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Y x` <br /> <br /> g . <br />, ? <br />EXHIBIT "A" .. <br />MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING <br />COLORADO SPRINGS SUBSTITUTION OPERATIONS <br />----- <br />This Agreement is made among the.Colorado River Water Conservation District acting by <br />and through its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise ("River District'), the City of Colorado <br />Springs actin.g through its Utilities Enteiprise ("CSU'), the City and County of Denvez-acting by and <br />through its Board of Water Commissioners ("DWB'), theNorthern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District ("Northern'), the County of Suminit, acting by its Board of County Commisszoners <br />("Summit County'), Vail Sumnnit . Resorts, Inc. and the Town of Breckenridge <br />("Breckenridge"). This Agreement is effective as of May 15, 2003 (the "date of this Agreement") <br />Recitals <br />A. Green Mountain Reservoir was constructed as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project <br />(the "GBT ProjecY) to provide water for use in western Colorado as compensation for construction <br />and operarion of the C-BT Project and to provide replacement water for diversions by C BT Project <br />collection facilities fcr the ase and benefit of Narthe:n. The United States Bureau of Reclamation <br />("Reclamation') operates Green Mountain Reservoir, located on the Blue River, pursuant to Senate <br />Document 80 and the October 12, 1955 and April 16, 1964 Decrees entered in the "Consolidated <br />Cases Nos. 2782, 5016 and 5017, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado,.including all <br />supplemental orders, stipulations, and decrees ("the Blue River Decrees'). . <br />B. CSU diverts water from the headwaters of the Blue River through its ContinentaUHoosier <br />'transmoiintain dive?ion system facilities (the "CSU Blue River System'% located upstream of Green s_Ueganwkd\wateciClean Final CSU Substitutian Agreement ,