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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water COllsenILaioll Board <br /> <br />Dcpartlllcllt 0/ Natl/ral Resollrces <br />!.\ 11 Slwrr.un 5rr.!,-'t, R.ll('01 :--21 <br />Do..:!wt.'r. Cllor.1JO ~()::?o:. <br />Pbll1<." {30:') P'Of'-,.I..j] <br />f .\X. (30?) i:lhf,-J."';;"-l, <br /> <br />MEMORANDULVI <br />(Updated February 4, 2000) <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />s\lt ~'\~',:n"" <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />C\)\'<.:rr~('r <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />John Van Sciver, P.E. <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief <br />Water Project Planning and Finance Section <br /> <br />Cr~_<; E \\.\kh,-". <br />E\t.:(;uttVL'Dlr'-'(",,'r <br /> <br />l\.'h'r \ \ !".\,l:Y" <br />C~\CR Dlr'-'C:<ll <br /> <br />DATE <br /> <br />January 14, 2000 <br /> <br />Gun \\C\UI,l:h> <br />D'-'pll:Y Dlfl'ct'\r <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12b., January 26~27, 2000 Board Meeting <br />Alamosa-La Jara Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The Alamosa-La Jara Water Conservancy District (A-LJWCD) has applied for a Grant of <br />$300,000 for continued restoration of the Alamosa River. This portion of the project includes <br />Phases 1,2, and 3 engineering and construction of 37 sub-projects. The estimated total cost of the <br />er.tire proiect is $931,000 over a 4-year time period. Please see the attached project summary <br />and map. <br /> <br />History <br />In the early 19705 the Army Corps of Engineers engaged in a flood control project on the <br />Alamosa River that entailed channel straightening. channel excavation. and levee construction. <br />(Figure 1 is taken downstream from the Road 8 bridge where straightening in the 1970s <br />occurred.). Not only has the morphology of that three-mile section of river changed. but over <br />time the downstream morphology has been adversely affected and the banks have become <br />unstable. Straightening of the river cut off meanders and deepened the main channel. <br /> <br />