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<br />i " <br /> <br />These intergovernmental relations between the Bureau of <br />Reclamation, Alamosa City and County, the Rio Grande <br />conservation District and the irrigators have spared the <br />residents of Alamosa another year of flooding by shaving flood <br />water normally used for irrigation from the peak flows of 1987 <br />and sending the water to San Luis Lake east of Alamosa. <br /> <br />4.0 FUTURE ACTIONS <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />! . <br /> <br />The Rio Grande Water Conservation District requested the <br />Colorado Legislature through Senate Bill No. 15 for <br />authorization of the Colorado Water Conservation Board to loan <br />$250.000 to enable the further cleaning of ditches and drains, <br />which was approved by the Senate during the first legislative <br />session (Exhibit VI). However. a provision is in effect that <br />moneys for this project shall not be made available by the Board <br />until the Board has, in its sole discretion, determined that the <br />project is technically and financially feasible. <br /> <br />Davis Engineering. Del Norte, Colorado is mapping the area. <br />recording the ditches cleaned. and the amount of work yet to be <br />done, including cost estimates. This information will be <br />included in a report for use in establishing a Plan of Action. <br /> <br /> <br />The District, in association with the Town of Center Soil <br />Conservation District. is conducting a series of meetings with <br />private ditch owners to determine if sub-districts should be set <br />up in order to perform routine maintenance to the cleaned <br />ditches. Maintenance agreements with private ditch owners and <br />districts will be set up to mitigate future problems and also to <br />ensure this year's condition will not appear again. <br /> <br />One factor under consideration now by the District is using the <br />loan money to clean out more ditches. There is some question as <br />to whether or not the farmers can really afford to pay it back <br />through assessments in the future. <br /> <br />) <br />.J <br /> <br />Following the completion of the Davis Engineering report and the <br />regional metting conducted by the District with ditch owners. a <br />decision on how to proceed with future actions will be made. <br /> <br />4136E <br /> <br />-7- <br />