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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Consent Agenda Item 2s <br />Case No. 6-03CW86; City of Steamboat Springs <br /> <br />Application Summary <br /> <br />This is an application for a recreational in-channel diversion near the City of Steamboat Springs <br />(see attached map). <br /> <br />CWCB Appropriations <br /> <br />N/A. <br /> <br />Potential for Iniury <br /> <br />The Applicant is seeking an in-channel diversion for "boating, kayaking, tubing, rafting, floating, <br />canoeing, and other such general recreational uses." Pursuant to Section 37-92-102 (3), C.R.S. <br />(1990), "the Colorado water conservation board is hereby vested with the exclusive authority. .. to <br />appropriate.. . such waters of natural streams and lakes as the board determines may be required for <br />minimum stream flows or for natural surface water levels or volumes for natural lakes to preserve <br />the environment to a reasonable degree... no other person or entity [other than the Board] shall be <br />granted a decree adjudicating a right to water or interests in water for instream flows in a stream <br />channel between specific points, ..., for any purpose whatsoever." Some of the Applicant's <br />proposed uses may violate this statutory language. Pursuant to Sections 37-92-102(5) & (6), the <br />Board is required to consider certain factors and make findings thereon. The Board must make <br />these findings to comply with Sections 37-92-102(5) & (6). <br /> <br />Other Obiectors <br /> <br />The other objectors in this case are: Trout Unlimited; Lafarge West, Inc.; the Routt County Farm <br />Bureau; Dean and Jim Rossi; the Steamboat II Metropolitan District; Catamount Development, <br />Inc.; Morrison Creek Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District; R & S Ranch, LLC; VGS <br />Enterprises, Inc.; the Wharton Development Group; the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy <br />District; Michael and Susanne Holloran; the Lake Catamount No. I Metropolitan District; the <br />Town ofYampa; the Town of Oak Creek; the Pinnacle Peak Ranch, LLC; the Soda Creek Ditch <br />Company; and Routt County. <br /> <br />L:lSection FoJderslSECC\Case Files\200lI603CW86_ mem.doc <br />