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<br />'.J <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />~636jacrefoot. In turn, the requested amounts of space would be <br />subcontracted to the entities listed in Table 2 for the $636jacre-foot <br />figure. In addition, a first right of refusal would be included in each <br />suhcontract whereby each entity is entitled to purchase space, not desired <br />by requesting entities, at the original purchase price of $636/acre-foot. <br />The purpose of this provision is so that no entity sells requested space <br />for a profit. A subsequent second right of refusal, at t!ie origin..':!l <br />purchase price of $636/acre-foot, would be extended to the Department cf <br />Natural Resources of the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />TABLE 4 <br /> <br />Allocatio~ of Purchase Costs for Spac~ in <br />Bear Creek Lake <br /> <br />name <br /> <br />Cost <br /> <br />Ce!l'!:r~l Colo:-.-ado Water Conservancy District <br />Mount Carbon W~ter & Sanitation District <br />Town of l'1orrison <br />City of Lakewood <br />Indian Hills Water District <br />Genesee Water & Sanitation District <br />Evergreen Metropolitan Water & Sanitation <br />l,istrict <br /> <br />$1,272,000 <br />$ 381,600 <br />.S 127,2CO <br />$ 318,OGO <br />$ 15,900 <br />S 159,000 <br /> <br />$ 508,800 <br /> <br />TOTF,L <br /> <br />$2,782,500 <br /> <br />Allocation of Space to the State <br />'Jf Colorado <br /> <br />If 2.dditional excess capacity in Bear Creek L,;tke remains I it should be <br />granted by the (J. S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Deparr..ment of Natural <br />Resources at no cost. This space 5hould then be utilized for river <br />manugernent purposes to impound water that would be released in specific <br />quantitL:!s and periods to keep the "call" off the South Platte River. This <br />wculd vastly i!.Tlprove the status of \"ater rights of municipalities, <br />.industries, and irrigators throughout the South Platte Velley. <br /> <br />If the best interests of the State of Colorado are met by acquiring only a <br />po!"tio:1 C)f 'the. remaining excess space, then a portion shOuld be sold to the <br />Ground Ivate!' Appropriators of the South Platte, Inc. (G.A.8.P.l in Ft. <br />Morgan or to the South Platte Basin Water Coalition located in Greeley fo!' <br />the $636jacre-foot. Regardless of which three entities would acquire the <br />space, it should be used to meet senior calls on the South Platte through <br />rive~ ~anage~ent. <br /> <br />~!ANAGEHEN':r OF BEAR CREEK LAKE <br /> <br />~enageQent of Bea~ Creek Lake should be by an entity with water storage in <br />the re.3eroJoir, a :::inancial interest in the reservoir, and by the entity <br />