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—REGULAR MEETING AGENDA—
GUNNISON BASIN SAGE-GROUSE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE
DATE: May 11, 2009
PLACE: Gunnison County Commissioners’ Meeting Room
1. 10:00am ● Call Regular Meeting to Order; Determination of Quorum; Verify Public Notice of Meeting
2. 10:05 ● Agenda Approval
3. 10:10 ● Committee Member/Staff Comments/Reports
4. 10:20 ● Approval of April 9, 2009 Meeting Minutes
5. 10:30 ● Nomination Letter for Gunnison Sage-Grouse Stewardship Award
6. 10:40 ● Action Plan Subcommittee Report
7. 11:00 ● Future Meetings
8. 11:05 ● Adjourn Regular Meeting
9. 11:10 ● Work Session
– USFWS Listing Remanded Listing Decision
10. 12:00pm ● Lunch
11. 12:30 ● Work Session – Continued
12. 2:00pm ● Adjourn
NOTE: This agenda is subject to change, including the addition of items up to 24 hours in advance or the deletion of items at any time. All times are approximate. Regular Meetings, Public Hearings, and Special Meetings are recorded and ACTION MAY TAKEN ON ANY ITEM. Work Sessions are not recorded and formal action cannot be taken. Two or more Gunnison County Commissioners may attend this meeting. For further information, contact the County Administration at 641-0248. If special accommodations are necessary per ADA, contact 641-0248 or TTY 641-3061 prior to the meeting.
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of May 8, 2009. #050802
—MEETING NOTICE—
The Board of Directors of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy
District will conduct its regular board meeting on Monday, May 18, 2009
at 6:30 p.m. This meeting is being held in the District offices, 234
North Main Street, Suite 3B, Gunnison and is open to the public. An
agenda will be posted at the District office prior to the meeting.
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of May 8, 2009. #050801
—IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 4—
STATE OF COLORADO
TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN SAID WATER DIVISION NO. 4
Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, as amended, you are notified that the following is a resume of all applications filed in the Water Court during the month of April, 2009.
The names, address of applicant, source of water, description of water right or conditional water right involved, and description of the ruling sought are as follows:
CASE NO. 2009CW40 (REF NO. 01CW162, 98CW213). Applicant: Lake Fork Cove Alliance C/O Carla Alley, President, 4750 Malcom Ct., Colorado Springs, CO 80920. Application To Make Absolute: Carpenter Spring PL – NE ¼ SE ¼ NW ¼ of Section 3, T48N, R4W, NMPM, bears South 30 degrees 42’31” West. 3,350 feet from the north line and 2,050 feet from the east section line. Source: Gunnison River. Appropriation Date: 09/01/1998. Amount claimed: .10 cfs absolute for fire protection and domestic use for 81 lots presently with 35-40 cabins. The application of file with the Water Court contains a detailed outline of the work performed during the diligence period. GUNNISON COUNTY.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT you have until the last day of June, 2009 to file with the Water Clerk, in duplicate, a Verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why a certain application should not be granted or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such a Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit of certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by C.R.C.P. Rule 5. (Filing fee: $158.00; Forms may be obtained from the Water Clerk’s Office or on our website at www.courts.state.co.us). DARLEEN CAPPANNOKEEP, Water Clerk, Water Division 4, 1200 N. Grand Ave., Bin A, Montrose, CO 81401
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of May 8, 2009. #050806
—IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 4—
STATE OF COLORADO
TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN SAID WATER DIVISION NO. 4
Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, as amended, you are notified that the following is a resume of all applications filed in the Water Court during the month of April, 2009.
