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APPLICATION TO NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT FOR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE PERPETUAL WATER CONTRACT FOR RIGHT TO USE COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON PROJECT WATER UNDER C.R.S. 37-45-131 Applicant, City of Louisville, a Colorado municipal corporation acting in its governmental capacity or a water activity enterprise (circle capacity in which applicant is acting), hereby applies to Northern Water, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, organized and existing by virtue of Title 37, Article 45, Colorado Revised Statutes, for a contract for the right to beneficially use Colorado -Big Thompson Project water under the following terms and conditions: 1. The quantity of water herein requested by Applicant for annual application to beneficial use is 40 acre-feet to be used so long as the Applicant fully complies with all of the terms, conditions, and obligations hereinafter set forth. 2. It is understood and agreed by the Applicant that any water provided for use under this contract by the Board of Directors of Northern Water shall be primarily for municipal, domestic, irrigation, or industrial use within or through facilities or upon lands owned or served by said Applicant, provided however, that all lands, facilities, and serviced areas which receive benefit from the use of water (whether water service is provided by direct delivery, by exchange, or otherwise) shall be situated within the boundaries of Northern Water. 3. Applicant agrees that an acre-foot of water as referred to herein is defined as being one -three -hundred -ten -thousandth (1/310,000) of the quantity of water annually declared by the Board of Directors of Northern Water to be available for delivery from the water supplies of Northern Water. Applicant agrees that such water shall be delivered from the works of Northern Water at such existing Northern Water delivery point or points as may be specified by the Applicant and that the water delivery obligation of Northern Water shall terminate upon release of water from said works. Further, the Applicant agrees that on November 1 of each year, any water undelivered from the annual quantity made available to the Applicant shall revert to the water supplies of Northern Water. 4. Applicant agrees to pay annually in advance for the amount of water herein provided for use under this contract by the Board of Directors of Northern Water at a price per acre-foot to be fixed annually by said Board; and, further, agrees that the initial annual payment shall be made, in full, within fifteen (15) days after the date of notice from Northern Water that the initial payment is due hereunder. Said notice will advise the Applicant, among other things, of the water year to which the initial payment shall apply and the price per acre-foot which is applicable to that year. Annual payments for each water year thereafter shall be made in advance by the Applicant on or before each October 1, 31 days prior to the start of the water year, at the rate per acre-foot