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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request from Green Industries of Colorado
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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August 30, 2007

Letter of Commitment
GreeneO Best Management Practices (BMP) Expansion Project

Donna Pacetti
Denver Water
1600 W. 12th Ave
Denver CO 80204

Dear Donna,

This letter of is to infonn you that in the coming days, the Green Industries of Colorado
(GrecnCO) will be submitting a grant application to the Colorado Water Conservation Board-
Office of Drought Planning and Conservation for a water efficiency grant to ftmd a project to
expand and revise its Green Industry Best Management Practices (BMP) for the Conservation and
Water Quality Protection Practices in Colorado.

GreeneO's goal for this project is to build upon the ongoing success of the program to
reach not on ly its industry, but also a wide array of affected parties and stakeholders. If the grant
is approved, GreenCO will need your help to begin work on its BMP Manual and Training
Program to add more technical substance, and begin identifying new practices to correlate with
the with the "green movement." Indusrry expertise will be vital in identifying new BMPs to
address topics such as sustainability, energy, reuse, recycling, alternative fuels, and
transportation, among others.

Serving on behalf of Denver Water, you are invited to participate on the BMP Expansion
Advisory Committee. As a committee member, you would be asked to attend approximately six
meetings beginning in October 2007 and ending in late January 2008. All we ask is that you
solicit input from your peers, lend your expertise, and help to bring this important project to
fruition.

If you are interested in paI1icipating, a letter of commitment is required as part of the
grant approval process. Please sign the letter and fax to GreenCO's Proiect Manager. Brenda
O'Brien at [phone] bv August 31. 2007. Brenda is also available to answer any questions
you may have regarding the project.

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Green Industries of Colorado
Associated landsCllpe Contr.ctOJS of Colorado . Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals . Colorado Chapter of American
Society of Landscape Architects. Colorado NurseI)' and Greenhouse Association . Garden Center.; of Colnrndo . International Society of
Arboricullure- Rocky Mountain Chapter . Rocky Mountain Golf Course Superintendents. Rocky Mountain Sod Growers AssociUion .

9367 W. Vandeventor Drive . Littleton. CO 80128 . Phone [phone] . Fa.'\:: (303}973-2263' b~Ildubrien@comcastnet

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