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starting on January 16, 2025. Staff circulated draft Findings and Orders to all parties on March 7, 2023. At the last status conference on July 16, 2025, the Applicant indicated that they received comments from the opposers and were actively trying to address those concerns. The next status conference is set for October 7, 2025 to give the parties more time to discuss the language of Staff's proposed findings and orders and to address the opposers' concerns. Cherokee Metropolitan District, Case No. 24GW01 Designated Basin: Upper Black Squirrel Creek Management District: Upper Black Squirrel Creek Attorneys: John Newman Subject: Cherokee Metropolitan District applied for a change in type and place of use for well permit no. 11691-FP. Upper Black Squirrel Creek GWMD objected to the Application. Status: Staff resolved all remaining issues with the applicant and stipulated in this matter on October 9, 2024. The matter proceeded to hearing on October 24, 2024, to resolve the issue of whether or not the subject water right had in fact been abandoned prior to the application for a change in the water right. At the hearing, after the conclusion of evidence from the applicant and the lone remaining objector, and at the request of the participating parties, the hearing officer set a deadline for closing arguments in writing and for a determination on the question of abandonment and the change of the subject water right. The parties submitted their closing briefs on November 14, 2024. The hearing officer requested renewed access to the applicant's exhibits and received that access on April 15, 2025. The hearing officer granted Cherokee's application on June 9, 2025 and found that the objector had failed to prove abandonment of the water right being changed, resolving the remaining concern in this case. As such, this matter should be resolved prior to the next meeting. Should that