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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

August 29, 2007

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

Lawrance LesSel:
Galloway
5350 DTC Parkway
Greenwood Village, CO 80 III

Dear Larry,

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

GreenCO's goal for this project is to build upon the ongoing success of the program to
reach not only its mdustry, but also a wide anay 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." Industry expertise will be vital in identi1'ying new BMPs to
address topics such as sustainability, energy, reuse, recycling, alternative fuels, and
transportation, among othetS-

On behalf of the International Society of Arboriculture, Rocky MOlllltain Chapter (ISA).
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 participating, 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 AUIDlst 3 L 2007. Brenda is also available to answer any questions
you may have regarding the project. .

Thank you for your time, commitment and consideration.

Name !-lWr3t1ce M. Lesser

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Green Industries of Colorado
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9367 W. VandeventorP.rivr: . Littleton, CO 80128 . Phone (3Q3) 973.4()z6 - Fax: (JQ,3)973-2263. brendaobrien(alcomcast.nd: