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<br />Or:-:Oir;;') <br />v v U ,J .~ .... <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Most of the discussion, however, focused upon the contractual arrange- <br />ments between the State and the regions. OSDC and regional personnel performed <br />some minor revisions on the draft MOAs which had been circulated by the OSDC <br />prior to the meeting, but basically the MOAs retained their original generalized <br />formats. The following provision illustrates the tone of the contracts: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Contractor shall perform in a complete and timely manner <br />all drought coordination-related activities as mutually <br />agreed upon and as specified in an initial and periodically <br />updated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Contractor <br />and the State acting through the Office of the Colorado State <br />Drought Coordinator. . . . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Within each MOA were listed three objectives with tasking guidelines <br />appropriate to the fulfillment of those objectives. Those objectives formed the <br />framework for many of the regional programs. They also outlined the areas in <br />which the COGs, as contractors, were responsible to the State. From an academic <br />standpoint, they are significant because they outlined clearly the State's <br />concept of regional drought program management. The objectives were to: <br /> <br />. "Provide technical assistance to individual, local government, <br />and special district applicants for federal drought relief;" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. "Monitor targeted concerns and provide reports thereon to the <br />State;" (a regional monthly report has been shown in Appendix E, <br />page 128.) and, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. "Review and implement local policy in drought related areas of <br />concern." <br /> <br />Figure 3-2 illustrates the complete list of agreements included in the MOAs. <br /> <br />The standard financial arrangement between the State and each region as <br />stipulated in the contract called for the allocation of $18,000, dispensed in <br />monthly installments of $1,500 per month for the period July 1, 1977, through <br />June 30, 1978. Many regions started receiving money in July 1977, and all but <br />two contracts were signed by September 1, 1977. <br /> <br />Contract Variations. In negotiating their contracts, three of the 13 <br />reg ions chose an opt i ona 1 financ i a 1 arrangement offered by the State. The <br />opt i ona 1 arrangement allowed for a "sp 1 it-t ime" contract in wh i ch the regi ons <br />would receive $9,000 from the OSDC for drought coordination activities and <br />$9,000 from the Colorado Office of Human Resources (COHR) for the coordination <br /> <br />37 <br />