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Grant Award Spring 2020
Applicant: American Whitewater
Project: Identify Streamflows that Support Recreational Use on the Roaring Fork and
Crystal Rivers
Amount: $ 19,355.00
Date: June 22, 2020
This Grant Agreement, is made this 22nd, day of June, 2020, by and between the
American Whitewater ("AW") American Whitewater, P.O. Box 1540
Cullowhee, NC 28723 and the Pitkin County Healthy Rivers Board ("Pitkin County")
530 E. Main Street Ste 301 Aspen, CO 81611.
The purpose of the Grant Agreement is to provide a process for payment of public
funds to be used exclusively for costs incurred by AW to identify streamflows that
support recreational use on the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers.
AW Shall:
AW would be in close contact with the Board throughout the project development and
survey implementation.As data is collected and analyzed we would provide regular updates
on progress and work with the board to hold public engagement meetings to discuss
preliminary and then final flow preference results.The final studies and access to the
boatable days tool would be provided to the Healthy Rivers Board.AW will provide quarterly
progress reports to the River Board including expenses to date.
I he main goals of this effort are to provide recreational data that can be utilized to advocate
for the protection of flows in the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers. The objectives to be
evaluated for project success are the following:
1. Robust survey engagement—we aim to collect upwards of 150 surveys on each river to
be utilized in the flow preference analysis.
2. Successful stakeholder engagement to review flow preference results.
3. A complete flow preference and boatable days report that captures recreational needs.
4. Sustainable stakeholder access to the boatable days tool to assess for future projects,
changes in management scenarios,or climatic changes could affect recreation.
5. Buy in from management plan proponents on this needs assessment approach and
utilization of the tool in management plan implementation.
American Whitewater will provide a final summary at the end of the grant period to report
on the success of each of the above defined objectives.
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Pitkin County shall:
Grant $19,355 to AW as authorized by the Board of County Commissioners on June
16, 2020 and recommended for funding by the Healthy Rivers Board on April 16,
2020.
CRS §8-17.5-101. [Not Applicable to agreements relating to the offer, issuance, or
sale of securities, investment advisory services or fund management services,
sponsored projects, intergovernmental agreements, or information technology
services or products and services] Contractor certifies, warrants, and agrees that it
does not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien who will perform work
under this contract and will confirm the employment eligibility of all employees who
are newly hired for employment in the United States to perform work under this contract,
through participation in the E-Verify Program or the Department program established
pursuant to CRS §8-17.5-102(5)(c), Contractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with
an illegal alien to perform work under this contract or enter into a contract with a
subcontractor that fails to certify to Contractor that the subcontractor shall not knowingly
employ or contract with an illegal alien to perform work under this contract. Contractor (a)
shall not use E-Verify Program or Department program procedures to undertake pre-
employment screening of job applicants while this contract is being performed, (b) shall
notify the subcontractor and the contracting State agency within three days if Contractor has
actual knowledge that a subcontractor is employing or contracting with an illegal alien for
work under this contract, (c) shall terminate the subcontract if a subcontractor does not stop
employing or contracting with the illegal alien within three days of receiving the notice, and
(d)shall comply with reasonable requests made in the course of an investigation,undertaken
pursuant to CRS §8-17.5-102(5), by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. If
Contractor participates in the Department program, Contractor shall deliver to the
contracting State agency, Institution of Higher Education or political subdivision a written,
notarized affirmation, affirming that Contractor has examined the legal work status of such
employee,and shall comply with all of the other requirements of the Department program. If
Contractor fails to comply with any requirement of this provision or CRS§8-17.5-101 et seq.,
the contracting State agency, institution of higher education or political subdivision may
terminate this contract for breach and, if so terminated, Contractor shall be liable for
damages.
PUBLIC CONTRACTS WITH NATURAL PERSONS. CRS §24-76.5-101. Contractor, if a natural
person eighteen (18) years of age or older, hereby swears and affirms under penalty of
perjury that he or she (a) is a citizen or otherwise lawfully present in the United States
pursuant to federal law, (b) shall comply with the provisions of CRS§24-76.5-101 et seq.,and
(c) has produced one form of identification required by CRS §24-76.5-103 prior to the
effective date of this contract.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of
the latest date written below:
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