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<br />Purchase supplies such as t-shirts for program advertising and auditor identification, cell phones for <br />communicating with clients, fellow auditors, the program assistant and program manager. <br />The success of meeting previously identified goals and objectives <br />All necessary tools and supplies were purchased on time. <br />Obstacles encountered <br />Good quality irrigation parts can currently only be obtained locally from a wholesale supplier. It was necessary <br />to pay a fee to open an account with them in order to purchase supplies, which was not anticipated. <br />Also, catch- cup fees had increased by 100% which added to our supply costs. <br /> <br />Website scheduling software is designed. This is an on-line scheduling tool that will be transferable to other <br />entities wishing to set up similar programs in their area. It will be included in the final product of this grant. <br />Accomplishments <br />A customized online scheduling program was designed by Rich Price and was essential to the functioning of the <br />program. The program allowed us to effectively manage scheduling a large volume of audits amongst different <br />entities occurring simultaneously. It also allowed us to accommodate the different procedural requirements that <br />different cities have. Clients do tend to reschedule appointments often and this program could visually show <br />openings and cancellations to facilitate the rescheduling process. The program is capable of clients scheduling <br />their own appointments on-line, though this was not fully utilized in the 2006 program for various reasons. The <br />main reason dealt with trying to control the filling of a time-slot with a particular location in order to minimize <br />driving for auditors. We anticipate that this feature could be further utilized in the future. <br />Obstacles Encountered <br />Weare grateful to have gone through the developmental process with Rich Price. It was much more complex <br />and time-consuming than anticipated and much was learned during the process. It was difficult to foresee the <br />particular design and functionality requirements of the program and it required a lot of modifications during the <br />audit season to perfect it. We feel it would be very useful to anyone wanting to implement the same type of <br />program. <br /> <br />Printing and copying of forms used to perform an audit and additional flyers to advertise the program, are <br />made at this time. <br />Accomplishments <br />This task was completed. <br />Obstacles Encountered <br />More copies were needed than anticipated and contracting out to a printer in future years might be considered to <br />save on costs. <br /> <br />17 auditors conduct up to 4 audits a day for a 9 week period during June, July, and August and an assistant <br />works to handle requests and disseminate appointments for a 16 week period during May, June, July, and <br />August. The assistant also aids the manager in overseeing the daily functioning of the program as needed. The <br />audits will take place in the cities of Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Thornton, Westminster, Greeley, Aurora, <br />Golden and Erie. <br />Accomplishments <br />The team of auditors completed over 3600 hours of irrigation audits in the nine cities listed above.. This <br />included approximately 1400 residential properties and 44 HOA or commercial properties. This was close to <br />our anticipated goal. We did end up spending more office time coordinating HOA audits and this is not <br />