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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account Grant Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Background
During this agenda item the Board will be provided with a brief overview of the six applications
that are requesting money from the Water Supply Reserve Account (WSRA). Attachments to
this memo include:
Summary spreadsheet and pie charts summarizing funding requests and summarizing to date
activities for the basin and statewide accounts;
Water Activity Summary Sheet which provides an overview, discussion, issues/additional
needs and staff recommendation regarding funding, partial funding, or not funding the
applications; and
Copies of the full applications, Basin Roundtable approval letters and any supporting
documentation provided by the applicants.
Staff's 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 21st 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.
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