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STATE OF COLORADO Robert l. Hawkins, Chairman Brian H. Hall, Vice-Chair Alexander E. Bracken Marshall A. Crawford Peter R. Decker Steven W. Farber Christine Johnson James P. Johnson Deedee Gale Mayer . - -oepartment of Higher Education COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCA liON Roy Romer Governor David A. Longanecker Executive Director March 16. 1993 Ms. Chris Bridges Office of Water Conservation Colorado Water Conservation Board 131 3 Sherman Street Oenver, Colorado 80203 Dear Chris: As a follow up to David Longanecker's memo of February 19, 1993, Robert Ward and I are providing the following "plan" for .higher education's response to the requirements of the Colorado Water Conservation Act (HB 91-1154). Many of the components of this plan were discussed with you at our March 10, 1993, meeting in my office, CCHE has, over the years, developed a modus operandi regarding initiatives such as the call for water conservation in HB 91,-1154. In addition, there are a number of meetings being organized and planned in Colorado dealing with water conservation. The institutions already have an annual strategic planning and budgeting process. Furthermore, with Amendment 1 in place, cost containment is a very big concern to higher education within its strategic planning and budgeting process. With this background, Robert and I would like to suggest that CCHE formulate higher education's response to HB 91.1154 through a careful weaving of existing water conservation activities (i.e., planned meetings and training efforts) into existing higher education operations planning and budgeting activities. In particular, this would permit cost containment to provide an excellent boost too water conservation activities in higher education. As we understand, you have already received water conservation plans from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. With this experience, we will meet with CCHE's Advisory Committee on Capital Construction Policies and Priorities on April 2, 1993, to explain to the higner education administrators the requirements of HB 91-1154 and the cost containment advantages of water conservation. We will also be searching for additional insight into water conservation efforts already underway on Colorado's higher education campuses. We also want to get. additional information from you about up coming water conservation meetings in hopes of planning a meeting of higher education facili~ies personnel responsible for water conservation on each campus in conjunction with such a meeting. In this way, we can coordinate water conservation efforts in higher education while taking advantage of already existing technical meetings for continuing education of higher education staff. 1300 BROADWAY, SECOND FLOOR, DENVER, COLORADO 80203. (303) 866-2723' FAX #: (303) 860-9750 ,