1. Kansas Water Congress July 31, 2014

2. District Update  Multi-Year Flex Account  Hays – R9 Ranch  Index Well installed

3. Multi-Year Flex Account  K.S.A. 82a-736 (c)(1)(D)(iii) Allows for an alternative calculation method proposed by GMDs  April 2013 GMD5 proposed an alternative calculation method  March 2014 GMD5 met with KDA staff to discuss the proposal  April 2014 GMD5 revised and submitted the proposal 450% appropriation with end gun removal (pilot)  July 2014 GMD5 received approval to proceed with drafting of regulation to implement the proposal

4. Hays – R9 Ranch  Hays and Russell purchased Circle K (R9) ranch in 1994  R9 Ranch is currently authorized 7,727 AF for irrigation of 5,366 acres  Hays has proposed to convert the 7,727 AF to municipal use and transport it via pipeline 75 miles to the North  Will be the first use of the Water Transfer Act (K.S.A 82a-1501 et seq)

5. Guest Speakers

6. Index Well  GMD5 has partnered with the Kansas Geological Survey to install instrumentation into an existing observation well in Edwards County  On July 25, the pressure transducer and telemetry system were installed 3 miles North of Belpre  The data will be available soon on KGS and GMD5 websites