SUBJECT: Consent Agenda
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving the Fifth Amendment to Fifth Interim Agreement between the Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Windy Gap Firming Project Water Activity Enterprise, and the Erie Water Activity Enterprise for the Windy Gap Firming Project
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $800,000
Balance Available: $36,637,000
Budget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100005
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Board of Trustees previously approved agreements with the Municipal Subdistrict on July 23, 2002, February 11, 2003, August 10, 2004, January 24, 2006, December 11, 2007, June 9, 2009, June 22, 2010, January 10, 2012, August 28, 2012, March 25, 2014, October 28, 2014, January 12, 2016, August 10, 2017, January 23, 2018, and November 13, 2018 to participate in the Windy Gap Firming Project (WGFP). The Town of Erie owns 20 units of Windy Gap water, 6 of which it acquired in 2017.
Windy Gap water is desirable for the Town of Erie because the water is fully consumable (i.e., available for total consumptive use, augmentation of the Town's planned wells, reuse, etc.) and because it is deliverable through the existing Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD) Southern Water Supply Pipeline Project and the Town of Erie's pipeline. The WGFP has always been contemplated as a component of the Windy Gap Project, and there are 13 participants in the WGFP. The WGFP is necessary in order to provide additional storage to firm the annual yield of the Windy Gap water rights.
The first, second, third, and fourth phases of the WGFP are complete, and the fifth phase of the WGFP continues. The work completed to date includes studies to evaluate potential...
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