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• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: CF Section - Julesburg Irrigation District - Peterson Ditch Control Structures and Request for Loan Refinancing
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natura! Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) S66,3441
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.u5

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

TO:

FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

John Van SCiver, P.~!(S
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief
Water Supply Planning no Finance Section.

Dan McAuliffe
Acting Director

DATE: November 8,2000

SUBJECT: Agenda Items 14b. and 15a., November 20-21, 2000 Board Meeting
Julesburg Irrigation District - Peterson Ditch Control Structures and
Request for Loan Refinancing.

Introduction
The Julesburg Irrigation District (JID) is applying for a $100,000 Small Project Loan to reconstruct
the Peterson Ditch Control structures on Lodgepole Creek, The estimated total cost of the project
is $145,000. Please see the attached project summary and map.

BackQround
The JID, located in Sedgwick County, operates the Peterson Ditch for the benefit of the
shareholders to deliver direct flow and storage irrigation water. (The District also operates the
Settlers Ditch, the Highline Ditch, the Harmony Ditch #1 , and the Julesburg Reservoir.)

The Peterson Ditch diverts from the South Platte River, 2 miles west of Sedgwick. Direct flows of
the Peterson, along with Julesburg Reservoir storage water, are delivered through the system to
irrigate 7840-acres, The Peterson Ditch crosses Lodgepole Creek about 2 miles north of Ovid,
and the control structures at this location are in poor condition, The downstream end of the
spillway drop structure has been undercut and could fail during a flood. This would release the
entire ditch flow to Lodgepole Creek and cause flooding downstream. The JID needs to rebuild
the diversion as soon as possible, preferably in winter-spring 2001. prior to the irrigation season.
The District is eligible for a loan from the Small Project Loan Account, since delaying construction
until summer or fall 2001 would result in a hardship on the Borrower. The current condition of the
drop structure makes it dangerous to operate.

The JID has two existing loans with the CWCB. As part of this loan application, the district is
requesting that one of those loans (Julesburg Reservoir Rehabilitation, $372,950, 40 years,5%)
be refinanced to a 30-year loan at 4%; standard terms for a CWCB agricultural loan in 2000.