Public Notices


A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,and, particularly,to the electors of the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District of Gilpin County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 6th day of May 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and one director will be elected to serve 2-year term. Eligible electors of the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO), Lynn Hillary, 7320 Black Hawk Blvd, 2B, PO Box 362, Black Hawk, CO 80422, (303) 582-3422, lynn@bhccsd.com.
The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: February 20,2025 –March 3, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business at 3:00 p.m. on February 28, 2025 (not less than 67 days before the election).
Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2025 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Tuesday preceding the election, April 29, 2025.
/s/ Lynn M. Hillary
Designated Election Official Signature
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: February 20, 2025
Legal # 6772
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR
City of Central Business Improvement District 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the City of Central Business Improvement District (“District”) of Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a four-year term.
Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, via email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com.  Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District by 5:00 p.m. at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2025).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above email address during normal business hours, until 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 29, 2025).  All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day
CITY OF CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT  DISTRICT 
By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen
Designated Election Official
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: February 13, 2025
Legal # 6762
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
MINERS MESA COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 
AND 
MINERS MESA RESIDENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of  Miners Mesa Commercial Metropolitan District and Miners Mesa Residential Metropolitan District (collectively, the “Districts”) of Gilpin County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Districts will conduct regular elections on the 6th day of May, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, (2) two directors will be elected for a 4-year term and (0) zero directors will be elected for a 2-year term for each District.  
In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Eligible electors of the District(s) interested in serving on the Board(s) of Directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the Districts’ Designated Election Official (DEO):
Katie Miller, DEO
kamiller@spencerfane.com 
Spencer Fane LLP
1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2000
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-839-3703
The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form must be returned to the Designated Election Official by close of business (5:00 p.m. MST) on Friday, February 28, 2025.  The form should be emailed to kamiller@spencerfane.com.  If the designated election official determines that a self-nomination and acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form at any time prior to the close of business on the day of the deadline. 
Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2025.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for an absentee ballot may be filed with the Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced above, no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
MINERS MESA COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 
AND
MINERS MESA RESIDENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 
Katie Miller, Designated Election Official
Published in The Weekly Regiser-Call
Published: February 13, 2025
Legal # 6763
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR
Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District (“District”) of Jefferson, Boulder and Gilpin Counties, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.
Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Bobbie Steffe, the Designated Election Official for the District at email: bobbie.steffe@coalcreekcanyonfd.org or by calling the Designated Election Official at 303-642-3121.  Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District by 4:00 p.m. at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2025).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above email address during normal business hours, until 4:00 p.m. on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 29, 2025).  All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.
COAL CREEK CANYON FIRE 
PROTECTION DISTRICT
By:  /s/ Bobbie Steffe
     Designated Election Official
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: February 6, 2025
Legal # 6754
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR
Timberline Fire Protection District
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of Timberline Fire Protection District (“District”) of Gilpin and Boulder Counties, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a four-year term.
Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Micki L. Mills, the Designated Election Official for the District, via email mmills@cegrlaw.com.  Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District by 5:00 p.m. at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2025).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above email address during normal business hours, until 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 29, 2025).  All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.
TIMBERLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
By:   /s/ Micki L. Mills
      Designated Election Official
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: February 6, 2025
Legal # 6755
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Estate of Kevin Richard Croisant, Kevin R. Croisant, and Kevin Croisant, Deceased
Case Number 2024PR030017.
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Gilpin, County, Colorado on or before May 16, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Marvin Wilfredo Vaquero
12161 Melody Drive, Apartment 102 
Westminster, CO 80234
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: January 16, 2025
Last Publication: January 30, 2025
Legal # 6733
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NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of February, 2025, at Black Hawk, Colorado, final settlement will be made by the City of Black Hawk (City) with Roche Constructors, Inc., hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the construction of the Projects described as Gregory Point Site Improvements and Lace House Rehabilitation.
1.  Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractor, or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or the subcontractor for the work contracted to be done, may file with the City a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.  
2.  All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office, City of Black Hawk, 201 Selak, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422 by 4PM on January 30th, 2025.
3.  Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.
Dated at Black Hawk, Colorado this 10th day of January, 2025.
CITY OF BLACK HAWK
/s/ Melissa A. Greiner
City Clerk
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: January 23, 2025
Last Publication:  January 30, 2025
Legal # 6732
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Public Notices in the Weekly Register-Call. The only newspaper located in, and maintaining a Periodical Postal Permit, Central City, CO 80427

