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WATER RIGHT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT This Purchase and Sale Agreement ("this Agreement") is entered into between, Kittitas County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington (hereinafter ' the County"), and James and Hazel Treat (hereinafter "Sellers"), as of \.1-A/i... ;J(g dO J.1 2017 ("the Effective Date"). J 1 Factual Background A. Sellers own Water Right Certificate No. S4-84509-J, filed as Water Right Claim No. 01141 and confirmed in the Yakima Superior Court Ecology v. Acquavella adjudication, which are more fully described in Exhibit A attached hereto (hereinafter "Water Right"). The Water Right has been confirmed for the withdrawal of 1.2 cubic- feet per second ("cfs"), 275.64 acre-feet per year ("AF/year") for irrigation of 60 acres between April 15 and September 15, and year-round stockwater, with a priority date of June 30, 1872 . B. The County is interested in purchasing the Water Right which currently is appurtenant to Kittitas County parcel numbers 18-20-18000-0030, 18-20-18000-0031, 18-20-18000-0006, 18-20-18000-0032 and 18-20-18000-0033, which together comprise 95.4 acres, as more fully described in the legal description attached as Exhibit B hereto. C. Sellers wish to reserve the quantity of nine (9) acre-feet per year of consumptive use water under Water Right for their future personal use ("Sellers' Reserved Quantity"). The remainder of the Water Right not reserved by Sellers is hereinafter referred to as the "Sale Quantity." D. The County intends to transfer the entire quantity of water ultimately deemed to have been beneficially used under the Water Right to the Washington State Trust Water Rights Program pursuant to Chapters 90.42 and 90.38 RCW, with the County's purchased portion thereof (the Sale Quantity) to serve as mitigation for existing and/or future groundwater withdrawals in Kittitas County. Similarly, Sellers' Reserved Quantity may be accessed in the future by Sellers to satisfy their personal water needs. E. Sellers desires to sell to the County and the County desires to purchase from Sellers the Sale Quantity and to take such other actions as herein provided. Agreement For valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the County and Sellers agree as follows: 1. Purchase Price for Sale Quantity under Water llight. The purchase price for the Sale Quantity is Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars and Forty-Five Cents Purchase and Sale Agreement Between Kittitas County and James and Hazel Treat Page I of 13