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FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT
BET\VEEN
EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO
AND
CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
This First Amendment to the March 10, 2005 Lease Agreement between Eagle
County, Colorado a body corporate and politic, by and through its Board of County
Commissioners (hereinafter referred to as "County") and the Crown Mountain Park and
Recreation District, acting by and through % Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to
as "District") shall be effective September , 2005 .
RECIT ALS
WHEREAS, Eagle County owns property known as the Mt. Sopris Tree Farm in
Basalt, Colorado consisting of approximately 132 acres (hereinafter referred to as the
"Property"); and
WHEREAS, the County by Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005 leased 80.7
acres of the Property to the District ("Leased Premises"); and
WHEREAS, the District has commenced development of the Leased Premises;
and
WHEREAS, the District desires to file an application for change of underground
water rights, claim for conditional and absolute water right, claim for change of surface
water right, and request for approval of plan for augmentation with the District Court,
Water Division 5 ("Application"), which Application provides for irrigation and other
uses by the District as outlined therein and which shall be filed with the Water Court in a
form substantially similar to Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference; and
WHEREAS, during the preparation of that Application it has become clear that
certain amendments to the Lease Agreement dated March 10, 2005 are needed so there is
no inconsistency between that lease and the Application; and
WHERAS, paragraph 15.05 of the Lease Agreement provides that "[t]his
Agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement duly authorized by
all the parties to this Agreement."
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and covenants stated herein as
well as those stated in the Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005, the County and the
District agree as follows:
1. The parties agree that the recitals set forth above are true and accurate. The
recitals are hereby incorporated into this First Amendment as if fully set forth herein.
2. Paragraph 6.03 of the Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005 between the
parties is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.03 Pursuant to the District's PUD Amendment submittals, the District
plans to permanently irrigate up to 45 acres of the Leased Premises. The District in its
Application identifies up to 64.8 acres for irrigation. The parties agree that the change
from 45 acres to 64.8 acres of irrigated acreage represents an effort by the parties to allow
for additional irrigation on the Property south of the current Leased Premises. Further,
the parties agree that any reference in the Application to the full acreage of the Property
and additional irrigated acreage does not entitle the District to a lease to that additional
land.
Upon approval pursuant to 6.02, the County shall make its existing wells, with the
exception of well number 2 which is hereby omitted from the terms of the Agreement,
available to the District for the District's use in providing irrigation water for the
District's needs on the Leased Premises. The water shall be available for irrigation of the
Leased Premises by the District only to the extent that the County has water legally and
physically available from the wells and to the extent that the District establishes
additional rights to use the wells pursuant to subsection 6.06 below. The District's use of
the wells shall at all times be subordinate and subject to the County's needs and its
contractual and legal obligations referenced in subsection 6.01 above. The County makes
no representation regarding the legal and physical reliability of the wells and the water
available from the wells for the District's intended purposes. The District shall be
responsible for obtaining additional irrigation water as necessary for the Leased Premises
and for the purposes other than irrigation.
In the future the District may obtain the right to use replacement, supplemental,
and 1 or alternate point of diversion wells for the existing County wells. The District
shall advise the County of any plan to do so prior to permitting or constructing any such
additional wells and obtain the County's prior permission to do so. Any such additional
wells shall be permitted in the County's name, subject to the agreed conditions regarding
use and OMR&R ofthe existing wells, and permitted and constructed at the District's
cost."
3. Paragraph 6.04 of the Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005 between the
parties is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.04 The District shall operate the County's wells, with the exception of well
number 2, to provide its irrigation supply and other uses as identified in the Application
and shall maintain both the existing and future additional wells that may be developed in
good operating condition, including the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement
("OMR&R") of facilities such as pumps, meters and other devices associated with the
wells, at the District's sole cost and expense, subject to the County's contribution to such
costs on a pro-rata basis at such time, if ever, when the County's wells are used to
provide supply to meet other obligations as referenced in subsections 6.01 and 6.03
above. The District shall advise the County in advance of its OMR & R activities on the
wells. The wells shall remain pemlitted in the County's name."