USPS Periodical Permit No. 0278-5839
ISSN 2993-7345 (Online)
ISSN 0278-5838 (Print)

NOTICE OF 
CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that on the Monday, December 16, 2024, at Black Hawk, Colorado, final settlement will be made by the City of Black Hawk (City) with WCG Construction, hereinafter called the “Contractor,” for and on account of the contract for the construction of a Project described as City of Black Hawk – 187 Clear Creek Street – Residential Historic Restoration and Community Preservation Program – Preservation Easement.
Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractor or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or the subcontractor for the work contracted to be done, may file with the City a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 
All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office, City of Black Hawk, 201 Selak, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422, by 4:00 PM on Monday, December 16, 2024.  Failure on the part of a creditor to file such a statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City from any and all liability for such a claim.  
Dated at Black Hawk, Colorado, this November 21, 2024. 
 CITY OF BLACK HAWK
  /s/ Melissa A. Greiner, CMC, City Clerk
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Legal # 6655
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NOTICE CONCERNING
PROPOSED BUDGET OF
GILPIN AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Gilpin Ambulance Authority for the ensuing year of 2025; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Authority at Gilpin County Commissioner’s Chambers, 203 Eureka St, Central City, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority to be held at Gilpin County Commissioner’s Chambers, 203 Eureka St, Central City, Colorado on December 11, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.  Any elector within the Authority may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.
GILPIN AMBULANCE AUTHORITY
By: /s/ Ray Rears
Ray Rears, Secretary
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: December 5, 2024
Legal # 6666
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NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that on the Monday, January 6, 2025, at Black Hawk, Colorado, final settlement will be made by the City of Black Hawk (City) with WCG Construction, hereinafter called the “Contractor,” for and on account of the contract for the construction of a Project described as City of Black Hawk – 187 Clear Creek Street – Residential Historic Restoration and Community Preservation Program – Interior Rehabilitation Grant
Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractor or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or the subcontractor for the work contracted to be done, may file with the City a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.  
All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office, City of Black Hawk, 201 Selak, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422, by 4:00 PM on Monday, January 6, 2025.  Failure on the part of a creditor to file such a statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City from any and all liability for such a claim.  

Dated at Black Hawk, Colorado,this Dec. 12, 2024. 

CITY OF BLACK HAWK
/s/ Melissa A. Greiner, CMC, City Clerk
Published in the Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: December 26, 2024
Legal # 6679

1.  Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractor, or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or the subcontractor for the work contracted to be done, may file with the City a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.  

Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of February, 2025, at Black Hawk, Colorado, final settlement will be made by the City of Black Hawk (City) with Roche Constructors, Inc., hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the construction of the Projects described as Gregory Point Site Improvements and Lace House Rehabilitation.

NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT

2.  All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office, City of Black Hawk, 201 Selak, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422 by 4PM on January 30th, 2025.

3.  Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated at Black Hawk, Colorado this 10th day of January, 2025.

CITY OF BLACK HAWK

/s/ Melissa A. Greiner

     City Clerk

Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: January 16, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Last Publication: January 30, 2025
Legal # 6733
Legal # 6732

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Estate of Kevin Richard Croisant, Kevin R. Croisant, and Kevin Croisant, Deceased
Case Number 2024PR030017.
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Gilpin, County, Colorado on or before May 16, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Marvin Wilfredo Vaquero
12161 Melody Drive, Apartment 102 c
Westminster, CO 80234
Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: January 16, 2025

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Mini Storage Sale

Pursuant of Colorado State Statues, Rollinsville Mini Storage will sell at public auction on February 3, 2025  Personal property of Louis Myers to the highest bidder. The sale will be held online at www.lockerfox.com commencing at 10:00 AM February 3, 2025. Items to be sold: furniture, clothing and other household items. Contact Manager@rollinsvilleministorage.com All sales are subject to change.

