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.., ~I{" 'l ""0<~1.1C"1' """'''I.~ (0I.000~1>O ~.Il.(o-.~lh.....:..Dt".'n -'..-... .....-....... ~.:;.~ " PAY TlIn ,.4>llion Two Hundrttd Tho.....nd and ........ ~ ~ L...r':~ -- -. . <-.- ..... ...... <_....,- .......' <'IIU'."" CW)fOOll.... OU..UOO.. Shawn receiving a 110.2 million check from Northern Colorado', Municipal ,ubdiJtrict (U mitigatw-n far the Windy Gap Project are: (kft to riglaU RoUy Fischer. Secretary-Engineer and Chn., Joufuu, President of the Coul7'lufo River Di6trict (March 29, 19851, and represen- ting the Subdistrict, President W. D_ Farr and ,Ua1U1.ger Larry S,rnp'on. '0' ... ..-\ NEW ERA IN EAST-WEST RELATIONS n glhe compensatory storage feature of the Conservancy District Act, for which the District takes credit, figured prominently in an important negotiated agreement of the 80's, the Azure-Windy Gap Settlement. In an agreement as a result of a River District lawsuit, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District agret'd to build a compensatory dam and reservoir on the West Slope as mitigation for their Windy Gap diversion near Granby. That was to be Azure Reservoir on the Colorado River west of Kremmling. Studies revealed that Azure was indeed an excellent project, but others might be even better and less costly. There followed months of intense negotiations resulting in a supplementary agreement, the bottom line being that Northern Colorado would make a payment of $10.2 million to the Colorado River District freeing Northern of any further obligation and the District would then build its own project. This settlement provided the financial basis for the River District to undertake construction of a storage facility as mitiga- tion for the Windy Gap Project. In April of 1985. the District sub- mitted an application to the U.S. Forest Service for the construc- tion of Rock Creek Reservoir in Routt National Forest abov~ Mc- Coy with an alternate site. Muddy Creek north of Kremmling. Studies had not been completed nor site selt'ction madt. by Federal ag~ncies by the end of 1987. Any dam and reservoir that is identified as approved and ac. ceptable after local. state and rederal requirements have been met will provide storage for Western Colorado water users today and meet some of the anticipated demands for water in the future. As part of a Memorandum of Understanding. Denver has agreed to lease. for a limited time, most of the storaRe to meet their short term water needs. The lease of water from the project will provide funds to help finance other projects in Western Col. orado as they are needed. The first such project is expected to be 11