NWCCOG FOUNDATION BOARD...

AGENDA Thursday, December 07, 2017

Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center & South Branch Library, Hopeful Room, Breckenridge, CO

CALL IN NUMBER: 970-406-3080 CONFERENCE ROOM: 5550

PIN NUMBER: 1122

NWCCOG FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING

The Foundation is a nonprofit department of NWCCOG designed to accept donations for local projects. The Foundation Board meets December of every year.

9:30 a.m. 1. Call to Order – Karn Stiegelmeier, Chair 2. Determination of Quorum *3. ACTION FOUNDATION: Minutes of 12/08/16 Foundation Board Meeting Pg. 3 *4. ACTION: 2017 Financials

- Foundation – Balance Sheet - Foundation – Statement of Revenues and Expenditures

Pgs. 4-5

*5. PRESENTATION: Overview of 2017 activity and expected activity for 2018, Jon Stavney

- Project THOR - Fire Chiefs – 3 County EMS Grant

6. New Business 9:45 a.m. *7. Adjourn NWCCOG Foundation Board Meeting

NWCCOG COUNCIL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING 9:45 a.m. 1. Call to Order & Introductions – Karn Stiegelmeier, NWCCOG Council Chair

& Tom Clark, EDD Board Chair

2. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum *3. ACTION COG & EDD: Minutes of 08/24/17 Council & EDD Board Meeting Pgs. 6-9

*4. ACTION COG: October 2017 Financials - NWCCOG – List of Payments - NWCCOG – Balance Sheet - NWCCOG – Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Northwest Loan Fund – Balance Sheet - Northwest Loan Fund – Budget vs Actual - Northwest Loan Fund – Open Contract Funds Portfolio - Northwest Loan Fund – Revolved Funds Portfolio - Northwest Loan Fund – State OEDIT Funds Portfolio

Pgs. 10-23

*5. ACTION COG: Approval of 2017 Budget Revisions Pg. 24 *6. ACTION COG: Approval of proposed 2018 Budget

- Posted on website: http://nwccog.org/about/meetings/ See

Website *7. ACTION COG: Approval of revised Credit Card Policy and Job Posting

Policy Pgs. 25-26

*8. ACTION COG: Approval of 2018 NWCCOG Council Meeting Schedule Pg. 27 10:15 a.m. 9. FYI COG: Molybdenum Rulemaking Consolidated Pre-Hearing Statement

to the Water Quality Control Commission - Document - FYI—As of 11/29/17 – WCCC Hearing Continued until Nov 2019

Pgs. 28-36

10. PRESENTATION: Broadband 2017 Overview & Summary, Nate Walowitz - Project THOR RFP update - DOLA Grant application - Broadband Survey results summary

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10:40 a.m. *11. ACTION COG: Ratify DOLA grant submittal for Regional Broadband Coordinator

Pg. 37

10:45 a.m. 12. PRESENTATION TBD: Breckenridge – How is Breck addressing parking challenges, including use of Smart Meters and improved Broadband service. Brian Waldes, Finance Director

11:15 a.m. 13 PRESENTATION: Summit County Chipping Program- Getting public participation in Wildfire Mitigation, a success story in public outreach and participation metrics, Dan Schroder CSU Extension Agent for Summit County (Powerpoint)

14. DISCUSSION COG & EDD: Where is the best place for NWCCOG to advertise about each of our programs within your jurisdiction?

- Physical locations, online locations - Programs: AAAA, Broadband, Economic Development, NLF, RTCC, WX

11:45 a.m. 15. DISCUSSION: Future Topics of Interest to Present at future Council Meetings

12:00 p.m. LUNCH: provided by Cool River Coffee House for those who RSVP to [email protected] by Monday, December 4th

16. MEMO: 2018 Regional Economic Summit, Rachel Lunney Pgs. 38-39

12:15 p.m. 17. Program Updates: - Summary document in the packet - If you have any questions for our programs that may benefit the whole group,

please ask for further detail at this time

Pgs. 40-49

12:30 p.m. 18. Member Updates: (3 min or less each, please—3 min x 27 members =1.5 hrs) - News: Share something recent or upcoming that you are most excited about - Share something of regional interest going on in 2018

19. New Business

1:30 p.m. *20. Adjourn NWCCOG Meeting

NEXT NWCCOG MEETING: Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:30 a.m. Council, EDD Board, & NLF Board Meeting will be at the Eagle

County Government Building in the Garden Level Classroom, Eagle, CO

* requires a vote

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Foundation Members Present: Thomas Clark, Town of Kremmling Jeff Shroll, Town of Gypsum Karn Stiegelmeier, Summit County Council Members Present: Anne McKibbin, Town of Eagle Betsy Blecha, Jackson County Deborah Shaner, Town of Frisco Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Jim White, Town of Grand Lake Kathryn Trauger, City of Glenwood Springs Kristen Manguso, Grand County Mark Campbell, Town of Kremmling Patti Clapper, Pitkin County Sarah Wyatt, Town of Walden

NWCCOG Staff: Angie Welsh Elaina Wiegand Jon Stavney Mike Kurth Nate Walowitz Rachel Lunney Susan Juergensmeier Others Present: Diane Butler, EDD Grand County Eric Miller, Clifton Larson Allen Jack Taylor, Colorado Workforce Center Paul Niedermuller, Clifton Larson Allen

Call to Order: Karn Stiegelmeier, Chair, called the NWCCOG Foundation Board meeting to order at 10:03a.m. Roundtable introductions were completed, and a quorum was present for the group. Approval of 12/03/15 NWCCOG Foundation Board Minutes: M/S/P Patti Clapper/Thomas Clark to approve the 12/03/15 NWCCOG Foundation Board Meeting minutes as presented. NWCCOG November 2016 Foundation Financials M/S/P Thomas Clark/Patti Clapper to approve the November 2016 Foundation financials as presented. New Business None. Reminder to members of the use and benefit of the NWCCOG Foundation The NWCCOG Foundation serves as a way to raise money and provide funds for projects that could be used for individual members and more, while giving a tax benefit to donations as a 501c3. Adjournment: The NWCCOG Foundation Board meeting ended at 10:15am. M/S/P Patti Clapper/Thomas Clark Karn Stiegelmeier, NWCCOG Foundation Chair Date

NWCCOG FOUNDATION Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Foundation Meeting

Summit County Commons, Mt. Royal Room 37 Peak One Drive, Frisco, CO

December 8, 2016

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NWCCOG Foundation Inc.Balance Sheet 11/27/2017

As of October 31, 2017Oct 31, 17

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings1006 · 1st Bank - Checking 46,239.26

Total Checking/Savings 46,239.26

Total Current Assets 46,239.26TOTAL ASSETS 46,239.26

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Equity

3900 · Retained Earnings 71,086.75

Net Income -24,847.49

Total Equity 46,239.26TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 46,239.26

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NWCCOG Foundation Inc. 10:42 AM

Profit & Loss by Class 11/27/2017

All Transactions Accrual Basis

RTCC Administration Western Conservation Grant TOTAL

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

4110 · Grants

4400 · Foundations & Trusts 8,276.32 0.00 226,875.00 235,151.32

Total 4110 · Grants 8,276.32 0.00 226,875.00 235,151.32

4250 · Reimbursed Expenses 0.00 0.00 4,110.63 4,110.63

4800 · Program Income 0.00 53,933.66 0.00 53,933.66

4900 · Miscellaneous Income 0.00 1,368.62 0.00 1,368.62

Total Income 8,276.32 55,302.28 230,985.63 294,564.23

Expense

6040 · Payroll via NWCCoG

Payroll Taxes & Benefits 0.00 5,060.72 0.00 5,060.72

Salary & Wages 0.00 11,859.50 0.00 11,859.50

Total 6040 · Payroll via NWCCoG 0.00 16,920.22 0.00 16,920.22

6050 · Contract Labor 0.00 2,001.00 126,109.60 128,110.60

6120 · Dues and Subscriptions 0.00 221.99 0.00 221.99

6155 · Bank Service Charges 0.00 1,444.72 0.00 1,444.72

6157 · Credit Card fees 0.00 25.00 0.00 25.00

6180 · Office Supplies 0.00 1,263.05 0.00 1,263.05

6181 · Miscellaneous 0.00 -7.18 0.00 -7.18

6195 · Postage and Delivery 0.00 3,411.85 85.78 3,497.63

6240 · Internet/Website Expense 0.00 347.02 0.00 347.02

6250 · Travel & Meeting Expense

Travel 0.00 256.84 0.00 256.84

6250 · Travel & Meeting Expense - Other 0.00 -109.30 0.00 -109.30

Total 6250 · Travel & Meeting Expense 0.00 147.54 0.00 147.54

6260 · Licenses and Permits 0.00 35.00 0.00 35.00

6270 · Professional Fees

6650 · Accounting 0.00 10,762.50 0.00 10,762.50

6655 · Consulting 0.00 3,775.50 55,218.50 58,994.00

Total 6270 · Professional Fees 0.00 14,538.00 55,218.50 69,756.50

6500 · Program Admin Charge 0.00 0.00 1,425.00 1,425.00

6800 · Printing and Reproduction 0.00 1,204.74 0.00 1,204.74

7320 · Pass Through Funds 7,944.45 6,669.31 18,500.00 33,113.76

Total Expense 7,944.45 48,222.26 201,338.88 257,505.59

Net Ordinary Income 331.87 7,080.02 29,646.75 37,058.64

Other Income/Expense

Other Income

7010 · Interest Income 0.00 9,180.62 0.00 9,180.62

Total Other Income 0.00 9,180.62 0.00 9,180.62

Net Other Income 0.00 9,180.62 0.00 9,180.62Net Income 331.87 16,260.64 29,646.75 46,239.26

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Council & EDD Board Members Present: Allie Heon, Town of Fraser EDD Alyssa Shenk, Town of Snowmass Village Andy Miller, Town of Fraser Anne McKibbin, Town of Eagle Chris Romer, Vail Valley Partnership Corry Mihm, Summit Independent Business Alliance (SIBA) Diane Butler, Grand County EDD Heather Sloop, City of Steamboat Springs (admin rep) Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Jeff Shroll, Town of Gypsum Jeremy Rietmann, Town of Gypsum EDD Jim White, Town of Grand Lake Karn Stiegelmeier, Summit County Patti Clapper, Pitkin County Susan Fairweather, Kaiser Permanente Thomas Clark, Town of Kremmling

Others Present: Debbie Brinkman, CPS HR Consulting Jessica Valand, Colorado Workforce Center Michael Penny, CPS HR Consulting Randy Harrison, UC Denver NWCCOG Staff: Angie Welsh CJ Grove Erin Fisher Jon Stavney Rachel Lunney Susan Juergensmeier

Call to Order: Karn Stiegelmeier, NWCCOG Council Chair, and Thomas Clark, EDD Board Chair, called the joint NWCCOG Council & EDD Board Meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. Roundtable introductions were completed, and a quorum was present for the groups. Approval of May 25, 2017 NWCCOG Council & EDD Board Meeting Minutes: M/S/P Thomas Clark/Jeanne McQueeney to approve the May 25, 2017 meeting minutes with typo corrections. Approval of July 2017 Financials: Jon answered question about the status of some NLF loans and said he could have a glossary of theses status types added. M/S/P Thomas Clark/Jeff Shroll to approve the July 2017 financials as presented. Approval of Proposed 2018 NWCCOG Dues: Following an explanation of the process behind proposing a change in the valuation factor from .000009 to .00001070, the 2018 NWCCOG dues were presented. See memo from Jon Stavney in meeting packet. M/S/P Patti Clapper/Anne McKibbin to approve the 2018 dues as presented. Update: RTCC Funding This year RTCC asked for over $25,000 more than usual in grant funding. The amount they asked for was approved. Presentation: Overview of the Alpine Area Agency on Aging (AAAA), State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), and Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) by Erin Fisher, AAAA Director:

Northwest Colorado Council of Governments NWCCOG Council Meeting

Gypsum Town Hall Gypsum, CO

August 24, 2017

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The 2017 NWCCOG Member Survey showed that AAAA was a valued program, but that many members were not fully educated on the program. Full presentation is available on NWCCOG website: http://nwccog.org/about/meetings/ Presentation: Preparing Local Elected Officials for Their Role in Pre-Disaster Planning, CU Denver Certified Public Manager (CMP) Capstone Project by Jon Stavney, NWCCOG Director Elected officials are personally liable for not being prepared. Following a 15 minute PowerPoint and the “5 Questions” presentation, Randy Harrison, Senior Fellow at Buecher Institute for Governance, School of Public Affairs at UC Denver, gave an overview of the Certified Public Management Program through the CD Denver School of Public Affairs and presented Jon Stavney with certificate. Presentation: Training Programs for Local Officials by Michael Penny, Vice President of Client Services at Brown and Caldwell, and Debbie Brinkman, Mayor Pro-Tem of Littleton and Director at CPS HR Consulting Institute for Excellence in Governance: The focus of this training is for onboarding newly-elected officials. See the Institute for Excellence in Governance website for more information: http://cpshr.us/IEG/ Strategic Plans for 2018: Jon referenced the NWCCOG Department Goals & Objectives in the meeting packet on pages 45 – 67. Thomas Clark recommended visiting with members, as a better tool than surveys, to communicate and receive feedback from the membership. Goals & Objectives will be attached to the October Council Meeting Packet with the draft budget. Input, Ideas for October DOLA Round for COGs: Deadline is October 1, 2017. Jon called attention to the ideas listed for the DOLA grant in the meeting packet on pages 68 – 71. Members discussed and provided suggestions. The group was presented with a list of possible programs to fund: one-day emergency management training as well as a series of elected officials training with CPS. Later the group also added the EDA grant application to support our entrepreneurial ecosystem. The group decided not to fund the following: mini-grants, mental health research topic, and housing. Jon will write a summary and submit to the council prior to the next meeting. Presentation: Town of Gypsum Economic Development Update by Jeremy Rietmann, Town of Gypsum Economic Development Director: Jeremy gave an update on the economic development efforts underway in the Town of Gypsum. Presentation resources available on website: http://nwccog.org/about/meetings/ Update: EDD Direction for 2018: Rachel provided an overview of goals and objectives for EDD in 2018. She gave a CEDS progress report (01/01/17 – 08/24/17) Some items to note: resiliency page created on website; success stories being told via monthly newsletters and page on website; develop more robust system for measuring success; develop a workshop for 2018, “Economic Development for Local Governments”. Refer to CEDS update on the EDD website: http://northwestcoloradoregion.org/home.aspx Program Updates: Program updates are listed in meeting packet on pages 72 – 79. Council did not have any questions for NWCCOG programs. “Lightning” Member Updates: Summit County, Karn Stiegelmeier: The County recently approved 200 housing units in Keystone area. They had a proposed emergency exercise, but instead had the Peak 2 fire as a live training. Town of Kremmling, Thomas Clark: The town has a road-kill supper in September. Middle Park Meat Company is returning to the area. A craft Brewery and a new restaurant are opening soon.

