PROJ00501

• Contract/PO #: C153318
• Contractor Name: San Luis Valley Irrigation District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 20
• County: Hinsdale
• Bill Number: SB 79-537
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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$90,000.00

CONTRACT

THIS CONTRACT, made Ihis 14th day of September 197.2. by and between the
Slate oC Colorado Cor the use and benefit of the Department Of"l Natural Resources
(Colorado Water Conservation Board)
herdnafter referred to as the Stale, and"2 ~;:m T II; ~ \1:.11 Py Trri g:Jr-i on ni ~rri ~t
(Rin ~r~nnp Rp.~prvn;r), P 0 Rnx 617, r.p-nter, r.oloTado 8112~
hereinafter referred 10 as the contractor.

WUEREAS, authority exist:t in the Law lInd Funds have been budgeted, appropriated and otbclWise made
available and a surficient unencumbered balance thereof remains available for payment in Fund Number 4008 ,
G/L Account Number t;'&o<;1, Contract Encumbrance Numbe,.c';'~3/S?'; and

WHEREAS. rClluircd ;:approval. dearance and coordination has been accomplished from and with appropriate
Ilgencies; and

WHEREAS, 'J pursuant to Title 37, Article 60, Colorado Revised
Statutes 1973, as amended, the State, through the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, may construct wacer resource projects and make the
waters available therefrom to the residents of the State of Colorado
upon conditions to be determined by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board; and

WHEREAS, the Contractor is an irrigation district in the State of
Colorado and wishes to undertake improvements of a dam hereinafter
called the project, for the members of the San Luis Valley Irrigation
District in Center, Colorado, at an estimated cost of One Hundred
Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($113,000); and

WHEREAS, the State, through the Colorado Water Conservation Board,
has agreed to construct said project and to sell the same to the Con-
tractor upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions, subject to the
approval of appropriations for that purpose by the Colorado General
Assembly and the Governor of the State of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Bill No. 537, Fifty-Second General
Assembly of the State of Colorado, duly enacted by the Colorado General
Assembly and approved by the Governor of the State of Colorado, there
was appropriated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board the sum of
Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000) for improvement of the Rio Grande
Reservoir; and

WHEREAS, the Contractor has available from its own sources
sufficient funds to construct the remainder 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 will:

1. Cause said project to be constructed within one (1) year of the
date of this contract in accordance with the project plans and specifi-
cations and any necessary modification thereof approved by the State.
No payments will be made under this contract until the project plans and
specifications are approved by the' State. 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.

2. Conveyor cause title to be conveyed by deed or other proper
conveyance to the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Department of Natural
Resources, State of Colorado, the following portions of the proposed
project facilities:

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