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<br />1'. . <br /> <br />.. S~t8pring3:t-* <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I1~C~/1/. <br />eli/IV :J. 'l:O <br />~1>10'0 WoI(!( '- q 200$ <br />Cq., <br />. ""%/," <br />""'80iJrrt <br /> <br />June 20, 2005 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 ShermanStreet, Room 721 <br />. Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Re: Steamboat Springs RICD; Division No.6 Case No. 2003CW86 <br /> <br />Dear Board Members: <br /> <br />We, the Steamboat Springs City Council, are writing to inform you of the <br />comprehensive settlement that the City has entered into with the Yampa River water <br />users who were objectors in the above-referenced case. At a day long hearing on June <br />17,2005, the Court approved all of those settlements over the objection of the CWCB. <br /> <br />Specifically, the City has entered into settlements. with the following 15 parties: <br /> <br />. Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District <br />Board of County Commissioners of Routt County <br />Town of Oak Creek <br />Town ofYampa <br />. Morrison Creek Metropolitan Water & Sanitation District <br />VGS Enterprises . <br />R&S Ranch <br />Wharton Development Group <br />Lake Catamount No.1 Metro District <br />Catamount Development, Inc. <br />Pinnacle Peak Ranch, LLC . <br />Routt County Farm Bureau <br />Dean and Jim Rossi . <br />Soda Creek Ditch Company <br />LaFarge Wtlst, Inc. <br /> <br />These settlements reduce each of the claimed flow rates by approximately 20%, <br />shorten the hours of the RICD to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (with up to 10 nighttime events <br />each year where the hours can extend until midnight), and eliminate the last 2 1/2 months <br />. of the RICD. The net effect of these modifications reduces the total claim by over 1I3rd <br />and places the RICD on average within the 14th percentile under the CWCB's flow <br />exceedance guidelines (see enclosed memorandum from Gary Thompson). This is far <br /> <br />fd9139 137 10th Street, P.O. Box 775088, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 -5088 <br />(970) 879-2060. Fax (970) 879-8851 . http://www.ci.steamboat.co.us <br />