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<br />, <br /> <br />DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO.4, COLORADO <br />Case Nos. 86-CW-226 and 88-CW-178 <br /> <br />---------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br />FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND DECREE ON WATER AVAILABILITY <br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br />In the Matter of the Applications for Conditional Water Rights of <br /> <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, <br /> <br />for the UNION PARK PROJECT in Gunnison County, Colorado. <br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />A. INTRODUCTION OF ISSUES, TRIAL DATA, PARTIES & COUNSEL: <br /> <br />This Decree addresses the threshold issue of "Water Availabil- <br />ity" with respect to two applications and an amended application <br />for conditional water rights pursued by the Board of County <br />Commissioners of Arapahoe Cc;>unty, Colorado ["Arapahoe" or the <br />"Applicant"] with respect to the Union Park Project in Gunnison <br />County, Colorado. . <br /> <br />Following extensive pretrial activity over a period of five <br />years, the Court conducted a trial to the Court in Gunnison, <br />Colorado, from June 3, 1991, through July 3, 1991. The Court <br />viewed some areas relating to the subject water applications (ie. <br />Union Park, the Taylor River and the Taylor Park Reservoir) on <br />July 1, 1991, and heard closing argument on July 24, 1991. Written <br />briefs regarding proposed forms of this Decree were filed there- <br />after. The last brief was received by the Court on August 15, 1991. <br /> <br />Counsel active Iv involved in the presentation of the case <br />included the following: <br /> <br />Partv <br />Applicant: <br />County of Arapahoe <br /> <br />Counsel <br /> <br />Opposers: <br />City of Gunnison <br /> <br />Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District <br /> <br />Robert F.T. Krassa <br />John R. Henderson <br />William A. Hillhouse II <br />Paul J. Zilis <br /> <br />Timothy J. Beaton <br />Donald H. Hamburg <br /> <br />Crystal Creek Homeowners <br />Association, Perkins D. <br />Sams and Ernest H. Cockrell <br /> <br />Charles B. White & <br />Wayne F. Forman <br /> <br />National Wildlife Federation <br />Colo. Wildlife Federation, <br />Gunnison Angling Society, <br />Western Colo. Water Congress <br /> <br />Christopher H. Meyer <br />