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Attorney General's Report <br /> Cases involving the Colorado Ground Water Commission <br /> August 15, 2025 <br /> Below is a summary of status of active matters, as of August 1, 2025, in which the <br /> Office of the Attorney General is representing the Colorado Ground Water <br /> Commission, or matters which were active as of the last quarterly meeting held on <br /> May 16, 2025 but were subsequently resolved. <br /> Cherokee Metropolitan District, Case Nos. 08GW78 and 09GW15 <br /> Designated Basin: Upper Black Squirrel Creek <br /> Management District: Upper Black Squirrel Creek <br /> Attorneys: John Newman and Emilie Polley <br /> Subject: Applications to change the type and place of use of wells. Objections <br /> were submitted by the District and other water users in the basin. Both cases <br /> were consolidated with Case No. 08GW71 above some years ago. <br /> Status: By a June 5, 2024 order of the Hearing Officer after motion by Cherokee <br /> Metropolitan District, these cases were bifurcated from Case No. 08GW71. <br /> Cherokee sought the bifurcation after originally claiming during April 2024 that <br /> the change applications were not needed due to related claims in Case No. <br /> 08GW71 and indicating an intent to withdraw these applications. In Cherokee's <br /> and Meridian's settlement with the Upper Black Squirrel Creek GWMD in Case <br /> No. 08GW71, Cherokee agreed that it would prosecute these change cases <br /> notwithstanding its April 2024 position that the changes are unnecessary. The <br /> Hearing Officer issued a Findings and Order on October 16, 2024. On April 21, <br /> 2025, Cherokee filed three separate applications: one to amend Cherokee Well 13 <br /> in Case No. 08GW78, one to amend Cherokee Wells 9-12 in Case No. 09GW15, <br /> and a new application for Cherokee Wells 15-21. Cherokee also filed a Motion to <br /> Consolidate the existing cases and the new application into one case. On April <br />