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• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2009
• Description: WSP Section - Tamarisk Control Cost Sharing Grant Pr9ogram - Transmittal of Grant Applications
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

maintenance during the initial five year period will be credited as a component .
of the applicant's matching fund obligation at project closeout and final
payment.

C. Multi-objective fRO Control Projects
Projects that meet the mandatory criteria described above and that can integrate other
objectives that contribute to restoring ecological processes and protecting life and
property will be given a higher funding priority. Multi-objective TRQ control projects may
include one or more of the following elements:
1. Restore stream channel capacity and reduce flood hazards
2. Provide habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species
3. Intensive restoration of riparian areas
4. Reduce erosion
5. Improve water quality
6. Enhance recreational access
7. Increase the capacity to utilize water through demonstrated reductions in the
non-beneficial consumption of water by TRQ.

D. Eliaible Entities
Local governments, conservation and water conservancy districts, weed management
districts, established non-profit organizations, and Colorado's two Ute Tribes are
eligible. Private landowners, state and federal agencies are not eligible to receive grant
funds, however projects may be conducted on private, state, or federal lands with
appropriate permissions and under the sponsorship of an eligible entity. Partnership .
projects that include treatment of private lands and which cross jurisdictional boundaries
in a coordinated manner to promote a comprehensive watershed approach are
encouraged.
1. Applicants should demonstrate:
. that there is a commitment to collaborative approaches that involves
locally and/or regionally based diverse interests within the watershed in
question,
. that consideration was given to all interested persons in the watershed,
. that there is a broad based involvement in and/or support for the grant
application from relevant local, state, or federal governmental entities,
. that there is an ability to provide the appropriate in-kind or cash match for
the activities proposed.
2. Applicants must have the capacity to enter into a contract with the State of
Colorado and be able to furnish a valid federal taxpayer 10 number.
3. Applicants are responsible for determining their ability to accept grant funds
from the CWeB pursuant to any limitations established by the T ABQR
Amendment (Taxpayer Bill of Rights) and any other relevant laws.

E. Proiect Size and Duration
1. Projects must be completed within two years after grant award.
2. No single project/entity will receive more than $200,000. .

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