BOARD00080 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2006
• Description: OWCDP Section - Proposed Revisions to Guidelines for the Water Efficiency Grant Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Adopted by the Board July 18,2005
Revised by the Board January 24, 2006

. Call1iAe for SUPP0ft tEl eAtities that are Pl'lfSUiAg grants
. Limited speaking aAa presentatiEln engagemeats
. Promotioas at technical seminars, fairs and workshops
. Other resources listed oa the C'.VCB website (W'lI'N.c'Ncb.state.co.us)

The Office's efforts will iae1ude makiag water user and municipal aad special district groups
aware of the graAt program, as well as professiOl'lal groups ana public aAa private ageAeies, to
stimulate demand and encourage applieations.

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b) Management ofCrant Program Cash Fund
The 2005 Legislature has ereated the Water EfficieRcy Grant Program Cash Fund from the
Se'lefaaCe Tax Trest Fl:lfld Reserve for Hse in fuadiag graAts vo'ita One Million Fi'o'e HHaared
Eighty Thousand Dollars. The CWCB will tracle the Mds to eAsure that the moaies from the
Graat Program Cash Fuad are Hsed in accordance '.'lith the desires of the enactiRg legislatiElA and
the guidelines of tae CWCB. In additioA, the C\l/CB will maintain eomrnunicatiElns ',yith the
legislature to ensure that the Grant PrElgram Cash FHAd is replenished and managed in the next
t....o fiscal years (i.e., 2007 aAd 2008) in a mailller consistent with the inteAt of the original
legislation.

e) Day to day L~1dministration of the Crant Program
The Office aAd other Board staff, as neeessaf)', ','.ill handle day to day ,^.dministratioA of the graat
program. l\dministration responsibilities of the Office and the CWCB ''vill include:

i) Management ana accounting f-or the moneys in the grant program;
ii) Disbursement ana tracking Elf grant payments to grantees, expenses, and allocatioAs;
iii) Notification to sHecessful and unsuceessful applieants of the disposition of their
applications;
iv) Review of progress and final projeet reports;
'o') FHnd complianee assurance, including project tennination if necessaf)';
vi) Projeet closeout for each projeet ineluding, but not limited to, project filing, digitizing
and PElsting of the Final Plan on the BoaFd website, fi8al payment, aRd determination of
le'lel of reimbHrsement, if appropriate; and
vii) Preparation of a bi monthly report to the Board regarding the grant program ine1udiAg
infElrmation on the number of applications received and reviewed, the amount of monies
awarded by entity and agency, the status of payments, etc.

d) Matehi8g Funds
Entities and agencies requesting funding under this program will need to ha'le and/or demonstrate
tHe ability to provide 25% of the Project budget ','/ith matching funds, either as cash or in kind
services or through payment of consulting fees or any combinatioA thereof. The Board 'J/ill
eonsider applieations \vith a redueed level of matching funds; however these applicants will need

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