|
1
<br /> 20150909 3/9/2015 3:11 PM Lila Herod
<br /> 1 of 3 WD R$21.00 D$0.00 Moffat County Clerk
<br /> SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED
<br /> (Water Right)
<br /> THIS DEED, made this
<br /> q7*-
<br /> day of December, 2014, by and between
<br /> the COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, acting by and through
<br /> its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise, a political subdivision of the State of
<br /> Colorado, whose address is P.O. Box 1120, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 ("Grantor")
<br /> and
<br /> the STATE OF COLORADO, acting by and through the Colorado Water Conservation
<br /> Board, whose address is 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, Colorado 80203
<br /> ("Grantee").
<br /> WHEREAS,this Special Warranty Deed is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of
<br /> the Acquisition Agreement for the Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement,which Agreement was entered
<br /> into on the 17th day of February,2005 between Grantor,Grantee and the United States of America,
<br /> Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and Fish and Wildlife Service; and
<br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and other agreements between the
<br /> parties, Grantor has received monies from the State of Colorado and the United States on behalf
<br /> of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program to assist with the construction
<br /> of the Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement; and
<br /> WHEREAS,pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, Grantee will use the property granted
<br /> herein in furtherance of the goals of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery
<br /> Program; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the successful implementation of the goals of the Upper Colorado River
<br /> Endangered Fish Recovery Program will benefit the citizens of the State of Colorado and the
<br /> constituents of the Colorado River Water Conservation District by allowing water development to
<br /> proceed in the Colorado River Basin consistent with state water law and in compliance with the
<br /> Federal Endangered Species Act.
<br /> WHEREFORE WITNES SETH, that the Grantor, for and in consideration of the benefits
<br /> described above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
<br /> is hereby acknowledged, has granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and by these presents does
<br /> grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm, unto the Grantee and its assigns forever, the following
<br /> water right:
<br /> 5,000 acre-feet of the total 13,000 acre-feet water right decreed for storage in
<br /> Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement with an appropriation date of October 16,
<br /> 2002, as decreed in Case No. 02CW106, Water Division No. 6, for piscatorial
<br /> and recreational use (including in-river fish habitat and river flow
<br /> RECEPTION#: 755803, 02/20/2015 at
<br /> 03:02:47 PM, Page 1 of 3
<br /> 1 OF 3, R $21.00 Doc Code:WD
<br /> KIM BONNER, Routt County, CO
<br />
|