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Working Meeting to discuss Aamodt on Monday, December 5

Santa Fe, NM – December 2, 2011 – Santa Fe County Commissioner Daniel Mayfield would like to notify county residents there will be a Working Meeting to discuss the Aamodt Water System on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 3 p.m. in the County Public Works Conference Room, Public Works Facility, 424 NM 599. The meeting will focus on the size and configuration of the Aamodt Water System. All interested residents are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting.

The Aamodt settlement parties are hosting public meetings regularly to revise the 2006 Settlement Agreement to conform to the Aamodt settlement federal legislation enacted at the end of 2010 by the U.S. Congress. At each meeting the participants review revisions to the Settlement Agreement that are being considered from the prior meeting.

Aamodt information including copies of the draft Settlement Agreements showing revisions from the prior draft is available on the Santa Fe County website at www.santafecountynm.gov/county_commissioners/daniel_mayfield/aamodt_outreach.

"I have asked County staff to develop and implement additional public outreach efforts related to the Aamodt Settlement in Santa Fe County. It is essential that the County make every effort to keep the affected communities and citizens of the Santa Fe county informed of these meetings," said Commissioner Mayfield.

Once the settlement parties have completed the proposed revisions, the parties will prepare a final draft showing all revisions from the original 2006 Settlement Agreement. At this time no party has approved the draft revisions. The revised Settlement Agreement will not be final until the proposed signatories, or their governing bodies or authorities, have approved and signed the final Settlement Agreement.