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Home My WebLink About1.03 Mineral Rights OwnersFloodplain Development Report for Middle Colorado Agriculture Collaborative Fish Passage Design in New Castle, Colorado 211-020.020 Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Attachments July 2024 A.4 List of Mineral Right Owners on Subject Property Wright Water Engineers, Inc., 818 Colorado Ave., Ste. 307, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Tel. (970) 945-7755; Fax. (970) 945-9210, e-mail:sschreiber@wrightwater.com MEMORANDUM To: Garfield County, CO From: Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Scott Schreiber, P.E., CFM Leanna Canyon E.I. Date: June 28, 2024 Re: Middle Colorado Ag Collaborative Fish Passage Design: Mineral Rights Owners Wright Water Engineers, Inc. (WWE) is pleased to provide this memorandum detailing the research completed to date regarding potential mineral rights owners on the properties affected by Projects 1, 2, and 4 of the Middle Colorado Ag Collaborative Fish Passage Design (Project). The Project includes abandonment of the Ryden No. 1 and Ryden No. 2 diversion locations as well as improvements to the CO&CP Pierson, Benson Pierson Nelson and Roseman diversion structures including, but not limited to; modifications to the diversion crest elevation, construction of a concrete diversion structure with a trash rack, fish screen, upgraded headgate, sediment sluice, automation, and telemetry. All diversion structures and work associated with the Project will take place on the following Garfield County (County) parcels: • 21251400125 (Owner: Meadow Creek LLC) • 212510200955 (Owner: Bureau of Land Management) • 212522400958 (Owner: Bureau of Land Management) WWE began research by reaching out to Meadow Creek LLC to understand the mineral rights located on their property. A mineral rights study was performed before the current owner purchased the property. The mineral rights study found that all mineral rights on the parcel were previously owned by Exxon. When the property was sold, Exon signed over the mineral rights with the property to Meadow Creek LLC. Attachment A shows an email from Patrick L Barker of Karp Neu Hanlon, showing the status of mineral rights. WWE continued research on the BLM-owned parcels by reaching out to the BLM Realty Specialist, who referred us to their Geologist. Based on email correspondence with Brittany Cocina (BLM Geologist) on June 25, 2024, there are not any active mineral claims in either of the areas that pertain to our project. As a result, the BLM owns the mineral rights in their parcels. The email correspondence with Brittany Cocina is included with this letter as Attachment B. Please reach out with any questions regarding this memorandum. Memorandum to Garfield County June 28, 2024 Page 2 6/28/2024 12:01 PM Attachments: Attachment A Mineral Rights Owners – Parcel No. 21251400125 Attachment B Mineral Rights Owners – Parcel Nos. 212510200955, 212522400958 G:\WWE\211-020\020\Engr\Floodplain Report\Appendices\Mineral Rights\Roan Creek - Mineral Rights Research Memo.docx 1 Wendy Ryan From:Tim Casey <tim@mmabreck.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:02 AM To:Mike Claffey (mclaffey@acsol.net); Wendy Ryan Subject:FW: Colorado River Engineering, Inc. - Invoice Job #1156 Mike and Wendy, Language from Patrick Baker, our attorney who conducted the mineral rights exam, for the Garfield County application. Please let me know what additional information you require. Thanks, Tim Timothy J. Casey Mountain Marketing Associates, Ltd. PO Box 2340 100 S. Ridge Street, #105 Breckenridge, CO 80424 W (970) 453-2571 Fax (970) 453-5490 Cell (970) 390-0859 E-mail = tim@mmabreck.com www.mmabreck.com From: Patrick L. Barker [mailto:plb@mountainlawfirm.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:44 PM To: Tim Casey Subject: RE: Colorado River Engineering, Inc. - Invoice Job #1156 Prior to acquiring title to the subject properties in 2016, a principal of each of the Applicants retained the services of 1) an independent title abstractor to ascertain and obtain copies of all instruments of record in the office of the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder which pertain to title of the subject properties’ mineral estates, and 2) a Colorado licensed attorney to examine such instruments to provide an opinion on the status of title. The licensed attorney determined that one party held an undivided interest in title to the mineral estates. Based upon the attorney’s opinion, Applicant Meadow Creek, LLC accepted from that party a deed conveying such undivided interest. As such, title to the subject mineral estates is vested in Applicant Meadow Creek, LLC. Applicant Meadow Creek, LLC has actual notice of the application submitted by Applicant Main Elk Ranch, LLC and, therefore, no further notice to Meadow Creek, LLC from Main Elk Ranch, LLC is necessary. Patrick L Barker 201 14th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Drawer 2030, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 T: 970.945.2261 x112/F: 970.945.7336 www.mountainlawfirm.com This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information 5 From:Scott Schreiber To:Cocina, Brittany A Cc:Jonah Howe; Leanna Canyon; Richard Gytenbeek; Nancy Johnston-Bramlett; Baxter, Valerie A; Davis, Kimberley Subject:RE: Middle Colorado Ag Collaborative: Fish Passage and Diversion Efficiency Project Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 10:20:49 AM Attachments:image001.png mineral Rights_Form and Memo.pdf Turn on your images to see security info This is great news. There really isn’t a letter or signature we need from you about this, we just note the owner and sign as the applicant. But I did attach the blank version for your records. ____________________________ SCOTT SCHREIBER, P.E., CFM Principal and Vice President of Stream and Watershed Services Wright Water Engineers, Inc. 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From: Cocina, Brittany A <bcocina@blm.gov> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 10:04 AM To: Scott Schreiber <sschreiber@wrightwater.com> Cc: Jonah Howe <jhowe@wrightwater.com>; Leanna Canyon <lcanyon@wrightwater.com>; Richard Gytenbeek <Richard.Gytenbeek@tu.org>; Nancy Johnston-Bramlett <nancy.johnston@tu.org>; Baxter, Valerie A <vbaxter@blm.gov>; Davis, Kimberley <k2davis@blm.gov> Subject: Middle Colorado Ag Collaborative: Fish Passage and Diversion Efficiency Project Hi Scott, I am the Solid Minerals Geologist for CRVFO and was forwarded your questions from Kim Davis. It appears there aren’t any active mineral claims on either of the projects areas you are concerned with so that would make the BLM the owners. Please send your letter regarding minerals to us at the address in my contact info below. Brittany Cocina Geologist Colorado River Valley Field Office Bureau of Land Management 2300 River Frontage Road Silt, CO 81652 Office (970) 876-9053