HomeMy WebLinkAboutMCWC GAGES GWS CANYON 2022Grant Award Spring 2022
Applicant:Middle Colorado Watershed Council
Project:Post Fire Rain Gauge Monitoring in Glenwood Canyon
Amount:$ 5,000
Date:April 26, 2022
This Grant Agreement,is made this 26th day of April,2022 by and between the
Middle Colorado Watershed Council,200 Lion’s Park Circle,Rifle,CO 81650 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 MCWC for funding to support their
work with rain gauge monitoring and the soil moisture program in Glenwood
Canyon to be able to keep an adequate information flow to communities in the
region who will be impacted by catastrophic events in the canyon.
MCWC shall:
Provide quarterly reports on progress of the various components of the post-fire
monitoring in Glenwood Canyon.
Include Pitkin County Healthy Rivers in the CDOT emergency notifications of canyon
events that MCWC is coordinating so PCHRS is aware of changes in the canyon.
Share monthly community newsletters from May through October.
Pitkin County shall:
Grant $5,000.00 to MCWC as recommended for funding by the Healthy Rivers Board
on April 21, 2022.
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
530 E. Main Street Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 970.379-8654 pitkincounty.com/healthyrivers
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:
Pitkin County Healthy Rivers Middle Colorado Watershed Council
/s/ Lisa Tasker
530 E. Main Street Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 970.379-8654 pitkincounty.com/healthyrivers