Recipient:  Arvada, Colorado (City of)
Address:   8101 Ralston Rd.  Arvada, CO  80002
Amount requested: $2,600,000
Project description:  This project under the Army Corps of Engineers would create an overflow structure to protect against 100 year flooding along Clear Creek.  The project would include channelization and structural improvements that will remove nearly 100 acres, including approximately 25 separate property ownerships, from the 100 year floodplain. 

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because many residents in Arvada are potentially susceptible to loss of property or life if no flood mitigation is taken.

Recipient:  Arvada, Colorado (City of)
Address:   8101 Ralston Rd.  Arvada, CO  80002
Amount requested: $6,000,000
Project description:  This request would be used for replacement of the undersized box culvert at Ralston Creek with a 100 ft span bridge to remove commercial and residential properties from the 100-year flood plain and provide a grade separation for the Ralston Creek Regional Trail.

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because Arvada sits in a flood plain and must take preventative measures to protect its citizens from natural disasters.

Recipient:  Colorado School of Mines
Address:   1500 Illinois Ave.   Golden, CO  80403
Amount requested: $2,000,000
Project description:  Colorado School of Mines, as part of the Colorado Collaboratory, is developing technological advances in carbon capture and storage (CCS), as well as policies to deploy it at scale.  CSM aims to provide solutions not only to the technical challenges of capturing and storing carbon, but also to the labyrinth of policy decisions that we must successfully navigate to ensure that fully-scaled CO2 capture, transport, and storage underground is safe, fair, economically efficient and environmentally sound.

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because CSM will work with scientists and public policy specialists to develop an effective and workable way to deploy the critical power of carbon capture and storage during this volatile time.

Recipient:  Colorado School of Mines
Address:   1500 Illinois Ave.   Golden, CO  80403
Amount requested: $15,000,000
Project description:  The Colorado School of Mines is one of the nation's premier geophysical research institutions.  The Earth Energy Institute is CSM's long-term effort to tackle renewable and alternative energy research.  This funding will help construct the facility on campus where world-class engineers and scientists will conduct pioneering research in renewable energy.

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because CSM has the human capital and expertise to pioneer renewable energy development.  Investing in EEI will provide this institution with a world class facility to lead in green energy research and bring many related jobs to the area.

Recipient:  Colorado Water Conservation Board
Address:   1313 Sherman St.  Rm. 721
Amount requested: $310,000
Project description:  The Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Study (Chatfield, Cherry Creek and Bear Creek Reservoirs, Colorado, Omaha District, General Investigations Study) is pursuing funding in FY2010 to continue work on the Feasibility Report (FR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) resources are needed to study the possibility of enlarging these reservoirs so stored water within them becomes available for water supply and other needs in a timely manner.

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because the water users of the Denver metro-area require sufficient water storage to maintain our quality of life.

Recipient:  Colorado State University
Address:   College of Engineering,  Ft. Collins, CO  80523
Amount requested: $1,350,000
Project description:  The Smart Grid Simulation Laboratory, which was built to support the development and testing of the next generation of “smart grid” technologies, leverages CSU’s world-class engines research capabilities and Spirae’s smart grid design and development expertise to establish a unique laboratory where advanced smart-grid concepts are being tested, refined, and validated.  The SGSL is the only facility in North America where physical systems with megawatt scale generation, renewables in simulation, and advanced grid control and stabilization technologies can be set-up alongside conventional software power systems simulation tools for the development and testing of advanced grid control concepts.

Use of Taxpayer Dollars:  This is a wise use of taxpayer dollars because our nation is transitioning to a new power grid, and CSU’s SGSL will blaze the trail for effective technology and components of this endeavor.