Published in The Weekly Register-Call
First Publication: January 16, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Legal # 6734

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO
DECEMBER 2024 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION
TO:  ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER
DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of DECEMBER 2024 for each County affected. (This publication can be viewed in its entirety on the state court website at: www.coloradojudicial.gov)

CASE NUMBER 2024CW3179 (2009CW276, 2017CW3204) CITY OF BLACK HAWK, City of Black Hawk (“Black Hawk”), c/o Director of Public Works, P.O. Box 68, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422, Telephone: (303) 582-1324 Email: tisbester@cityofblackhawk.org. Please direct all correspondence concerning this Application to: David L. Kueter, Esq., and Kent Holsinger, Esq., Holsinger Law, LLC, 1800 Glenarm Place, Ste. 500, Denver, Colorado 80202, Telephone: (303) 722-2828, Email: dkueter@holsingerlaw.com, kholsinger@holsingerlaw.com. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE AND TO MAKE A PORTION OF CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS ABSOLUTE IN CLEAR CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN GILPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES 2. Names of Water Right: Black Hawk Green Lake Exchanges 3 Describe conditional water rights giving the following from the Judgment and Decree: 3.a. Date of prior decree: Original decree entered December 30, 2011, Case No. 2009CW276 in the District Court, Water Division No. 1, State of Colorado.  Diligence was found and a portion of the water right was made absolute by the decree entered December 30, 2018, Case No. 2017CW3204 in the District Court, Water Division No. 1, State of Colorado.  3.b. Description of exchanges.  Under the exchanges, Black Hawk will divert by exchange up to 50 c.f.s at each of the locations (“exchange-to points”)  identified in paragraph 3.c., below, for storage in Green Lake for subsequent use, based upon the introduction of substitute supplies made available under the water rights described in paragraph 3.d., below (“substitute supplies”).  Black Hawk will make the substitute supplies available at the locations identified in paragraph 3.e., below (the “exchange-from points”) by making deliveries, by forgoing diversions and/or storage, and/or by releases from storage.  A map showing the location of the rights of exchange is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3.c. Exchange-to points.  The names and locations of structures through which or into which water will be diverted and/or stored by exchange and the sources of water at the exchange-to points are as follows: 3.c.(1) Green Lake. Green Lake is located on the channel of an unnamed tributary to South Clear Creek in Clear Creek County, Colorado, located in the West half of Section 29 and the East half of Section 30, Township 4 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., as described in Exhibit B hereto.  The outlet is located approximately 330 feet east of the West section line and approximately 1,600 feet south of the north section line of Section 29, Township 4 South, Range 74 West, in the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 29.  The source of water is local inflows captured in Green Lake.  Green Lake is located in the South Clear Creek drainage basin. 3.c.(2) Green Lake Ditch or Flume a/k/a Leavenworth Pipeline.  Located approximately 2,580 feet east of the West section line and approximately 80 feet south of the North section line of Section 30, Township 4 South, Range 74 West, of the 6th P.M. in Clear Creek County.  The source of water is Leavenworth Creek, a tributary of South Clear Creek. 3.d. Sources of substitute supply: 3.d.(1) Vidler Tunnel Water Rights: The City of Black Hawk currently has the right to the annual delivery of at least 100 acre feet of fully consumable water from the Vidler Tunnel system.  The Vidler Tunnel system water rights are comprised of the following west slope water rights: 3.d.(1)(i) Rice Ranch Rights. A total of 361 consumptive acre feet, at a total maximum diversion rate of 31.22 c.f.s., was decreed by the District Court in and for Water Division No. 5, in Case Nos. W-217 and W-2110, as being historically attributable to the following described water rights: 3.d.(1)(i)(a) Rice Ditch, decreed for 4.50 c.f.s. with a May 3, 1893 appropriation date and a March 2, 1910 adjudication date.  The originally decreed headgate of the Rice Ditch is located on the left (south) bank of the Snake River in the Northwest quarter Southeast quarter of Section 22, Township 5 South, Range 77 West, 6th P.M.; 3.d.(1)(i)(b) Soda Creek Ditch, decreed for 2.72 c.f.s. with a July 1, 1900 appropriation date and March 10, 1952 adjudication date.  