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" ~ . . ,. -, ~. , , STATE OF COLORADO I I ' .,~ COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Department of Natural Resources 721 Stale Centennial Buikhng 1313 Sherman Street Denver. Colorado 80203 Phone {303) 866-3441 FAX (303) 86&4474 August 31, 1993 o Roy Romer Governor OariesC.lile P.E. Director. CWCB David H. Merritt, P.E. Colorado River Water Conservation District P.O. Box 1120 Glenwood, CO 81602 Re: Wolford Mountain Reservoir Project Cost Reimbursement Dear Dave: I have finally finished sorting through the supporting paperwork for your initial reimbursement request for the Wolford Mountain Project. I have also reviewed the terms of the contract between the CWCB and the River District and have researched the project files and statutes for information which might help clarify what items should be reimbursable under the project contract. It appears to me that the CWCB can provide a 50 percent cost-share reimbursement to the River District for $6,310,414.52 of the stated project costs. This is $478,780.31 less than the total of the expenditures claimed by the River District, which amount is composed of the following two items deleted from the pay request. 1. Feasibility Study - $417,212.87 It appears that the Feasibility Study was assembled well in advance of when the project was first presented to the CWCB. I have been unable to find any mention of intent to fund the Feasibility Study by the CWCB. It also appears that the study was performed independent of CWCB input. Therefore, it would appear to be non-reimbursable. 2, ,Property Operations, Maintenance & Clean-Up - $61,567.44 Ordinarily, operational and maintenance expenses incurred by the borrower are not reimbursable. Additionally, the reservoir area clean-up work by F. W. Moffat Construction Co. was apparently done by sole-source contract and without prior CWCB approval. Since that work could be considered as necessary for construction of the "project", as defined by the contract, it would need to conform to the requirements of the contract concerning selection of contractors in order to be reimbursable by CWCB.