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Town of Grand Lake, Jim White: Grand Lake currently has a lot of construction. The theater closes out on Saturday, August 26 for the summer and reopens September 1 for the fall. Pitkin County, Patti Clapper: The County had its first reading on a deed restricted housing initiative for Pitkin County employees. Details are listed on the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority website: http://www.apcha.org/sitepages/pid4.php Eagle County, Jeanne McQueeney: The County has an upcoming marijuana ballot question. The County Manager position is posted online. Town of Snowmass Village, Alyssa Shenk: The Base Village project is off the ground. The town is finalizing an extensive comprehensive plan. They are working on new employee housing and arts plans. Town of Fraser EDD, Allie Heon: Cripple Creek renovation started today. The Fraser Distillery broke ground. They are putting in street art murals. Grand County EDD, Diane Butler: EDA Strategy plan ME doing roundtables next week. Grand County EDD is working with four industry clusters. City of Steamboat Springs, Heather Sloop: The city is deciding whether or not to annex 400+ homes. The ski area was purchased by Aspen Skiing Company. Steamboat Springs was awarded creative arts district in June 2017. NWCCOG Council meetings conflict with CDOT Transportation Planning Region (TPR) meetings. It was noted that TPR meetings conflict with the NWCCOG meeting schedule. Jeff Shroll requested coordinating NWCCOG Council meeting schedule with TPR meeting schedule. Vail Valley Partnership (VVP), Chris Romer: VVP was selected to help launch a very competitive apprenticeship initiative addressing community workforce needs called CareerWise. Town of Eagle, Anne McKibbin: The town is still looking for a new Town Manager. They are engaged in more county wide climate action. Marajuana sales and exercise tax in on upcoming ballot. The final stages of strategic planning effort aspire to have more robust economic development. Town of Frisco, Deborah Shaner: 24 units of micro housing in “Frisco Gateway District” just adopted new zoning code. Fall festival is September 9. Town of Fraser, Andy Miller: Fraser is working on housing regulations related to square footage. Winter Park and Fraser bus system is 2 years old. Fraser is working with Winter Park on this, but looking for other revenue sources and ways to discourage people from driving. There is a two year window on sales tax incentives to bring more business development into downtown Fraser. Annexation election was turned down. Town of Gypsum, Jeff Shroll: LEDE Reservoir is done and will be allowed to store water. The town has 600+ units of affordable housing in approval process. Units will potentially include 55+ patio homes and tiny home development. County has an airport expansion project. High School also has an expansion project. NWCCOG, Jon Stavney: Jon mentioned he saw Jeff Durbin and Drew Nelson do a DOLA presentation on how the towns of Winter Park and Fraser successfully collaborate. Jon will speak with them about doing a presentation for the NWCCOG Council. New Business: There was none.

Adjournment: No motion was made to adjourn the NWCCOG Council Meeting at 2:30 p.m.

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Karn Stiegelmeier, NWCCOG Council Chair Date Thomas Clark, EDD Chair Date

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Date Name Memo Credit

10/03/2017 Grand River Hospital District Catering NWAHEMR 910.80

10/04/2017 Colorado Mtn News Media{vendor} AAAA 283.62

10/04/2017 BHW Associates INDIRECT - OFFICE CONDO 2,433.00

10/04/2017 Enterprise Commercial Center Condo Assoc INDIRECT-OFFICE CONDO 1,390.57

10/04/2017 Victoria Jarvis QQ 5,253.36

10/05/2017 Brickhouse Pizzeria AAAA 2,035.00

10/05/2017 Chocolate Software, LLC AAAA 2,700.00

10/05/2017 Colorado Mtn News Media{vendor} AAAA 1,774.92

10/05/2017 Cool Radio LLC AAAA 435.00

10/05/2017 AAAA Client AAAA 155.25

10/05/2017 High Country Concierge AAAA 782.00





10/05/2017 Quill Corporation AAAA 119.99

10/05/2017 Summit County Govt AAAA 660.00


10/05/2017 Pitney Bowes INDIRECT 144.07

10/05/2017 Quill Corporation INDIRECT 254.82

10/05/2017 Employee Benefits Corporation INDIRECT-BENEFITS 306.66

10/05/2017 Team Clean INDIRECT-OFFICE CONDO 204.53

10/05/2017 Alpine PC NLF 150.00

10/05/2017 Federal Express{vendor} NLF 274.69

10/05/2017 Cancelosi Consulting, LLC NWAHEMR 5,219.45

10/05/2017 Walowitz, Nate {vendor} REGIONAL BUSINESS 348.82

10/05/2017 Archibeque, Oralia RSVP 33.60

10/05/2017 Carr, Linda RSVP 69.20

10/05/2017 Cassidy, Roseanne RSVP 56.00

10/05/2017 Christiansan, Elmer RSVP 54.40

10/05/2017 Colorado Mtn News Media{vendor} RSVP 128.31

10/05/2017 Einspahr, Sandra RSVP 14.40

10/05/2017 Faber-Carlin, Ottalie RSVP 64.00

10/05/2017 Gillum, Judith RSVP 6.00

10/05/2017 Glenwright, Stephanie RSVP 30.96

10/05/2017 McCafferty, Marlene RSVP 81.60

10/05/2017 Onderdonk, Carole RSVP 8.40

10/05/2017 Palmateer, Paula RSVP 88.00

10/05/2017 Quill Corporation RSVP 139.95

10/05/2017 Sneath, Linda RSVP 54.00

Northwest Colorado Council of GovernmentsList of Payments

October 2017

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10/05/2017 Surette, Richard RSVP 48.00

10/05/2017 Voden, Chelsey {vendor} RTCC 270.50

10/05/2017 NEMT Recipient RTCC-NEMT 19.38



10/05/2017 Delta Transportation RTCC-NEMT 8,324.00
























10/05/2017 1st Bank Direct Deposit SPLIT 46,594.74

10/05/2017 US Treasury SPLIT 10,139.16

10/05/2017 US Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc. SPLIT-BENEFITS 2,731.77

10/05/2017 Colorado Department of Revenue SPLIT-PAYROLL 2,339.00

10/05/2017 Am Conservation Group, Inc WX 480.00

10/05/2017 Best Western WX 300.51

10/05/2017 Century Link WX 88.99

10/05/2017 CTS LanguageLink WX 4.21

10/05/2017 Mr T Hardware & Building Supply WX 44.14

10/05/2017 Mr T Hardware & Building Supply WX 55.70

10/05/2017 Westland Distributing Group WX 775.00

10/05/2017 Whole Energy & Hardware WX 217.44

10/05/2017 X-cel Energy WX 20.18



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10/11/2017 NEMT Recipient RTCC-NEMT 2,673.11



10/11/2017 Grand County Council on Aging RTCC-NEMT 559.08















10/12/2017 Colorado Mtn News Media{vendor} AAAA 791.28





10/12/2017 Quill Corporation AAAA 84.99

10/12/2017 To The Rescue AAAA 450.00

10/12/2017 A Smart Elevator Solution EIP 4,475.00

10/12/2017 Morning Star Elevator- Vendor EIP 305.00

10/12/2017 Keyes, Mary QQ 96.00

10/12/2017 Summit Bookkeeping & Payroll, Inc SPLIT 3,925.00

10/12/2017 Lane Wyatt, Inc WATERSHED SERVICES 5,664.40

10/13/2017 First Bank RTCC-NEMT 30.00

10/13/2017 First Bank RTCC-NEMT 30.00

10/13/2017 CCOERA SPLIT-PAYROLL 15,744.12

10/16/2017 Mass Economics EDD 27,455.87

10/16/2017 A Smart Elevator Solution EIP 1,575.00

10/16/2017 Clifton Larson Allen FOUNDATION 1,900.00

10/16/2017 High Country Custom Impressions, LLC NLF 65.00

10/16/2017 Laurie Patterson Web Design RTCC-NEMT 240.00

10/16/2017 Tompkins, Molly {vendor} RTCC 23.90

10/16/2017 1st Bank Credit Card - COG SPLIT 7,034.34

10/16/2017 Summit Bookkeeping & Payroll, Inc SPLIT 3,925.00

10/16/2017 Verizon Wireless Services SPLIT 767.30

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10/17/2017 Vail Vision AAAA 150.00

10/17/2017 Wex Bank INDIRECT-MOTOR POOL 1,908.06
















10/17/2017 1st Bank Credit Card - WX GEO WX 3,479.47

10/17/2017 Century Link WX 97.99

10/17/2017 Four Sprys Investments WX 889.40

10/17/2017 Goodway Auto Repair LLC WX 55.50

10/17/2017 Grand Junction Winair Co WX 247.91

10/17/2017 Rocky Mountain Construction Wholesale WX 2,456.55

10/17/2017 Vallen WX 534.85

10/17/2017 Westland Distributing Group WX 1,706.27

10/17/2017 Whirlpool Contract/Retail WX 3,546.00

10/18/2017 Colorado Legal Services (v) AAAA 2,740.01

10/18/2017 Consortium for Older Adult Wellness AAAA 325.00

10/18/2017 Eagle County Public Health AAAA 11,995.98

10/18/2017 Grand County Council on Aging AAAA 6,011.93

10/18/2017 Grand County Rural Health Network AAAA 1,630.00

10/18/2017 Grand County Senior Nutrition AAAA 10,979.08

10/18/2017 Hendershott, Melaine AAAA 2,805.00

10/18/2017 Jackson County Council on Aging AAAA 4,409.62

10/18/2017 Pitkin County Adult & Family Services AAAA 1,154.85

10/18/2017 Pitkin County Senior Services AAAA 16,524.04

10/18/2017 Summit County Community & Senior Center AAAA 334.80

10/18/2017 Summit County Community & Senior Center AAAA 2,765.00

10/18/2017 A Smart Elevator Solution EIP 525.00

10/18/2017 The Summit Recycler, Inc INDIRECT 50.00

10/18/2017 Welsh, Angelina INDIRECT 180.38


10/18/2017 Sullivan Green Seavy, LLC QQ 4,200.00

10/18/2017 North Star Consulting Group REGIONAL BUSINESS 635.00

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10/19/2017 Victoria Jarvis QQ 5,241.25


10/20/2017 Cornerstone Geospatial Consulting REGIONAL BUSINESS 8,940.00

10/20/2017 1st Bank Direct Deposit SPLIT 43,641.30

10/20/2017 US Treasury SPLIT 8,444.42

10/20/2017 Colorado Department of Revenue SPLIT-PAYROLL 2,014.00

10/23/2017 Barker, Lucy RSVP 68.00

10/23/2017 Christiansan, Elmer RSVP 66.40

10/23/2017 Cleghorn, Jill RSVP 20.00

10/23/2017 Hess, MaryJane RSVP 155.04

10/23/2017 Mott, Dave RSVP 38.26

10/23/2017 Mott, Susan RSVP 91.20

10/23/2017 Olive, Irene RSVP 80.00

10/23/2017 Policastri, Anna RSVP 24.00

10/26/2017 AIRS AAAA 180.00

10/26/2017 BackCountry Family Dental, PC AAAA 570.00

10/26/2017 Comfort Dental Oral Surgery AAAA 292.00

10/26/2017 Dr. Gregory Adair, DMD AAAA 500.00

10/26/2017 Elevated Dental AAAA 105.00

10/26/2017 Grand County Home Care AAAA 180.00

10/26/2017 Gypsum Dental AAAA 268.00





10/26/2017 Summit County Care Clinic AAAA 500.00




10/26/2017 Delta Transportation RTCC-NEMT 287.50


10/26/2017 Grand County Council on Aging RTCC-NEMT 350.98




10/26/2017 Laurie Patterson Web Design RTCC-NEMT 240.00






10/26/2017 NW Colorado Center for Independence RTCC-NEMT 325.96



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10/31/2017 Crystal Valley Dental AAAA 248.00

