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<br />MEMORANDUM
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<br />CWCS Feasibility Report Contract - No. C153484 File
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<br />Tim Feeh,", P .E., W,te, S,pply PI,"oiog '"' FI",o", S,ctloo ~
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<br />January 31,2000
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<br />Repayment of Feasibility Report, San Luis Valley Water Conservancy
<br />District, Monte Vista, Colorado - Contract No. C153484
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<br />Backqround
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<br />On January 5,1997, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (the State) entered into
<br />a Contract with the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District (the Contractor), to
<br />determine the physical and legal availability of water in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, in
<br />accordance with the feasibility proposal prepared by Leonard Rice Consultanting Engineers,
<br />Inc, As compensation for the services of the Contractor, the State would pay to the
<br />Contractor the sum of $72,000. Subsequently the Contract was amended on two separate
<br />occasions, once on October 7,1997, for a time extension, and again on July 11,1998 for an
<br />additional encumbrance of $71,000 by the State to compiete the report. The actual total
<br />cost of completing the report was $180,000, of which $143,000 was provided by the State,
<br />$33,000 provided by the Bureau of Reclamation, and $4,000 provided by the Contractor.
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<br />Paragraph 5, Section 5 of the amended Contract, dated July 11, 1988, states "In
<br />consideration of the State providing a portion of the cost of the preparation of the said project
<br />feasibility report, the Contractor shall pay to the State the sum $185,185, provided that
<br />construction of the subject water project is initiated within 10 years of the date of this
<br />Contract. The Contractor shall fulfill this obligation irrespective of how or by whom or to what
<br />specifications or plans the subject project is financed, paid, or constructed for so long as
<br />construction of said project is initiated within the specified time",
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<br />The final report, entitled "Rio Grande Water Supply Study", Phase I, was completed
<br />by Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc" in January of 1990. Within the report, 4
<br />separate potential reservoir sites were discussed, that would fall under the category of a
<br />water project, if actually constructed. They were Wagon Wheel Gap, Vega Sylvestre, Rio
<br />Grande No,1, and South Fork No, 1, The remainder of the report dealt specifically with
<br />water supply, water use, water rights, Rio Grande Compact, river modeling, and other
<br />applicable research items required in developing the proposed reservoir sites,
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<br />Based on the terms of the Contract, the Contractor shall repay to the State the sum of
<br />$185,185 if the water projects identified above were constructed prior to July 11, 1998.
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<br />Attached is a copy of the executive summary of the final published report.
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