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Home My WebLink About20150193.tiffI r' I t✓ilJ WELD COUNTY UNDERGROUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, Inc. P.O. Box 104 33040 Railroad Ave Lucerne, CO 80646 December 15, 2014 Weld County PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Dear Weld County, Phone: (970) 352-0222 Fax: (970) 352-0226 RECEIVED JAN 0 5 2015 WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The annual meeting for The Weld County Underground Water Users Association (WCUWUA) is scheduled for January 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Association's office in Lucerne, Colorado located at the address above. Please execute the ballot enclosed and return it to the office. The directors are providing you with the enclosed proxy and voting ballot to fill out and send back to the Association in lieu of your attendance at the annual meeting. The items to be voted on at the annual meeting include electing two directors for three-year terms and setting assessments according to the annual schedule set by the Cache La Poudre Water Users Association. The board currently consists of seven directors, Mike Hungenberg (President), Lynn Fagerberg (Vice-president), Frank Eckhardt, Keith Amen, Bryan Hoffner, Bruce Johnson and Dale Trowbridge (Secretary). The directors whose terms expire this year are Mike Hungenberg and Keith Amen. These two are on the enclosed ballot. The well pumping fees for 2015 are recommended by the directors to meet the budget needs of the company. The directors are recommending the well assessments be $2.00 per acre-foot of pumping (same as 2014). If you would prefer to attend the annual meeting rather than fill out the enclosed proxy and ballot, or if you have questions or comments about the Association, the items of business, the proxy or the annual meeting, please contact Dale Trowbridge, Secretary of the Association, at the number above for further details and so that we can obtain a head count of those who plan to attend in person. Questions have been raised as to the possibility of well owners using their well for hydraulic fracking of oil & gas wells. The CLPWUA well augmentation plan does NOT augment wells for this use. Therefore, using a well for this purpose is outside of the policy of the company. Those who do use their well for purposes outside of the augmentation of the Association are risking future use of their well. Thank you for your continued support of the Association. Sincerely, Me arafgc,:.r.i.. Dale Trowbridge Secretary, Board of Directors Weld County Underground Water Users Association 2015-0193 L (),/ultnit64- -Hi-it MEMBER PROXY AND CONFIDENTIAL VOTING INSTRUCTION BALLOT by MAIL Re: Member's Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot Annual Meeting of Members of the Weld County Underground Water Users Association Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Pursuant to Article II, Sections 2.11 and 2.12 of the Weld County Underground Water Users Association's (the "Association" or "WCUWUA") Bylaws, the undersigned hereby appoints Dale Trowbridge, Secretary of the Association, with respect to any votes the undersigned is entitled to cast by virtue of the undersigned's ownership of wells or other structures in the Association as proxy to attend the annual meeting of members of the Association to be held on Wednesday January 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Lucerne, Colorado; and any adjournment thereof, and to cast all votes the undersigned is entitled to cast on the business of the Association as indicated below and, at his discretion, on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. If you sign and return this Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot without marking, this proxy will be treated as being FOR the Items listed below. This Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot is solicited by the Board of Directors of The Weld County Underground Water Users Association. Pursuant to Article II, Section 2.2 of the Bylaws the undersigned acknowledges and understands that each member of the Association is entitled to one vote per well or structure upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the followine proposals: Ballot -1/21/15 Weld County Wells: 1 Items For Against Abstain 1. Election of Mike Hungenberg as director to a three-year term. 2. Election of Keith Amen as director to a three-year term. 3. Assessments for 2015 to be set according to the annual schedule set by the Cache La Poudre Water Users Association and pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article VI of the WCUWUA's Bylaws, as generally described below: • 2015 Pumping assessment set at $2.00 per acre- foot of pumping • 205 well fee set at $10.00 per well owned Note: Please sign exactly as name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administer, trustee, or guardian, please give full title as such. Certification: I hereby declare that either all procedures surrounding the meeting, its notice, and this voting, have been duly met, or if not, I do not object to the procedures used to conduct the meeting, its notice, and this voting, and that this Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot represents the vote of the members designated hereon. A,�� 1l C Iuk1�,Pi`� ignature / / Date barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair JAN 1 4 2015 Commissioner Sean P. Conway Delegated Proxy p20/.7 t/9.5-- MEMBER PROXY AND CONFIDENTIAL VOTING INSTRUCTION BALLOT by MAIL Re: Member's Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot Annual Meeting of Members of the Weld County Underground Water Users Association Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Pursuant to Article II, Sections 2.11 and 2.12 of the Weld County Underground Water Users Association's (the "Association" or "WCUWUA") Bylaws, the undersigned hereby appoints Dale Trowbridge, Secretary of the Association, with respect to any votes the undersigned is entitled to cast by virtue of the undersigned's ownership of wells or other structures in the Association as proxy to attend the annual meeting of members of the Association to be held on Wednesday January 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Lucerne, Colgrgdo,'and any adjournment thereof, and to cast all votes the undersigned is entitled to cast on the business of the Association as indicated below and, at his discretion, on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. If you sign and return this Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot without marking, this proxy will be treated as being FOR the Items listed below. This Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot is solicited by the Board of Directors of The Weld County Underground Water Users Association. Pursuant to Article II, Section 2.2 of the Bylaws the undersigned acknowledges and understands that each member of the Association is entitled to one vote per well or structure upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following proposals: Bt#toti/2tJ13 COY Wells:l Items For Against '' Abstain I. Election of Mike l-lungenberg as director to a three-year term. Note: Please sign exactly as name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administer, trustee, or guardian, please give full title as such. Certification: I hereby declare that either all procedures surrounding the meeting, its notice, and this voting, have been duly met, or if not, I do not object to the procedures used to conduct the meeting, its notice, and this voting, and that this Proxy and Confidential Voting Instruction Ballot represents the vote of the members designated hereon. 566 fee(' o u S PAotf Signature Date SEE > eel% c PFD E Signature (Joint Owners) Date (7ZO/ 0/ 9,5-- Esther Gesick From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: All, Clayton Kimmi Monday, January 05, 2015 4:27 PM Barbara Kirkmeyer; Julie Cozad; Steve Moreno; Mike Freeman; Sean Conway; Jay McDonald Clayton Kimmi; Esther Gesick; Robert J. Frick County Water Rights Here is a list of water rights that Weld County owns. I have also included the number of shares that we have and what we use the water rights for. Poudre River Basin Greeley Wastewater Effluent — 300 ac -ft, used for augmentation of dust control wells and gravel pits Weld County Underground Water Users Association —116 ac -ft, used to augment our irrigation system for our buildings in the Weld County Business Park South Platte River Basin Fulton Ditch —28 shares, no current use in an augmentation plan so rented out annually to agricultural users so that we can show continued use of the water Lupton Bottom — 2 shares, no current use in an augmentation plan so rented out annually to agricultural users so that we can show continued use of the water Lupton Meadows — 52 shares, used to augment the Bearson Gravel Pit St. Vrain River Basin Rural Ditch — 3.75 shares, used to augment the Hokestra Gravel Pit Big Thompson River Basin Lake Loveland —0.25 shares, no current use in an augmentation plan but we have been unsuccessful in renting this water out to agricultural users. Have not used this water right since we obtained it many years ago. Clay Kimmi, P.E., CFM Senior Engineer Weld County Public Works 1111 H St PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632-0758 O: 970-304-6496 x 3741 F: 970-304-6497 Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. 1 Hello