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., � � Project Name: Water Education Initiative Performance Period: Effective Date through 6/30/01 Fiscal Year: 2001 Amount $30,000.00 Agency PDA Routing No. 01-PDA-00038 Contract No. C150054 CONTRACT AGREEMENT This Contract, made this � day of December 2000, by and between the State of Colorado for the use and benefit of the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, CO 80203, hereinafter referred to as the State or the CWCB at1CI �UDITH A. DALEY DBA GENTLE EARTH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, a sole proprietorship, located at 2301 W. Vermijo Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80904, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor. FACTUAL RECITALS A. Authority exists in the Law and Funds have been budgeted, appropriated and otherwise made available, the sufficient unencumbered balance thereof remains available for payment of a total of $30,000.00 from Fund No. 424, APPR. EDU, Program WTRC, GBL EDUO, Object Code 5781, Contract Encumbrance No. C150054. B. Required.approval, clearance, and coordination have been accomplished from and with appropriate agencies. C. Section 37-60-121(1)(b)(IV), C.R.S., authorizes the CWCB to make grants from the CWCB Construction Fund with specific authorization from the General Assembly. D. At its March 2000 meeting, the CWCB approved expending up to $115,000 from the CWCB Construction Fund in support of a water education initiative for intermediate grade students and households throughout Colorado beginning in the 2000/2001 school year. E. Pursuant to H.B. 00-1419, Section 24, the General Assembly authorized $115,000 to the CWCB to participate in a water education program for K-12 students and citizens throughout Colorado. The purposes of the program are to develop and integrate a Colorado water education curriculum into existing education programs; identify mechanisms to distribute a water education curriculum to effectively supplement or coordinate with other private and public water education programs; and convert the curriculum to compact disc format for statewide distribution. In furtherance of this program, the CWCB may develop its own curriculum and distribution systems or use existing curriculum reviewed and approved by educators and water user groups and existing distribution networks. F. Pursuant to this water education program, the Contractor is providing The Water Cycle, a basin-specific cross-curricular science kit that provides teachers with all of the materials necessary to teach a one-quarter unit on water, to schools located within specific Colorado basins. Page 1 of 7