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" . . MEMORANDUM To: From: CWCS Feasibility Report Contract - No. C153325 File Tim Feehan, P.E., Water Supply Planning and Finance Section ~ February 22, 2000 Date: Subject: Repayment of Feasibility Report, West Divide Project South Rifle Division First Stage - Contract No. C153325 Backqround On September 1, 1980, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (the State) entered into a Contract with the West Divide Water Conservancy District (The Contractor), identifying the terms and conditions under which the cost of the feasibility report would have to be repaid to the State. The total cost of the feasibility report was $21,500, of which $10,000 was paid directly by West Divide Water Conservancy District and the remaining $11,500 paid by the State. Section 1 of the Contract, dated September 1, 1980, states "In consideration of the State providing a portion of the cost of the preparation of the said project feasibility report, the Contractor shall pay to the State the sum $14,178.35, provided that construction of the subject water project is initiated within 10 years of the date of this Contract. The Contractor shall fulfill this obligation irrespective of how or by whom or to what specifications or plans the subject project is financed, paid, or constructed for so long as construction of said project is initiated within the specified time". The final feasibility report entitled "West Divide Project South Rifle Division First Stage, was completed by the David E. Fleming Company in September of 1980. The purpose of the report was to determine a dependable municipal water supply for anticipate future growth in and around the City of Rifle, Colorado. The report recommended that the water supply be obtained by direct diversion from the Colorado River under water rights transferred by the West Divide Water Conservancy District, augmented by releases from storage in the Green Mountain and Ruedi reservoirs. The project would consist of an intake and silt exclusion structure on the Colorado River, a raw water pumping station, a one million gallon per day water treatment plant, a one million gallon steel storage tank, and 4,400 linear feet of 6" - 8" water supply pipeline. The estimated cost of the project was $1,460,000. Based on the terms of the Contract, the Contractor shall repay to the State the sum of $14,178.35 if the water project identified above as constructed prior to September 1, 1990. Attached is a copy of the executive summary of the final published report.