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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 Ordinance No. 022r • • • ORDINANCE NO . 22 SERIES OF 19 79 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL N0.25 INTRODUCED BY Councilman Williams A ORDINANCE APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, ACT! G BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO, KNOWN AS THE "CITY DITCH AGREEMENT", WITH CERTAIN AMEN DMENTS. WHEREA S, the City of Englewood, Colorado, and the City and County of Den ver have previously entered into an agreement known as the "City Dit ch Agreement" relating to the City Ditch on February 6, 1970; and WHERE AS, said Agreement has been amended August 20, 1973, December 2, 19 74 and April 17, 1978; and WHE REAS, said Agreement has expired and it is the desire of the City of Englewood and City and County of Denver to renew said Agreement wi th certain other amendments. NOW, T HEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF E GLE WOOD, COLORADO, as follows: S ection 1 . Except as amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement of February 6, 1970, as amended August 20, 1973, December 2, 1 974, and April 17, 1978, shall remain in full force and effect fo r a term of twenty (20) years from the date of the Agreement. Section 2 . The ame ndments to said agreement generally provide as follows : a . F ormulas to share the operation and maintenance costs of the City Di tch and Highline Canal be revised so that the same basis is used in e i the r case. b . Eng lewood is to receive the use of the Highline Canal without the e x p ens e o f condemnation and provisions being mad e for losses through s ee page . c. Englewood shall operate and maintain that portion of the City Ditch c onve ye d so as to continue to maintain carrying c paci y ad q u ate to e live r t e n (10) cubic feet of water per ' • • • second at t he Washington P ark Fl ume at such time and in such qu a ntities a s may be requested by the Denver Water Board for the users of the Ci ty Ditch water no rth of the Harvard Gulch blowoff until Novembe r 1, 1998 . d . De nve r Water Board is to pay a proportional share of Englewood 's annual administ r atio n, operation and maintenance e x pense for th e City Ditch from t he Chatfield Dam outlet works to Harvard Gulch , a d i stance of approx i mately twelve miles. Formulas are establi she d to share the cost . 3. Englewood s hall b e re s p onsible f or ope rating and main- taining the Ci ty Ditch from Chatfi eld Dam outlet works to the Harvard Gulch blowoff. f. All maintenance work by Englewood requiring a complete or partial shutoff of the Board 's flow in the City Ditch shall be performed with the utmost e xpedienc y to minimize water losses. g . De nver Water Board shal l continue to be responsible for operating a nd maintaining the Hi ghl i n e Canal and Englewood shall continu e to be responsible f or ma i ntaining the Parshall flume on Dad Cl ark Gul c h which mea sures deliver i es from the Highline Canal to McClellan Reservo i r . h. Prov ision s are ma d e for main t e n a n ce work by the De nver Wa ter Board , either emergency or routine, requiring the complete o r partial shutoff of Englewood 's flow of water in the Highline Canal. i. Rep r e s e ntatives of Eng l e wood and Denver Water Board will perform an nual j oint inspections o f the C i ty Ditch and Highline Cana l to determine mainte nance work required to enable those facilitie s to continue to deli ver rates of flow of wate r set forth in the a g r eeme nt . Section 3. That t h e am e nd e d agreement dated , 1979 is attached h e reto and ma de a part here of as though fully set forth . Section 4 . Tha the Ci t y Coun ci l of the C i ty of Eng l ewood, Colorado, hereby authori zes the Mayor of the C i ty of Englewood to subscribe his name to sa i d Agreement and ame ndments on behalf of the City Council of t h e City of Englewood, and that the Director of Finance, ex officio City Cle r k -Tre asurer shall attest the same. -2- , ~ • • Introduced , read in full a nd p a ssed on first reading on the 7 h y o May , l 79. