintenance and replacement
for tbe recreation and fish and wildlife functions, including vater
replaceme~t, a Sum presently estimated to be $195,000 annually on an
average annual basis; .

(4) Provide the water required for the initial filling and
for replenishm'ont of evapo,:ation losses of the recreation pool by
purchase or other mea.ns consistent with Federal and State laws.

b. Since the water re~ources of the basin are fullY appropriated
under existing water rights, it is considered that acquisition of water
for initial filling of the recreation pool will require water purchases.
The estimated eost for purchase of the 3,900 acre-feet required for
initial filling of the two Soda Lakes and the reservoir recreation pool
io .t,303, 000. Local interectn would be creditcd for the coot of water
acquisition3 for initial fiEing of the recreation pool 0.5 a contribution
in kind toward the cost-sharing obligation. Local interests would be
required to provide for replenishment of the evaporation losses for
the recreation pool, presently estimated at $33,000 annually, as an
item of adminidration and maintenance of the project's recreation
fUnctio~, ~ithc~t credit toward liquidation of the Don-Federal share
of the first CClst of the project.

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