Firestone_WEPlanUpdate_ApprvlLtr

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Water Conservation Planning Grant
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 14-115
• Applicant: Town of Firestone
• Project Name: Water Efficiency Plan Update
• Title: Approval Letter
• Date: 4/24/2014
• County: Weld
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Approval Letter

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board ot CONN,
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street,Room 721
Denver,Colorado 80203 a t • t1: r
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www.cwcb.state.co.us 61931 6
MEMORANDUM cc-2)
John W.Hickenlooper
OtG\ �(� Governor
TO: Tom Browning, Assistant Directo ` Mike King
• ' DNR Executive Director
FROM: Rebecca Mitchell James Eklund
Kevin Reidy& Ben Wade CWCB Director
Water Supply Planning
DATE: April 21, 2014
SUBJECT: Water Efficiency Grant Fund Recommendation for the Town of Firestone
Recommendation:
The Water Supply Planning staff recommends that Tom Browning,Assistant Director, approve a
Water Efficiency Grant to update a Water Conservation Plan in the amount of$31,703.68, for
the Town of Firestone.
Summary of Grant Application
The Water Supply Planning staff received a Water Efficiency Grant application from the Town
of Firestone requesting$31,703.68 to update its current Water Conservation Plan.
The Town of Firestone is non-covered entity in the South Platte Basin and has a Water
Conservation Plan(December 2007)on file with the CWCB. Water Conservation Plans need to
be updated every seven years and Firestone's revised plan is due in December 2014. Firestone's
population is forecasted to grow 6% annually through 2016. If the Town grows as forecasted,
they will become a covered entity in a few years. According to SWSI 2010,the South Platte
basin identified a 58% gap between supply and demand by 2050. If the revised plan is fully
implemented within the seven year planning period, Firestone estimates to lower the total water
use in their system by 12%.
The total project cost is $45,709.05. Firestone is committing 31%matching funds in the form of
$2,000 in cash& $12,005.37 of in-kind services. CWCB staff has reviewed and evaluated the
grant application and has determined that the proposal meets or exceeds the CWCB guidelines
for reviewing grant proposals. Attached is the internal checklist used to evaluate the application.
Attachment: Evaluation Checklist
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