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 9th day of May, 1979 . Read by title and passed on final reading on the 21st day of May, 1979. Publi shed by title as Ordinance No. 22 on the 2 3rd day of May , 1979. Attes : £~--ex o~Cit ~sure r , Series of 1979, I, William D . James , do h e reby certify that the above and foregoing is a true , accurate and complete copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No. 22 , Series of 1979 . -3- • . . ; • ·. ·. ' ·) l AGREF.MENT (AMENDMF.NT TO /\GREEMF.NT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1970) THIS AGREFttf:NT , entered into as of the __ day of 1979, by and between the City and County of Cenver, acting by and through its Board of water Commissioners, hereinafter referred to a• the •aoard•, and the City of Englewood, a municipal corporation of the State of Colorado, hereinafter referred to•• •r.nglewood.• WITNE SSETH: WHERF.AS , the Board and En9lewood have previoualy entered into an aqree ent dated February 6, 1970, entitled •city Ditch Agreement,• and a endment• thereto dated Auquat 20, 1973, December 2, 1974, and April 17, 197 81 and WHERF.AS, the parties have deterP1i1 .. 1u that there are arrangements beneficial to both parti es which •hould be implemented at thia time to partially alleviate water aupply problem• of the partiea; THEREP'O RE, for and in conaideration of the promi••• and covenants of the partiea, and the faithful performAnce thereof, the partie• agree that the •city Ditch Agreement• dated February 6, 1970, aa uiended, ia further amended a• follows: 1. Except as amended herein, all other terms and condition• · of the Agreement of February 6, 1970, as amended Au9uat 20, 1973, Deceeber 2 , 1974, and April 17, 1978, shall remain in full force and effect. 2. Para9raph numbered 2 of the Agreement of February 6, 1970, is amended to read as follows: •£n9lewood. shall hereafter operate and maintain that portion of the City Ditch conveyed aa provided in paraqraph l above or do whatever may be necea•ary •o as to provide water to the Board, ~r otherwise meet the water delivery obligations of the Board, (for users north of H4rvard Gulch) and to all users of City Ditch water entitled to take water frOll delivery boxea south of the Harvard Gulch blowoff. Englewood shall operate and maintain that portion of the City Ditch hereby conveyed so as to continue to maintain carrying capacity adequatR to deliver 10 cubic feet of ~•t•r por •econd of time (•easured at the ~'4lshin9ton Park Flwae) to the BOard. Englewood shall deliver up to 10 cubic feet of water per second of t ime durinq each irrigation aeaaon at auch timea and in such quantitie• aa may be r~"uested by the Roard for users of City Di tch water north of the H.uvard Culch blow-off un- til Novem ber l, 1998. Fxcept in ca&e ot an cmnrqency, the appropriate DcnvP.r \o~ater Department representative ahall ! . .~<><~;_·:;:: ... ·,.•:I ' :: ••, • ' I .~ • ,. •'•f':' :;. :. .:..< (:·~·:: ·;<: . ~· . : • ••. ', I : ', • 1 •· ~· j , •. ' • ' 0 ~~ • I : , r 1 . t· . ... ·:. f . :· ·. . ·'·'. I • • ', ''I " .. · : .:··'.~\.':._·: .. : . ··,:~·"t : ., •' •. . . . ~ t' . '· • \ ; ••• . ' .... I I I ' . ' --. ... advise the appropriate Fngl~wood representative 24 hours in advanco of any change in flow demand. The Board will assume all responsibility for delivery of such water to users north of tho Harvard Gulch blowof f , and will maintain the blowoff and ditch north of that point. 3. The Board will pay a proportional share of Englewood'• annual ad.ministration, operation and maintenance expenses for the City Ditch froa the Chatfield Dam outlet works to Harvard Gulch Ca distance of 12 ilea, 1DC1re or less). The Board's proportional share of the coats shall be based on the ratio of the volume of water 11eaaured at the Washington Park flume plus seepage lo»••• equivalent to 14\ of the water measured at said Washingt o n Park flume to the total amount of water diver ted to the City Ditch at Chatfield Dam. The computation shall be in accordance with the following formula& CD • CC x (l.14 n In ) I I ': Where Oc • total annual City Ditch diversion, in acre-feet, as measured at the Chatfield Reservoir outlet. o0 • total annual City Ditch delivery to the Board, in acre-feet aa measured at the ~aahington Park flume • C • Englewood's total annual cost for administration, opera- C tion and maintenance of the City Ditch from Chatfield Reservoir to Harvard Gulch. CD • the Board's proportional share of annual City Ditch coats. In no event shall the total expenses billed to the Board (CD) ex- ceed 22.22\ of the actual administration, operation and aaintenance costs of the twelve mile ditch run (Cc>· Costa of rnqlewood associated with major capital improvements to the City Ditch shall not be included in the determination of annual administra~ion, operation and maintenance coats to be shared by the Board. 