10/31/2017 Dr. Gregory Adair, DMD AAAA 369.00

10/31/2017 Kremmling Family Dental AAAA 1,154.00

10/31/2017 Regents of the University of Colorado AAAA 144.00

10/31/2017 Summit County Care Clinic AAAA 1,460.00

10/31/2017 Winter Park Dental AAAA 302.00

10/31/2017 Allen, Stephen T EIP 56.00

10/31/2017 Service Charge EIP 120.23

10/31/2017 Comcast INDIRECT 141.10

10/31/2017 FluentStream Technologies INDIRECT 1,163.17

10/31/2017 Lewan & Associates Inc INDIRECT 36.71

10/31/2017 Silverthorne Recreation Center INDIRECT 165.00

10/31/2017 Team Clean INDIRECT-OFFICE CONDO 204.53

10/31/2017 MoreBeerPro! NLF 5,330.44

10/31/2017 Cancelosi Consulting, LLC NWAHEMR 2,523.61

10/31/2017 Federal Express{vendor} NWAHEMR 23.05





10/31/2017 Delta Transportation RTCC-NEMT 14,400.50












10/31/2017 Quill Corporation SPLIT 144.91

10/31/2017 County Health Pool SPLIT-BENEFITS 30,438.75

10/31/2017 UNUM Life Insurance CO of America SPLIT-BENEFITS 1,053.09

10/31/2017 US Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc. SPLIT-BENEFITS 1,336.88

10/31/2017 Pinnacol Assurance WORKERS' COMP 3,475.00

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10/31/2017 Charles D Jones Co WX 59.51

10/31/2017 Columbia Industries, Inc. WX 617.10

10/31/2017 Grand Junction Winair Co WX 123.64

10/31/2017 Lakewood Plumbing & Heating WX 1,049.50

10/31/2017 The Electrical Outfitters, Inc. WX 1,290.26

10/31/2017 Westland Distributing Group WX 2,441.82

10/31/2017 X-cel Energy WX 38.40

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Northwest Colorado Council of Governments 2:28 PM

Summary Balance Sheet 11/20/2017

As of October 31, 2017 Accrual BasisOct 31, 17

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings 1,795,479.76

Accounts Receivable 1,445,890.33

Other Current Assets 382,355.63

Total Current Assets 3,623,725.72

Fixed Assets 846,457.00TOTAL ASSETS 4,470,182.72


Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable 19,023.58

Credit Cards 254.77

Other Current Liabilities 654,121.10

Total Current Liabilities 673,399.45

Long Term Liabilities 619,071.00

Total Liabilities 1,292,470.45

Equity 3,177,712.27TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 4,470,182.72

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NWCCOGSTATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES10-31-17 Beginning of End of83.3% of the year REVENUE EXPENSES REVENUES Year Year

2017 REVENUE BUDGET 2017 EXPENSES BUDGET 2017 OVER RESERVED RESERVEDREVENUE YTD TO EXPENSE YTD TO NET EXPENSES PROGRAM PROGRAM

BUDGET ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL FUNDS FUNDSCOG PROGRAM FUNDS

Core ProgramsREGIONAL BUSINESS 540,447 490,670 91% 568,620 434,724 76% (28,173) 55,946ELEVATOR INSPECTION 724,000 707,495 98% 661,559 505,080 76% 62,441 202,416 22,500 22,500

ADRC- CO HLTH FOUND 0 59,294 0 2,711 56,583 RSVP-VOLUNTEERS 78,515 48,253 61% 78,515 48,712 62% 0 (459) SHIP- Insurance Consulting 15,000 16,455 110% 15,000 5,197 35% 0 11,258 SMP 6,612 2,391 4,221 AGE/NUTRITION (non-Grant) 0 11,659 0 0 0 11,659 6,337 17,996 AGE/NUTRITION (State FY 16/17) 544,271 484,480 89% 544,271 491,728 90% 0 (7,247) AGE/NUTRITION (State FY 17/18) 544,271 308,292 57% 544,271 348,221 64% 0 (39,929)

AGE/NUTRITION TOTAL 1,182,057 935,045 73% 1,182,057 898,960 76% 0 36,085 6,337 17,996

WATERSHED SERVICES 19,942 22,944 115% 19,942 25,306 127% 0 (2,362)ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIST 348,760 245,265 70% 348,760 222,331 64% 0 22,933

WEATHER (Jumpstart) 0 0 0 543 0 (543) WEATHER (NCARE) 0 30,000 0 3,127 0 26,873 WEATHER (Machebeuf) 0 32,397 0 11,046 0 21,351 WEATHER CARE 78,820 82,669 105% 78,820 85,092 108% 0 (2,423) WEATHER CIP 78,819 40,154 51% 78,819 31,919 40% 0 8,235 WEATHER (State FY16/17) 479,680 409,543 85% 479,680 409,543 85% 0 0 WEATHER (State FY17/18) 479,680 207,054 43% 479,680 281,906 59% 0 (74,852)ENERGY MANAGEMENT TOTAL 1,116,999 801,818 64% 1,116,999 823,177 74% 0 (21,359) 0 0

Other COG ProgramsHOMELAND SECURITY 243,331 49,070 20% 243,331 59,479 24% 0 (10,410)CO HEALTH CARE COALITION 0 287 0 (287)CO BARK BEETLE COOPERATIVE 1,200 1,390 116% 1,200 0 0% 0 1,390NWCCoG FOUNDATION 0 0 0 2,834 0 (2,834)SBDC 0 0 0 0 0 0

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CC 209,499 541,057 258% 209,499 495,986 237% 0 45,072

---------------------- --------------------- ------------ --- -------------------- --------------------- ------------- ------------------------- ------------------ --- -------------------- --------------------Total COG Program Funds 4,386,235 3,794,755 87% 4,351,967 3,468,164 80% 34,268 326,591 28,837 40,496

EXTERNAL PROGRAM FUNDSWATER QUALITY/QUANTITY 157,530 152,013 96% 157,530 119,894 76% 0 32,119 121,416 153,535SWQC 32,654 41,868 128% 32,654 27,502 84% 0 14,366 0 0

---------------------- --------------------- ------------ --- -------------------- --------------------- ------------- ------------------------- ------------------ --- -------------------- --------------------Total External Program Funds 190,184 193,882 102% 190,184 147,396 78% 0 46,486 121,416 153,535

---------------------- --------------------- ------------ --- -------------------- --------------------- ------------- --- -------------------- ------------------ --- -------------------- --------------------Total Program Funds 4,576,419 3,988,636 87% 4,542,151 3,615,560 80% 34,268 373,076 150,253 194,031

REGIONAL LOAN FUND 619,000 533,560 86% 617,310 92,936 15% 1,690 440,624 1,109,087 1,549,711

INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS 0INDIRECT 208,858 181,013 87% 206,383 203,061 97% 2,475 (22,048) (157) (22,205)COG BUILDING FUND 75,648 63,040 83% 71,260 54,622 72% 4,388 8,418 24,823 33,241MOTOR POOL 40,000 29,292 73% 44,268 14,679 37% (4,268) 14,613 49,979 64,593

---------------------- --------------------- ------------ --- ------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------------------- ------------------ --- -------------------- --------------------Total Service Funds 324,506 273,345 84% 321,911 272,362 85% 2,595 983 74,646 75,629

COG FUNDS Subtotal 5,519,925 4,795,541 87% 5,481,372 3,980,858 72% 38,553 814,683 1,333,986 1,819,371

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Northwest Colorado Council of Governments 11:17 AM

Balance Sheet by Class -8800- NLF 11/18/2017

As of October 31, 2017 Accrual Basis8800- Northwest Loan Fund

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings1015 · NLF 1st Bank Checking 907,184.73

Total Checking/Savings 907,184.73

Accounts Receivable

1115 · NLF Loan Receivable 1,082,811.48

1116 · NLF Grant Receivable 10,000.00

Total Accounts Receivable 1,092,811.48

Other Current Assets1315 · NLF - Allowance for Loan Loss -67,580.30

Total Other Current Assets -67,580.30

Total Current Assets 1,932,415.91TOTAL ASSETS 1,932,415.91


Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable2015 · NLF Accounts Payable 25.50

Total Accounts Payable 25.50

Other Current Liabilities2200 · Cash Collateral 15,431.74

Total Other Current Liabilities 15,431.74

Total Current Liabilities 15,457.24

Total Liabilities 15,457.24

Equity

3000 · Fund Balance3100 · NLF Net Assets 1,081,208.15

Total 3000 · Fund Balance 1,081,208.15

3900 · Retained Earnings 395,126.90

Net Income 440,623.62

Total Equity 1,916,958.67TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 1,932,415.91

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Northwest Colorado Council of Governments 11:23 AM

Budget vs Actual - 8800 - NLF 11/18/2017

October 2017 Accrual Basis

Jan - Oct 17 % of Budget Annual Budget

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

4000 · Grant Income

4200 · State Grant Income 411,337.00 82.27% 500,000.00

4250 · Administration 61,009.23 76.26% 80,000.00

Total 4000 · Grant Income 472,346.23 81.44% 580,000.00

4620 · Reimbursed Expenses 13.75

4720 · Revolved Interest

4722 · Loans made after 1/1/14 38,611.96

4720 · Revolved Interest - Other 9,956.10 34.33% 29,000.00

Total 4720 · Revolved Interest 48,568.06 167.48% 29,000.00

4730 · Origination Fee 9,418.00 94.18% 10,000.00

4740 · Late Fee 3,213.53

Total Income 533,559.57 86.2% 619,000.00

Gross Profit 533,559.57 86.2% 619,000.00

Expense

6100 · Payroll Expenses

6112 · Program Director 59,916.39 83.33% 71,900.00

6131 · Office Wages 47.00

6210 · Taxes & Benefits 12,842.44 83.12% 15,450.00

6100 · Payroll Expenses - Other 0.00

Total 6100 · Payroll Expenses 72,805.83 83.35% 87,350.00

6410 · Contract Staff 1,258.00

6520 · Outside Contract

6420 · Fiscal Officer Expense 1,195.00 53.98% 2,214.00

6510 · Contractor -9.61 -0.29% 3,300.00

6520 · Outside Contract - Other 653.50

Total 6520 · Outside Contract 1,838.89 33.35% 5,514.00

6610 · Office Supplies 812.81 81.28% 1,000.00

6620 · Bank Charges 60.00

6640 · Postage 175.42 58.47% 300.00

6660 · Advertising Expense 0.00 0.0% 500.00

6680 · Dues & Subscriptions 681.76 85.22% 800.00

6720 · Rent & Utilities 1,953.60 83.35% 2,344.00

6730 · Telephone Expense 629.86 89.98% 700.00

7110 · Program Supplies 65.00 6.5% 1,000.00

7120 · License & Permits 72.00 240.0% 30.00

7130 · Travel & Meeting 4,835.51 53.73% 9,000.00

7320 · Pass-Through Funds 0.00 0.0% 500,000.00

7910 · Indirect Cost Allocation 7,747.27 88.32% 8,772.00

Total Expense 92,935.95 15.06% 617,310.00

Net Ordinary Income 440,623.62 26,072.4% 1,690.00Net Income 440,623.62 26,072.4% 1,690.00

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Loan Date Original Amount Current Balance Original Term Payment Plan

Last Paid Date Principle Reduction - Last Pmt

Maturity Rate Grade ALL Reserve %

ALL Reserve Amount

Jobs Created YTD

1 5/6/2014 50,000.00 PAID IN FULL Five/Three $951 12/31/2014 45,474.29$ 5/6/2017 5.25%Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL

42 5/14/2014 40,000.00 28,504.29$ Ten/Five $430 10/10/2017 283.76$ 5/14/2019 5.25% Satisfactory 1% $ 285.04 2

3 6/5/2014 20,000.00 14,561.91$ Ten/Three $215 10/23/2017 133.90$ 6/5/2025 5.25%Satisfactory 1% $ 145.62

MICRO

4 10/16/2014 95,000.00 PAID IN FULL Ten/five $1,022.85 10/17/2019 5.25%Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL

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5 10/16/2014 51,500.00 38,889.67$ Five/skip May Jun $967.67 10/30/2017 845.49$ 10/17/2019 4.75%Watch 10% $ 3,888.97

MICRO6 12/5/2014 96,000.00 46,309.23$ Five/Five $1,828.00 10/5/2017 1,676.68$ 12/5/2019 5.25% Satisfactory 1% $ 463.09 37 12/31/2014 52,000.00 PAID IN FULL Seven/Three $744.00 3/28/2017 39,601.39 5.25% Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL 5

8 2/27/2015 60,000.00 PAID IN FULL 44 months $1,505.00 3/3/2017 8,747.50$ 10/19/2018 5.25%`Watch 1% PAID IN FULL

59 4/22/2015 11,400.00 6,419.35$ Five $217.00 10/23/2017 186.30$ 4/22/2020 5.25% Satisfactory 1% $ 64.19 MICRO

10 4/22/2015 86,000.00 82,037.88$ 77/36 months $1,300.00 3/29/2016 3,241.37$ 4/22/2018 5.25%Doubtful 40% $ 32,815.15

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11 4/22/2015 75,000.00 PAID IN FULL Five $1,430.00 1/26/2016 72,450.98$ 4/22/2020 5.25%Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL

