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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />proiect implementation: <br />The City is currently pursuing a partnership with the Colorado <br />state Cooperative Extension Service to provide CSU senior year <br />landscape architecture students with the opportunity to work <br />on this project. Preliminary conversations indicate that the <br />students will prepare the design and specifications for this <br />model plot. This is a project which could provide a great <br />learning experience for the CSU students, and is very <br />attractive to the Cooperative Extension service and CSU. We <br />are currently involved in conversations with the Cooperative <br />Extension Service agent to identify this as a spring project <br />for the landscape architecture class. This has been considered <br />a viable option at this point, but has not been finalized with <br />the extension service or CSU. Should timing not allow for the <br />CSU students to provide the design and plans, the City will <br />hire a landscape architect to prepare the plans and <br />specifications. <br /> <br />Once the design and specifications are prepared, the city will <br />bid out the project and provide construction management. <br />Throughout construction, through partnership with the Fremont <br />County Cooperative Extension Service, educational brochures <br />and identifying signage for plants will be prepared. <br /> <br />Participants in this proiect: <br />Participants in this project include the Water Department and <br />Parks Department of the City of Canon City and the local and <br />state levels of the Cooperative Extension Service. <br /> <br />Additional partnerships have been formed between the City and <br />the Sangre de Cristo Resource Conservation & Development <br />Council, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Farm <br />Services Agency in an attempt to bring some of this region's <br />goals of water conservation to fruition. Future plans being <br />undertaken by these partnerships include the development of an <br />evapotranspiration weather station, and continued promotion by <br />all agencies of water conservation practices. <br /> <br />2. Describe the methods you are proposing to use to monitor or <br />track the change in water use as a result of the project. <br />Also, briefly describe how you propose to evaluate the project <br />results and publicize the results in your area. <br /> <br />Methods to monitor or track chanqe in water use: <br />The City of Canon City's Water Department will monitor the <br />water usage at this model. A separate meter will be used to <br />track water amounts. This data will be compared to the data <br />collected on other, more traditionally landscaped city <br />properties to provide a comparison of water usage and cost per <br />square foot for maintenance of each landscaping type. Changes <br />to watering schedules and amounts will be accounted for during <br />plant maturation. This comparison information will be made <br />available to the public through the city and the partnership <br />offices of those agencies listed above. We will publicize the <br />results utilizing the mediums identified below. <br />