The originally decreed headgate of the Soda Creek Ditch is located on the right (east) bank of the Soda Creek at a point whence the South quarter corner of Section 27, Township 5 South, Range 77 West, 6th P.M., bears South 10 degrees 5 minutes East a distance of 940 feet; 3.d.(1)(i)(c) Phillips Ditch, decreed for 4.00 c.f.s. with a June 1, 1904 appropriation date and a March 2, 1910 adjudication date. The originally decreed headgate of the Phillips Ditch is located on the left (west) bank of the Keystone Creek in the Southwest quarter Southwest quarter of Section 14, Township 5 South, Range 77 West, 6th P.M.; 3.d.(1)(i)(d) Rice Ditch – Riley Enlargement, decreed for 10.00 c.f.s. with a July 5, 1914 appropriation date and an October 26, 1937 adjudication date.  The originally decreed headgate of the Riley Enlargement is located on the left (south) bank of the Snake River at a point whence the Southwest corner of Section 22, Township 5 South, Range 77 West, 6th P.M., bears South 54 degrees 46 minutes West a distance of 3,845 feet; and  3.d.(1)(i)(e) Rice Ditch – Rice Enlargement, decreed for 10.00 c.f.s. with a July 5, 1914 appropriation date and a March 10, 1952 adjudication date.  The originally decreed headgate of the Rice Enlargement is the same as the Rice Ditch – Riley Enlargement. 3.d.(1)(ii) Arduser Ditch Rights.  A total of 52.5 consumptive acre feet, at a total maximum diversion rate of 3 c.f.s., was decreed by the Summit County District Court in Case No. 2350 as being historically attributable to the Arduser Ditch, Ditch No. 230, Priority No. 249, decreed by the Summit County District Court in Civil Action No. 1709 for 3 c.f.s., with a September 28, 1934 appropriation date and an October 26, 1937 adjudication date. 3.d.(2) Water legally stored by the City of Black Hawk in Georgetown Lake, described in paragraph 3.e.(2), below, including, but not limited to, water delivered pursuant to the Assignment and Water Delivery Agreement, dated June 7, 2007, between Applicant and the City of Golden for Vidler Tunnel Water, and the water storage right and water stored by the exchange decreed in Case No. 2007CW327. 3.d.(3) Water leased from the City of Golden including, but not limited to, water delivered pursuant to the Assignment and Water Delivery Agreement, dated June 7, 2007, for Vidler Tunnel Water as described in said agreement, and water leased from the City of Golden pursuant to said agreement and stored and released from Guanella Reservoir located in the North Half of the Southwest quarter and the Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 29 and the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 30, Township 3 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, Colorado. 3.d.(4) Water legally available for diversion by exchange by the City of Black Hawk at the Hidden Valley Surface Water Diversion Point described in paragraph 3.e.(4), below, limited to water attributable to Black Hawk’s proportionate interest in the Church Ditch (a/k/a The Golden City and Ralston Creek Ditch) pursuant to the decree entered in Case No. 92CW059. 3.d.(5) Water legally available for diversion by exchange by the City of Black Hawk at the Hidden Valley Groundwater Diversion Point described in paragraph 3.e.(5), below, limited to water attributable to Black Hawk’s proportionate interest in the Church Ditch (a/k/a The Golden City and Ralston Creek Ditch) pursuant to the decree entered in Case No. 92CW059. 3.d.(6) Fully consumable water, and water available under the water right decreed to the City of Black Hawk Effluent Diversion in Case No. 93CW055, released to North Clear Creek at the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant located in the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 3 South, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M., Gilpin County, Colorado, at a point 1,550 feet east of the West section line and 2,100 feet north of the South section line of said Section 26. 3.d.(7) Water legally stored by the City of Black Hawk and released to North Clear Creek and its tributaries from the following structures: 3.d.(7)(i) Pickle Gulch Reservoir, to be located in the Northwest quarter Southeast quarter of Section 35, Township 2 South, Range 73 West of the 6th P.M., Gilpin County, Colorado, with the dam axis intersecting Pickle Gulch at a point approximately 1,500 feet from the East section line and approximately 1,700 feet from the South section line of said Section 35. 3.d.(7)(ii) Missouri Creek Reservoir, to be located in the West half of Section 36, Township 2 South, Range 73 West of the 6th P.M., Gilpin County, Colorado, with the dam axis intersecting Missouri Creek at a point approximately 1,700 feet from the West section line and 2,400 feet from the North section line of said Section 36. 3.d.