PAID IN FULL/Where is info12 6/18/2015 80,000.00 46,926.93$ Five/Three $1,522.00 10/20/2017 1,325.09$ 6/18/2018 5.25% Satisfactory 1% $ 469.27 4

13 7/29/2015 35,000.00 15,605.61$ 42 months $915.00 10/10/2017 847.32$ 2/3/2019 5.25%Satisfactory 1% $ 156.06

MICRO14 8/25/2015 20,000.00 PAID IN FULL 36 months $606 3/28/2017 10,382.22$ 10/25/2018 5.25% Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL see first loan

15 9/23/2015 80,000.00 51,006.55$ Five/Three $1,522.00 10/30/2017 1,255.25$ 9/23/2018 5.25%Satisfactory 1% $ 510.07

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16 10/7/2015 40,000.00 PAID IN FULL Five/Three $971.00 1/17/2017 22,287.08$ 10/7/2018 5.25%

Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL

MICRO

17 2/2/2016 20,000.00 13,009.75$ 48 months $466.00 9/7/2017 396.36$ 2/2/2020 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 130.10 0

18 5/2/2016 50,000.00 PAID IN FULL 48 months $1,165.00 9/26/2017 14,637.92$ 5/2/2020 5.50%Satisfactory 1% PAID IN FULL

see above

19 5/10/2016 280,000.00 227,322.89$ 60 months $5,359.00 8/30/2017 44,696.48$ 5/10/2021 5.50%Watch 10% $ 22,732.29

220 9/22/2016 40,000.00 29,977.74$ 60 months $767.00 10/2/2017 622.08$ 11/22/2021 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 400.00 221 12/7/2016 99,000.00 89,887.92$ 60 months varies 10/24/2017 1,070.55$ 12/7/2021 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 898.88 022 12/14/2016 80,000.00 68,289.50$ 60 months $1,533.00 10/27/2017 1,203.87$ 12/14/2021 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 682.90 423 2/24/2017 90,000.00 81,118.40$ 36 months varies 10/2/2017 1,882.98$ 4/20/2020 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 811.18 0

24 4/14/2017 95,000.00 95,000.00$ Four/Ten $1,035 begin 7-14 6/14/2021 5.50%

Satisfactory 1% $ 950.00

25 7/10/2017 $71,000 50,815.64$ 60 months $1,360 9/29/2017 1,139.18$ 8/25/2022 5.50% Satisfactory 1% $ 508.16

1,716,900.00 985,683.26$ 65,910.96$

Northwest Loan Fund OPEN CONTRACT FUNDS Portfolio 10-31-17

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Loan Date Original Amount

Current Balance

Original Term

Payment Plan

Last Paid Date

Principle Reduction - Last Pmt

Maturity Rate Grade ALL Reserve %

ALL Reserve Amount

5 4/9/2008 $ 25,000.00 PAID IN FULL $300.00 8/23/17 $300 3/15/2010 0.00% Substandard 20.00% PAID IN FULL

20141223 12/30/2014 $ 95,000.00 $ 73,118.59 10/5 year $1,022.85 10/27/17 $689 12/30/2019 5.25% Satisfactory 1.00% 731.19

20160414 9/15/2016 $ 25,000.00 PAID IN FULL 2 year $1,300 6/6/17 $20,665 9/15/2018 5.50% Satisfactory 1.00% PAID IN FULL

20160804 8/4/2016 $16,070.00 $6,040.00 1 year $1,380.00 8/30/17 $9,163 1/11/2018 5.50% Watch 10.00% 604.00

$ 79,158.59 $1,335.19

Northwest Loan Fund REVOLVED FUNDS Portfolio - 10-31-17

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Loan Date Original Amount

Current Balance

Original Term

Payment Plan

Last Paid Date

Principle Reduction - Last Pmt

Maturity Rate Personal Guaranty

Collateral Comments Grade ALL Reserve %

ALL Reserve Amount

20170713 7/24/2017 $ 37,337.00 $ 17,969.63 5 yr 715.00 10/27/17 $627 9/15/2022 5.5 Yes 2nd on Business Assets

Satisfactory 1.00% 179.6963

20171012 $ 10,000.00 2 yr 444.00 12/5/2019 6.25 Yes 2nd on Business Assets

Satisfactory 1.00% 0

Northwest Loan Fund OEDIT Portfolio - 10-31-17

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Original 2017 Revised Change Orginal 2017 Revised Change RevisedBudgeted Revenue in Revenue Budgeted Expense in Expense Budget

Program Revenue Budget Budget Expense Budget Budget NetInternal Program Funds

AAAA 1,185,233 1,185,233 - 1,185,233 1,179,914 (5,319) 5,319 Broadband Program - - -

Economic Development District 348,760 317,600 (31,160) 348,760 316,262 (32,498) 1,338 Elevator Inspection 724,000 854,000 130,000 661,559 629,003 (32,556) 224,997

Energy Management 1,089,498 1,089,498 - 1,089,498 1,089,498 - - Regional Business 540,447 537,160 (3,287) 568,619 560,416 (8,203) (23,256)

Regional Transportation Council 209,499 626,433 416,934 209,499 626,433 416,934 - Watershed Services 19,942 19,430 (512) 19,942 26,992 7,050 (7,562)

Internal Program Funds-Total 4,117,379 4,629,354 511,975 4,083,110 4,428,518 345,408 200,836

External Program FundsCBBC 1,200 - (1,200) 1,200 - (1,200) -

Homeland Security 243,331 75,450 (167,881) 243,331 75,450 (167,881) - Northwest Loan Fund 619,000 579,443 (39,557) 617,310 559,344 (57,966) 20,099

NWCCOG- Foundation - - - Summit Water Quality Committee 32,654 32,000 (654) 32,654 32,904 250 (904)

Water Quality/Quanity 157,530 152,677 (4,853) 157,530 157,530 - (4,853)

NWCCOG Total Budget 5,171,094 5,468,924 297,830 5,135,135 5,253,746 118,611 215,178

Internal Service Program Funds249 Warren Avenue - Building 75,648 75,684 36 71,260 66,447 (4,813) 9,237

Indirect 208,858 216,549 7,691 206,383 243,528 37,145 (26,979) Motor Pool 40,000 36,000 (4,000) 44,268 18,000 (26,268) 18,000

5,495,600 5,797,157 301,557 5,457,046 5,581,721 124,675 215,436

Revenue Expense

NWCCOG 2017 Final Revised Budget -(December 2017)2017 Budget Revision Summary

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CREDIT CARD POLICY

PO Box 2308 ● 249 Warren Ave ● Silverthorne, CO 80498● 970-468-0295 ● Fax 970-468-1208 ● www.nwccog.org

Date Adopted: May 26, 2011 Date Revised: 12/07/2017 Author: NWCCOG

POLICY: The Employee Handbook Notes: NWCCOG issued credit cards are for job related use only. Use for personal purchases will be subject to disciplinary action. Under no circumstances will the purchase of alcoholic beverages be allowed on NWCCOG issued credit cards. Employees are responsible for saving receipts to be attached to the monthly credit card statement, and are responsible for notifying vendors of NWCCOG’s exemption from Sales Taxes, particularly on purchases over $50.

Credit card will be issued to all employees (as deemed necessary per-position by Program Directors) for

legitimate NWCCOG business only. No personal purchases may be placed on the card for later

reimbursement by the employee. Each non-salaried employee must pay for their own expenses and may not

“gang” expenses on one card. Salaried employees may pay for expenses of other employees as permitted by

their grant requirements. Each employee is responsible for staying under the credit limit of issued card. For

further detail on permitted Business Expense Reimbursements, Per Diem, see Employee Handbook

Credit card limits (subject to adjustment):

Executive Director - $6000

Weatherization Director - $10,000

Program Directors - $5000

Installers & General Office Staff - $2000

There are two main credit card accounts – NWCCOG CC has a $15,000 limit and Weatherization CC has a $50,000 limit.

PROCEDURE: 1. All purchase documents and credit card receipts must be retained by the cardholder for purchases

made on the Card. Each document and receipt, or the credit card statement, shall be account coded and initialed. Purpose of visit and attendees should be written on receipt (ie: Lunch with Anita and Jon after NLF meeting)

2. The cardholder is responsible for ensuring receipt of materials and services, and resolving any receiving discrepancies or damaged goods issues, as well as any necessary credits or refunds.

3. Transactions must not be split into two or more transactions to stay below the assigned dollar limit. Splitting transactions is prohibited and could lead to suspension or revocation of Card privileges.

4. When a cardholder’s statement of account is received, it should be verified by comparing receipts to the itemized purchases. If there are disputed charges, clearly mark them on the statement as disputed. The cardholder shall review; sign the statement, and forward copies of supporting documents and receipts to their supervisor for approval. Upon approval forward to the fiscal department for payment.

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http://www.nwccog.org/

JOB POSTING POLICY


Date Adopted: December 19, 2013 Date Revised: December 7, 2017 Author: NWCCOG

PURPOSE: The goal of the job posting policy is to ensure that all employees are made aware of and have the opportunity to apply for open positions either before or concurrent with the organization’s consideration of external candidates for employment while also providing NWCCOG with the opportunity to seek a high level of professionalism across the organization.

POLICY: All regular part-time and full-time positions below the level of Executive Director are to be posted to NWCCOG website. External posting at other locations, newspapers, on-line or other is to be considered at the discretion of the Executive Director and Program Director in order to optimize distribution externally for cost and the expected benefit of exposure to most qualified likely applicant pool. Some positions make sense to advertise in a trade publication or with a similarly targeted tool to a qualified applicant pool. Openings are to be circulated via e-mail to current staff when an opening occurs. The Executive Director may choose to not post an opening externally (beyond the NWCCOG website) if there is a qualified internal applicant, or if the pool of internal candidates is suitable. This discretion is also the case with restructuring of existing positions either in title, job description or scope with existing employees within a program.

It is preferred that Director level positions be posted externally throughout the region at the very least, and involve interviewing a pool of qualified candidates.

The decision to post a vacant Executive Director position internally and/or externally, or to bypass posting, is at the discretion of the NWCCOG Council Executive Committee.

Whenever practical, the organization should provide development opportunities and training to build leadership at all levels in the organization and encourage promotions to fill vacant positions.

PROCEDURES: Eligibility for Application: All regular part-time and full-time employees with six or more months of continuous employment with NWCCOG, and who have a satisfactory performance and attendance record, are eligible to apply for internally posted opportunities.

Method of Posting: Job openings will be distributed to all employees via e-mail, and managers will be requested to distribute postings to all employees who do not have access to e-mail. Job opening announcements will also be posted on the central bulletin board.

Posting Duration: Jobs will be posted for two business days during which time applications may be submitted in accordance with the instructions on the posting.

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2018 NWCCOG COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE Thursday, January 18, 2018 Full Council, EDD Board & NLF Board Meeting Location: Eagle County Government Building Garden Level Calssroom, Eagle Time: 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Primary Agenda Items: Introduction of new members/representatives; elect executive committee & officers; adopt 2018 meeting schedule; annual NLF Board meeting; EDD Board meeting & election of officers. Thursday, March 15, 2018 Full Council & NLF Meeting Location: Airport Operations Center (AOC) Conference Rm, 1001 Owl Creek Rd, Aspen Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Primary Agenda Items: Approval of final 2017 financials; program updates. Thursday, May 24, 2018 Full Council & EDD Board Meeting Location: US Forest Service Parks Ranger District Conference Rm, 100 Main St., Walden Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Primary Agenda Items: Review/acceptance of the 2017 audit Thursday, July 26, 2018 Full Council Meeting Location: Winter Park Town Hall Conference Rm, Winter Park Time: 10:00 a.m. – noon Primary Agenda Items: Approval of 2019 dues; approval of 2018 budget revisions; discussion re: Annual Planning Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 16, 2018 Full Council & EDD Board Annual Planning Meeting Location: Airport Operations Center (AOC) Conference Rm, 1001 Owl Creek Rd, Aspen Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Agenda Items: Strategic Planning for 2019 Thursday, October 25, 2018 Full Council Meeting Location: Community & Senior Center Fremont Rm, 83 Nancy’s Place, Frisco Time: 10:00 a.m. - noon Primary Agenda Items: Review of draft 2019 budget Thursday, December 6, 2018 Full Council, EDD Board & Foundation Board Meeting Location: Eagle County Government Building Garden Level Calssroom, Eagle Time: 10:00 a.m. - noon Primary Agenda Items: 2018 budget revisions; approve 2019 budget; adopt 2019 meeting schedule; annual NWCCOG Foundation Board meeting.

