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ORDIN/\ICE oo.;J;i__
SERI ES OF 1984
BY Alll'HORI TY
COOIC JL BILL 00 . 33
INTRODOCED BY COOICIL
MEMBER NFAL
AN ORO I NAN:E APPROVI~ TH E aJNmX:'J'OR'S ArnE!MENI' BE'IWEEN THE C !TY
CF ENGL El>/000, CXJLORAIX' AND TH E BOI\RD CF caJNTY CXM-!ISSIONERS CF
THE CXlU!.'TY CF ARAPAHOE FOR TREA™Em' CF WI\SI'=TER IN COONTY LIN E
LANDFI LL ,
WHEREAS , the County of Arapahoe is the owne r of County Li ne
Landfill located in OOuglas Couity, Colorado; and
WHEREAS , r ainfal l and natural d rainage have enter ed in to the
l andfill site and collected in the burial p it of said landfi ll;
and
WHEREAS , Coun ty wishe s to uti l i re the sewage tre atment
facilit i es of the Ci ty o f lhglewood to r eceive and treat th i s
wastewater ;
NCA-1 , THE REFORE , BE' IT ORDI\I NED BY THE CITY COJll::JL OF THE
CITY OF ENGL!l;CO!J , CXJLORAOO , a s f o llows :
Sect ion 1. The Ci t y Co unc il of the City o f Eng lewood hereby
approves the Con necto r 's /lgreenent between the Ci t y o f lhgle"""'1
and The Boa r d of Co un t y Ccmnissione rs of the Co unty of Arapahoe for
the treatment o f wa s tewate r in the County Li ne Landfi 11, ""1lch
agreeTient is attac hed here to and incorpora ted here in by reference .
Sect ion 2 . Th e City Counc i l authorires the l'a yo r and e x o ffici o
City Cl er k-Trea sure r to sig n and a tte st sa id /lgreanent for and i n
beha lf of the Cit y of Ellgle wood .
Intr oduced , r ead in full , and passed on f i r st r ead ing on the
6 th d a y of August , 198 4.
Pu bl i shed a s a Bi ll for an ord ina nce on the 8th day of August ,
198 4 .
Re ad by title a nd passed o~ fina l r ead i ng on the 20th cl ay of
Aug us t, 19 84 .
Pub lished by title as ordi na nc e No • .J 3 , Se ri es of 1984, on
the 22nd d a y of August , 1984 .
I, Gary R. Higbee , ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the City
of El1gle>.00d , Colorado, hereby cer ti fy that the above and foregoing
is a true, accurate and ca,,plete copy of the Ordinance passed on
final read i ng and [>Jblished b y title as Ordinance NO • .,,,l.,l_, series
of 1984 .
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Sewer Contract No.
THlS AG REEME NT, made and en ered into this ___ day
of
_____ , 19 __ , by and b e twee n the CJTY OF ENGLEWOOD ,
COL Ok ADO , a mu nicipal corproation , h e reinafte r ref e rred to
as "City", acting b y and through its du ly e l ected , qualifi e d
and auth or iz ed Mayor and City C l~rk, and THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY Of /\R/\P/\HO E, a body corporate
and politic of th e State of Colorado , h e reinafter r efer red
to as the "County''.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Co unty is the owne r of Count y Line
Loa cfill located in Do ug las c ounty , Co lorado , southeast of
the i11t e 1sec tion of South Colorado Boulevard and County Lin e
Road; and
WHEREAS , waste Manag emer ►_ of Co l orado , Inc.,
(h e reinafter r e ferr ed to as Waste Ma n ageme nt), i s the ope r a-
tor and manager of County Line Landfi 11 pursuant to an
agr ~em e nt wi th th e County; and
WH Eil EI\S , rainfall and na tura l drainage a a ve cause d
c e rtain storm wat e rs to e nte r i nto the landf ill site and to
collect in the burial pit o f said landfill; and
;\!iLH .I\S , these !;term wa ter.:i (here inaft e r r e f e rred to
as "s r: ..... ·a ge") have the g e neral char acte risti cs a! domestic
~aste wat e r s ; and
WHEREAS , the City owns and opera tes a sewage treatment
p l an t, togeth e r wi th a sewage system , so situated physical ly
as to be able t o receive and tr ea t the sewage gathered by
h e Cc,unt y; and
WHERE~S , it i s th e de•ire o f th e County t o utili ze th e
!acili ties ow ne d by the City for the treatme nt of this
sewag e and the City is wi] ling to ser ve the County f o r
treatme nt of this se wage u nd e r certain c o nditions .
