24a

• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: WSP Section - Sevferance Tax Operational Account - Forest Restoration and Tamarisk
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
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www.cwcb. state.co.us
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
Dan McAuliffe, Acting Director and
Steve Miller, Water Supply Protection Section
November 9, 2007
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Hams D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
Dan McAuliffe
Acting CWCB Director
Agenda Item 24a. November 14-15, 2007 Board Meeting
Severance Tax Operational Account -Forest Restoration and Tamarisk -
Revised Staff Recommendation
Revised Staff Recommendation:
The Board supports the staff recommendation to:
A. Recommend that the Department of Natural Resources submit a Budget Amendment, written
by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, to the FY 2008-2009 Budget Request that increases
the Colorado Water Conservation Board's allocation of revenue from the Severance Tax Trust
Fund Operational Account by $2 million. The $2 million increase should be comprised of:
1. $1 million for the purpose of financing a multi-year forest restoration grant program.
This funding shall be provided in the form of a lump-sum grant to the Colorado State
Forest Service, or if Service prefers, distributed by the CWCB in cooperation with the
Service in accordance with the Service's grant program guidelines; and,
2. $1 million for the purpose of financing a Tamarisk and Russian Olive Control Cost-
sharing Grant Program to be managed by the CWCB in cooperation with the Tamarisk
Coalition, the Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado Department of
Agriculture.
B. Ensure that a portion of the appropriated fund, not to exceed 10 percent, be used for a
scientific research and monitoring component to better target projects and assess their
effectiveness. In addition, any grant program so authorized should include a requirement of a
minimum of 50 percent non-state cost-sharing, which may consist of a combination of in-kind
and cash match. The specific roles and spending authorities for each of the cooperating entities
will need to be addressed and authorizing language may need to be included in the Long Bill
each fiscal year. The supervisory financial management role shall remain with the CWCB.
„~.~~ C. It is the CWCB's intent that if the Budget Amendment is approved and the funding is
~~ included in the FY 2008-09 Long Bill, that the CWCB shall request additional funding in the
same amounts for the next three fiscal years.
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