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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
GreeneO Best Management Practices (BMP) Expansion Project

Stu Jlcinglas
City or Westminster
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Dear Stll,

This letter of is to inforn1 you that in thc coming days, the Green Industries of Colorado
(GrcenCO) 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
Waler Quality Protection Practices in Colorado.

GrcenCO's goal for this project is to build upon the ongoing success of the program to
reach not only its industry, but also a wide array of affected parties and stakeholders. If the grant
is approved, GrcenCO 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 identifying new BMPs to
address topics such as sustainability, mergy. reuse, recycling, alternative fuels, and
transport:-Jtion, among others,

On behalf of GreenCO, you are invited to participate on the BMP Expansion Advisory
Committee. As a committee member representing the Colorado Wa.terWise Council and the City
of Westminster, you would be asked to attend approximately six meetings beginning in October
2007 and cnding in late January 2008. All we ask is tIlat you solicit input from your peers. lend
your expertise, and help to bring t11is importal1t project to fruition.

If you nre interested in participating. a letter of commitmmt is required as part of the
grant approval process, Please sign the letter and fax to GreenCO's Proiect Manager. Brenda
Q~Rl:igJ, at [phone] by August 31. 2007. Brenda is also available to answer any questions
you may have regarding the project.

Thank you for your time, commitment and consideration.

Signature

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. Associmed L~"c1$capc Controctors of Colorado . Colorado Associ:tlion of I.awn Care ProfcssiOlmls . COlorado Chapler of American
Socicly 0 r I.:mdsc<.pe Arch it~cls. C(llorndo Nursery amI Gr-..cnhou,;c As,ociation . Gnrden Centers of Colorndo . Internati(lnal Socicly of
Arhoricullure -. Rocky Mounrain C1lol'tcr . Rocky Mountain GntfCourse Sur>crinlendcnts. Rod.,)' MOll11ain Sod Growers ^ssociation .

9367 W. V3nd~H'C]lor Drive . LitllelClo, CO 80 128 . Phone [phone] . Fax: (3D3) 913-2263. brenda.ohri.~.c)lm.~l,_n..!<l