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.. . ~. .' ~2.'l/. lT1 (0 AGENCY NAME: Water Conservation Board AGENCY NUMBER: PDA ROUTING NUMBER: 0 ~ y $ J8tOOO (CWCS) ~ f / r $ 30tOOO (DWR) - PI P GRANT CONTRACT nus CONTRAcr, made this 2q l4 day of .J::.u,vc.~ 1999, by and between the State of Colorado for the use and benefit of the m!partment of Natural Resources, Colorado WCjter Conservation Board (CWCB), hereinafter referred to as the STATE, and the Denver Museum of Natural History, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, hereinafter referred to as the CONTRACTOR. lFACTUAl.. RECHTAl..S A. Authority exists in the law, and funds have been budgeted, appropriated and otherwise made available and a sufficient unencurnbered balance thereof rernains available for payment in Fund Number 424 Organization YYYY, Appropriation V98, GBL DMUS, Program WTRC, -Object Code 5120, Reporting Category 3844, Contract Encumbrance Number C153844 B. Required approval, clearance, and coordineltion have been accomplished from and with appropriate agencies. C. Section 37-60-121 (1)(b)(IV), C.R.S., authorizes the STATE to rnake grants from the CWCB Construction Fund with specific authorization from the General Assembly. Section 37-60- 115(3), C.R.S. authorizes and directs the STATE to study the state's ground water resource, particularly nontributary water. D. The CONTRACTOR is coordinating a geo-hydrologic investigation of the Denver Basin aquifers ("STUDY"), which will consist of drilling and coring a 2000 foot research well in the Denver Basin aquifers near Kiowa in the central Denver Basin and conducting a geo- hydrologic analysis of the core and core hole and other analyses. Participants in the STUDY include the U.S. Geological Survey ("USGS"), the Colorado Division of Water Resources ("DWR"), and the National Science Foundation ("NSF"). The USGS will store the core, assist in hydrologic core analyses and aquifer testing, and publish a report on the hydrologic aspects of the STUDY. E. The CONTRACTOR applied to the STATE for a grant from the CWCB Construction Fund to finance a portion of STUDY costs. At its January 1998 meeting, the CWCB approved a Construction Fund grant in the amount of $90,000 to be used for participation in the STUDY with the CONTRACTOR, the USGS and other water users, which grant would be used to match two dollars for every one dollar contributed to the STUDY by any Colorado water user group or agency. The CWCB conditioned disbursement of the grant funds on the CONTRACTOR'S receipt of NSF funds. Page 1 of 6