4. Paragraph 6.06 of the Lease Agreement dated March 10, 2005 between the
parties is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.06 The District has prepared the Application with revi=w and comment from
the County. The District shall file the Application with the Water Court to adjudicate
water rights and changes of water rights and a plan for augmentation to secure amended
or new well permits for the wells in order to provide a more legally reliable water supply
for the Leased Premises for irrigation and other purposes as identified in the Application.
The District shall be responsible for such adjudication and to secure any temporary
substitute water supply plan or other administrative authorization to use the County's
wells for the District's purposes prior to the Water Court's approval ofthe Application.
The County shall be a co-applicant in the Application, and the parties agree that the
County shall have the right to review and approve any proposed settlements and proposed
decrees and requests for interim use plans referred to above. The County shall be owner
ofthe water rights confirmed through the Application and Water Court process.
5. Paragraph 6.08 of the Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005 between the
parties is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.08 The District may wish to install a pond or series of ponds on the
Leased Premises. The layout of such ponds must be reviewed and approved by the
County prior to installation of the same. It shall be demonstrated prior to construction of
any pond or ponds other than the initial detention pond, that complete engineering and
construction drawings and other engineering details for the pond(s) have been provided
and an appropriate pond management plan addressing issues such as algae growth has
been developed and properly implemented. The District shall be responsible to provide
water rights for ponds as part of its adjudication of water rights and a plan for
augmentation referenced in Subsection 6.06 above. Any reference to a pond or ponds in
the Application shall not be deemed approval of such pond or ponds by County."
6. The terms of the Lease Agreement dated March 10,2005 shall continue in full
force and effect except as modified by this First Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment
on the day and year first written above.
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1, Chairman
Commissioners
CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK AND
RECREATION DISTRICT
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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 5, COLORADO
109 8TH STREET, SlJITE 104 Draft 8/24/05
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601
(970) 945-5075
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF:
CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK AND RECREATION
DISTRICT
and
THE EAGLE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
IN EAGLE COUNTY AND PITKIN COUNTY
ATTORNEYS FOR ApPLICANTS: o COURT USE ONLY 0
Case No. 05CW
CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT -
C/OROBERT M. NOONE, #12452
CHRISTINA R SLOAN, #36041 WATERDIV.5
THE NOONE LAW FIRM, A PROFESSIONAL CORP.
1001 GRAND AVE., SlJITE 207
P.O. DRAWER 39
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81602
Tele.: (970) 945-4500
Fax: (970) 945-5570
rmn@noonelaw.com
THE EAGLE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
C/O DA VID C. HALLFORD, #10510
SARA M. DUNN, #30227
BALCOMB & GREEN P.C.
818 COLORADO AVE.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601
Tele.: (970) 945-6546
Fax: (970) 945-8902
dha1lford@balcombgreen.com
ApPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS, CLAIM FOR CONDITIONAL
AND ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHT, CLAIM FOR CHANGE OF SURFACE WATER
RIGHT, AND REQUEST FOR ApPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION
1. Name, Address and Telephone Number of Applicants:
Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District Eagle County Board of County
20 Eagle County Drive, Suite F Commissioners
EI J ebel, CO 81623 PO Box 850
Eagle, CO 81631
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Please direct all pleadings, correspondence and other commtmications to Attorneys for
Applicants.
I. CLAIM FOR CHANGE OF UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS
1. Names of Structure: Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3 and 4 (a/kla "Eagle County
Tree Farm Wells No.1, 3, and 4").
From Previous Decrees entered in Case Nos. W-467 and 469, Water Court for
Water Division 5:
STRUCTURE NAME SOURCE LOCA nON DEPTH APPROPRIATION TYPE OF USE PRIORITY
and WELL PERMIT # OF WELL DATE AMOUNT DATE
Mt. Sopris Tree Roaring The well is located in 117 feet 07/18/62 0.56 cfs Irrigation 07/18/62
Nursery Fork Tract 43, Sec. 3, T8S,
Well No.1 River R87W, of the 6th P.M.