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COLORADO WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ______________________________________________________________________________ IN RE: RULEMAKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF REVISIONS TO THE MOLYBDENUM STANDARDS IN THE BASIC STANDARDS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR SURFACE WATER, REGULATION #31 (5 CCR 1002-31) AND RESOLUTION OF THE MOLYBDENUM TEMPORARY MODIFICATION ON SEGMENT 14 OF THE BLUE RIVER IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND NUMERIC STANDARDS FOR UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER, REGULATION #33 (5 CCR 1002-33) ______________________________________________________________________________ CONSOLIDATED RESPONSIVE PREHEARING STATEMENT OF THE WATER QUALITY STAKEHOLDERS ______________________________________________________________________________ Town of Frisco, Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District, Copper Mountain Resort, Grand County, Clinton Ditch and Reservoir Company, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, Eagle Park Reservoir Company, and the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (collectively “Water Quality Stakeholders” or “Stakeholders”) do hereby submit their Collective Responsive Prehearing Statement in the above-referenced matter. Denver Water is one of the Stakeholders that engaged the experts described below, but Denver Water is submitting its own prehearing statement. I. Water Quality Stakeholders. The entities comprising the Water Quality Stakeholders include water supply providers located downstream of Climax Molybdenum Company (“Climax”) mining and milling operations, and other Stakeholders concerned with the quality and safety of water in streams for domestic water supplies, agriculture, and other purposes. Many of the Stakeholders have had a good relationship with Climax over the years and appreciate Climax’s transparency in developing its proposal. To better evaluate the potential risks associated with the Climax proposal to change the molybdenum standards, the Stakeholders engaged experts to provide them with an independent assessment. II. Summary of Water Quality Stakeholders’ Position. Based upon the analyses of the Water Quality Stakeholders’ experts, the Stakeholders ask that the Commission decline to adopt Climax’s proposed changes to the statewide molybdenum standards for domestic water supply and agriculture classifications and the proposed changes to Upper Colorado River Segment 8 and Blue River Segment 14. Climax’s proposed standards include unacceptable levels of uncertainty and risk. If the Commission desires to establish new molybdenum standards, the Stakeholders request that the appropriate level of uncertainty and risk as described by the Stakeholders’ experts be considered to ensure that any new molybdenum standard remains protective of domestic water supply and agricultural uses of water.

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III. Domestic Water Supply Classification. Climax proposes to change the basic standards for domestic water supply classifications on a state-wide basis from 210 ug/L to 9,000 ug/L and to apply that standard immediately to the mainstem of Ten Mile Creek (Blue River segment 14, from the confluence with West Ten Mile Creek to Dillon Reservoir). Joseph Cotruvo, Ph.D, analyzed this proposal for the Stakeholders, as set forth in Exhibit A. Dr. Cotruvo was the first Director of EPA’s Drinking Water Standards Division, and is a former Director of EPA’s Risk Assessment Division and a long-time member of the World Health Organization’s Committee on Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality. The following is a brief summary of Dr. Cotruvo’s analysis. Although molybdenum is an essential nutrient at very low levels, it is a health concern for humans (and other animals) at higher concentrations. Molybdenum deficiency in humans has not been observed. Molybdenum is present in virtually all foods at trace amounts. Generally, public water supplies contain little molybdenum. More than 99% of public drinking water supplies in the United States have molybdenum concentrations of 40 ug/L or less. The development of protective water quality criteria for domestic water supplies typically starts with data from toxicological studies on animals. The EPA has issued risk assessment guidance for converting such toxicological data to water quality criteria to protect human health. The goal is to evaluate all available information and reach a reasonable judgment on the human exposure level that will not result in adverse health effects in the human population with an appropriate margin of safety. In making that conversion, EPA has developed standard uncertainty factors, which include the following:

A. 10-fold safety factor to account for uncertainty in extrapolating from animal data to

humans; and

B. 10-fold safety factor to account for extrapolating from shorter-term chronic studies to longer-term exposures over the course of a human life; and

C. 10-fold safety factor to account for individual variation in sensitivity among members of the human population; and

D. An additional modifying factor (“MF”) up to a maximum of 10 to address other

scientific uncertainties or lack of data.

The safety factors are not added together – but multiplied together. Thus, applying EPA’s standard uncertainty factors, but without any additional MF, results in a safety factor of 1000 (10 x 10 x 10). The resulting number is the benchmark number to protect human health assuming all dietary intake is through drinking water. The next step is to determine the relative source contribution (“RSC”) likely to be met by drinking water. Typical default RSC values are 20% (where drinking water is expected to be a small contributor to intake), and 80% (where drinking water is a large contributor to intake). EPA has also developed more protective approaches for children to reflect the relatively larger dietary intake that occurs relative to a child’s body weight. Colorado’s existing standard of 210 ug/L molybdenum for rivers classified for domestic water

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supply is similar to other existing published molybdenum values for drinking water. Climax proposes to use toxicological data from studies performed by an industry group, the International Molybdenum Association (“IMOA”), to change that standard to 9,000 ug/L by applying an uncertainty factor of 30 (10-fold factor for extrapolating from animal data to humans and 3-fold factor to account for individual variation in sensitivity among humans), and an RSC of 50%. The resulting proposed standard of 9,000 ug/L is higher than an earlier epidemiology study documenting impacts to humans and exceeds the NAS Institute of Medicine’s Upper Tolerable Limit of daily exposure in humans by more than 9-fold. Dr. Cotruvo’s analysis and recommendations regarding the IMOA studies are summarized as follows:

• Using the IMOA toxicological studies but applying the standard EPA uncertainty factors (10 x 10 x 10 = 1000), results in a water quality standard of 120 ug/L – 480 ug/L, using the 20% and 80% RSC values. There is a good basis for using these standard EPA factors. A 50% RSC as used by Climax results in a standard of 300 ug/L.

• Using the IMOA toxicological studies and applying EPA’s calculations to protect young

children, results in a standard of 23 ug/L – 90 ug/L, using the 20% and 80% RSC values. A 50% RSC as used by Climax results in a standard of 66 ug/L.

• There is no disagreement that a 10-fold safety factor is appropriate to address uncertainty

is converting animal data to human data. Dr. Cotruvo does not believe there is any legitimate basis for ignoring the 10-fold safety factor to extrapolate from a 90-day study in rats to a lifetime exposure as was done in the Climax proposal. Individual sensitivities to molybdenum toxicity compounded by copper deficiencies in some people supports a 10-fold safety factor for individual differences in sensitivity. However, using an uncertainty factor of only 3 for that uncertainty, as employed by Climax, results in a total safety factor of 300 (10 x 10 x 3), not 30.

• Using the IMOA toxicological studies and applying a safety factor of 300 as calculated above, and a 50% RSC value as used by Climax, results in a water quality standard of 1,000 ug/L. Although Dr. Cotruvo is not supporting that standard, it provides an upper range.

In conclusion, if the Commission were to consider using the IMOA studies to set new domestic water supply standards in Colorado, the above calculations result in a range of approximately 66 ug/L – 1,000 ug/L, depending upon the level of risk the Commission is willing to accept. IV. Agricultural Classification. Climax proposes to change the basic standards for agriculture on a state-wide basis from 300 ug/L to 1,000 ug/L and to replace the existing standard of 190 ug/L on Upper Colorado River Segment 8 (mainstem of Williams Fork) with 1,000 ug/L. It is noted that the basic standard of 300 ug/L was disapproved by EPA because of assumptions regarding copper supplementation. Jennifer Heath, Ph.D, analyzed this proposal for the Stakeholders, as set forth in Exhibit B. Dr. Heath has a Ph.D in toxicology from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in Toxicology and

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Animal Nutrition from North Carolina State University, and has 30 years of experience in evaluating mammalian toxicity and risk assessment issues for both the public and private sectors. The following is a brief summary of Dr. Heath’s analysis. There is a long history of scientific literature examining the adverse effects to cattle associated with exposure to molybdenum. Peer-reviewed literature documents the adverse effects of molybdenum on a wide range of endpoints in cattle, including metabolic functions, reproduction, blood chemistry, nursing, embryos, and growth. Although Dr. Heath believes the Kistner study conducted at CSU is a well-documented and executed study, she disagrees with using that study, by itself, to establish a new molybdenum standard in Colorado for agricultural use without any degree of safety. The Kistner study is narrow in its scope and reflects optimal feedlot conditions that does not reflect many ranching and range conditions. For example:

• The study included only healthy young steers at a stage of rapid growth. Thus, it does not speak to other life stages or conditions of cattle (e.g. female, pregnant, lactating, breeding, young, old) that would be found on ranches throughout Colorado.

• The primary indicators of toxicity examined in the study were associated with growth and meat production, and not the adverse effects documented in other studies.

• The animals were fed for only 112 – 151 days. Thus, the study is not a chronic study, nor

a lifetime study.

• All animals were fed an optimal, commercial diet containing copper supplementation which can mitigate molybdenum impacts. Actual practices downstream of the Henderson Mill, for example, varies widely with respect to supplementation and none of the cattle consume a commercial diet.

• The animals were given growth promoters, antibiotics, and ionophores, which can alter

rumen fermentation.

• Grazing cattle ingest molybdenum, through soils, plants, and disturbed sediment consumed with natural waters, which adds to the overall molybdenum intake.

• The caloric demands of free range cattle, particularly in mountain environments and in the winter, are far greater than those of cattle on feedlots.

The Kistner study recognized that its results were unexpected by showing no adverse effect at molybdenum concentrations that were documented to have adverse effects in other studies. The Kistner study described how these results could be due to diet type (including sulphur and copper content), or because drinking water may bypass the rumen and minimize adverse effects. However, the amount of drinking water bypassing the rumen ranges widely, may not apply to

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young cattle, and is affected by diet, with less bypass occurring, for example, in cattle that consume hay. As the Kistner study recognizes, “factors that influence ruminal bypass of drinking water and diet type (forage versus concentrate) need further investigation.” Ordinarily, when developing regulatory standards, the entire body of scientific evidence is considered in order to examine the studied effect of different durations, different conditions, different study animals, different measured endpoints of toxicity, and other factors. Uncertainty factors are routinely applied to address such gaps in knowledge, as well as individual variability or sensitivity to a toxic compound. For example, historical research has demonstrated a number of adverse effects in cattle as a result of molybdenum exposure, including reproductive and growth effects. Yet, this body of knowledge is not considered in Climax’s proposal. In this instance, Climax is proposing a new water quality standard based upon a single study with a limited scope, while not incorporating any prior scientific evidence or utilizing any uncertainty. Dr. Heath’s opinion is that there is inadequate information to support the proposal to change the molybdenum standard in Colorado to 1,000 ug/L for agriculture purposes. V. Other Stream Segment-Specific or Stakeholder-Specific Issues. The Stakeholders share many of the same concerns with the proposed domestic water supply standard and/or proposed agriculture standard. In addition, the following issues have been identified:

A. Ten Mile Creek Molybdenum Concentrations. Molybdenum concentrations at the Climax Mine Outfall were relatively low for the five years before mining operations restarted, but increased again after mining operations recommenced. Measured molybdenum concentrations at Copper Mountain were over 2,500 ug/L during one sampling event in 2016. See Climax Exhibit 4. B. Grand County Observations. In addition to the possibility of elevated molybdenum concentrations in precipitates and sediments in the Williams Fork River, the County is concerned that there is also increased molybdenum consumption by livestock in the Williams Fork valley resulting from airborne migration of molybdenum from mine tailings and other means. These points further emphasize Dr. Heath’s conclusions on why a single feedlot study is not a good basis to set new molybdenum standards protective of cattle operations that occur throughout the state. C. Copper Mountain Resort. Copper Mountain Resorts primary source of water is from Tenmile Creek (Segment 13) below the Climax Mine and before any dilution from West Tenmile Creek. Copper Mountain diverts hundreds of acre-feet a year primarily for irrigation and snowmaking. Copper Mountain Resort is very concerned with the degradation of water quality that the proposed standards would allow which could impact its ongoing operations. It is noted that Segment 13 currently has no molybdenum standard, but Climax’s discharges into Segment 13 must not cause exceedances of the molybdenum standard in Segment 14. Changing the standard in Segment 14 to 9,000 ug/L creates an unacceptable risk for Copper Mountain Resort. A more detailed summary of concerns is set forth by Scott Fifer, P.H. of Resource Engineering in Exhibit C, attached hereto.

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D. Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District (“District”). The District is located approximately five miles downstream of the Climax treatment facility discharge and provides potable water to the Copper Mountain community. The District diverts from groundwater wells that produce from the alluvium of West Ten Mile Creek. Those wells receive return flows from Copper Mountain Resort’s irrigation and snow making uses, which divert directly from Segment 13 below Climax’s discharge. The magnitude of the increased stream standards proposed by Climax raises significant concerns for the District. Those concerns are discussed in more detail in Exhibit D, attached hereto. E. Town of Frisco. The Town of Frisco’s municipal water supply is surface water diverted from North Tenmile Creek, and ground water tributary to the mainstem of Tenmile Creek. Because water rights are decreed for specific purposes, the volume of water available for diversion under a specific water right may depend in part on whether that water is of sufficient quality for the decreed use(s). That principle underlies the requirement of section 37-92-305(5), C.R.S., that the supply of water used within a decreed plan for augmentation must be “of a quality . . . so as to meet the requirements for which the water of the senior appropriator has normally been used.” It also underlies the Colorado Supreme Court’s holding in City of Thornton v. City & County of Denver, 44 P.3d 1019, 1024-25, 1028-30 (Colo. 2002) (“The WRDAA [Water Right Determination and Administration Act] and the WQCA [Water Quality Control Act] therefore preserve the common law standard that the introduction of pollutants into a water supply constitutes injury to senior appropriators if the water is no longer suitable for the senior appropriator’s normal use.”). Any degradation of water quality in Segment 14 that reduces the volume of water available for the municipal uses for which the Town’s water rights are decreed, including use within the Town’s potable water supply, thus may cause material injury to the Town’s water rights. Such a reduction could occur if, for instance, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency adopts a molybdenum standard under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and water quality in Blue River Segment 14 does not meet that standard. Like its upstream neighbors on Tenmile Creek, and based on the analyses of the Water Quality Stakeholders’ experts, the Town believes that there remains significant uncertainty regarding risks to human health from exposure to molybdenum via the potable water supply. The Town therefore respectfully requests that the Commission deny Climax’s proposal to alter current molybdenum standards. VI. Witnesses. The following witnesses may provide testimony on the subject matter of the proceedings, including any matter identified in this prehearing statement, the attached exhibits, in any supplemental or rebuttal disclosure filed by any of the Stakeholders or other parties, or in rebuttal as necessary at the hearing:

A. Joseph Cotruvo, PhD. B. Jennifer Heath, PhD. C. Lane Wyatt for NWCCOG D. Jeff Goble (Public Works Director) and Dave Koop (Water Foreman), Town of Frisco. E. R. Scott Fifer, P.H., Resources Engineering, Copper Mountain Resort. F. Bryan Webinger (District Manager) and Robert Martin (Public Works Director),

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Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District. G. Katherine Morris, Grand County Water Quality Specialist. H. Steve Bushong, Clinton Ditch and Reservoir Company, Eagle Park Reservoir

Company, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority.