4. F.ngelwood shall be responsible for operating and maintaining the City Ditch from the Chatfield Dam outlet works to the Harvard Gulch blowo ff. 5. Any maintenance work by Englewood (emer9ency or routine) requiring ei ther a complete or partial shutoff of the Board's flow of water in the City Oitch shall be performed with the utmo•t exped- iency to minimi ze water losses. Englewood shal~ except in emergency 2 \ . :· :··· .. -\' \ . ''· ·1 .•• ~ ,:··· :, ... ••• 1 • . , I '•;. ... ,J ... '. ·:~\;>\> . :·.,'.-.:: 'i( ..... ,l ' '.· .• :. I .'.:: .i.: ... ~ ': . .·' . . .. 'I .''° ...... i • .. : '·· . ··, • ,I • • \: : :. : ., ' I, •• I ' \·1,., .,·· . \ . ' . -~ . • : f , .' • .•• .. ,1·' ' '. :.'t , ....... I / • , . , ·. . .. • •• : ·; ( ' : ... ' I situatiom•, notify tt.e appropriate Aoard repreaentative of all com- plete or partial ahutoffa 48 hour• in advance. 6. The Board will divert from the South Platte River, and carry up to 60 c.f.s. of Englewood'• legally divertable water in the High Line Canal to the turnout for 1:nglewood' • McClellan Reaervoir, during each irrigation season, until November l, 1998, provided th• c~nal has sufficient ca~city to safely divert and carry Englewood'• water and provided Englewood notifies the appropriate •tat• water official of the operation . rnglewood will advise the appropriate Water Depart- ment representa tive 48 hour• in advance of when it desire• to have its w ter carried through the High Line Canal. The Board will endeavor to honor Fnglewood'• requests as rapidly a5 poa•ible. 7. When Englewood's water i · · r r i 1 in the High Line Canal, £nglewood shall pay a proportional share of tho Board'• annual High Line Canal administration, operation and maintenance expen••• on that portion of the canal between the south Platte diversion •tructure and McClellan Reservoir (a distance of 16 mile•, more or l•••>· rnglewood's proportional share of those costs shall be baaed on the ratio of the ~olua of water diverted for Fnglewood at the High Line Canal diver- sion dam to the total amount of water diverted by the High Line from the South Platte River. The computation •hall be in accordance witll the followi ng formula. CE • (16/70) x CH x (QF./08 ) Where OH • total annual High Line Canal diver•ion, in acre-feet a• mea•ured near its South Platte diver•ion •tructure. OE • total annual amount of Engle.,:ood water carried in the High Line , in acre-feet, as measured near th• canal'• south Platte diversion structure CH • the Board's total annual coats for adaini•tration, operation and maintenance of the High Line Canal (a distance of 70 miles more or less) C • Englewood'• proportional share of annual High Line Canal E coats. · In no event shall the total expenses billed to Fn9lewood (CE) ex- ceed 24.00\ of the actual administration, operation and maintenance costs of the 16 mile ditch run ((16/~0) x CH). 3 . . ' . ' · .. ',,, ·'' ; .... , ,,~: "'i, : .... .... :· . ' . ' ,L . , .. ' ~ . ' •\ ; . •j ·• . " .... ... • H ' ' ',0 .~ • . 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Th e Board s hall continue to be responsible for operating and aaintain i nq the High Line Ca nal and Enqlewood ahall continue to be responsibl e f or mai ntaining t he Parshall flume on Dad Clark Gulch wh i ch measures deliveries from the H i 1li r i • 1· to McClellan Reaervoir. 10. An y 1114intenance work by the Board (el'lergency or routine) requirinq eit her a complete or partial shutoff of Englewood'• flow of water in the Hi 9h Lin• Canal ahall be performed with the utlllO•t exped i ency t o ft iniaize water lo sse s . The Board •hall, except in eme.rgency 1ituati ona, notify Enqlewood'• repre1entative of all com- plete or part i al •hutoff• 48 hours in advance. 11. Cha r g e • to each party for admini•tration, operation and ma i ntenance e ~penae•i ncurred during each calendar year 1hall be b i lled on or before March 1, of the aucceeding year and payment 1hall be due within t hi rty (3 0) day• of receipt of billing. 