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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ADD I - Supplementary Agreement <br /> <br />in Grand County or <br />events leading up <br />terms: <br /> <br />another project. Fischer described <br />to the supplementary agreement and <br /> <br />the <br />its <br /> <br />"The Municipal Subdistrict was moving toward <br /> <br /> <br />construction of Windy Gap diversion, which will take <br /> <br /> <br />approximately 50,000 acre feet per year from Western Colorado, <br /> <br /> <br />without a well-defined plan of mitigation for Western Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />as defined by the Conservancy District statute. Following <br /> <br /> <br />a River District lawsuit, the Colorado Supreme Court in <br /> <br /> <br />1979 ruled that the Municipal Subdistrict must devise a <br /> <br /> <br />plan for protection of Western Colorado. <br />"That plan, embodied in a 27 page agreement dated <br />April 30, 1980, and signed by numerous parties provided <br />protection to ranchers and other parties, assured the Middle <br />Park Water Conservancy District of a water supply, provided <br />addi tional assurance to other Western Colorado parties and <br />specified the construction of Azure Reservoir as compensatory <br />storage for Western Colorado. <br />"The supplement provides the same assurances to <br /> <br /> <br />the other parties but removes Azure and the Subdistrict <br /> <br /> <br />-- the Subdistrict will pay into an interest-bearing escrow <br /> <br /> <br />account, $10.2 million that the River District will use <br /> <br />in a few years to construct a reservoir. <br /> <br />to begin construction, around 1987, the <br />the project will have increased to <br />million. <br /> <br />Once we are ready <br /> <br />amount on hand for <br /> <br />approximately $13.5 <br />