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. . . Reduced RICO Call as described below. If the full extent of the Reduced RICO Call set forth below is not required to meet the demand of the Limited Future Exchanges and/or Recovery Year Exchanges, and the requesting Party reasonably agrees with that assessment, then the Flow Coordination Committee shall have the discretion to determine the extent and timing (on a daily or lnnO"f>r h~I;;:;~\ nf thp' np.rp.~~~r" rpr1ll{'t;nn~ -in thp RTrn ,...~1l t~lt-;no lntn ~r("nllnt r.h~ffpP: -- -~--o-- -----" -- --- ---------J ------.---~ --- ~--- ----- ----, ~-----o ----- -------- -------- County's desires to maximize the flow through the Boating Parks. In no event, however, shall Chaffee County be required to implement a Reduced RICO Call that exceeds the following limitations: a. For any and all Limited Future Exchanges under this MOU or pursuant to any other stipulation approved by the Court in the RICO Case, the Reduced RICO Call shall not be required to drop below 1200 cfs during the 3D-Day Period that is not one of the 8 Event Days (Events Days shall remain at 1800 cfs). b. For any and all Recovery Year Exchanges under this MOU or pursuant to the Aurora Stipulation discussed at paragraph 8 below, the Reduced RICO Call shall not be required to drop below 1500 cfs during the 8 Event Days and 1000 cfs during the remainder of the 3D-Day Period, except for Saturdays and Sundays during the 3D-Day Period that are not Event Days, during which the Reduced RICO Call for Recovery Year Exchanges shall not be required to drop below 1100 cfs. The Reduced RICO Call for Limited Future Exchanges and Recovery Year Exchanges under this MOU and pursuant to any other stipulation approved by the Court in the RICO Case is not cumulative, so that even if Limited Future Exchanges and Recovery Year Exchanges are both being operated in the same year by multiple entities, Chaffee County shall never be required to call for less than 1500 cfs for Event Days or less than 1100 cfs on weekend days during the 3D-day period that are not Event days, or less than 1000 cfs for the remainder of the 3D-Day Period that is not an Event Day or weekend day, regardless of whether the entities exercising such exchanges are capable of diverting the maximum amounts allowed under paragraph 4 herein or under any stipulation approved by the Court in the RICO Case. Exchange or new appropriation capacity made available by the Reduced RICO Call shall be available to any water user in priority. 6. Flow Coordination Committee. A Flow Coordination Committee (also referred to herein as the "Committee") consisting of representatives for Chaffee County, Senior Exchange Holders, Lower Arkansas, City of Aurora, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise ("Aurora"), and Upper Arkansas shall meet upon the request of any member of the Committee or as required by this Agreement. Meetings shall be held as soon as practicable after a request for a meeting, but in no event more than twenty calendar days after the request. Meetings may be by telephone or electronic means if the Committee so agrees. The Committee may invite participation at a meeting by the Division 2 Engineer, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Arkansas River Outfitters Association, and such other participants as the Committee may, from time to time, agree to invite. The Committee shall operate by consensus and shall make a good faith effort to reach such a consensus. Ifunable to reach a consensus on any matter committed to the Committee for determination by this Agreement, the matter shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions of paragraph 16 below at the request of any Party. Chaffee County shall supply a staff person to SB2341 8