BOARD00815

• Board Meeting Date: 1/24/2006
• Description: OWCDP Section - Proposed Amendment to HB 1254 Grant Guidelines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone, (303) 866,3441
FAX, [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Din.'Ctor

TO:
FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Veva McCaig, Cbief, Water Conservation & Drought Planning
Tammie Petrone, OWCDP Grants Coordinator
January 24, 2006
Agenda Item 17
Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning Section
Amendment to HB05-1254 Guidelines

Rod Kuharich
ewes Director

Rick Brown
Acting Deputy
Director

DATE:
SUBJECT:

Backl!round

On July 18, 200S, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (Board) adopted the Guidelines for the
Water Efficiency Grant Program, under House Bill OS-12S4. HBOS-12S4 created the Water
Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund, which is to be administered by the Board. This fund currently
has $1,443,23S for fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008 and may be distributed to: I) Covered entities
to aid in achieving the goals outlined in their adopted Water Conservation Plans or 2) Public or
private agencies whose primary purpose is to promote the benefits of water resource conservation for
education and outreach aimed at demonstrating the benefits of water efficiency. Further, the
Guidelines indicate that applications can be submitted at anytime during the fiscal year to the Office
of Water Conservation Drought and Planning (OWCDP) for consideration noting that a given
application must be received by the ISth of the month prior to the Board meeting 10 be considered for
award at the Board meeting (e.g., applications must be received by February ISlh to be considered
for award at the March Board meeting).

Request for Board Action

The OWCDP is requesting that the Board amend the Application and Award Timing section (4d) of
the Guidelines for the Water Efficienc~ Grant Program, The OWCDP staff finds the current
application submittal deadline of the 1St of the month prior to the Board meeting as providing an
insufficient amount of time for staff to properly evaluate a proposal, to communicate any issues to
the applicant, to ensure the proposal meets all guideline requirements, to prepare an agenda item and
to make a recommendation for the CWCB Board meeting.

Staff proposes that the deadline be moved from the ISth of each month prior to the Board meeting to
the I st of each month prior to the Board meeting. This deadline would give staff a sufficient amount
of time to evaluate an application, to make recommendations to the applicant and to prepare a
recommendalion to the Board for approval.

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