Well Permit No. alluvium at a point 910 feet South
3624-F. of the North line and
1605 feet East of the
West line of said Sec. 3
Mt. Sopris Tree Roaring The well is located in 110 feet 10/31/69 0.67 cfs Irrigation 10/31/69
Nursery Fork Tract 43, Sec. 3, T8S,
Well No.3 River R87W, of the 6th P.M.
Well Permit No. alluvium at a point 770 feet South
01400l-F of the North line and
1490 feet West of the
East line of said Sec. 3
Mt. Sopris Tree Roaring The well is located in lOa 07/14/69 0.56 cfs Irrigation 07/14/69
Nursery Fork Tract 43, Sec. 3, T8S, feet
Well No.4 Well River R87W, of the 6th P.M.
Permit No. alluvium at a point 1000 feet
4014002-F South of the North line
and 800 feet East of the
West line of said Sec. 3
A. Decreed Points of Diversion: See above and Exhibit C.
B. Source: See above.
C. Appropriation Date: See above.
D. Amount: See above.
E. Historic Use: Irrigation. See Exhibit A (Map of Irrigated Acreage)
Proposed Change: The decreed legal descriptions ofthe points of diversion for the Mt.
Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3 and 4 are incorrect. Applicants request a change in
the legal description Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1, 3 and 4 so as to reflect their
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WATER DIV. 5 PAGE20Fll
actual physical locations which are as follows:
Structure Name Le2al Description
Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery NE 1/4 of the NW y" of Section 3,
Well No.1 Township 8 South, Range 87 West of
the 6th Principal Meridian, 930 ft
South of the North Section Line,
1600 ft East of the West Section Line
of Section 3
Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery NW 1/4 of the NE y" of Section 3,
Well No.3 Township 8 South, Range 87 West of
the 6th Principal Meridian, 850 ft
South of the North Section Line,
1340 ft West of the East Section Line
of Section 3
Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery NE 1/4 of the NE y" of Section 3,
Well No.4 Township 8 South, Range 87 West of
the 6th Principal Meridian, 990 ft
South of the North Section Line, 800
ft East of the West Section Line
Applicants also request a change in use ofthe Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3 and
4 from irrigation to irrigation, storage in the Crown Mountain Pond, piscatorial, aesthetic, fire
protection, and recreation.
E. Name and address of owner of the land upon which any new diversion or storage
structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed or
upon which water is or will be stored, including any modification to the existing storage pool:
Applicant Eagle County Board of County Commissioners.
II. CLAIM FOR CONDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS
1. Name of Structure: Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well No.5 (alkla "Eagle County Tree Farm
Well No.5").
A. Legal Description: The well is located in the SW'i4 ofthe NE'i4, Section 3, Township
8 South, Range 87 West, of the 6th Principal Meridian at a point 1760 feet South of
the North line and 1820 feet East of the West line of Section 3
B. Source: Groundwater tributary to the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado
River.
C. Depth of Well: 105 feet
D. Appropriation Information:
1) Date of Appropriation: July 9, 1970
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2) How Appropriation was Initiated: By construction of well and application of
water to beneficial use.
3) Date Water Applied to Beneficial Use: July 9, 1970
E. Amount Claimed: 0.67 c.fs, absolute for irrigation; 0.67 c.fs., conditional, for
irrigation, storage, recreational, piscatorial and aesthetic uses.
F. Proposed Use: storage, irrigation, piscatorial, aesthetic, fire
protection, and recreation.
G. Remarks: The Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Wells are depicted on Exhibit C.
III. CLAIM FOR CONDITIONAL STORAGE WATER RIGHT
1. Name of Reservoir: Crown Mountain Pond
A. Legal Description of location of dam: located in a portion of tracts 43, 45 and 46 of
Section 3, Township 8 South, Range 87 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Eagle County,
Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto.
B. If off-channel reservoir, name of ditch: The Robinson Ditch, described below, and
the Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3 and 4, decreed in Case No. W-467,
Water Division 5, and Mount Sopris Well No.5 described above.