(7)(iii) Black Hawk Chase Gulch Reservoir, to be located in the South half Northwest quarter and the North half Southwest quarter, Section 2, Township 3 South, Range 73 West of the 6th P.M., Gilpin County, Colorado, with the dam axis to intersect Chase Gulch at a point approximately 1,600 feet from the West section line and 2,400 feet from the North section line of said Section 2. 3.d.(7)(iv) Quartz Valley Reservoir, to be located in an unsurveyed area, based on the 1975 USGS Central City 7-1/2 minute quadrangle map, in the Northwest quarter  Northwest quarter Section 12, Township 3 South, Range 73 West of the 6th P.M., Gilpin County, Colorado, with the dam axis to intersect Chase Gulch at a point approximately 4,014 feet from the West section line of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 72 West, and 259 feet from the South section line of Section 1, Township 3 South, Range 73 West. 3.e. Exchange-from points.  Points at which the City of Black Hawk shall make substitute supplies available to allow diversion by exchange at the exchange-to points are as follows:  3.e.(1) Confluence of Leavenworth Creek and South Clear Creek located in the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, Colorado. 3.e.(2) Georgetown Lake, an on-channel reservoir located in the Southeast quarter and portions of the Northeast quarter of Section 5, and the Northeast quarter of Section 8, Township 4 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, Colorado.  3.e.(3) Confluence of Clear Creek and West Fork Clear Creek located in the Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 3 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, Colorado. 3.e.(4) Hidden Valley Surface Water Diversion Point located in the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 32, Township 3 South, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M., at a location 1,000 feet West of the East boundary of Section 32 and 2,140 feet South of the North boundary of Section 32, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 3.e.(5) Hidden Valley Groundwater Diversion Point located in the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 32, Township 3 South, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M., at a location 800 feet West of the East boundary of Section 32 and 2,030 feet South of the North boundary of Section 32, Clear Creek County, Colorado. 3.e.(6) Confluence of Clear Creek and North Clear Creek located in the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 36, Township 3 South, Range 72 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado. 3.f. The exchanges decreed herein will at times operate in conjunction with the exchanges decreed in Case No. 92CW059 and/or the exchanges decreed in Case No. 2007CW327, but the exchanges decreed herein shall be administered independently and operated under the priorities decreed in this case.  3.g. Date of appropriation: December 3, 2009. 3.h. Decreed amount: 1.85 c.f.s. absolute and 48.15 c.f.s., conditional.  The rate of exchange from each exchange-from point and to each exchange-to point shall not exceed the respective amounts shown in the matrix attached hereto as Exhibit C, and the exchanges shall be limited to 50 c.f.s. total diversion at both exchange-to points at any given time. Exchanges made under this decree to all exchange-to points are limited to a volumetric limit of 540 acre feet in any water year (November 1 through October 31).3.i. Use:  The decreed uses for these exchanges are all municipal purposes, including domestic, irrigation, industrial, commercial, fire protection, stockwatering, recreation, piscatorial, sewage treatment, street sprinkling, irrigation, maintenance and preservation of wildlife and aesthetic values, lake and reservoir evaporation, lake level maintenance, augmentation, and replacement, adjustment and regulation of water supply system, including exchange within Black Hawk’s water system and with other water users, and including, without limitation, storage in Green Lake for subsequent use for the aforesaid purposes.   Black Hawk shall at all times be entitled to fully consume the same amount of water diverted by exchange as the amount of decreed fully-consumable water being simultaneously delivered to or made available at the exchange-from points under the subject water rights. Black Hawk shall only be entitled to a single use of water diverted at the exchange-to points based upon delivery of single use water at the exchange-from points.   To the extent that Black Hawk has the decreed right to fully consume water diverted under the exchanges, Black Hawk shall be entitled to fully consume such water by direct use, storage and subsequent release, reuse, successive use, further exchange and disposition. 3.j. Place of use. The place of use for the conditional appropriative rights of substitution and exchange is any place served in the present or in the future by the City of Black Hawk’s treated water and raw water systems. 