The names, address of applicant, source of water, description of water right or conditional water right involved, and description of the ruling sought are as follows:
CASE NO. 2009CW42 (REF NO. 02CW190). GUNNISON COUNTY, SPRINGS TRIBUTARY TO SLATE RIVER. Skyland Metropolitan District, Attn: Mike Billingsley, District Manager, 350 Country Club Dr, Ste 112A, Crested Butte, CO 81224, (970) 349-7411; with a copy to Mark A. Hermundstad and Kirsten M. Kurath, Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C., PO Box 338, Grand Junction, CO 81502 (970) 242-6262. Application For Finding Of Reasonable Diligence And To Make Conditional Water Right Partially Absolute. Structure: Lake Grant Enlargement; Description: Decree: October 17, 1996, Case No. 93CW185, District Court, Water Division 4; Location: A reservoir located in the NE1/4, Sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 86 West, 6th P.M., at a point whence the E1/4 Corner of Sec. 1 bears South 77°13= East 849 feet. This reservoir is fed by natural springs, as well as undefined natural surface runoff; Source: Springs tributary to the Slate River and local runoff; Appropriation: September 21, 1992; Amount: 140.0 acre feet, conditional for augmentation of municipal depletions and absolute for all other uses; Uses: Augmentation of municipal depletions, piscatorial, recreation and fire protection. Also for irrigation of up to 128.7 acres of land located in the E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, and SE1/4 of Sec. 1 and the NE1/4 of Sec. 12, T. 14 S., R. 86 W., 6th P.M., and the SW1/4 SW1/4 of Sec. 6 and the NW1/4 NW1/4 of Sec. 7, T. 14 S., R. 85 W., 6th P.M. A detailed outline of what has been done toward completion or for completion of the appropriation and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures, is set forth in the Application. Claim to make absolute: During this diligence period the water commissioner directed the Applicant to make the following releases from water stored under the Lake Grant Enlargement for augmentation of the Applicant’s municipal depletions, and such releases were made by the Applicant: 2004: 10.30 AF; 2007: 0.6553 AF; 2008: 1.17 AF; Total: 12.1253 AF. The water released for augmentation purposes was used to augment depletions from water used for municipal purposes within the boundaries of the Applicant. The Applicant requests that the Court adjudge and decree that the conditional portion of the Lake Grant Enlargement be made absolute in the amount of 12.1253 acre feet for augmentation of municipal depletions, that to the extent the Lake Grant Enlargement is not made absolute, the Applicant has been reasonably diligent in the development of the remaining conditional portion of the Lake Grant Enlargement, and that the remaining conditional portion of the Lake Grant Enlargement be continued in full force and effect. Names and addresses of landowners: The Lake Grant Enlargement is on land owned by the Applicant. (6 pages). GUNNISON COUNTY.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT you have until the last day of June, 2009 to file with the Water Clerk, in duplicate, a Verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why a certain application should not be granted or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such a Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit of certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by C.R.C.P. Rule 5. (Filing fee: $158.00; Forms may be obtained from the Water Clerk’s Office or on our website at www.courts.state.co.us). DARLEEN CAPPANNOKEEP, Water Clerk, Water Division 4, 1200 N. Grand Ave., Bin A, Montrose, CO 81401
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of May 8, 2009. #050807
—IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 4—
STATE OF COLORADO
TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN SAID WATER DIVISION NO. 4
Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, as amended, you are notified that the following is a resume of all applications filed in the Water Court during the month of April, 2009.
The names, address of applicant, source of water, description of water right or conditional water right involved, and description of the ruling sought are as follows:
CASE NO. 2009CW43 (REF NO. 06CW42). Applicant: George Bartlett and Lisa Bartlett, P. O. Box 815, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-0815. Application To Make Absolute: Bartlett Pond No. 1 – SW ¼ NW ¼ SW ¼ of Section 20, T13S, R88W, 6th PM. 1,416 feet from the south line and 506 feet from the west section line. Source: Grouse Spring Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Anthracite Creek and the North Fork of the Gunnison River. Appropriation Date: 08/29/2005. Amount Claimed: 0.35 acre-feet absolute for Augmentation of Bartlett Ditch Nos. 1 and 2 and Bartlett Spring Nos. 1 through 4. The application of file with the Water Court contains a detailed outline of the work performed during the diligence period. GUNNISON COUNTY.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT you have until the last day of June, 2009 to file with the Water Clerk, in duplicate, a Verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why a certain application should not be granted or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such a Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit of certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by C.R.C.P. Rule 5. (Filing fee: $158.00; Forms may be obtained from the Water Clerk’s Office or on our website at www.courts.state.co.us). DARLEEN CAPPANNOKEEP, Water Clerk, Water Division 4, 1200 N. Grand Ave., Bin A, Montrose, CO 81401
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of May 8, 2009. #050808
—INVITATION TO BID—
The Gunnison County Facilities Maintenance Department is soliciting bids for surge suppression at the Gunnison County Courthouse. The project consists of installing one SL2 100 Current Technologies surge suppressor at main service, 3 phase; install one T660 Current Technologies at panel CPB (IT Room), 3 phase; install one T660 Current Technologies at Dispatch, single phase; one T660 Current Technologies at panel CPI (first floor hall) 3 phase; and one T660 Current Technologies at panel JP2 (second floor hall), 3 phase.
The Gunnison County Facilities Maintenance Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to change, add to or amend the specifications, to waive any informality, to accept the bid for the contract which, in its judgment, best serves the interests of the Gunnison County Facilities Maintenance Department.
Please submit sealed bids by 5/21/2009 to the Facilities Maintenance Department, c/o Gunnison County Finance Department, 200 E. Virginia Avenue, Gunnison, CO 81230. No proposals will be accepted by fax.
To pick up a bid package and set up an appointment to walk through the Courthouse, please call Rich Corbett at 970-641-8560.
Published in the Crested Butte News. Issues of May 8 and 15, 2009. #050809