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• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: CF Section - En-Bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments Recommendations - Colorado Water Education Foundation - Annual Appropriation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natura! Resources
1313 Shelll];\l! Strcct, Room 721
Denver. Colorado 110203
Phone: [phone]\
FAX [phone]
www.cwcb.statc.co.us

Bill Owcns
Governor

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

CWCB Members
Rod Kuharich
October 31, 2006
Agenda Item #11(0) -- Water Education Foundation Funding

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Russcll George
Executive Director

Dan McAuliffe
Dcputy Director

HB 02-1152 established a Water Education Foundation. A copy of the authorizing
language is attached.

The legislation allowed the Board to provide $250,000 to establish the foundation
and authorizes the Board to provide $150,000 each year thereafter to support the
foundation.

The Board can stop providing funds after notice has been given to the Colorado
Water Congress that the purposes for which the Foundation was established have
ceased, or the when the Foundation becomes self-sufficient.

The Bylaws of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education provide seats for the
CWCB Director and another Board representative for two year terms.

At the May 2006 Board meeting, you accepted the Foundation's Scope of Work
for 2005-2006.

The non-reimbursable expenditure would provide the next $150,000 increment of
funding for 2007-2008.

Recommendation

( urge the finance Subcommittee to recommend that the Board recommend the inclusion
of this request in the 2007 Projects Bill without further discussion at the November Board
meeting.