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<br />Aurora~~ <br />agreement <br />pendin.g <br /> <br />By ANDREA RICH <br /> <br />PUEBLO - . The <br />.. . SOl,lth~ast. . ..Colorado <br />Water .. Conservancy <br />District board yesterday Illade <br />no new. moves on the. inter- <br />governmental agreement witli <br />Aurora, but. did . take some <br />action on the. Rocky . Ford <br />Transfer case. .. <br />Th~ anticipated vote oO...aIt <br />intergpvernmental agreement . <br />with . Aurora that. defines:tlie. <br />city's allowances to move <br />water.. out of.. this basiit. <br />requests $15 milliooin.p~y. <br />ments ... for long-tim~ use of <br />locally supported facilities con-. <br />nected with the Fryingpap~ <br />ArkaIlsas . ..trans~Ill.oul\~. <br />waterp1'9j~ct,andreCJ.\le$ts .a <br />25-yeaJipromiseto stop $~ek~ <br />ing new water from this basin <br />was not acted upon at this <br />meeting" According. to <br />SECWCD ..GeIleral Manager <br />Jim. Brridericlt, .th~. ... dO~~~l1t <br />is"SQlllp. the negotiating phase: <br /> <br />SteDlsfftiC1"..J <br /> <br />. .' <br /> <br />Junta (Co.loradO) Tdbune.Dernocrat . <br /> <br />I)ISTRICT <br /> <br />frIII,.1 <br /> <br />The board did authorize attor- <br />neys Steve Leonhardt and Lee <br />Miller to enter a motion into <br />~ter cour! today that splits a <br />w.netable m ... the Rocky. Ford <br />Ditch f:nl;nsfer case. The city of <br />Aurora, m the process of pur- <br />chasing the majority. of the <br />remaining shares of the ditch <br />from private sellers, has. sought <br />water court approval to acquire <br />and move. that water. At first <br />Aurora lqokedat what the dis- <br />t{i~t; considers "dowristream <br />points of diversion," to move the <br />Water, including diversion points <br /> <br />-N...................-~l <br /> <br />Friday, August 22, 2003 ~ <br /> <br /> <br />L <br />. 1",,- <br />on the Colorado canat and the The district has already hired ~ <br />Pueblo Board of ~ater.Works. experts to evaluate the water ..' <br />Aurora later filed Ii,{ request. to quality impacts and transit <br />possi1jly use upstr~ pOints of losses. from taking Rocky <br />diversion to move:.i:fuit water. Ford Ditch water out of the <br />What the SECWCDJJoard wants basin. <br />is for the court to Split the two Delving further into the <br />requests and consiUer the first, past, the district had asked <br />the downstream POints of diver- the judge to reopen the trans- <br />sion, in the trial sdheduled for fer case from Aurora's first . <br />December. This woijd move the move of Rocky Ford Ditch <br />upstreaJp pointsJliVersion . water or the "RIG case," as it <br />request to a later ootitt <<bd:e. was called because the water <br />According to Leo ........ d~the package was put together by <br />laterrequestforups.points Resource Investment Group. <br />. ~ynot be nec.> clepend- There will be a four-day hear- . <br />109 o~how water'ttrt}udge ing in October to determine if, <br />DeOOls Maes frWes in as SECWCD claims, there is <br />December. ti: increased transit losses to the . <br />Th. ~'..d..istr.ict hasIC..Qn. ,..t.ended winter water and Fryiogpan- <br />that where Auror. takes its Arkansas Project trans-moun- ~. <br />purcl1a~ out. of ~th~ river tain water releases from <br />affect~.. fl.o~ and ?ualitr !o.r Pueblo Reservoir as a result - <br />the l'emalOl!lg cancd~, mumc!- of the first removal of Rocky <br />palu$e!s and affectstft~.enVl- , Ford waterfrom the basin, <br />~ron~ental status oftheriver. <br />.. <br /> <br />T t" ~ hu...r'\ e - D-e tt1 0 c.... a.. f. <br /> <br />e -;t -;2.-;( 003 <br />