!-/OW, THEREFORE , IN c o1;5J E:RI-.T ION o f the promises and
for o ther good and val uable conside ration h e r einafte r set
fort h , it is mutually agr eed by th e parties as foll o ws :
1. The City hereby ag r ees under the cond itions
hereinafter s e t forth to tr e at the s r;·.,age origi na ting fr om
Co unty 's land f ill site , as indicat e d in th e d e scription
attached hereto ma rked Exhi bit A. The County spe c ifically
a grees to p rev ent sewa g e from any area , other than that
described here in, fr om being d ischarged into the County's
sanitary s e wage system co nnected to City 's trunk line and to
prevent c on necti o ns to th e s~·stem from or in any area othe r
than those described h e r ein .
2. I n t he o p~rati on o f the Co unty 's sanitary sewer
system , t~e Co unt y ~gr ees t ha t all applicable Code prov i-
sions a nd rul es c .d r egu]a ion' of Cit y , inc luding ame nd-
me nts thereto d u ring the term o. the con trac t , s hal l be the
Minimum standar ds for t he Couaty 's system . Th a County
f urther agre es t o abide b r all appli cabl e s:at e and f ede r .:
laws , r ules , regu]a· is , or jiE:t mi s , inciuding those of th e
Env ironrr "'r,tu1 Pro ec t io n ;.,9 .i::icy (th o EPA) as they become
effect iv e o. imple;rc-nt0d 01 c 1,c-,n notice fr om the Cit y . The
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Cou n ty s~:d l h.:.·:e -:.h :-t:.-:pc:-:~~:::>i] i ty fo :--e n s u r i:1g th a t a ll
u se rs, contra c to r s , and s 1.J bcontruc tor s ar e full y informe d
of , nnd c o:;-1,ly wit h, al l atJfJlicob l e rul es , r e g ~l a tions, and
standa t ds . l t s h a ll be th e r es po n s ibility of the County to
obtain from th e a pp r o p riate g ove rning body the applicable
r equ ir eme n t s. Th e Ci t y s h a ll a t t e mpt to maintain and pro-
v i d e a ll r eq uir e me nts to th e Cou nty; however , City d o es not
g uarant ee th e acc uracy or comp l e t e ness of governme nt regula-
ti o ns other t ha n th e City 's own r eg ulations .
3 . Th e City 's pe rm it ting r eq uirements shall be
fo llowe d by th e County and Waste Ma na geme n ~.. All plans,
spec i f i cation s , a nd met hod s of work within the County s hal l
be submi tte d t o t he City in writing a nd app roved by City
pri o r to any c o n s tru c ti o n or tap in th e County's appr o v e d
a r ea . No perm it s h a ll be f i nal and no se r v ice shal l be pro-
v i ded to p r ope rty u n t il const ruction i s app r o v e d in writing
by City.
4. Th e Co un ty sha ll, at all time s, p r o p e rly ma intain
its sewer s y stem an d shall r ect i fy any proble ms or c o n-
di t i o n s which h ave bee n d etermined b y th e Co unty ~r City to
be det ri me nta l to Ci t y's t reatme nt process . Should the City
d etermin e that any disc h a r ge e nt e r s th e s e we r system
co nt rary to gover n i ng l a 1...•s, o r o 1 na nce s, stat ut e s , ru les ,
r egu l a ti o ns, o r pe r mits , the Count y a gr ee s t o proceed at
o nce to do whatever i s neces sa ry to r ec tif y such c o ndition.
