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Promoting Collaboration and Cooperation: <br />a) This activity addresses multiple needs or issues, including both consumptive and non-consumptive needs <br />and the needs of multiple interests including water users and conservationists. The SVP process is designed <br />to allow stakeholders to determine the optimal management regime to achieve non-consumptive needs in <br />the North Fork and mainstem of the Poudre River while providing water supplies to the HSVIW <br />applicants, and the communities they serve in the region. <br />b) The HSWMP applicants and representatives of the conservation community and technical experts (The <br />Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited and Colorado State University) are partnering to jointly submit this <br />project as collaborators in the SVP process and development of that process' main tool-the SVP model. <br />In addition, the grant applicants are providing significant matching funds - a total of $271,109. The <br />Halligan-Seaman Water Management Project applicants are providing $112,638; The Nature Conservancy is <br />providing $34,326; CSU is providing $9,144; and Bill Werick and the Western States Watershed Study is <br />providing $115,000 in cash match and in-kind services for facilitation and model oversight. <br />Fitndh, g Overview <br />Grant funding in the amount of $101,740 is being requested; 25% ($25,435) from the South Platte Basin <br />Account and 75% ($76,305) from the Statewide Account. Funding from the WSRA constitutes 27% of the <br />actual project cost. <br />Discussion: <br />The South Platte Basin Roundtable has discussed the importance of supporting the "identified projects and <br />processes" in their basin. In their working Basin Wide Water Needs Assessment (based on SWSI) the Metro <br />and South Platte Roundtables identified a 2030 M&I demand of 409,700 acre-feet per year (AFY), of which <br />319,100 AFY can be met if all the IPPs are frilly implemented. The Halligan Seaman Water Management <br />Project was identified in SWSI as an IPP and would meet about 35,000 AFY of the South Platte Basin's <br />2030 M&I demand. <br />SVP is being explored as a part of the COE's permitting process. If successful, SVP could become a model <br />for permitting other water projects. The work proposed in this grant application is an important component <br />of the SVP process. The purpose is to develop the SVP operational model. The tasks include: <br />• Develop the SVP operational model, including the analysis of hydrologic conditions, project water <br />rights, and reservoir operations. <br />• Develop the ecological and biological targets for integration into the SVP model. <br />• Oversee and manage the development of the SVP model and facilitate the SVP planning process. <br />The major deliverable will be a SVP model including water rights, water operational and hydrologic <br />components, ecological and biological criteria and ecological flows. <br />Issues/Additional Needs: <br />The application included sufficient detail in the Scope of Work for staff evaluation, but a more detailed <br />Scope of Work will be needed for contracting purposes. Please provide a detailed Scope of Work. <br />The schedule shows work starting in July and August of 2008. Costs incurred prior to execution of a <br />contract or purchase order are not subject to reimbursement. Please provide a revised schedule allowing time <br />for the State and the City of Greeley to execute a contract.