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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />KUTAK ROCK LLP <br /> <br />www.kutakrock.com <br /> <br />ATLANTA <br />KANSAS CITY <br />LINCOLN <br />LITTLE ROCK <br />NEW YORK <br />NEWPORT BEACH <br />OKLAHOMA CITY <br />OMAHA <br />PASADENA <br />PITTSBURGH <br />RICHMOND <br />SCOTTSDALE <br />WASHINGTON <br /> <br />SUITE .2900 <br />717 SEVENTEENTH STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80202.3329 <br /> <br />303-297-2400 <br />FACSIMILE 303-292-7799 <br /> <br />August 9, 2000 <br /> <br />BY FAX AND MAIL <br />303.866.4474 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Re: Contract Amendment No. I with Ute Water Conservancy District and the Ute <br />Water Activity Enterprise, Contract Encumbrance No. C 150026 <br /> <br />Dear Water Conservation Board: <br /> <br />We serve as bond counsel to the Ute Water Conservancy District ("District") and its <br />enterprise, the Ute Water Activity Enterprise ("Enterprise"). In so acting we have examined the <br />Constitution and laws of the State of Colorado. We have also examined originals, or copies <br />certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following: <br /> <br />(1) A copy of that certain Contract Amendment No. I referenced above (the <br />"Contract Amendment"); <br /> <br />(2) The resolution of the District created the Enterprise, adopted by the Board of <br />Directors of the District adopted on September 14, 1994; and <br /> <br />(3) That certain opinion of Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C., general counsel to the <br />Di~lIicl and the Enteiprise, dated August 9, 2000 ::nd addressed to the Colorado Wat~r <br />Conservation Board. <br /> <br />We have also examined and relied upon originals, or copies certified or otherwise <br />authenticated to our satisfaction, of such other records, docurnents, certificates and other <br />instruments, and made such investigation of law as in our judgment we have deemed necessary <br />or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below. As to questions of fact <br />material to our opinion, we have relied upon the proceedings and other certifications of public <br />officials furnished to us, without undertaking to verify the same by independent investigation. <br /> <br />Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion, as of the date hereof and under existing <br />law, that: <br /> <br />02.7373 1.01 <br />