C153456 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C153456
• Contractor Name: Grand Valley Irrigation Company
• Water District: 0
• County: Mesa
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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THIS CONTRACT. madt' Ihis 10th day of Februarv 198..&... by and belween Ihe
Slale.' of fnlnr"dll for Ihe u~(' and hent'fir of Itle lkp:nlmenl of ., Na tural Resources
(Colorado Water Conservation Board), ..
l1l'reinaflrr (('(erred to as the Slall'. :Ind"2 The Grand Valley Irrl.qatl.on Company,
688-26 Road. Grand Junction, CO 81501,
hrreinaflcf referred 10 as the ('Ol1traclor.

WHEREAS. aUlhoril)' ('xisls in Iht' law and Fundlo have been budgeted. ap(lroprialed and otherwise made
avaibblc and a suHidenl unencumbered bal:lIlce Iheftof remains 3vaila~~%aymenl in Fund Number 1 n n 1 .
G/L Account Numher5501X . COlllrat" Encllmhrance Number ('V, and
ABL Account Number 15010, Org. Unit 80-00-501,
WHEREAS. ree/ui,ed appru\':d. dC:U:ll1ce and cOllldinalinn has been accomplished from and with 3j'propriale
llgt'ncies: and

WHEREAS, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act. 43
U.S.C. 1571. ~~. (Public Law 93-320, as amended by pUblic Law
98-569) authorized the Secretary of the Interior to construct the
Grand Valley Salinity Control Unit (hereinafter referred to as
tbe "unit"): and

WHEREAS, construction of Stage II of the unit will entail
lining. or placinq into pipe. of laterals under the canals which
divert water to the Grand Valley: and

WHEREAS, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act. as
amended. requires that the laterals thus improved be operated and
maintained by non-federal entities: and

WHEREAS. the laterals under the Contractor's canal system are
currently owned and operated by numerous private individuals or
informal groups and associations; and

WHEREAS. the secretary of the Interio:. acting through the
United States Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter referred to as
Reclamation) is requiring that the laterals be organized into
entities enabled bY the laws of the State of Colorado with which
it can contract for the long-term operation and maintenance of
the improved laterals; and

WHEREAS. the Contractor is willing to acquire the ownership
of the laterals under its canal system in order that it. might
contract with Reclamation for the long-term operation and
maintenance of the improved laterals; and

WHEREAS. the Contractor must conduct a review of its legal
authorities and accounting procedures and negotiate with
Reclamation a contract for the long-term opetation and
maintenance of the improved laterals (said activities hereinafter
being referred to as "Stage II activ~tiesQ); and.

WHEREAS, the state and Reclamation desire that the Contractor
undertake certain activities and incur certain expenses and
Obligations preliminary to. and in order to prepare itself to
conduct. Stage II activities; and

WHEREAS. the State has promised to compensate and reimburse
the Contractor for expenses paid or incurred in carrying out
these preliminary activities: and

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