RESOLUTION NO. 98-93

 CONCERNING CHANGES OF WATER RIGHTS AND

 THE APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL WATER

 WHEREAS, the City of Grand Junction owns a municipal water system including reservoirs, ditches, and pipelines and the water rights decreed to those structures; and

 WHEREAS, the City's population, service area and water requirements will continue to expand in the twenty-first century; and

 WHEREAS, the City can significantly increase the efficiency of its Grand Mesa facilities and produce more water for the City's expanding population and service area without significant capital cost if certain water rights are changed to allow additional uses and if additional water is appropriated.

 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, DOES HEREBY INTEND TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL WATER FOR CERTAIN USES AND DOES HEREBY INTEND TO CHANGE CERTAIN WATER RIGHTS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL USES, AS SHOWN BELOW:

1993 Municipal Storage

 AMOUNT

NAME  (acre feet)

Anderson #1  468

Anderson #2  595

Anderson #6  118

Bolen  521

Bolen Anderson & Jacobs #2  240

Raber-Click (aka Hallenbeck #2)  503

Purdy Mesa (aka Hallenbeck #1)  659

Juniata  919

Somerville  973

1993 Municipal Direct Diversion

Bolen Anderson & Jacobs Ditch

 For delivery to:  40 cfs

   A.  Crater View Drop

   B.  Somerville Reservoir Supply

   C.  Anderson reservoir #6 Supply

   D.  Bolen Reservoir Supply

   E.  Bolen Anderson Jacobs Reservoir #2 Supply

   F.  North Fork Kannah Creek Supply

Conditional to Absolute

Juniata  1794.1

Juniata Ditch Enlarged  75.0 cfs

City Ditch Enlargement  10.0 cfs

Transfer

1.37 cfs of the Juniata Ditch Enlarged to the Kannah Creek Highline Ditch as an alternate point of diversion.

 The water will be appropriated for use 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, 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 exchanges 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, further exchange and disposition, to the extent permitted by law.

The City's Utilities Manager and counsel are directed to file appropriate applications and to take such steps as may be required to secure appropriate decrees. The on-site steps previously taken by the City's consulting engineers and staff to evidence the City's intent to appropriate additional water are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 1993.

Attest:

/s/ Stephanie Nye /s/ Reford C. Theobold

City Clerk  President of the Council