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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Implementation-Schedule The following schedule is proposed for implementation of the project: Task Tarqet Completion Date 1. Complete Final Design 2. NRCS Approves Design 3. Start Construction 4. Complete Construction 5. Project is Operational 09/01/97 09/15/97 12/01/97 01/15/98 02/15/98 Social, Economic, and Physical Impacts The project will have no significant social impacts. The project will have a positive economic impact by providing additional irrigation water for about 630 acres. Shareholders at the lower end of the Hawkeye Lateral Ditch will have enough water in low water years to adequately irrigate their crops. The project will have no significant physical impacts once construction is complete. The new diversion structure will be very similar to what exists now, and the new pipeline will be buried and out of view. Permitting All easements and rights of way have been arranged for. The NRCS evaluated the historic preservation. not affect wetlands. project with regard to wetlands and It was determined that the project will Financial Plan The total cost of the selected project is about $393,000. Approximately 63% ($249,950) will come from a cost share agreement through the USDA-NRCS, and 37% ($143,000) is available from a loan from the Colorado Water Conservation Board. This amount will be financed over a 30-year period, at 3.75%. The annual loan payment will be approximately $8021, or about $18.23 per share. This represents about $4 per acre-foot delivered, based on a 2000 acre-foot per year average delivery rate. Feasibility Study Rehabilitation of the Hawkeye Lateral Ditch December 1997 7