MINUTES OF THE WAS COMMITTEE
November 8, 2023
The meeting of the Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District Committee was called to order at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, by Chairman Dave Bernhardt at the office of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District located at 3209 W. 28th Street, Greeley, Colorado. Committee members present were Dave Bernhardt and Bret Schmidt. Gary Herman, Randy Knutson and Steve Bruntz were absent.
Staff members present were Randy Ray, Executive Director; William Mihelich, District Engineer; Evan McCurnin, Water Resources Analyst; Danyelle Hart, Financial Analyst and Lynn Kramer, Contracts Manager.
The committee did not have a quorum, no motions will be made.
Lynn presented a Petition for Permanent Transfer from SB Farms Inc. Billy addressed issues regarding the irrigation wells.
Randy described the Easement Agreement with David and Kayleen Hunt that was sent back to committee at the October board meeting to discuss the value of the pond.
Randy reviewed the Empire Land Company Easement Agreement and the Augmentation Water Credit Agreement.
Randy provided an update on the Sweet Valley Reservoir Complex. He reviewed a memo to the committee regarding Hunt Feedyard’s participation and a memo from J&T Consulting regarding pipelines and infrastructure.
Randy gave some background regarding the request from Greeley Irrigation Company for ditch rider services. He then reviewed a Ditch Services Agreement between CCWCD and GIC. The Greeley Irrigation Company sold their backhoe. They would like CCWCD to provide a backhoe to be used by the ditch rider. Randy presented several options and discussed an additional fee to charge GIC or request GIC to pay half the cost of a backhoe.
Randy reviewed a map depicting the location of a proposed recharge pond on land owned by Rex Craven and discussed the associated costs.
Danyelle Hart reviewed the 2024 WAS budget.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:48 P.M.