C. Source: The Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River.
D. Appropriation Information:
i. Date of Appropriation: April 1 , 2001
ii. How Appropriation was Initiated: By field investigation and formation of
intent to appropriate water for the claimed beneficial uses.
iii. Date Water Applied to Beneficial Use: N/A
E. Amount Claimed:
1. In acre feet: 15 acre feet (AF), conditional, and to fill and refill said pond
whenever water is available in priority or at such times as any out-of-
priority depletions are offset by implementation ofthe augmentation
plan described below.
ii. If off-channel reservoir, rate of diversion for filling reservoir: 0.67 c.fs.
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WATERDIV.5 PAGE 4 OF II
F. Use: irrigation, piscatorial, aesthetic, fire protection, and recreation.
1. If Irrigation, Complete the Following:
a. Total number of acres Proposed to be hTigated: up to 64.8
acres
b. Legal description of acres proposed to be irrigated: located in a
portion of tracts 43, 45 and 46 of Section 3, Township 8 South,
Range 87 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Eagle County,
Colorado.
G. Surface area of high water line: 2.5 acres
1. Maximum height of dam: 9.9 feet
11. Length of dam in feet: 100 feet
111. Total capacity of reservoir: 15 AF
a. Active Capacity: 15 AF
b. Dead Storage: 0 AF
H. Name and address ofthe owner or reputed owner ofland upon which any new
diversion or storage structure or modification to any existing diversion or storage
structure is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored,
including modification to the existing storage pool: Applicant Eagle County
Board of County Commissioners.
IV. CLAIM FOR CHANGE IN POINT OF DIVERSION AND USE OF WATER RIGHT
1. Name of Structure: Robinson Ditch.
From Previous Decrees :
ROBINSON DITCH Amt ADJUDDATE APPROP DATE DECREED Case No.
CFS USE
Original 5.00 05/11/1889 06/15/1882 Irrigation C.A. 132
1 5t Enlargement 2.50 05/11/1889 04/15/1886 Irrigation c.A. 132
2nd Enlargement 2.00 05/11/1889 11/15/1886 Irrigation c.A. 132
Morrison Enlargement 10.70 12/29/1903 04/25/1899 Irrigation W-3725
4 th Enlargement 20.06 08/25/1936 04/25/1900 Irrigation c.A. 3082
TOTAL 40.26
cfs
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WATER DIV. 5 PAGE 5 OF 11
A. Date entered: See above.
B. Case No.: See above.
C. Court: See above.
D. Decreed Point of Diversion: Located in the NW1/4NW1/4SE1I4, Section 11,
Township 8 South, Range 87 West.
E. Source: The Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River.
F. Appropriation Date: See above.
G. Historic Use: Applicant Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District has leased
from the Mid Valley Metropolitan District the right to divert up to 1.0 c.f.s. owned by
the District under the Robinson Ditch priorities described above, which water has
been historically used to irrigate 12 acres, more particularly shown on Exhibit B. See
Exhibit B (Map of Irrigated Acreage)
H. Proposed Change: Applicants request an alternate point of diversion for the 1.0 cfs
of Robinson Ditch water leased by the Crown Mountain District from the Mid Valley
Metropolitan District at the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Applicants also request a change in use of for 1.0 cfs of Robinson Ditch water from
irrigation to irrigation, storage in the Crown Mountain Pond, described above,
piscatorial, aesthetic, fire protection, and recreation.
I. Name and address of owner of the land upon which any new diversion or storage
structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be
constructed or upon which water is or will be stored, including any modification to
the existing storage pool: Applicant Eagle County Board of County Commissioners.
IV. STATEMENT OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION
1. Background- The Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District: The Crown Mountain Park
and Recreation District is a special district pursuant to the Special District Act, CRS g32-1-
101 et.seq. The District has leased approximately 80.7 acres from Eagle County and is in the
process of developing recreation and park facilities on what has historically been known as
the Mount Sopris Tree Farm ("Tree Farm Property") in the El Jebel area ofthe Roaring Fork
Valley. The District will actively irrigate approximately 64.8 acres on the Tree Farm Property
and will construct and fill the Crown Mountain Pond, described above, using water diverted
from the Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3,4 and 5, described above. Only 34.0
acres of Bluegrass Turfwill be irrigated permanently under this plan for augmentation. The
balance ofthe irrigation will be Native Grasses that will require temporary irrigation for 2 to
5 years to establish Native Grass cover, and that temporary irrigation will be augmented
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WATER Dlf7. 5 PAGE 6 OF 11
under a separate temporary substitute supply plan and not pursuant to this plan for
augmentation. The District has also entered into a long term lease for the use of Robirron
Ditch water, also described above, which leased water has been historically used to irrigate
approximately 12 acres.
