Firestone_RebateProgram_ApprvlLtr

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Water Conservation Implementation Grant
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 11-33
• Applicant: Town of Firestone
• Project Name: High Efficiency Rebate Program
• Title: Approval Letter
• Date: 8/16/2010
• County: Weld
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Approval Letter

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us
MEMORANDUM Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Jennifer Gimbel, Director Mike King
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Veva Deheza, Section Chief, Office of Water Conservation Jennifer L. Gimbel
CWCB Director
& Drought Planning ( OWCDP)
Kevin Reidy, Water Conservation Technical Specialist
Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning ( OWCDP)
DATE: August 11, 2010
SUBJECT: Town of Firestone, SB 07 -008 Water Efficiency Grant Request
Summary of Grant ADDlication
The Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning section ( OWCDP) received a Water
Efficiency grant application from the Town of Firestone, a covered entity located in the Northern
Colorado Front Range in Firestone, Colorado. The Town of Firestone has an approved Water
Conservation Plan on file with the OWCDP as of December, 2007.
The applicant is requesting $41,455 to aid in developing a high efficiency toilet and washing
machine rebate program to achieve water savings. The rebate program will be monitored and the
results will be documented and presented in a final report. One of the goals set forth in that plan
is to reduce residential water use by 4.7% over a ten -year planning horizon. The Town predicts
that this measure will achieve 12% or 16.6 acre feet of its Residential goal.
The applicant has demonstrated their financial ability to provide 30% of the total project budget
with matching funds in the form of $6,000 in monetary contributions and $12,130.98, in -kind
contributions. Staff has reviewed and evaluated the grant application and has determined that the
proposal meets or exceeds the CWCB guidelines for reviewing grant proposals.
Recommendation:
The OWCDP staff recommends that Jennifer Gimbel, Director of the CWCB, authorize $41,455
to the Town of Firestone to develop a high efficiency toilet and washing machine rebate program
to assist with meeting their targeted water savings goals outlined within their Water
Conservation Plan.
Attachment: Evaluation Checklist
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