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Water Supply Reserve Account -Grant Application Form <br />Form Revised May 2007 <br />4. Please provide an overview of the water project or activity to be funded including - type of activity, statement <br />of what the activity is intended to accomplish, the need for the activity, the problems and opportunities to be <br />addressed, expectations of the participants, why the activity is important, the service area or geographic <br />location, and any relevant issues etc. Please include any relevant TABOR issues that may affect the <br />Contracting Entity. Please refer to Part 2 of Criteria and Guidance document for additional detail on <br />information to include. <br />The proposal will provide a tool for Metro Roundtable members to actively solicit input and <br />advice from affected local governments and stakeholders. It will also educate over 6,000 <br />Colorado residents about issues in the South Platte Basin. <br />The proposal seeks $32,038 ($16,019 each from the Metro and South Platte Roundtables) to <br />fund a portion of the production of an edition of Headwaters magazine focused on the South <br />Platte Basin. Production includes the writing, editing, design, printing, distribution and <br />management of the issue. The issue would be available in October, 2008. <br />Headwaters magazine is the Foundation's most widely available and well-known educational <br />resource. Each issue reaches over 6,000 residents of Colorado and the West. Once a year, <br />the magazine features a river basin in Colorado and discusses in detail the challenges the <br />basin faces, the agencies and people responsible for managing water resource affiliated <br />issues, and the many success stories already accomplished. The Foundation has featured <br />the San Juan, Dolores, Rio Grande and Arkansas basins since the first basin-focused issue in <br />2004. <br />The proposal is intended to educate Roundtable stakeholders in the South Platte Basin about <br />the basin's geography, water supply and environmental challenges, water management <br />agencies (including the IBCC and Roundtables} and different user groups. The issue will help <br />the Metro and South Platte Roundtables achieve their goal of communicating with basin <br />stakeholders to better solicit their input for needs assessments and project planning. <br />The Foundation will provide support to Roundtable members in their outreach efforts by <br />providing materials and assisting in theirdistribution, and attending a limited number of <br />speaking engagements on behalf of the Roundtable to discuss the contents of the issue. <br />6 <br />