CastleRock_WCPlan_Applic

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Water Conservation Planning Grant
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 06-40
• Applicant: Town of Castle Rock
• Project Name: Town of Castle Rock Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Grant application for Water Conservation Planning
• Date: 8/31/2005
• County: Douglas

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Outreach Pro~ram
A major facet of the plan and a key component to the plan's success is community involvement,
as highlighted in the "Vision Statement" for the master plan:

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"A community-endorsed strategic plan establishingfeasible
water resource development opportunities to assure a long-term
sustainable water supply for the Town of Castle Rock"

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The vision statement embodies the essential goals of the master plan, and, as highlighted, the
outreach to our community is top on the list of goals. To accomplish this outreach, an
aggressive communication program was initiated to capture the feedback of the community at
various times in the planning process. This community group, referred to as the Strategic
Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC), is currently made up of approximately 40 stakeholders
within the Town, including: local citizens, business representatives, developers, commission
members, and county representatives. This large group of stakeholders is subdivided into four
groups: Conservation, Water Supply, Finance and Outreach. These groups meet more
frequently to discuss and comment on work completed by Town staff and our consultants, who
are working together as the Core Team. The communication structure directs the SPAC's
feedback/comments to the Steering Committee, which is comprised of the Town Manager,
Town Attorney, Mayor, Councilmember(s), and the department heads from Utilities, Finance,
Parks and Recreation and Development Services Departments. This committee then makes
recommendations to Town Council based on the stakeholder feedback and the Core Team's
work.

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Conservation Plan
A key element to the WRSMP is the Conservation Plan. which is currently under development.
The result of this plan is a reduction over time in the amount of water production required to
fully serve the Town. The mission statement for the conservation plan is:

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"Achieving quantifiable water savings through education, incentives
and application o( best management practices."

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The final conservation scenario will be assimilated into the WRSMP as a given assumption in the
decision process.

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The water conservation technical group, composed of staff members from Utilities, Parks and
Recreation, Development Services and Communications, along with private sector landscape
design, irrigation design and landscape maintenance professionals, have worked over
the last two years to develop proposed per capita use targets and associated program

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CWCB Water Conservation Planning Grant Program

SA VING WA TER THROUGH EoveA nON, INCENTIVES, ANO APPlICA nON OF BEST MANA GEMENT PRA C T1CES