Board Meeting

• Description: January 28-29,2013 Board Meeting Agenda
• Date: 1/29/2013
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

Background
For this agenda item the Board is provided with a brief overview of applications to the Water Supply
Reserve Account (WSRA). Attachments to this memo include:
• Summary spreadsheet detailing funding requests for the basin and statewide accounts;
• Water Activity Summary Sheets which provide an overview, discussion, issues /additional
needs, and staff recommendation regarding funding, partial funding, or not funding the
applications; and
Staff's review of the applications involves the following steps:
1) Applications are reviewed for completeness based on the information requirements, which
are primarily outlined in Part 2 of the Criteria and Guidelines (C &G).
2) Applications are reviewed to verify that the water activity meets the eligibility requirements
in Section 39 -29 -108 (III) C.R.S. (C &G, Part 2) 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) (C &G,
Part 3). Staff also verifies that the applicant is an eligible entity to receive funding (C &G,
Part 2).
3) Staff then prepares the Water Activity Summary Sheet which documents the outcome of the
review process and contains staff's recommendations.
Water Supply Reserve Account Balance Summary and Project Status Report
To provide the Board updates on the status of specific Water Supply Reserve Account grant
applications and projects, staff provides a status report in the CWCB Director's Report. The WSRA
status report includes the following information:
• List of completed WSRA projects;
• • List of WSRA projects in progress; and
• List of WSRA projects in the contracting and procurement process.
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