The Stakeholders reserve the right to call additional witnesses in response or rebuttal to testimony or evidence presented by any other party. VII. Exhibits. The following may be used as Exhibits in the above-captioned matter:

A. Exhibits A, B, C, and D attached hereto, along with illustrative exhibits based upon the

information disclosed therein or in this Prehearing Statement; B. Any document or exhibit produced by any other party; and C. Any document needed for purposes of impeachment or rebuttal.

VIII. Conclusion. For the reasons given above and in the reports prepared by the Water Quality Stakeholder’ experts, the Stakeholders ask that the Commission decline to adopt Climax’s proposed changes to the statewide molybdenum standards for domestic water supply and agriculture classifications and the proposed changes to Upper Colorado River Segment 8 and Blue River Segment 14. Climax’s proposed standards include unacceptable levels of uncertainty and risk. If the Commission desires to establish new molybdenum standards, the Stakeholders request that the appropriate level of uncertainty and risk as described by the Stakeholders’ experts be considered to ensure that any new molybdenum standard remains protective of domestic water supply and agricultural uses of water. Respectfully submitted this 27th day of October, 2017. PORZAK BROWNING & BUSHONG LLP NORTHWEST COLORADO COUNCIL

OF GOVERNMENTS ___ _______________________________ ____Lane Wyatt_____________________ Steven J. Bushong, #21782 Lane Wyatt 2120 13th Street PO Box 2308 Boulder, CO 80302 Silverthorne, CO 80498 Attorneys for Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, Eagle Park Reservoir Company, and Clinton Ditch and Reservoir Company

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MOSES, WITTEMYER, HARRISON AND GRAND COUNTY WOODRUFF, P.C.

______Jennifer DiLalla________________ ____Katherine Morris________________ Jennifer M. DiLalla, #40319 Katherine Morris, Water Quality Specialist William D. Davidson, #49099 2595 Canyon Blvd., Suite 300 Boulder, CO 80302 Attorneys for Town of Frisco BEATTIE, CHADWICK & HOUPT, LLP COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT ____Jefferson Houpt___________________ ____Emily Loeffler_________________ Jefferson V. Houpt, #17850 Emily Loeffler, 932 Cooper Ave. Corporate Counsel Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Attorneys for Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby certify that on this 27th day of October, 2017, a true and exact copy of the foregoing CONSOLIDATED RESPONSIVE PREHEARING STATEMENT OF THE WATER QUALITY STAKEHOLDERS was sent to the Water Quality Control Commission as follows: via email: [email protected] Water Quality Control Commission 4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South Denver, CO 80246-1530 ________________________________

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C. PROJECT BUDGET. List expenditures and sources of revenue for the project. The totals on each side of the ledger must equal.

Expenditures Sources of Revenue (Dollar for Dollar Cash Match is Required, unless financial circumstance warrants a reduction)

Funding Committed

List Budget Line Items (Examples: architect, engineering, construction, equipment items, etc.)

List the sources of matching funds and indicate either cash or documentable in-kind contribution. Total revenue must equal total expenditures

List Yes or No next to each line item

Line Item Expenditures Line Item Costs

Cash In-Kind

Regional Broadband Coordinator Salary ($142,064) which includes 2.5% increases in 2018 and compounded in 2019 & fringe ($30,942) for 12 months

$ 173,006 Energy/Mineral Impact Fund Grant Request (50% of total costs)

$ 103,347

No

Rent ($192.02 x 12 months = $2,304.24), Telephone $60 x 12 = $720, Dues & Subscriptions ($660/yr), Indirect for 12 months (12.08 of salary (no fringe) = $18,005)

$21,689.24 *Energy/Mineral Impact Fund Loan Request (If applicable)

$ No

Travel and Meetings for 12 Months $12,000 NWCCOG Match $45,847 Yes

SWCCG Match (One week every other month = 10% plus expenses)

$35,000 Confirmed

Rio Blanco, Routt,

Moffat Counties at $7,500 each

$22,500 Confirming in Dec

TOTAL

$ 206,695

TOTAL

$ 206,695

$

Please attach a more detailed budget if available

(If the request is for planning, engineering or design, the following two questions may not be applicable)

1. Please identify the contingency associated with the project budget. a. Contingency Dollar value $ N/A _ b. Contingency % of Budget. %

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MEMORANDUM


To: NWCCOG Council and EDD Board of Directors

From: Rachel Lunney, Director, Economic Development District

Date: 11/27/17

Re: 2018 Regional Economic Summit

Planning is underway for the 2018 NWCCOG Regional Economic Summit, scheduled for Friday, May 4th 2018 at the Silverthorne Pavilion. A small amount of funding has been requested from DOLA for this event. Audience includes elected officials and town staff from towns and counties in the region; the business community; chambers of commerce; education; workforce. DOLA will be recognized as a key sponsor of this event. Staff is looking for input from the NWCCOG Council and EDD Board of Directors for this event. Below is a DRAFT agenda with some ideas for speakers/sessions. It begins with some general information sessions, followed by sessions with topics related to the four areas of the CEDS: Workforce/Business/Community/Resiliency. DRAFT Agenda: What is Economic Development? Economic Development 101 for local governments (business retention; entrepreneurship; workforce development; marketing & attraction; community development; etc.) – Speaker? John Bristol – Steamboat Springs Chamber – given at ED Council annual planning retreat on 9/27/17 EDA and CEDS - Rachel Lunney- CEDS overview and update Possible speaker from EDA Denver Regional Office re: agency overview and funding programs – what does an EDD do? How can you utilize it? Economic and Demographic Overview: U.S., Colorado, and the Region - Elizabeth Garner and Chris Akers – State of Colorado Demography Office (invited) Topics on Four Areas of the CEDS: Workforce Goal: Develop a healthy, productive, quality workforce that meets the demand for the business community Workforce Topic – Jessica Valand, Regional Director, RRR/NW Region, CDLE (invited)

Workforce Housing – Regional Roundup of Workforce Housing in the region Business Goal: Cultivate a diversified, stable, balanced, sustainable economy; Create an entrepreneurial ecosystem that encourages growth of new industries and new businesses; Support, strengthen, build capacity in our region’s key industries and existing businesses

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Entrepreneurship – possible speakers include Aaron Landau (EVO3 Workspace); Amy Kemp (Elevate CoSpace); Speaker from Rockies Venture Club; update from Mountain Ventures Summit April 2018 NWCCOG programs related to economic development: Anita Cameron (Northwest Loan Fund); Nate Walowitz (Broadband Program – Project THOR) Panel: Successful Accelerators in the State (possible panel to include Telluride Venture Accelerator – Thea Chase; Gunnison – ICE House; SCAPE – Laura Lewis Marchino, Region 9) Key Industries and their importance to our region: Speakers on each: (Tourism & Outdoor Recreation; Health & Wellness; Creative Industries; Infrastructure/Engineering (construction industry); Financial Services

Lunch and Keynote Speaker (After 2 CEDS Topics; before 2 CEDS topics)

Community Goal: Continue to help steward a unique community character and high quality of life attractive to year-round residents as well as visitors Panel: Economic Development Professionals in our member communities – what do they do? Possible panel members include: Jeremy Rietmann – Town of Gypsum; Jeremy Kennell – Winter Park/Fraser Chamber; Allie Heon –Town of Fraser; EDD Director – Town of Vail; Kiersten Anderson – Town of Dillon; DiAnn Butler – Grand County Aging Population and how it affects our economy; Livable Communities – possible speaker Erin Fisher, Director, NWCCOG Alpine Area Agency on Aging (possibly include info on Eagle and Pitkin Counties being recognized as “Livable Communities” by AARP.) Community Infrastructure: The Role of Water in Economic Development (possible speakers Eric Kuhn, Colorado River District; Lane Wyatt, QQ Director; Speaker from Denver Water) Transportation – Maggie Bowes, I70 Coalition – how I70 affects our regional economy Resiliency Goal: Foster a regional economy that is resilient to economic downturns/shocks and natural disasters in the long-term; Bolster the long-term economic durability of the region so as not to be dependent on one single employer or one dominate industry Diversification makes us more resilient (Breck Creative Arts District; Silverthorne Arts community; Grand Creatives; Tech jobs – cowork spaces; Outdoor rec beyond skiing – outdoor manufacturing companies in the region) Mass Economics/EDA EAA Grant: Grand and Clear Creek Counties – Hrishue Mahala (Mass Economics) – how do they define “resiliency”? Presentation of final report from grant project; examples from other communities across the country

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To: NWCCOG Council From: NWCCOG Staff Date: November 29, 2017 Re: Program Updates The following are events of note occurring since the October 26, 2017 NWCCOG Council meeting. Administration/Regional Business – Jon Stavney, Executive Director Best wishes from NWCCOG to Jeff Shroll, Gypsum Town Manager, who is recovering from a fly fishing accident, which we hear was some combination of a tree climbing and fly fishing activity. You’ll have to ask him... HCC: We have contracted with All Clear Emergency Management Group to coordinate the Northwest Colorado Health Care Coalition. They were selected by the hiring committee for their experience and have already begun work. Interestingly (or confusingly), this is an hourly contract position for the HCC, but ACEMG is advertising for a full-time person with benefits to work as the employee. Because the HCC is already halfway through the grant cycle, participants are under a series of rapid deadlines to submit for grant funding. We are glad to have a content expert on board. Last HCC meeting was Nov 7th in Rifle. Contract with ACEMG. The RTCC/Mobility and Mountain Ride Call Center each have a manager now. In restructuring the department with Susan’s departure at the end of December, two new job descriptions have been written and agreed to by the two existing employees who will absorb the third position for the time being. This restructuring was a team exercise for the Mobility group and for AAAA. This was a promotion for both employees who have been cross training actively with Susan since August. Elevator Program: At the time of the writing of this, NWCCOG has interviewed and presented a job offer to David Harris, Chief Conveyance Inspector for CDOPS (the State), who runs the program for the state of Colorado. He has accepted that offer. Dave wrote the current regulations and started the state program 8 years ago. He is very excited to bring the NWCCOG program to a new level of excellence. The elevator team is very excited to have him starting January 8th, 2018, and to move through current compliance challenges to a full restructuring of the program. We anticipate much better external communications to start immediately. It is difficult to imagine finding a more qualified leader! Employee Evaluations: We have begun annual employee evaluations and will be completed with this by Dec 20th. Website: Our November staff meeting was one very energetic group discussion about the NWCCOG website (websites) which will be continued in December. We will be updating the website internally to keep costs contained, with a little help from Judi. If you have any comments, please let us know so we can incorporate your input. Forest Health Collaborative Summit: Nov 3rd. I’ve participated in this and in Summit County Forest Task Force meetings to support Howard Hallman and Brad Phiel’s wishes to revive the Bark Beetle Collaborative which thrived under NWCCOG leadership into the High Country Forest Collaborative. We are still surveying the landscape and looking for opportunities. One thing that is clear to me from the summit is that Pitkin and Summit Counties have very active local citizen groups involved in forest health and USFS policy, and furthermore, that Grand County and Eagle County could each greatly benefit from developing such collaboratives for very different reasons that have emerged from EC mayors/managers meeting, and

PROGRAM UPDATES

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spending a day in Grand County on the Economic Resiliency roundtables, one of which is focused on forest products. DOLA Grant 1: We are still waiting to hear back from DOLA on the status of our September grant application which included new elected officials training, and both a Disaster preparedness as well as an Economic Development seminar in 2018. There are also two economic development requests in this grant. DOLA Grant 2: The annual COG round for DOLA grant funding was submitted today for the December 1st deadline. This is the funding round for which we have submitted for ongoing funding of the Regional Broadband Coordinator position from July of 2018 through June of 2019. As noted before, conceptualizing alternative funding mechanisms and talking through various options has absorbed an excessive amount of time this past month. More detail on that is provided elsewhere in the packet. The primary difference between this request and the current grant is that the local match at the recommendation of DOLA has increased from 25% to 50%. In order to make this work we are partnering with Southwest Colorado Council of Governments, as well as the three counties which have been consistent supporters of the RBC – Routt, Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties. GOCO: I am peer reviewing the local government round of grants this winter for GOCO, hoping to gain insight and experience useful to our membership. Alpine Area Agency on Aging (AAAA) – Erin Fisher, Director State Unit on Aging Option Letter Status: We received the option letter for federal funds on November 15 from the State Unit on Aging (SUA). This option letter does not include all our federal funds, but specific percentages of the funding based on part, as the federal funds still have not been fully encumbered. We do not know when we will receive the remaining funds and/or our carryover funds for this state fiscal year. Current federal funding based on part:

