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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I N N C'r.l Q C~ account, which originated from the LA WMA shares of the Highland Irrigation Company. This occurred in each of the remaining months of the Compact year. Kansas placed a demand for three runs of water from its Section II account during the year. The first account release took place from June 2,2000 to July 21, 2000. The second run was preceded by a release of 2581.06 a.f. of water from the Offset account pursuant to Kansas direction on July 28, 2000 which ended as water began to be released from the Kansas Section II account on August I, 2000 and continued until August 18, 2000. However, this run was resumed the following day and continued until August 30, 2000. The third and final run began on September 26, 2000 and concluded on October II, 2000. No water was available within the transit loss account for release in association with these runs, due to the spilL See Tables XI-A, B, and C in Section 4 of this report for additional details. No transfers of water to the permanent pool were made during the year. Various releases of water from Colorado Section II accounts were made as summarized in Table X of Section 4 of this report. A summary of operations related to the Offset account is included in a separate report. However, Table XII included in Section 4 of this report provides an overview of the status of the account throughout the year. At the close of Compact year 2000, the volume of water in John Martin Reservoir totaled 110,992.57 a.f., distributed as shown in Table XIII, Section 4 herein. Special Meetinl!: The Chairman of the Operations Committee reported to the Arkansas River Compact Administration on December 7, 1999 a decision to call a special meeting of the Operations Committee within sixty to ninety days for the purpose of developing a better understanding of certain operational and accounting issues. Many of these issues were identified in the 1999 Report of the Operations Secretary. This meeting was held on February 23 and 24,2000 in Lamar, Colorado. Notice of this meeting, together with a tentative agenda was distributed to all members of the Administration by fax transmission on February 17,2000. Copies of these documents are included in Section 3 of this report. The meeting was conducted pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement dated February 18,2000, a copy of which is also included in Section 3 of this report. The author of this report is unaware of any action or decisions taken by the Operations Committee subsequent to the February meeting. Prospective Matters It was reported at the December 8, 1998 meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Administration that efforts to develop updated software had been undertaken to be used