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. e. To help resolve any disputed issue that arises under this MOU. f. To help facilitate and coordinate other native flow and exchange management issues on the Arkansas River at and above the Wellsville gage as may arise from time to time, to the extent practicable, without diminishing or injuring any of the rights of the Senior Exchange Holders, Upper Arkansas, Lower Arkansas, Chaffee County or its assigns (as referenced in paragraph 3.b) and Chaffee County's RICDs, in order to protect and provide for the interests of water supply providers and Chaffee County's interests in the RICDs. 7. Native Flow. The Parties agree that any decree entered in the RICD Case will provide rights only to native flows of the Arkansas River at the Boating Parks specified in the Consent Decree. Although non-native water and storage releases may flow through and be put to use in the Boating Parks to help satisfY the RICDs, such a decree shall not give Chaffee County any rights to Project water or other trans-mountain water or stored water, nor shall it limit in any way either the amount or pattern of flows or releases of such water, nor provide any basis for any party to request or demand releases of such water to maintain flows at any level described in the Consent Decree. . 8. Aurora Stipulation. The Parties acknowledge that Chaffee County and Aurora have entered into a separate stipulation, attached hereto as Exhibit C, by which Aurora may benefit from the Reduced RICD Call by exercising Recovery Year Exchanges and Limited Future Exchanges in the same manner as the Parties hereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein. The Parties hereto agree that Aurora shall be a member of the Flow Coordination Committee in the same manner as the Senior Exchange Holders as noted above in paragraph 6 above. Although the Parties agree not to oppose the Stipulation between Chaffee County and Aurora, nothing herein shall be deemed as consent or agreement by the Parties to any plans or operations that Aurora may exercise to utilize the Reduced RICD Call or to other agreements contained therein that do not apply to using the Reduced RICD Call. Moreover, nothing in this MOU or in Exhibit C modifies, supercedes, interprets or adds to any prior agreement (including any memorandum of agreement or intergovernmental agreement) between the City of Aurora and any Party hereto. 9. Additional Stipulations. Simultaneous with the execution of this MOU, Chaffee County will execute (a) a stipulation with Upper Arkansas in the Upper Arkansas Exchange Case; (b) a stipulation with BWWP in BWWP's pending Case No. 04CW130; and (c) an agreement with Pueblo West regarding dry up conditions on the Hill Ranch. Nothing herein shall be deemed as a consent or agreement by the other Parties to any rights granted or plans of operation contained therein. . 10. VFMP Agreement. Within ten (10) days following execution of this MOU, CDNR, CDOW, DPOR, Southeastern, Chaffee County, AROA and Trout Unlimited (the "VFMP Parties") will enter into a five-year renewable agreement regarding operation of the VFMP for a minimum of five years in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "VFMP Agreement"). All parties to this MOU consent to the operation ofthe VFMP in accordance with the terms of the VFMP Agreement during the time said VFMP Agreement remains in effect. The consent to such operation as described in this paragraph does not imply that any party to this MOU (other than the VFMP Parties) is bound by the entire VFMP Agreement, nor does it imply SB2341 10