BOARD00157 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/13/2007
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account Grant Allocations - Criteria and Guidelines - Applications
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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be available to answer questions ifthey attend. Since it is an open meeting applicants may ask to
address the Board but staff has indicated t~at this is not needed unless the applicant disagrees with
the staff or Board and wishes to "make their case".

Prior to beginning the specific review Ofth~ applications, staffwill provide the Board with a brief .
overview ofthe purposes of the WSRA and the relevant sections of the Water for the 21 st Century
Act (House Bill 1177) to provide the contekt for the staff and Boards review. This is especially
important for understanding the review of~oth Basin Accounts and the Statewide Account.

It should be noted that staffhas received fe~dback that some Basin Roundtables perceive that the
request for Basin funds is a "rubber stamp"r. This perception is not completely accurate as the Basin
Roundtables and CWCB must determine tHat the activity meets the Eligibility Requirements and
Threshold Criteria. I
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Eligible Water Activities, as identified in Senate Bill 06-179, include the following:
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. Competitive grants for environmental cbmpliance and feasibility studies;
. Technical assistance regarding permitti~g, feasibility studies, and environmental compliance;
. Studies or analysis of structural, nonstrUctural, consumptive, and nonconsumptive water needs,
projects, or activities; and
. Structural and nonstructural water proj~cts or activities.

Eligible Entities that may apply for grants pr loans from the Account include:

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Public (Government) - municipalities, epterprises, counties, state and federal government
Public (Districts) - special, water and sanitation, conservancy, conservations, irrigation, water .
activity enterprises
Private Incorporated - mutual ditch companies, homeowners associations, non-profit
corporations
Private (Unincorporated) - individuals, partnerships, sole proprietors
Non-governmental organizations - are broadly defined as any organization that is not part of the
government. These organizations are tyPically non-profit but they also include for-profit
corporations.

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