4. Provide 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:  Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the decree in Case No. 2009CW276, Black Hawk’s potable water system and raw water system and each of the water rights and structures decreed in Case No. 2009CW276 that now and in the future will provide water for the Applicant were determined to be integrated systems of water rights and structures, and pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-301(4)(b) work on one or more of the separate components constitutes diligence for all. 4.a. During the diligence period beginning on January 1, 2019, the City of Black Hawk has spent in excess of $15,950,000 on its integrated water system of which the subject water right is a part: 4.a.(1) For fiscal year 2019, the City of Black Hawk expended $2,603,209 on its water system including $619,808 on capital projects. Projects included construction of the Hidden Valley Stand-by Generators back-up electrical system, design for a new headgate for the Leavenworth diversion for Green Lake, rebuilding the Hidden Valley pipeline pumps, design and construction of the Green Lake seepage flume. 4.a.(2) For fiscal year 2020, the City of Black Hawk expended $2,013,906 on its water system including $264,600 on capital projects. Projects included improvements to the Church Ditch Augmentation Station, purchasing the headgate structure for the Leavenworth diversion for Green Lake and improvements to the fiber optic communication system. 4.a.(3) For fiscal year 2021, the City of Black Hawk expended $2,969,848 on its water system including $1,179,493 on capital projects. Projects included construction of the new headgate structure for the Green Lake intake, new generators for the water treatment plant, and expansion of the water distribution system. 4.a.(4) For fiscal year 2022, the City of Black Hawk expended $3,351,317 on its water system including $476,200 on capital projects.  Projects included design of a new potable water tank, design of the expansion of the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant and continued expansion of the water distribution system. 4.a.(5) For fiscal year 2023 the City of Black Hawk expended $2,549,605 including $1,824,064 for Administration and $725,540 for operations. 4.a.(6) For expenses up to November 30, 2024 in the 2024 fiscal year, the City spent $2,463,558 include $762,210 for Administration and $1,701,347 for operations.  Projects included moving forward on a water treatment plant expansion, reservoir permitting and construction and permitting of new wells. 4.b. The amounts in paragraph 5.a include more than $1,385,000 for engineering and $178,000 for legal fees and costs during the diligence period.  4.c. On June 25, 2019, Black Hawk obtained a decree in Case No. 18CW3184, Water Division No. 1, which found reasonable diligence in relation to the storage rights associated with Green Lake in paragraph 3.c., above. 4.d. During the diligence period, Black Hawk has participated as an objector in numerous Water Court proceedings in order to protect its water rights, including the subject water rights. 5. Claim to Make Absolute: Black Hawk operated the appropriative rights of substitution and exchange on numerous occasions during the diligence period, with a maximum rate of 4.82 c.f.s. from Georgetown Lake and the Church Ditch to Green Lake on August 31, 2022. The exchange operations are shown in the accounting attached hereto as Exhibit D. 5.a. Date water applied to beneficial use: August 31, 2022. 5.b. Use: See paragraph 3.i., above. 5.c. Place of Use: See paragraph 3.j., above. 5.d. Portion Remaining Conditional: 45.18 c.f.s. 6. Names and addresses of owners or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored.  6.a. Green Lake is located on land owned by the Applicant and the County of Clear Creek, P.O. Box 2000, Georgetown, Colorado 80444.  6.b. The headgate of the Green Lake Ditch or Flume a/k/a the Leavenworth Pipeline is located on land owned by the United States Forest Service, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building E, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526-8119. WHEREFORE, Applicant requests that diligence be found for the Black Hawk Green Lake Exchanges and that 4.82 c.f.s. of the water right be decreed as absolute and that the remaining 45.18 c.f.s. be continued as conditional in full force and effect until the due date of the next diligence filing herein. 10 pages and 8 pages of exhibits. 

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO  80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions.  Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of FEBRUARY 2025 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee.  A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. 

Published in The Weekly Register-Call
Published: January 23, 2025
Legal # 6736, 6737 and 6738
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