• Part B: 40% (Legal Services, Homemaker, Ombudsman) • Part C1: 100% (Congregate Meals) • Part C2: 40% (Home Delivered Meals) • Part D: 100% (Evidence Based Programs) • Part E: 50% (Caregiver) • Admin: 100% • Elder Abuse Prevention: 100% • Long Term Care Ombudsman: 80% (less than $1000, so supplemented with Part B)

Request for Proposal (RFP) SFY 18-19: Notice is hereby given that the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments-Alpine Area Agency on Aging (NWCCOG-Alpine AAA) has released its Request for Proposal (RFP) for the provision of the following services in the Region 12 area, that includes Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Pitkin and Summit counties:

• Case Management • Chore Voucher Program • Congregate Meals • Evidenced-Based Disease Prevention and Health • Promotion • Home Delivered Meals • Information and Assistance/Referral • Public Information • Legal Assistance • Registered Dietitian (Nutrition Consultation, Nutrition • Education, Nutrition Counseling) • Transportation • Transportation—Assisted • Transportation Voucher Program

The RFP and all of its forms, service requirements and other necessary information is available for completion at: http://nwccog.oaa-sys.com/rfp. Proposals are due to the NWCCOG-Alpine Area Agency on Aging by 11:59 pm (MDT) February 6th, 2018. This RFP is a solicitation and not an offer to contract. An

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http://nwccog.oaa-sys.com/rfp

open proposers’ conference webinar on the RFP proposal and RFP website will be held January 10th, 2018. The webinar link and dial-in information is available at the above URL. One member of the agency submitting an RFP must attend either the live training or attest to viewing the recording of the event. Questions regarding the RFP after the Proposers’ Conference on February 6th, 2018 must be submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. Technical questions regarding use of the RFP website, should be made to Erin Fisher at 970.468.0295. ext.107 Contracts are to be awarded for the period of July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019. When the Alpine AAA is reasonably assured of continuous funding and provider contractual compliance, it may enter into an option letter for the subsequent year for a total of two (2) fiscal years. Alpine AAA is all-inclusive. Everyone is welcome to participate in all of our programs regardless of age (must be 60 or older to receive services), gender, race, ethnicity, religion/no religion, national origin, language, education, marital status, body size, political affiliation/philosophy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or variance, physical and mental ability, social-economic status, genetic information and HIV, and veteran status. Performance Measures Survey: AAAs and the State Unit on Aging (SUA) track performance outcomes of the services provided under the contract annually through consumer satisfaction surveys provided by the SUA and distributed by the AAAs to a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of registered consumers within the AAA region. We recently received the results from the SUA for last year and we were above standard for every question and every service. There is not a space in the survey for written comments, but respondents often write comments anyway, and some of these comments are listed below. Congregate Questions-

• Have the services received through the Congregate Meal Site helped you to maintain or improve your independence? Yes: 84.21% / Standard: 80%

• If you needed a ride to [NAME OF NUTRITION PROGRAM SITE], how easy was it to get transportation to [NAME OF NUTRITION PROGRAM SITE]? Would you say….. Yes: 92.65% / Standard: 90%

• If you needed assistance during the past year, did someone from the [NAME OF NUTRITION PROGRAM SITE] provide information or refer you to places to learn about financial, social, or health services that are available or tell you how to get the help you need? Yes: 93.75% / Standard: 90%

• In general, how satisfied are you with opportunities you have to spend time with other people at the Congregate Meal Site ? Would you say…. Yes: 100% / Standard: 90%

Home Delivered Meals-

• Have the services received through the Home Delivered Meal Program helped you to maintain or improve your independence? Yes: 94.12% / Standard: 80%

• During the past year, did someone from the Home Delivered Meal Program provide information or refer you to places to learn about financial, social, or health services that are available or tell you how to get the help you need? Yes: 100% / Standard: 90%

Transportation-

• Have the services received through the Transportation program helped you to maintain or improve your independence? Yes: 98.53% / Standard: 80%

• Was transportation through [TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM NAME] available for you to be able to access necessary services within your community when you needed them? Yes: 100% / Standard: 90%

Caregiver-

• Has the service received through [CAREGIVER PROGRAM NAME] helped you feel supported and increased your feelings of being able to care for your loved one? Yes: 100% / Standard: 80%

General Services-

• Have the services received through the AAA helped you to maintain or improve your independence?

Yes: 94.74% / Standard: 80% Respondent Comments-

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• Pitkin County Senior Services: “It is a wonderful program. I use it as often as I can and I love going there. The staff are wonderful and the food is excellent.”

• Grand County Council on Aging: “Both my husband & I were able to get to doc appt's in Den. What a blessing that was.”

• Eagle County Public Health: “My mom passed in November 2016. When she was well, she truly enjoyed Minturn Lunches so I will be forever thankful for all these programs that helped her enjoy the last year of her life.”

• Jackson County Council on Aging: “The important transportation services of JCCOA are in providing access to necessary services that are not available within our community or county. “

Alpine Area Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) – C.J. Grove, Alpine RSVP & NWCCOG Volunteer Program Coordinator Our service numbers for the period of October 1 – October 31 are as follows: We have a total of 145 active volunteers who volunteers a total of 875.50 hours

• Capacity building – 53 hours 7 volunteers contributing (the majority of these hours were worked at the Eagle Valley Community Fund Rummage Sale)

• Economic opportunity – 0 hours (working with Habitat for Humanity either in construction or in their ReStore locations)

• Education – 47.25 hours 7 volunteers contributing (after school meal program, school nurse, cultural events)

• Environmental Stewardship – 7.5 hours 1 volunteers contributing (River clean up and community gardens)

• Healthy Futures – 618.75 hours 37 volunteers contributing (coaching/training classes, distributing information, preventing elder abuse, companionship, food delivery, transportation, food collection and congregate meals sites)

• Veterans and Military Families – 17 hour 1 volunteer contributing • Other Community Priorities – 132 hours 5 volunteers contributing

We have had 2 requests for Caregiver Respite volunteers since October 1st. They have both been matched with volunteers. One volunteer has started his assignment and the second will start her assignment in January. State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)/Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) –T.J. Dufresne, Health Insurance Assistance Coordinator No Program Update provided. Jon: This program is in the middle of a shortened open enrollment period which ends in December. Economic Development District (EDD) – Rachel Lunney, Director CEDS Progress Report and Regional Action Plan Update: Rachel will be working on the year-end report to the EDA due 12/31/17. The report will contain information on progress on the regional action plan outlined in the CEDS. Regional Workforce Housing Report: this is an action item identified in the CEDS. Rachel is getting this project underway, scheduled completion by the end of January 2018. The report will be a summary of workforce housing efforts underway in NWCCOG and CAST member towns/counties. It will be a resource for our membership on innovative ideas to address the workforce housing crisis in our region. It will be a clearinghouse of information/resources/tools to address workforce housing. EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant for Grand/Clear Creek Counties: The grant closes on November 25th. Rachel is preparing the final report to the EDA. Mass Economics (consultant for the project) will be submitting final reports for each county by November 25. For Grand County, Action Teams were formed in the following five priority areas:

1. Anchor Institution Collaboration 2. Housing Solutions 3. Wood Cluster Stabilization

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4. Tourism Cluster Diversification and Small Business Development 5. Industry Cluster Diversification

Detailed action plans will be included on each in the final report, which will be available on the NWCCOG EDD website after 11/25/17. Planning for 2018 NWCCOG Regional Economic Summit: Planning is underway for this event, scheduled for Friday, May 4th 2018 at the Silverthorne Pavilion. A small amount of funding has been requested from DOLA for this event. Audience includes elected officials and town staff from towns and counties in the region; the business community; chambers of commerce; education; workforce. DOLA will be recognized as a key sponsor of this summit. Communications: Mid-November “Success Stories” bulletin sent out on Nov. 21. Mid-November “Resources Bulletin” sent out on Nov. 22. Jon—Kudos to Rachel Lunney who was elected to a 2-year term on the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) Board of Directors beginning Jan. 1, 2018. Rachel continues to serve as the regional economic development representative on the Rural Resort Region Workforce Development Board (meetings attended in 2017: Jan. 18; April 26; June 22; Oct. 11). Rachel gave a presentation on Summit County Economic and Demographic Trends to the CMC Summit County Leadership Summit class on November 16. Rachel attended the Colorado Demography Office Annual Summit on November 3rd, and provided a summary of demographic trends in the following resources bulletin. Elevator Inspection Program (EIP) – Report by Jon Stavney Following the passing of the previous director, Steve Allen, the advertisement for this program director was finally able to be posted in late October. I am proud to announce that David Harris, who runs the conveyance program for the State has accepted the position and will start January 8th. This is an absolute win for the struggling program. Staff continues towards meeting the conditions outlined in the Notice of Corrective Action from July of this year by:

a. Seeking ongoing training that was expected b. Meeting aggressive monthly deadlines on 5-year witness testing c. Writing Policies and Procedures (none of which had been written previously) d. Sharing Director responsibilities with each other including scheduling and client communications e. Admin has been working with our software provider on changes to meet the new enforcement

expectations, and change over from a “void certificate” outcome to a TCO process f. Communicating progress with the State OPS

It is expected that progress will accelerate when the incoming director begins. Staff is looking forward to having the necessary leadership to make this program overhaul, communicate with constituents, and implement changes that will help it move from survival mode to thriving mode. There are additional employment transitions in 2018 which have been on hold until the new director could assess the situation and lead in these changes first. Energy Management (Weatherization) - Nate Speerstra, Weatherization Program Specialist We are pleased to announce that we have hired two new installers; Keith Nielsen and Darren Weatherford joined our crew in early November. Keith has a construction background and Darren was most recently working as a plumber. Both bring a skill set and an enthusiasm that will be beneficial to the Energy Management Program. Our staff is now at 10 and we feel that we are finally positioned to complete all the projects that are on our plate for this program year. Our New Castle crew has completed weatherizing a very challenging 4-plex in Aspen. They audited the homes in August and found that all 4 furnaces were producing high levels of carbon monoxide and that CO was entering into the ductwork and was being dispersed throughout the homes. In addition to that 2 of the water heaters were producing high levels of carbon monoxide and were vented so poorly that they

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could not draft properly so those flue products were also entering into the homes instead of being vented outside. The four furnaces were replaced by our crew with new 95% efficient condensing furnaces and the 2 water heaters were replaced with electric/heat pump hybrid style water heaters. These will heat the domestic water solely through a heat pump system (think of an air conditioner only in reverse) or solely on electric or with a combination of both. This was a complex project but the end result was that these 4 homes received energy efficiency improvements that will make the homes more comfortable and cheaper to heat but most importantly safer for the people who live in them. Northwest All Hazards Emergency Management Region (NWAHEMR) – Kimberly Cancelosi, Program Coordinator No Program Update provided, Kim has been travelling in India since the last meeting!! Northwest Loan Fund (NLF) – Anita Cameron, Director

• Fall is the busy travel/speaking season for Anita. • A new loan from the State OEDIT funds closed in November. • Anita will continue to focus on the two downgraded loans.

Jon Note: This program still has $100,000 to loan out. Anita is to be congratulated on closing a major loan $250,000 and working to get it doubled with another lender to provide the final necessary funding for the Eagle Climbing Gym project. This has been in the works for 4 years. Also: don’t be alarmed, we will be posting a general call for assistance to the NLF program on our website for a spectrum of possible hires on the spectrum from a part time assistant to Anita to someone who would transition into taking over the program. Regional Transportation Coordinating Council (RTCC) – Susan Juergensmeier, Mobility Manager The Mountain Ride Transportation Resource Call Center (One-Call/One-Click) is continuing to be in demand. Following are the number of one-way trips and associated services by county booked through the Call Center from the creation of the Call Center in August 2014 through October 31, 2017:

2014 2015 2016 2017

Aug-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Oct 31

Trip Count by County Trips Trips Trips Trips Eagle 27 692 772 1,088 Garfield 4 2 Grand* 657 1,148 3,697 4,502 Jackson 53 23 68 33 Park 178 2,299 2,911 Pitkin 441 224 434 Routt 202 1,895 1,047 894 Summit 151 723 430 693 Other 5 Trip by County Total: 1,090 5,100 8,546 10,557 25,293 trips booked

*all trips including self-drive, taxi, GCCOA NEMT, and OAA. The contract for the 2018 5310 FTA CDOT Mobility Management grant for $122,000 has been executed. The CDOT Local Coordination grant has been extended from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018. $16,000 remains in this grant. Jon Note: the transition of this program is covered in the Regional Business update above. Summit Water Quality Committee (SWQC) – Lane Wyatt, SWQC Director Climax Metals has proposed significant changes to water quality standards for molybdenum. Watershed Services, Summit Water Quality Committee, Town of Frisco, Grand County, Denver Water and others jointly funded an independent review of the science and toxicology behind Climax's proposal. We jointly

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hired two toxicologists to review the science behind the Climax proposal. This group disagrees with the proposed changes and has asked the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission to reject the proposal. Included in the packet is our joint response to Climax which summarizes the details of this matter. The actual hearing is on December 12, 2017. Jon Note on Moly: NWCCOG is acting as the pass-through funder for entities to fund this independent review as a service covered under the QQ budget. Documents related to this are on our Watershed Services program page. Water Quality & Quantity Committee (QQ) – Torie Jarvis, QQ Director

• QQ held its latest quarterly meeting November 2nd in Frisco at the Summit Senior and Community Center. We heard presentations about the recent regional efforts to develop Stream Management Plans on the Eagle River, Crystal River, and the Middle Colorado River (and learned about the seminal Grand County SMP). We also were pleased to host the new Deputy Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Lauren Ris, for a conversation about Colorado’s Water Plan. There were considerable water quality updates, described below, as well. QQ also published its first regular meeting update on our website, www.nwccog-qq.org or linked here.

