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" . .. . AGENCY NAME: Water Conser/ation Board I AGENCY NUMBE,,: FDA / ROUTING NUMBER: crq-oooL{~ $ 1[2,000 )fO](NT JFUND][NG AGREEMENT ~ fk ~ This A reement. made this 2/) day of W 1999, by and between the State of Cororado for the use and beriefit of the epartment of Natural Resources. Colorado Water Conservation Board, hereinafter referred to as the CWCB or the STATE, and the U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Box 25046 M.S. 415, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, hereinafter referred to as the USGS. IFACTUAL RECITALS A. 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 Fund Number 424, Organization YYYY, Appropriation V98, GBL USGS, Program WTRC, Object Code 5120, Reporting Category ~Agreement Encumbrance Number 01 ,]1863. Ci5J2i-'Z3 B. Required approval, clearance, and)c~o"7dnation have been accomplished from and with appropriate agencies. C. Section 37-60-121 (1)(b)(IV), C.R.S., authorizes the STATE to make grants from the CWCS Construction Fund with specific authorization from the General Assembly. Section 37-60- 115(3), C.R.S. authorizes and directs theSrATE to study the state's ground water resource, particularly nontributary water. D, The USGS is participating in 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 analyses, induding geo-hydrologic analysis, of the core and core hole. The Denver Museum of Natural History ("MuSEUM") will coordinate the STUDY. Other participants in the STUDY include 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 MUSEUM 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 MUSEUM, 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 MUSEUM'S receipt of NSF funds. ' F. Pursuant to H.B. 98-1189, Section 12. the General Assembly authorized the STATE to allocate up to $90,000 to the MUSEU~I and to the USGS to conduc;:t the STUDY. G. The USGS shall work with the MUSEUM on the performance of the STUDY, and has Page 1 of 4 ........