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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

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3. The CWCB will set aside a minimum of $100,000 for projects requesting
$50,000 or less in funding to encourage smaller groups to submit
applications and to help foster statewide geographic distribution of projects.
4. No project requesting less than $10,000 will be considered.
5. Portions of existing projects that can be configured into discrete units for
accounting and performance tracking and that include all of the four
mandatory elements may be considered for funding.
6. IN NO CASE will the CWCS pay for work accomplished prior to State
Controller approval of a valid purchase document. As explained below,
limited credit against the 50% minimum matching funds requirement may be
met by activities performed in the six month period prior to the application
deadline.

F. Mandatory Cost Share
Projects will be funded by the CWCB on a cost-share basis.
1. CWCB funds may not exceed 50% of the total cost of each individual project.
2. CWCS funds should be leveraged to the maximum extent possible to take
full advantage of other local, private or federal (such as US Bureau of
Reclamation, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and/or USDA) funding sources
3. Funds received from any other State of Colorado agency cannot be used to
meet the 50% minimum match requirement. However, to the extent state
funds from other agencies exceed the 50% minimum match requirement
they may be used on a TRO project, but only after other non-state funds and
resources fully match the CWCS's investment in the project.
4. A minimum of one half of project costs must come from non-State cost
sharing, which may consist of a combination of in-kind and cash match and
no more than 50% of the 50% match may be in the form of in-kind services.
Overall a maximum of 25% of the total project cost, or 50% of the amount
requested from the CWCB, may be provided as in-kind services.
. Cash Match: Actual expenditures paid directly with cash funds from the
grantee to a vendor. Examples are supplies, services, and necessary
equipment purchase or rental.
. In-Kind Match: Services and labor provided by the paid staff of the
grantee to perform all or part of the approved project scope of work,
including necessary project administration. This can include standard direct
and indirect personnel fringe benefits. Volunteer services provided at no
cost to the applicant by firms or individuals consistent with the approved
scope of work will be valued for in-kind match at local prevailing wage rates.
Project specific land acquisition or access agreement costs may also be
claimed as in-kind contributions and credited against the 50% minimum
requirement. Costs that CAN NOT be considered include: general
organization operating costs such as utilities, operating supplies and
services, amortized costs or rental costs for buildings and equipment used
for the general operation of the organization, and general property and
liability insurance costs, nor will overhead per cent charges to cover such
items be allowed. These business expenses are NOT reimbursable costs
and may not be claimed as matching contributions.

CWCB TRO Grant Guidance and Procedures

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