RESOLUTION NO. 30-93

 CONCERNING THE APPROPRIATION OF

 ADDITIONAL WATER FOR THE CITY DITCH ENLARGEMENT

 WHEREAS, the City of Grand Junction owns the City Ditch and the water rights decreed to it; and

 WHEREAS, the City has enlarged the City Ditch in order to convey water from the North Fork of Kannah Creek to store in/or flow through Juniata Reservoir (including all enlargements) and Purdy Mesa Reservoir for all municipal uses in the Colorado River Basin; and

 WHEREAS, the City intends to appropriate a water right for the City Ditch Enlargement.

 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 The City intends to appropriate approximately 27 c.f.s. of additional water for the City Ditch Enlargement for the following use or proposed use:

 The water will be diverted to storage in/or flowed through Juniata Reservoir (including all enlargements) and/or Purdy Mesa Reservoir, and it will be used in the Colorado River Basin, directly or by exchange, for all municipal uses, including, but not limited to, domestic, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, power generation, fire protection, sewage treatment, street sprinkling, irrigation of parks, lawns and grounds, recreation, piscatorial, maintenance and preservation of wildlife and aesthetic value, lake and reservoir evaporation, augmentation, substitution and replacement, adjustment and regulation of Grand Junction's water supply system, including further exchange within Grand Junction's system and with other water users and providers in the Colorado River Basin. The water will be fully consumed through direct use, storage and subsequent release, reuse, successive use, further exchange and disposition, to the extent permitted by law.

 The City's Utilities Manager and counsel are directed to file an appropriate application and take such steps as may be required to secure an appropriate decree.

 PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of May, 1993.

Attest:              

               President of the Council

City Clerk