• NWCCOG/QQ is participating in a Water Quality Control Commission rulemaking in response to a proposal by Climax Metals to change the statewide molybdenum standards and those that currently apply to Ten Mile Creek and the Williams Fork River. A large stakeholder group that includes QQ and several QQ members as well as other interested parties engaged two toxicology experts to provide an independent evaluation of Climax’s proposal. Based upon the experts’ analysis, the parties jointly recommended the Commission decline to adopt Climax’s proposed standard because of unacceptable levels of uncertainty and risk to classified uses of these streams. Members shared concerns about drinking water supplies downstream of Climax facilities as well as adverse impacts to livestock which are particularly susceptible to molybdenum. We will continue to keep members updated as this rulemaking progresses. The hearing is scheduled for December 12, 2017.

• The 2018 legislative session is fast approaching! The above-linked QQ Meeting summary links to many bills we know or believe may move forward in the 2018 session.

• QQ is participating as a party to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s upcoming rulemaking on flowlines, following the deadly flowline explosion in Firestone, CO. QQ participates in COGCC rulemakings to protect existing local authority to regulate for environmental protection, in line with QQ policies. This rulemaking is scheduled for January 8-9, 2018.

• QQ will complete two major projects in the next few months: 1. The ongoing update of the 1999 Model Water Quality Performance Standards, and 2. Updates to Water & Its Impact to the Economy of the Headwaters Counties, focusing on recent accomplishments and climate change impacts to the economy.

• Jon Note: Kudos to Torie who since the last QQ meeting has begun publishing a highlights of the meeting document! Broadband Program – Nate Walowitz, Regional Broadband Coordinator Regional Impact Activities

1. Project THOR, Timeframe: CY 2017-2018, Priority: A a. NWCCOG Broadband Steering Committee agreed that NWCCOG should serve as Network

Administrator for the Project b. Nate Walowitz and Jon Stavney presented our Project THOR Network Administrator plan to

the NWCCOG Council and it was approved. c. Nate Walowitz released the Project THOR RFP. Responses are due November 30th.

2. Broadband Legislation and State Broadband Policy, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. Tony Neal-Graves is working with others at State of Colorado, CCI and CML to craft

priorities and strategies for ensuring additional funding and regulatory relief for broadband. b. Nate Walowitz worked with Noah Koerper from Senator Bennet’s office on a letter to the

FCC about needed changes to CAF II reporting requirements to deliver more transparency on both past deployment locations and future plans.

3. NWCCOG Service Provider Relationships, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. CenturyLink continues to not release county and statewide maps for CAF II funding

locations. Grand and Routt Counties specifically continue to press on this issue.

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b. Tony Neal-Graves contacted CenturyLink multiple times to help accelerate the deployment date for the fiber connection to Ski Cooper.

c. Comcast continues limited engagement with local governments. d. San Isabel Telecom (owned by ForeThought) is working on upgrading services in Eagle

County and can provided cost competitive backhaul to organizations in their service area. 4. DOLA Broadband Grants and Funding, Timeframe: CY 2017/2018, Priority: A

a. The DOLA Broadband Grant program will not be available for funding the NWCCOG Regional Broadband Coordinator position in 2018. Jon Stavney and others will be talking with DOLA and others to attempt to revisit this decision.

b. NWCCOG and SWCCOG are having conversations to determine if there is interest in sharing Nate Walowitz for services through NWCCOG.

c. DOLA did an initial review of the DOLA grant application submitted by Moffat County and City of Craig. It was concluded by the DOLA regional managers that more competitive price quotes for design and implementation to establish a true cost for the project. They were urged to withdraw their application and reapply once they have more concrete costs.

d. CAF II re-auction submission deadline is September 7th, for census blocks that were not claimed by CenturyLink.

e. Education organizations and CTN are both developing and deploying aggregation strategies. f. E-Rate has one more year (next year) in the current funding cycle. Education institutions

should be urged to begin to consider applying for funding in the next cycle. Fiber builds, where needed, can be used to help support local broadband plans.

g. Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) program funds medical and mental health care provider broadband grant funding from USAC. They will be rolling out a new product in 2018. During the tour, concerns were expressed by healthcare organizations about the poor network performance and availability of their current products.

h. Colorado Broadband Deployment Board will have $9.4 M available for the next cycle (October 2017). The Board is currently evaluating applications and potential challenges to these applications.

5. FirstNet Colorado, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: B a. Nate Walowitz is an active participant in the meetings, communicating with contacts in the

NWCCOG region and providing insights based on his prior and current experience in Public Safety Communications standards and as a first responder.

b. FirstNet Colorado continues to evaluate options and network coverage needs to ensure that the FirstNet national proposal responses and FirstNet’s design meets the needs around the state.

c. FirstNet Colorado received responses to the state managed RAN network RFI. They had two respondents. This information will assist Colorado in their decision to Opt-In/Opt-Out to ATT/FirstNet plan. There is a huge unknown financial cliff facing the State of Colorado should the Governor choose to opt-Out.

d. Verizon Wireless has announced a public safety exclusive network core (EPC) and RANs with Band 14 radios as part of a public safety communications package. https://solutionslab.vzw.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/10732438_VZW_PublicSafety_FAQ_v1b_moss.pdf

e. It is important to note that even if the Governor choses to Opt-In, the decision on whether to utilize the FirstNet network or a Public Safety Broadband solution from Verizon Wireless or others is up to the local jurisdiction.

f. Local jurisdictions should send letters to State OIT and copy the Governor expressing support for both the Colorado FirstNet Governing Board and State of Colorado OIT processes and their educated recommendations to the Governor regarding FirstNet Opt-In or Opt-Out.

County/Local Government Projects

1. Eagle County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. A new wireless provider is looking to enter the I-70 Eagle County and Summit County

markets. b. San Isabel Telecom is working with Eagle County and consumers to deploy additional fiber

and services in their territory. 2. Grand County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A

a. Grand County will have an SB-152 exemption bill on their November ballot. 47 of 51

https://solutionslab.vzw.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/10732438_VZW_PublicSafety_FAQ_v1b_moss.pdf

https://solutionslab.vzw.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/10732438_VZW_PublicSafety_FAQ_v1b_moss.pdf

b. CDOT has an interest in developing fiber along the U.S. 40 corridor from Empire through Kremmling. Investigating with Comcast to learn how this project could be of mutual benefit and potential cost sharing. Potentially Project THOR could be of assistance to address these needs.

c. Mountain Parks Electric has hired HR Green to do network design and user surveys to create an engineering plans and cost estimates for potential middle mile and FTTH deployment.

3. Jackson County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. Jackson County is working with VistaBeam to build out their network to deploy services in

November/December 2017 timeframe. The microwave backhaul has been built out and work with Town of Walden for water tower and power have been resolved.

b. Jackson County has created a low-cost revolving loan to support infrastructure deployment and other economic development projects.

c. As a result of a private donation, the Walden Central Office is reported to have been upgraded to ROADM fiber switch to allow gigabit service into Jackson county and maximize the potentially use of existing CenturyLink fiber. Concern is still pricing per gigabit in Walden.

d. In concert with the ROADM being upgraded, CenturyLink has stated they will roll out Front Range pricing and services to customers in Walden sometime in the future, but they have not turned on any customers.

4. Kremmling, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: B a. Kremmling SB-152 exemption measure passed on the November ballot. b. Planning on having some local meetings in January timeframe.

5. Pitkin County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. The County has awarded Mammoth Networks to be their partner as Network Manager. They

will create and manage a multi-use fiber/wireless broadband loop connecting all their mountaintop sites, local government buildings, businesses and residents for public broadband deployment, public safety communications and County IT network redundancy.

b. Pitkin County is also working on two additional public safety projects; building out and moving their public safety radio communications from VHF to the State DTRS system.

c. Pitkin County is looking to partner with City of Glenwood Springs to aggregate bandwidth for the Roaring Fork Valley to lower pricing.

6. Rio Blanco County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. Rio Blanco County will assume the Network Manager role from Colorado Fiber Communities

on December 15th. b. County continues to build out their wireless broadband tower network.

7. Routt County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. Fiber extension to connect County Justice Center and Yampa Valley Electric Association to

the NCB CNL is complete. b. NCB continues to develop their network strategy to enable continued broadband cost

reduction and deployment activities. c. NCB is working with a network provider to assist them in deployment of additional

broadband services using the NCB fiber network. 8. Summit County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A

a. Summit County is continuing to work on broadband and cellular service enhancement in areas of need throughout the county.

b. Town of Breckenridge is evaluating responses from the RFPs for broadband infrastructure development and network operations. Meetings with downselected vendors were held.

c. Frisco, Dillon, and Silverthorne passed an SB-152 exemption in the November election. 9. Moffat County, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A

a. Nate Walowitz is supporting Moffat County to assist them in addressing their needs and move their broadband plan objectives towards funding and implementation.

b. Moffat County and City of Craig submitted a DOLA broadband grant application. DOLA provided comments to them and Moffat County has chosen to re-approach DOLA once they have additional information.

10. City of Glenwood Springs, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. City is considering working with multiple public entities throughout the Roaring Fork Valley

to aggregate bandwidth and assist in lowering to pricing and resiliency of broadband for the valley.

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a. As the primary consultant to Summit County and the Town of Breckenridge, Nate Walowitz continues to work on evaluating RFP responses and attend community meetings on cellular and broadband network infrastructure projects.

b. The Town has chosen a direction forward and will request competitive quotations for a feasibility study.

12. Town of Frisco, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. The town has been participating in the County broadband conversations. b. Frisco voters have exempted the town from Senate Bill 152

13. Town of Dillon, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. The town has been participating in the County broadband conversations.

14. Town of Red Cliff, Timeframe: CY 2017, Priority: A a. Conduit at Ski Cooper is installed and fiber is pulled. b. ForeThought is waiting for CenturyLink to deliver the fiber circuit to Ski Cooper.

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Department of Police Memorandum To: Jon Stavney, NWCCOG From: Dwight Henninger, Chief of Police Date: November 22, 2017 Subject: Sponsorship of NWIMT ________________________________________________________________________________ As we discussed earlier the Northwest Colorado Incident Management Team (NWIMT) was formed in 2006, made up of a number of public safety responders from all over Northwest Colorado. The purpose of this team is to support local jurisdictions who are responding to a man- made, or natural disaster and do not have the capability or capacity to deal with the incident. Our motto is “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” Team members come from many disciplines including fire, EMS, law enforcement, hospitals, public works and the private sector. The NWIMT has responded to floods, wildland fires, public heath incidents, planned events and the Democratic National Convention. Currently there are over 60 members on this team. We have annual training exercises and training meetings, most have been held in collaboration with counties in the region. We have conducted at least one exercise in each of the following Counties; Summit, Eagle, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Grand, Mesa, Pitkin, Park and Routt. When the team was formed it was determined the best sponsor for the team was the Northwest All Hazards Emergency Management Region (NWAHEMR) with the Policy Group (Board) being the 10 County Emergency Managers. As the NWAHEMR was not a legal entity, it was determined that the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) was the best sponsoring agency. At the time, Abbie Cobb was the NWCCOG coordinator for the NWAHEMR. The State of Colorado certified the NWIMT as the second All Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT) in 2006. Many of the financial issues for the team in the early days were reimbursements or grant awards from the NWAHEMR via NWCCOG, so NWCCOG was the de facto fiscal agent. As the grants have dried up and deployments increased the fiscal agent duties have migrated to the Town of Vail as one of our team members was a full-time employee of the Town’s Finance staff. Over the years, I have regularly made reports to the NWALEMR on the status of the team. Over the years the Executive Group of the region, the 10 county Emergency Managers, had taken less interest in the team’s operations and in funding the team. Two years ago, I turned over my responsibilities as the Law Functional representative to the NWAHEMR to another Chief and stopped attending. This meant I was no longer giving reports and have not been asked to submit any updates on the team since.

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Currently, the State of Colorado is conducting a process to recertify the 5 AHIMT’s which has prompted a discussion on who the appropriate sponsor is for the NWIMT in 2017 and into the future. The Town of Vail is willing to take on the role as sponsoring agency of the NWIMT and the Command and General Staff membership of the team is supportive of the Town being the sponsoring agency. As the Town has been doing the fiscal agent duties for the past 6 years, it should not change the work load for Vail employees to any significant degree. The team runs itself and has the best interests of the Northwest Region in mind in its daily operations. Jon, please let me know if you, or the NWCCOG Board have any concerns in regards to the changing of the sponsoring agency for the Northwest Colorado Incident Management Team. Thank you for your attention to this request.

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