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~ ~ ".'1 . . i terminating at Lake Granby, which lake is a part of the Colorado - Big Thompson Project. B. Azure Reservoir and Power proiect. A proposed water storage and hydroelectric power project located on the main stem of the Colorado River approximately 8-1/2 miles west of the Town of Kremmling. C. Una Reservoir. A proposed water storage and hydroelectric project on the mainstem of the Colorado River located in DeBeque Canyon near the Town of DeBeque. PAR'! III RECITALS A. In 1968, Ralph H. Price, as trustee for the cities of Boulder, Longmont, Estes Park, Loveland, Fort Collins, and Greeley filed claims for certain conditional water rights for the Windy Gap Water System, hereinafter termed the "Windy Gap Project" in the District Court for Grand County in a supplemental water adjudication, Civil Action No. 1768, and under the provisions of the 1943 Adjudi- cation Act. The claims were subsequently assigned ~d deeded to Subdistrict upon its creation. B. In April, 1972, hearings on the claims were held by Michael D. White, a Referee, appropriately appointed to conduct such hearinqs. On April 8" 1974, Referee White entered his findinqs, conclusions of law and recommendations, and subsequently, after several additional hearings before both Charles F. Stewart and George E. Lohr, Water Judges for Water Division 5, Judge Lohr by Order dated February 23, 1978, granted the conditional decrees sought by Subdistrict. C. Upon the granting of the conditional decrees for Subdistrict's windy Gap Project, River District appealed Judge Lohr's decision to the supreme Court of Colorado, Docket No. 28417, where on September 14, 1979, the Supreme Court reversed Judge Lohr's decision and remanded the action " 0946 , -3-