Annual water demand for the Tree Farm Property under this plan for augmentation will be
approximately 73.66 acre feet and the annual consumptive use attributable to the claimed
uses, including evaporation losses from the Crown Mountain Pond, is estimated to be 58.93
acre feet. The consumptive uses allowed under this plan for augmentation will be augmented
in part pursuant to a contract entered into with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the annual
release of water from Ruedi Reservoir. Other portions of consumptive use will be attributed
to use ofthe Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Wells No.1, 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to releases from the
Green Mountain Reservoir power pool (alk/a "Historic Users' Pool") and diversion of the
Robinson Ditch water rights described herein at such Wells as alternate points of diversion.
A. Names of Structures to be Augmented: Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3,4
and 5; and the Crown Mountain Pond, described above. In addition to the
independent water rights adjudicated to the Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,
3, 4 and 5, they will also serve as alternate points of diversion for the Crown
Mountain District's Robinson Ditch rights described above.
B. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Ruedi Reservoir, described as
follows:
Information from the previous decree for Ruedi Reservoir:
i. Source: Frying Pan River, tributary of Colorado River
ii. Legal Description: An on-channel reservoir located in Sections 7, 8, 9, 11, and 14
through 18, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M. The reservoir is
located in portions of Eagle and Pitkin Counties.
iii. Adjudication Date: June 20, 1958
iv. Appropriation Date: July 29, 1957
v. Case No.: c.A. 4613
vi. Court:Garfield County District Court
vii. Decreed Amount: 102,369 acre-feet (Originally decreed for 140,697.3 acre
feet; reduced to 102,369 AF in Case No. W-789-76).
viii. Decreed Uses: Generation of electric energy, domestic, municipal, industrial,
irrigation and stock watering.
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By decree ofthe Water Court in Case No. 81 CW34, Ruedi Reservoir was decreed a
refill right in the amount ofl01,280 acre feet, conditional. In Water Court Case No.
95CW95, 44,509 AF was made absolute and 25, 257 AF was made absolute in Case
No.01CW269.
C. Depletion Assumptions. So as to assure the replacement of all out of priority
depletions covered by the subject plan for augmentation, the following assumptions
shall be employed in determining the amount of depletions resulting from the use of
water described herein:
1. Annual evaporation losses from the Crown Mountain Pond will be
approximately 3.75 AF per surface acre. As the Crown Mountain Pond will
consist of no more than 2.5 surface acres when full, the pond evaporation
losses will equal a maximum of9.375 AF per year as set forth below:
POND EVAPORATION
Month Total Evaporation AF/Acre
January 0.11
February 0.13
March 0.20
April 0.33
May 0.45
June 0.54
July 0.56
August 0.50
September 0.57
October 0.26
November 0.15
December 0.11
Annual 3.75
Total CU (times 2.5 ac) 9.375
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11. Irrigation use by sprinkler will be 80% consumptive, and will be for no
more than 34.0 acres resulting in a total annual consumptive use of 58.93
acre feet.
IRRIGATION CONSUMPTIVE USE
Bluegrass Turf
Irrigation Area
34.0 Acres
Irrigation Monthly
Demand Demand
Month ac- ft! ac ac- ft! area
(1) (2)
January 0.00 0.00
February 0.00 0.00
March 0.00 0.00
April 0.08 2.83
May 0.25 8.50
June 0.38 12.75
July 0.54 18.41
August 0.50 17.00
September 0.33 11.33
October 0.08 2.83
November 0.00 0.00
December 0.00 0.00
Annual 2.17 73.66
CU 1.73 58.93
iv. The total combined annual depletions associated with irrigation and pond
evaporation losses will be 68.30 ac-ft. (total bluegrass and pond evaporation
depletions). Applicant's interest in the Robinson Ditch has historically irrigated
and will continue to irrigate 12 acres, thus reducing the total depletions to be
augmented by 24.72 AF (CU calculated on the basis of 12 acres x 2.06 af/acre).
