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• Site grading will allow for future irrigation across a major portion of the property. <br />See Map 2.05.4 -5 for the location of the irrigated and the dryland pasture portions of this tract. <br />This map also shows the reclaimed surface topography. Additional lands surrounding this 12.40 <br />acre irrigated area can be irrigated in the future if Benson decides to do so. A minimum of 52 <br />acres can be irrigated since the slopes are very mild (approx. 2.5 %), which represents the actual <br />surveyed final topography, as seen on Map 2.05.4 -5. Since the planned irrigation area (12.40 <br />acres) is at the high point, all lower areas can be easily irrigated if Benson decides to make the <br />water available for this area. The map shows the main pipe that would be used to irrigate the <br />proposed 12.4 acre area. If additional areas are irrigated after bond release, the pipe would be <br />extended to the north or south, as needed. <br />2) The parcel of 79.74 acres north of BB Road and immediately west of the aforementioned <br />Benson parcel, owned by Llovd <br />• This tract was originally classified by Western Fuels as Irrigated Pasture and Rangeland. <br />• The irrigated portions of this tract were "Flood Irrigated" in the past. That is to say, there <br />were no furrows, gated pipe, side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control water <br />distribution. Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will. <br />• The Lloyd family owns 24 shares of Colorado Cooperative Company irrigation water and <br />all of it is dedicated to this tract. <br />• This tract of land has been abandoned from active farming for at least 15 years, according <br />to pre disturbance satellite images and the size and distribution of invasive rose /sage <br />brush and noxious weeds. <br />• There is no evidence the land was ever developed into a tract suitable to be irrigated by <br />a sprinkler system, but rather a flood irrigation technique was utilized. <br />• Aflood irrigation design has been developed by Western Fuels based on accepted NRCS <br />guidance and formulas. This design can be seen in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e) -9. This <br />design provides a total Irrigated Pasture area of 25.62 acres. The remaining 46.02 acres <br />of disturbance of Lloyd's property will be reclaimed as Dryland Pasture (DP) <br />See Map 2.05.4 -5 for the location of the irrigated and the dryland pasture portions of this tract. <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 8 <br />