1 2 . Rep re sentatives of Englewood and the ftoard will perform a n nual j o i n t i n s pec tion s of the City Ditch and High Line Canal to deter i ne main t enance work rquired to enable thoae facilitie• to continue t o d el iver the rates of flow of water .. t forth in paraqraph• 2 and 6 her e of. The i nspection of the City Ditch will be limited to the reach between Chatf i eld Dam and Harvard Gulch and the inspection of the Hiqh Li ne Canal wi ll be lim i ted to the reach between the south Platte Rive r d i v e r sion dam and tlcClellan Reaervoir. The annual in- apection shal l be made ao that all required maintenance work will be cO'll p leted pr i or to Ap r i l l of t he forthcoming irrigation ••••on. 4 •, ... , ,.,. • . .. : :o;: :·• .. · ·, ). ~·l• : , ' ' .. ~.· . ./ ., .. ; .. : .• ·. 1:·• '•:': .. ;·~·~~ .1.':, ·• ... ! ' .. ·:~:~.\ •. ' '!,: t:~ •. ' ·. ,•' "" • .. ' ·! ~.' .. ; ' •. ' I I . .·.···;:. ,-.. ,. 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I .. •' I ,_.'°;•• -.. ... -. . : \·.·: ' , ... # • • t •. '. ... ,. , ,~ I , . .. . .. ' : ,. . ~ .. .. .. . . , .. . . : .~ ... . .. : ... .~ ,? .. • .. .. . . .. ~ ·-. ' Coat• aaeoc:iated with the required snaintenance work v~~} be put ll. In the event any improv•enta are made to •1thu the Ditch or reapective carryin9 capaciti•• and/or deer•••• their durin9 the te111 of thia a9re ... nt, thoae portion• of tbia which apec ify th• aHpa9e lo He a and maxiaull pen .. • ahall be proaptly adjuated to reflect the new condition•. adjuatl!lent• aha ll be determined jointly by Englewood and the Board. 14. Thi• Aqr .. ment ahall be for an initial term of 20 year• beginnin9 the effective date hereof, provided however that it uy be renev9d and ext.ended for additional period• upon concurrence of botb parti••· 15. In order to aHure that the CH.,1· IJi tc:h ha~ the capacity to deliver 10 c.f.a. of water to the Board, •• apecified in para9ra9b 2 hereof, J:ncilewood and the Board will cond~t a joint . ~tudy of tbe .. .' City Ditch'• carryin9 capacity during ~ lt7t irri9ation. Ma80n. · · .. · · If the City Ditch doe• not have adequate capacity to aafely carry an4 deliv.r the l~ c.f.a. to the Waahin9ton Park Flume, the .,_rd and rD9l8'«>od will mutually determine the repair• and iaprov-..nta re.:..· ' quired to accoapliah delivery of 10 c.f.a. of water to the Board by ., the 1980 irri9ation aeaaon. Englewood and the lloard will autually deteraine the party reaponaible for perforain9 any required repair .: or hlprov-nt work. The coat• of repair• and iiaprov-nta required to provide capacity adequate to carry the 10 c.f.a. of water aa ia herein provided •hall be ahared equally by Englewood and the Board. All work performed purauant to thia paragraph i• on a one time baaia and all other .. intenance work performed on the City Ditch will be &nglewood'• reaponaibility with co sts thereof •hared by Denver pur- auant to para9raph l hereof. 1,. Thia Agre ... nt is made under and conformable to the pro- vision• of the Charter of the City and County of Denver, which con- trol the operation• of the Denver Municipal tlater Syat .. , conaiatin9 of Sec:tiona C4.14 through c•.l5 of aald Charter. In80far aa appli- cable, aaid Charter provision• are incorporated herein and .. d• a s ". . . .. . •, . :··, . ,. ·' . . ~ .. . . . . ... .. . .,. ... .• .. . . .. ' .. .'! ,· •t . ~ .. ·: .. a part hereof by thh reference, and eball eupereede any apparently : conflictin9 provieion• otherwi•• contained in thie A9r•eMnt.··. .:· •' I WITHESS WHEREOF, the partiH have of the day and yeaz fir•t above written • .. CITY AND COUNTY or DP.WEil, actin9 by and through .. "ATTEST a BOAllD OP WATER CCJllNlSSlOllERS .·: ., . • . . . •. AiCret&ry By •p~r-.-.LS'P"W'en__,t..-~~~~ .. -.. ~~~.-.-~--~ APPJlOVDa .... .. Direcw ol Pliit .. bliector or Plannlng ana lla&ar JteeourO•• AT'l'SITa .. ... RBGISTERID AIU> COUN'l'ZJUllGKED: " John P. Dee, Jr., Auditor.•""., CITY AllD comm OP DEllVD '.···· .. · . •! • : ~ 1 . ·' By __ _ '· ...... ; .. · ,. THI! CITY OP EHGLEWOOO a municipal corporation of th• Stat• of Colorado I •:,...11 .. , .. . , .. >''" . , . . ·· . . . ·· . : .. . .. .. .'· · ..