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<br /> <br />., What is the purpose of this loan application? Acquisition of an existing, <br />reclaimed storage facility. <br /> <br />3. If the project is for rehabilitation of an existing reservoir, is the reservoir <br />currently under a storage restriction order from the State Engineer? No. <br /> <br />4. General location of the project. The project is located in Eagle County near the <br />summit ofFreemont Pass at the Climax Mine. The precise location is described in <br />the application for water rights pending in Division No.5 Case No. 92CW340, a <br />copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E. General area maps of the project <br />are attached as Exhibits F and G. <br /> <br />5. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed project including <br />purpose, need, facilities, types of water uses to be served and service area. <br /> <br />Water Uses and Service Areas <br /> <br />The loan applicants and developers of the Eagle Park Reservoir Project consist of <br />four entities. They are the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County, <br />Colorado (Eagle County); the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority (Authority), <br />which consists of the Arrowhead, Avon, Beaver Creek, Berry Creek, Eagle-Vail <br />and Edwards Metropolitan District; the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District <br />(Consolidated District); and Vail Associates, Inc., the owner and operator of the <br />Arrowhead, Beaver Creek and Vail ski areas. Maps depicting the service areas of <br />the Authority and the Consolidated District are included in the report attached <br />hereto as Exhibit D. Eagle County is participating in this project to provide for the <br />water needs of future users in the County located outside of the service areas of the <br />Authority and the Consolidated District. Vail Associates intends to use project <br />water to meet the snowmaking needs of its three ski areas, and to provide domestic <br />and irrigation water for its recreational developments in Eagle County. The <br />service areas and water uses of the loan applicants are all located within Eagle <br />County, Colorado, and include domestic, municipal, golf course, irrigation, <br />snowmaking and stream flow enhancement pUrposes. <br /> <br />Water Demand <br /> <br />An organization of 17 cities, towns, special districts and companies, collectively <br />known as the Eagle River Assembly, met over a period of two years to identify <br />water resource issues in the Eagle River basin. In September of 1994, the <br />Assembly published its phase I report which quantified the estimated water <br />demands of the Eagle River basin. This report concluded that the additional water <br /> <br />=125458 <br /> <br />3 <br />