5. City sha ll have the r ig ht t o a ll oca te s e rvic e
u nd e r this c o n t ract, and C ity may d en y add i t i o na l s e r vi ce
provide d , ho weve r, t hat in no e ven t will Ci ty te rminate se r-
vic e without ca u se . Cit y s h all ha v e the r i gh t to disc o nnect
service to a ny a r e a annexe d by t h e Co un ty whe n s uch annexa-
tion takes p la c e wi t h o ut pr i or wri t ten Ci t y .
6. Th e Cou nty agr ee s t o pa y to Cit y th ose f ees and
charg e s, incl udi ng t ap f ee s, u ser fe es , an d s uch ot h e r fe e s,
charges, an d ass essme n ts as a r e approved by the Ci ty
Co uncil. Ci ty sha ll b i l l the Co u n t y u se r d ir e ct for a ll
City ch a rges and those Coun ty c harges upon mut ual agreeme nt
of City and Coun ty. These c harges are subjec t t o adjus t me nt
f ro m ti me t o tin e by City ; whe n such charges ; !'e cha nge d,
Ci ty sha ll give t h e County forty -f ive 14 5) day s ' writte n
not i ce .
7 . Tre t erm of this Agre eme nt i s fo r a pe r i od of
thr ee 13) y e ars from th e date of e >:e~ut i o n , du ri ng wr,ich
t i me the Co u nty agrees that all effluent rroduced f rom t a ps
,:.·hi~ t h ~ Co unty Line La nd fi ll s h a ll not be, i n violntion o f
any f c-de r a l, sta t e of City laws, rul e s or r e gulations , or
a ny o t h e r a ?plicable go ve rnme ntal r e gulat ion s or t h e permits
u ~dc r w~ich t he Ci t y o p e rates its s e wag e treatment system .
City a g r ee s , during th e term hereof , to trea t s a id effl u e nt
an d t o ma inta in adequat e faci liti e s f o r tr e ating of th e
sam e .
8 . The Co unt y agre e s that it will maintain , at it s
own e xp e nse , all of its l in es , or th o se lin es now own ed and
o pe rate d by th e County , it being specif ica lly agreed t ha t
Ci t y a ss ume s no r e sponsibility should any of the County 's
l i nes be come c logg e d , d ama g e d , or requir e maint e nanc e .
9 . City is providing on l y sew;;g e trea tmen t servi ce
Jnd , purs uant t he reto , pe rm its inci d e nta l us e of Ci t y 's
sewage lines an d onl y by th is ind ividual contract with the
Cou nty a nd doe s n o t, by this contract , o ffe r treatment s e r-
v ice e xcept in strict a c cor dance wi t h t he t erms hereof.
Thi s c o nt r act d o es no t o f fer, an d shall not be c o nst rued as
o ff e ring , s e":ag e treatme nt se rv ice to the public g e ner ally
o r t o any area outsid e the limits of th e Co u nty Line
Landfill.
JO . This c o ntrac t ma y n ot b e ass ig e nd,, sold, or trans -
f e rr e d by the County wit ho ut C ity 's writte n c ons e nt .
11. Shou ld any federal law , rule , perm it or regulation
or any state law , rule , pe rmi t, or reg ulation , or s hou ld a
decr e e or o r d e r of a c ou rt r ender void or un e nforceable an y
pr o visions of this contra c t, i n whole or in pa rt, i f
po ssi ble , the r emainde r s h a l l be of full f o rce a nd effect .
1 2. Th e Co unty shall e nforc e this agreement and each
of its terms and co ndit ion s within th e ar e a d e scribed in
Exhibit "A". Shou ld the r o unty fai l to promp tly r ect ify a
br each of th ose p rovi s i on~ ide ntif ied her e in, after noti ce
th ereof , City may t ake su c h steps and do such work as i t
d eems ne c e ssary t o enf o rce t h is a g r e eme nt , i ncluding litiga-
tion a nd s pe cifically a rig ht to inju ncti o n or specific pe r-
for ma nce a ga inst t he Count y as is nece ssar y t o prote ct t he
City 's s y s tem and o ~e r a t io n s . The p reva il ing p a r t y s hal l be
e nti t l e d to e xp en~ .s a nd cos ts of suit , includi ng attorney
f ees . Should t he Co u r,ty an d m ,re than on e Dis tr i ct be c on -
ne cted to a s e we r li ne , t he Cou nty a nd al l Dis t r ict s on the
line sh a ll be jo i nt l y a~d several ly l i able fo r a ny b r e ach of
this ao r eemen t and s'"lall i rr.mcdiately , afte r not i ce , rectify
nn y pr~blem or c ond it i on de t ri men ta l o t he t :eaLme nt pro-I
:-c •is . City 51 ,a l 1 no t b -;• 1 ,·,111~ 1 ·:...1 t 11 !Jl°-:n•e w11 .ich District or
t ~ Co unty is a t fault but sha ll make available to al l su ch
af'.ecLed ~istricts a nd th e CoJ ~t y a ll inf o rmation d e veloped
o r a oc um~l~:ed by City pe rlain in9 to such breach.
