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:;~ _~ <br />DISTRICT COURT, taATER DIVISION NO. 1, COLORADO <br />CASE NO. 85C`A.11 7 " ' ~ '~' 2 J ~ S 2 <br />•... <br />FINDINGS AND RULING OF THE REFEREE AND DECR£F, OF (j.'~ S~A'I~R.4~4[~RT <br />~~L'ti ice! POLO, <br />CONCERNING THE AI'PLICATTON FOR WATER RIGHTS OF MARK A. STEEN IN <br />BOULDER COUN'T'Y <br />THIS MATTER, having come on for consideration upon the <br />Application of Mark A. Steen for a change of water right, and the <br />Referee being fully advised in the pzemises does '.'iereby find: <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. The Application in this matter for change of water right <br />was filed with the water Clerk, water Division No. ). on April 30, <br />1985. Applicant's address is: ?OB 1523, Long~ont, CO 80501. <br />2. All notices required by law of the filing of the Appli- <br />cation have been fulfilled. The water rights involved are out- <br />side the boundaries of any designated groundwater basins. The <br />Referee has jurisdiction over this matter and over all paYites <br />affected hereby, whether they have appeared or not. <br />3. Timely Statements of Opposition were filed by the Left <br />Hand Ditch Company and the St. Vrain and Left i?and water Conser- <br />vancy District. No other. Statements of Opposition have been <br />filed and the time for filing such Statements has expired_ <br />4. All matters contained in the Application have been <br />reviewe3, testimony has been taken where such testimony is <br />necessary and coY.rections have been made as indicated by the <br />evidence. <br />5. Applicant has under option to purchase 20 shares of the <br />15,800 outstanding shares o£ stocY, in the Left Hand Ditch <br />Company. Ownership of said stock entitles Applicant to a pro <br />rata share of the water available to the following water rights: <br />A. Priority rights to irrigation water from Left Hand Creek <br />and James Creek for direct irrigation in the amount of <br />283.62 cubic feet of water per second, with decrees granted <br />to various ditches taking water from Left :land Creek whic'.i <br />were built by community ditches and by individuals, with <br />priorities numbered 1 to 31, dated from September 1, 1860 to <br />May 3, 1879. (Decrees entered December 2, 1882, in District <br />Court, Boulder County, Co].orado.l <br />