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<br />Based on recommendations from CWCB staff and the Ste,ering Conunittee, a second questionnaire was <br />developed for distribution to special dis':ricts, environmental organizations and other water related groups, <br />Complete copies of the original questionnaires sent to Colorado communities and organizations may be <br />found in Appendix C, with I:opies of the original mailing lists, <br /> <br />Distribution <br />On October 23, 1997, the questionnai:es were mailed to 63 counties and 268 cities and towns, with a <br />request that they be returned by Novenber 14, 1997, Similarly, questionnaires were distributed to 110 <br />water related organizations, <br /> <br />Rate of Return <br />By the initial November 14 deadline, only JO percent of the communities had responded. In order to <br />improve the response rate, members of the consultant team made over 200 follow-up phone, calls to the <br />non-responding communities. This effort dramatically improved the return rate. By the end of January, <br />approximately forty-four percent (44.4%) of Colorado counties had returned their questiOlmaires, and <br />approximately (39,9%) of cities and towns had responded, Overall, 135 of the 331 questiormaires (40,8 %) <br />have been received, Twenty-four of the I JO organizations (21.8%) also completed questionnaires, <br /> <br />Questionnaire Review <br />Each questionnaire was reviewed by MWE staff. Completed questionnaires ranged from very brief <br />responses with minimal or incomplete clata to extensive documents with detailed responses that included <br />maps, reports, or other supplemental information. Additional follow--up calls were made to fill in blanks <br />on returned questionnaires or to clarity responses, Once all information was verified, the questiormaires <br />were entered into a database model, as discussed in the next chapter. <br /> <br />I1-3 <br /> <br />97-060,001 <br />