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e . .' _. JUL 23 i9G6 COLORADO RIVER WATER COtlSERVATION DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT; WATER DIVISION NO.5, STATE OF COLORADO Action No. 84 CW 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------- / ORDER ------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE MATTEP. OF THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF: THE COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, THE BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY OISTRICT, THE WEST DIVIDE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, THE MIDDLE PAP.K WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, AND THE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION NO.1 IN THE COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, in Grand, Routt, Moffat, Eagle, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This matter came before the Court on the Applicant's Motion in Limine fi~ed on February 24, 1986. This is an application for a finding of quadrennial diligence. The Applicant requests an order determining that the rule in . Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Vidler Water Co., 197 Colo. 413, 594 P2d 566 (1979) is not applicable to diligence proceedings. The rule in Vidler to which the District refers requires tha~ 'to establish intent to appropriate water an applicant for a conditional waterrig~t must show that it has plans' to put the water to use itself or that it has firm contractual commitments to supply wati'rTo'users ~r."'iS" Tn-an age'ncyrelationship with" such . us~._......_., -.,." -.. .' The Applicant argues that the only issue before the Court in a diligence proceeding is whether the applicant has proceeded with reasonable diligence in the last diligence period to complete the appropriation. APPENDIX B ~~.~.~---~ - - ' "~,~"_"',:!,_."r.')";'I"'< -~ .' ~..."" ."'~"'.~~.'#"~~'.. .: ' .. '.".;'" ~...,....~.-r,'~,'Q~.>l,~:;r....:;r... .!l -