13. This contract shall not be u sed as a legal d efense
or prohibition to the mandatory consolidation of facilities
by eithe r party as ma y be required by the laws of the State
of Colo rado of all existin, sewe r collection systems and
f aciliti e s to a governmental entity created to assume
responsib ility for se,•e r se rvice in the area in "hich both
City and th e Co unty are a part under statutory or constitu-
ti o nal authority as may be the case.
14. Th e City and the Cou nty mutua lly agree that the
pu r pose o f t h is agr eeme nt is only to drain the County Line
Lan d fill of storm wat e rs that have collected th e rei n. Th e
City d oe s not s e rv e land south of Cou nty Lin e Road i n the
vicinity of the l a ndf ill. No other use will be made of the
sewer line except to drain s torm waters from County Line
Landfi l l and this sewe r line will be imm edi ate ly disco n-
ne cted at the exp irati on of this agre e ment or wh en draini ng
of the l andf ill i s complete , which eve r occurs f ir st , unles s
an extens i o n is sp ec ifically agr eed to in writing.
15. The tap f ee s for t r e atmen t of the waste wat e r f rom
the County line shall be $100 ,000.00. This f ee is paid to
rese rve tr eatment capa c ity at the Lit t leton/Englewoo d
Wastewater Treatment Plant. Aft e r six ( 6 l mon ths from the
dat e of issuance of the perm it , the City and County and
Waste Management shall review th e amount of capa c ity ne e ded
for trea t ment of th e wastewate r fro m the County Li ne
Landfill. If a significant r educt ion in treatment capacity
is demonstrated, the City agr ee s to refund th e portion of
tap fee paid r elating to tr e atmen t capac ity not needed by
The County and Waste Manag eme nt. Simil n r r ev i e ws sha ll
occur at three (3) t o six (6) mo nths in \'e rbals thereafter
when requested by t.h e City or the Cou nty and Was te
Manag e me nt and i f the a moun t of nee ded tre atme nt c apacity i s
red uced, ad dit ional r ef unds will be made .
The
Englewo od
$.83 pe r
sh a lll be
treatment fee sha ll be a s se t f c ~h in the
''K as t e wate r Utilit y Or dinance •• which c~rrBnt ly is
1000 gallons . The surcha rg e fee , if r equ ired,
•s se t forth in the a bov e -noted o rdin a nce.
16. The County and/or Wast e Manage~en t sh all comp lete
the City"s "Perm i t to Con s truct and Pe rm it to Us e Sanitary
Se'¥.·e r 11
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17 . Th e County an d /or Waste Manageme nt shall ma l:e a ll
ne c es sa ry arr angeme nts with th e So ut h l\r apahoe Sa ni ta t ion
Distr i ct wh i c h are r equi r e d to tra ns mi t t h e s e ~ag e f r om t he
Co unty Li n~ Land fi l l to the City's sewag e t r eatme nt pla nt.
I\TTEST: Marj o rie Pag e
Cle rk of the Bo ard
AT TES T: Gary R. Higbee
City Cle r k
I\T TEST :
BOARD OF COU NT Y COM MI SS I ON ERS ,
COUNTY OF ARI\PA HO E
Chairman
Da t e
cn•y OF ENGLE;.>OOD , COLOR ADO
Date
WASTE MANAGE Mi''i1' n !,' COLORADO ,
I NC .
Date
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