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for them where the potential residents have choices of location may wish to consider local <br />amenities and quality of life, and possibilities for non-cash arrangements to secure them. <br />e. The length of time needed to implement the water activity; preference will be given to <br />activities which can be implemented in the least amount of time taking into consideration the <br />complexity of the activity. <br />The activities proposed are relatively short in duration; scheduling is flexible depending on <br />timing of funding and actual availability of funds, though subj ect to the opportunities of those <br />being visited and heard, and the difficulties of scheduling workshops. <br />f. The applicant has the expertise and ability to implement the proposed activity. <br />Please see sections on personnel and related studies regarding the more active personnel. <br />g. The applicant is providing matching funds and the amount of matching funds or is obtaining <br />partial funding from other sources and the amount and source of such other funds or is providing <br />demonstrable in-kind contributions. <br />The work is based in large measure on previous studies conducted at no cost to the State beyond <br />participation and advisory assistance by various officials and interviewees. It is possible that <br />there may be interest in these inquiries in the Colorado Department of Local Affairs concerning <br />the local governments task. DOLA may also be interested in relative costs of financing water <br />acquisition. It is also possible the Department of Agriculture may have interests; one of the <br />important problems in the past has been viewing water transfers as not involving agricultural <br />innovations and management challenges. <br />h. The applicant has a demonstrated need for financial assistance based on the inability or <br />difficulty obtaining funding elsewhere <br />This work might be funded elsewhere, eventually, but performing the work with funding from the <br />State may elicit interest and cooperation which might otherwise be less quickly forthcoming. <br />Please provide an overview of the water project or activity to be funded including -type of activity, <br />statement of what the activity is intended to accomplish, the need for the activity, the problems and <br />opportunities to be addressed, expectations of the participants, why the activity is important, the <br />service area or geographic location, and any relevant issues etc. <br />RATIONALE: Part 1: Solving the Chicken-and-Egg Problem <br />The "Super Ditch" is the current leading effort to use one of the new forms of transfer, and is <br />partially private. But there are more forms and ideas which have advanced through SWSI and <br />literature and other places, and there is achicken-and-egg problem. We can't go beyond <br />generalities to help design illustrations or working models without knowing enough about what is <br />io <br />