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• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account Grant Applications
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
FROM: Rick Brown, Todd Doherty, Eric Hecox
Intrastate Water Mana ement and Develo ment xarris D. Sherman
g P DNR Executive Director
DATE: Janua 23, 2008 Jennifer L. Gimbel
IS' cwcB Director
SUBJECT: A ends Item 18 Januar ~ 22-23 2008 Board Meetin Dan ivleAuhn~e
g ~ 3 ~ g~ CWCB Deputy Director
Intrastate Water Management and Development
Section -Water Supply Reserve Account January Grant Applications
Background
During this agenda item the Board will be provided with a brief overview of the 6 applications,
which are attached to this memo, that were received requesting money from the Water Supply
Reserve Account (WSRA). The attachment provides:
a summary spreadsheet and pie charts summarizing funding requests and summarizing to
date activities for the basin and statewide accounts
a Water Activity Summary Sheet which provides an overview, discussion,
issues/additional needs and staff recommendation regarding funding, partial funding, or
not funding the applications
~ copies of the full applications
Staff review of the applications involved the following procedures and steps:
1) The applications were reviewed for completeness based on the information requirements,
which are primarily outlined in Part 2 of the Criteria and Guidelines.
2) The applications were reviewed to verify that the water activity met the eligibility
requirements in Section 39-29-108 (III) C.R.S. (also outlined in Part 2 of the Criteria
and Guidelines) and the threshold criteria, which are based on the requirements of
Section 39-29-108 (III) C.R.S., and two sections of the Water for the 21't Century Act
(House Bill 1177); Section 37-75-102 and Section 37-75-104(2)(c) (see Part 3 of the
Criteria and Guidelines). Staff also verified whether that the applicant was an eligible
entity to receive funding (see Part 2 of the Criteria and Guidelines).
3) This funding cycle only provided for funding from the Basin Accounts. Therefore, staff
did not need to review the applications for conformance with the evaluation criteria.
4) Staff then prepared the Water Activity Summary Sheet which documents the outcome of
the review process and contains staff's recommendations.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommendations are contained within each Water Activity Summary Sheet.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Flood bTitigation • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development