C153409 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C153409
• Contractor Name: Farmers Extension Ditch & Highland Lake Lateral Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 1
• County: Weld
• Bill Number: SB 80-67
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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CONTRACT

1983:, by and between the
Natural Resources

THIS CONTRACT, made this 1st day of Auaust

Slate of Colorado fur the use and benefit of the Department of . 1
(Colorado Water Conservation Board),

hereinafter referred to as the State, and -2 Farmers Extension
Lak~ Lateral, Box 550, Johnstown, Colorado

hereinafter referred to as the contractor.

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WHEREAS, authority exists in Ihe Law and Funds ha,'e been budgeted. appropriated and otherwise made
available and a sufficient unencumbered balance thereof'remilins available ~ payment in Fund Number 4 n n R
G/l Account Number 53l8X, Contract Encumbrance Numbera5..::? (and '
ABL Account Number l3l8~ Org. Unit 77-77-77 ,
WHEREAS, required approval. clearance and coordination has been accomplished from and with appropriate
agencies: and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of 37-60-119, Colorado
Revised Statutes 1973, as amended, the State is authorized to
construct certain water projects for the benefit of the people
of the State; and

WHEREAS, the Contractor is a mutual ditch company in the
State of Colorado and wishes to undertake repairs of its
irrigation system, hereinafter called the project, for the
Farmers Extension Ditch and Highland Lake Lateral shareholders
in Weld County, Colorado, at an estimated cost of Three Hundred
Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($355,000); and

WHEREAS, a feasibility investigation of said project was
conducted and it was found that such a project is economically
feasible; and

WHEREAS, the State has agreed to construct said project and
to sell the same to the Contractor upon mutually agreeable
terms and conditions, subject to the availability of funding
for that purpose; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Bill No. 67, Fifty-Second
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, duly enacted into
law, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has been authorized
to expend a sum not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($1,200,000) for construction of the project;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and
dependent covenants herein contained, it is agreed by the
parties hereto as follows:

A. The Contractor agrees that it shall:

1. Employ an engineering firm to prepare project plans
and specifications for the proposed project. Both the
engineering firm and the project plans and specifications shall
be approved by the State.

2. Subcontract the construction of said project to a
responsible and capable firm, said project to be completed
within two (2) years of the date of this contract in accordance
with the project plans and specifications and any necessary
modification thereof approved by the State. The State must
approve, in writing, all subcontracts before they become
effective. The above-mentioned time may be extended by the
State if such time is insufficient because of acts of God or
other acts or circumstances beyond the control of the
Contractor.

395-53.01-C010

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