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Water Supply Reserve Account—Application Form Grand County Revised Aug 30,2012 <br /> Revised December 201 t Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at Pumphouse <br /> b) The water activity meets the provisions of Section 37-75-104(2),Colorado Revised Statutes.2 The Basin <br /> Roundtable Chairs shall include in their approval letters for particular WSRA grant applications a <br /> description of how the water activity will assist in meeting the water supply needs identified in the basin <br /> roundtable's consumptive and/or non-consumptive needs assessments. <br /> The construction of this non-consumptive project directly assists the Colorado Basin meet the recreational <br /> water needs identified as a priority in the Colorado Basin's Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment. Grand <br /> County is working within the State's water rights process for Recreational In-Channel Diversions set out by <br /> the State Legislature to protect the minimum recreational flow for the Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at <br /> Pump House in Section 4 of the Upper Colorado River.A letter from the Colorado Basin Roundtable will be/is <br /> attached to the application submitted to CWCB. <br /> c) Matching Requirement: For requests from the Statewide Fund,the applicants is required to demonstrate a 20 <br /> percent(or greater)match of the request from the Statewide Account. Statewide requests must also include a <br /> minimum match of 5 percent of the total grant amount from Basin Funds. Sources of matching funds include but <br /> are not limited to Basin Funds,in-kind services,funding from other sources,and/or direct cash match. Past <br /> expenditures directly related to the project may be considered as matching funds if the expenditures occurred within <br /> 9 months of the date the application was submitted to the CWCB. Please describe the source(s)of matching funds. <br /> (NOTE: These matching funds should also be reflected in your Detailed Budget in Exhibit A of this application) <br /> The minimum matching fund requirement for the Statewide Account of 20%(or greater)will be exceeded <br /> through the$100,000 contribution from the Colorado Basin Account Fund. The minimum match of 5 percent <br /> of the total grant amount from the Basin Funds will be exceeded by the$100,000 additional contribution of <br /> cash and in-kind to the project by Grand County. <br /> Significant resources have been spent by Grand County since 2004 to bring the project to the point of <br /> implementation. Grand County realizes that not all of the$495,414 in project expenditures to date by Grand <br /> County will be applied as match for this grant as only a portion(less than$40,000)have occurred during the <br /> last 9 months. We appreciate the recognition by the Roundtable members and others of the long term <br /> commitment of funds by Grand County and the other funding partners that are contributing to the project <br /> costs. The outreach and fundraising effort for the project is projected to raise over$600,000 from boaters <br /> and other recreation industry partners to assist in funding the cost of the project construction.More <br /> information about the diversity of anticipated sources of funds is available on request. <br /> The people of Grand County understand the millions of dollars spent by the County to protect and enhance <br /> the environment and recreational economy of our state are a good investment in the quality of the <br /> recreational lifestyle valued by Coloradoans and visitors to our state. Some have questioned the high cost of <br /> a simple playground project that protects the non-consumptive,recreational uses of the Colorado River.We <br /> 2 37-75-104(2)(c).Using data and information from the Statewide Water Supply Initiative and other appropriate sources and <br /> in cooperation with the on-going Statewide Water Supply Initiative,develop a basin-wide consumptive and nonconsumptive <br /> water supply needs assessment,conduct an analysis of available unappropriated waters within the basin,and propose projects <br /> or methods,both structural and nonstructural,for meeting those needs and utilizing those unappropriated waters where <br /> appropriate.Basin Roundtables shall actively seek the input and advice of affected local governments,water providers,and <br /> other interested stakeholders and persons in establishing its needs assessment,and shall propose projects or methods for <br /> meeting those needs.Recommendations from this assessment shall be forwarded to the Interbasin Compact Committee and <br /> other basin roundtables for analysis and consideration after the General Assembly has approved the Interbasin Compact <br /> Charter. <br /> 7 <br />