HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 Notice of Receipt of PetitionNOTICE OF RECEIPT OF PETITION
PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 1973, 37--45 -125
Please take notice that the Board of Directors of
the Basalt Water Conservancy District has received and
accepted a Petition which is intended to obtain for the
Petitioner the beneficial uses of waters of the District for
all beneficial purposes including the irrigation of lands.
The Petition is as follows:
Name of Applicant: Al Storey
Quantity of Water to be Used: 0.1 c.f.s. direct flow
Description of lands upon which water will be used:
Parcel A
The w1SW4SW1/4 of Section 29, Township 7 South, Range 87 West
of the 6th P.M.
Parcel' B
A tract of land situated in Lots 1 and 2, Section 31, Township
7 South, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, described
as follows: Beginning at a point on the North Line of said
Lot 2 at the intersection with the Northerly line of the Basin
Ditch, said point being 324.35 feet East, more or less, of the
Northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence along the Northerly line
of said•Basin.Ditch as follows: 5. 50°59'.E. 105.80 feet;
thence S. 36 °26' E. 130.0 feet; thence S. 65 °49' E. 245.26
feet; thence N. 75 °12' E. 223.37 feet; thence S. 70 °17' E.
76.38 feet; thence S. 50 °18' E. 57.08 feet, more or less,
to fence line on the East line of property; thence North
along said fence line 278.92 feet, more or less, to a point
on the North line of said Lot 1; thence S. 89 050' W. 714.93
feet, more or less, along the North line of said Lots 1 and
2 to the point of beginning.
Price per acre foot to be paid: Applicant and his .
assignees agree to pay the sum of $15.00 per residential unit
served with multipurpose Basalt Project water per annum;
provided, that in the event the District obtains a contract
for service out of Ruedi Reservoir from the United States,
Bureau of Reclamation, or from such other storage facility
as may be necessary to fully and adequately serve the needs
of the users of the assignees of Petitioner, that Petitioner
and his assignees agree to pay such an amount in addition to
that heretofore described as will reasonably reflect the
Basalt Water Conservancy District's actual cost of providing
said water service to Petitioner and his assignees on a
prorata basis.
Matter of payment: The payments herein contemplated will
be made annually in advance on or before January 1 of each
calendar year beginning January 1, 1980; provided, however, that
the methods of levy and assessment for delinquent charges may
at the election if necessary of the Board of Directors be
utilized all as is more fully described in C.R.S. 1973, 37 -45-
125.
Petitioner hereby has acknowledged and agreed
that the annual installments and such other charges as are
described hereinabove shall become a tax, lien upon the lands
described hereinabove and that_ Petitioner is further bound
by the provisions of C.R.S. 1973, 3745 -101 et seq. and such
reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District.
Petitioner agrees further to cause the within agreement to
be made in such fashion as shall be binding upon his heirs,
successors and assigns as applicable.
Miscellaneous Provisions: Petitioner agrees to provide
his own physical source of supply of water and to install
such facilities as will reasonably accomplish the physical
delivery of water to the users situate on the properties above
described contemplated hereunder. Petitioner further ack-
knowledges that he shall be responsible for all construction,
engineering and legal expenses incurred in obtaining said physical
supply and in collecting, treating and distributing and
delivering the water to the . lands- hereinabove described.
Petitioner acknowledges that Petitioner is solely responsible
for the expense of all ordinary and necessary maintenance,
repair, treatment, distribution and delivery of the water
rights to be served hereunder, subject, however, to the option
of the Board of Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy
District to take over at any time within a term of 15 years
of the date of this Petition said operation, maintenance,
repair, treatment, distribution of said water rights all as
may be necessary to serve the land described hereinabove.
Petitioner further agrees to obtain judicial approval from
the Water Court in and for Water Division 5, to use the decree
for the Basalt Conduit, Priority No. 718, at a well or wells
to be constructed by Petitioner herein and to pay all
reasonable and incidential legal and engineering expenses
in connection 'with obtaining judicial approval, including
any reimbursement of actual costs expended by the Board of
Directors of the Basalt Water Conservancy District that are
related to Petitioners activities hereunder.
Please take notice that the Board of Directors
will approve or disapprove the within Petition at their public
meeting to be held on March 22, 1979, at the hour of 7 :30 P.M.
at 818 Colorado Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. At that
' time and place, any interested party who wishes to object to
the granting of this Petition may present in writing good
cause why said Petition should not be granted by the Board.
The failure to appear and show cause why said Petition should
not be granted will be deemed an assent on the part of all
inhabitants of the District to the granting of the Petition.