In addition, because the existing irrigation uses for the Mount Sopris Tree
Nursery Wells during the shoulder season months of April, May, September and
October are entitled to releases from Green Mountain Reservoir's Historic Users
Pool pursuant to Senate Document No. 80 (Act of August 9, 1924 (43 Stat. 564))
the total out of priority depletions to be augmented are further reduced by 25.49
AF.
Therefore, under the proposed plan for augmentation the Applicant Crown
Mountain Park and Recreation District is contracting with the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation for the annual release of a total of 19.0 AF, being 18.1 AF for
depletions and 5% of that amount to cover transit losses from Ruedi Reservoir to
the point of depletion, ofRuedi water to augment its out-of priority depletions,
including the Bluegrass Turf irrigation and the pond evaporation losses described
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above.
Applicants may change the mix of uses set forth above and augmented
pursuant to this plan, provided the total out-of-priority depletions do not exceed
18.1 AF per year or such greater amount, not to exceed a total of68.30 AF, as
may be required because of any deficiency in either Green Mountain Reservoir
Historical Users' Pool releases or Robinson Ditch water rights providing their
portions of the total consumptive use as described above; and further provided
that the needed augmentation water is available pursuant to contract for delivery
from Ruedi Reservoir.
4. Replacement Wells. In the event any supplemental or replacement welles) are required or
desired for the Mount Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1,3,4 and 5, such wells constructed on the
Tree Farm Property will be automatically incorporated in this plan for augmentation. Such wells
will be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein.
WHEREFORE, the Applicants requests that this Court enter a decree that: (1) grants the
application and awards the conditional and absolute water rights claimed for the Mt. Sopris Tree
Nursery Well Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 and the Crown Mountain Pond; (2) grants the changes in use
requested for the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery Well Nos. 1, 3 and 4 and the changes in use and alternate
points of diversion requested for the Robinson Ditch water rights, and (3) approves the Applicants'
Plan for Augmentation described above.
DATED: August_, 2005
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.c. THE NOONE LAW FIRM, P.c.
By: By:
David C. Hallford, #10510 Robert M. Noone, #12452
Attorneys for Applicant Attorneys for Applicant
Eagle County Board of Crown Mountain Park and
County Commissioners Recreation District
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VERIFICATION
STATE OF COLORADO )
)ss
COUNTY OF GARFIELD )
I, Yancy Nichol, P .E., being first duly sworn, upon oath, depose and say that I have read the
foregoing ApPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL STORAGE WATER RIGHT, FOR CONDITIONAL AND
ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS, FOR CHANGE OF WATER RIGHTS, AND FOR
ApPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, and verify its content.
Yancy Nichol, P.E.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _ day of August, 2005.
My commission expires:
Notary Public
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Eagle County Wells Exhibit Des. By: JAW
Formerly Mt. Sopris Tree Farm (USFS) Ckd. By JMK
C Date: 8/25/05
Section 3. T. 8 South, R. 87 West of the 6th P.M. Scale: 1" '.'" 1000'
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Septemboer 8, 2005
Mr. Bryan Treu
Eagle County Attorneys Office
500 Broadway
Eagle, CO 81631
Re: Mt. Sopris Tree Farm! First Amendment to the Lease Agreement
Dear Bryan,
Enclosed are four originals of a First Amendment to the Lease Agreement between Eagle County,
Colorado and Crown Mountain Park & Recreation District.
All four have originals have been signed by the Chairman of the Board. Please forward a fully signed
original to our office.
Sharon Rather
Administrative Assistant
20 Eagle County Drive, Suite F EI Jebel, CO 81623 970.963.6030 v 970.963.6032 f www.crownmtn.org