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<br />MEMORANUUM <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: John Van Sciver, P.E. <br />Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief <br />Water Project Planning and Finance Section <br /> <br />DATE: January 14, 2000 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12b., January 26-27,2000 Board Meeting <br />Alamosa-La Jara Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The Alamosa-La Jara Water Conservancy District (A-LJWCD) has applied for a Grant of <br />$300,000 for continued restoration of the Alamosa River. This portion of the project includes <br />Phases 1,2, and 3 engineering and construction of 37 sub-projects. The estimated total cost of <br />the entire project is $931,000 over a 4-year time period. Please see the attached project summary <br />and map. <br /> <br />Historv <br />In the early 1970s the Army Corps of Engineers engaged in a flood control project on the <br />Alamosa River that entailed channel straightening, channel excavation, and levee construction. <br />(Figure 1 is taken downstream from the Road 8 bridge where straightening in the 1970s <br />occurred.). Not only has the morphology of that three-mile section of river changed, but over <br />time the downstream morphology has been adversely affected and the banks have become <br />unstable. Straightening of the river cut off meanders and deepened the main channel. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 1: Downstream from Road 8 Bridge <br />