REAL ESTATE LAW FOR DITCH COMPANIES
When: Friday, October 30, 2009
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: First United Methodist Church
824 Cooper Ave
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Cost: $50 for DARCA/CWC members;
$100 for non-members
Four ways to register:
1. Phone: (970) 412-1960
2. Mail check or credit card information to: 1630A 30th St., #431 Boulder, CO 80301
3. Fax credit card information to: (303) 516-1202
4. Through Google Checkout
Ditch and reservoir companies in Colorado are not only concerned with
water law issues but many spend the majority of their efforts and time
dealing with their portfolios of real estate assets. Many canal
companies realize property rights can be extremely valuable. If
properly managed, they can increase to the company’s financial health.
The scope of real estate holdings; and issues faced by canal companies
may include: easements of ditches and reservoirs; carriage agreements;
oil and gas royalties; reservoir holdings; and rights, responsibilities
and liabilities of land owned under fee simple. Urban pressures facing
ditch companies have created storm flow problems, the creation of
trails along ditches and increased liability concerns.
Topics:
- How to derive maximum value from ditch and reservoir company real estate holdings
- What liabilities are associated with these holding and how can they be avoided or mitigated?
- The
importance of business planning for ditch companies, including
decision-making tools, strategies and examples of bad real estate
decisions
- Easements, such as St. Jude’s case, crossings, relocations and sample agreements
- Storm water discharge
- Reservoir recreational leases
- Carriage agreements
- Negotiation tips
- Drafting agreements
Jeff Kahn from Lyons, Gaddis, Kahn, & Hall P.C. will cover these
real estate concerns. Jeff, has authored
several articles for the DARCA Ditch Company Handbook and will bring
sample real estate agreements. Participants will see real-world
examples of how some of his ditch company clients have benefited
financially from Colorado’s urban growth.
DARCA’s Real
Estate Law for Ditch Companies workshop is sponsored by Lyons, Gaddis,
Kahn, & Hall P.C., The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB),
and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern). |
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