WSP07965

• File Number: 8446
• Description: Cache La Poudre Project
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1983
• Title: Cache La Poudre Project Study and Related Correspondence
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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preliminary alternative projects during Phase I and the evaluation of a
greater number of alternative projects during Phase II necessitated a
comparable reduction in effort during Phase II due to budgetary limitations.
As a result, the reformulation of the four selected alternatives during Phase
II was limited ~rimarily to upgrading designs and cost estimates for the major
project facilities to achieve reconnaissance level of detail. No additional
operation studies were performed during Phase II; therefore, sizing of project
reservoirs and power facilities were not optimized as originally envisioned.
Preliminary estimates of project benefits were not refined or upgraded from
Phase I to Phase II as originally intended. As a result, it is felt that
reservoirs are oversized, resulting in an overestimation of project costs, and
that project benefits, particularly of peaking power, are underestimated.

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F. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

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Comment on the study has been actively sought from the outset with the
formation of an Advisory Committee composed of knowledgeable individuals
representing a wide range of interests in the Cache la poudre Basin.
Functions of the advisors panel included review of written products and
advising on the content and conduct of the study, including public partici-
pation activities.

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A series of public meetings were held in Fort Collins throughout the study
to inform the public and t() allow public input to the study process. The
first meeting was held on June 30, 1982 to acquaint the public with the
objectives of the study. At the second public meeting on August 11, 1982, the
results of Phase I of the study were summarized aqd discussed.

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At its regular bi-monthly meeting on August 16, 1982, the Colorado Water
Conservation Board reviewed the eight preliminary alternatives which were
evaluated in Phase I of the study. After hearing public comment, the Board
selected four of the preliminary alternatives for further evaluation in Phase
II of the study.

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A final public meeting was held in Fort Collins on February 23, 1983, to
present the results of the Phase II evaluations to the public. On March 3,
1983, the Colorado Water Conservation Board held a special evening meeting in
Fort Collins to hear public comment on the Cache la Poudre Study and to adopt
a recommendation on the study for transmittal to the General Assembly.

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In addition to the public meeting, a series of publications was also made
available to the public during the course of the study. Four newsletters were
distributed between June 1982 and February 1983 to inform the public of the
status of study activities and to announce upcoming meetings. "The Interim
Report on the Cache la poudre Project Study" and the "Addendum to the Interim
Report" were distributed following Phase I of the study in August 1982. At
the completion of Phase II of, the study, the "Cache la poudre Project Study
Draft Summary Report" was distributed.

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