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ORD INANCE KO .31
SER IES OF 2005
BY AUT HOR ITY
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COUNC IL BILL NO . 24
INTRO DUCE D BY COUNC IL
MEMBER BRA DSH AW
AN OR DI NANCE AUTHOR IZING AN INTE RG OVERNME 'TAL AGREEMENT
ESTAB LI SH ING TH E SOU TH PLATTE ENHANCE~IENT FUN D -A DONO R
ADVIS ED FU ND , rt:E DE VE R FOUNDAT IO1' BETWEEN DOUGLAS
COIJ'NTY, JEFJ-ERS(,,, rouNTY , SOUT H ME TRO WATER SUPPLY
AUT HORITY , PARKElt WATER ,6 ND SAN I "ATION DISTRI CT , CITY OF
AU RORA , COLORADO SPR ING S UTILITIES . CITY OF THORN TON, DE NVER
WAT ER ANIJ 1'1-iE C ITY OF ENGLEWOOD COLORADO .
WH EREA S, the En glewood City Counci l ap pro ,cd th e South Platte Wild and Scenic
River Review Participa tion Agreement in 19 96; and
WHERE N , the Engl ewoo d Cit y Co uncil approved the Ci ty's part ic ip ati on ',n the
So uth Platte Prote ction Plan in Augu st 2004 ; in d
WHEREAS , th e E,,~lc wood Cit y Co un ci l app roved funding th e Sout h Platt e Review
Proj ec t for S8 ,000 eac h yea r fo r three years in Jan uary 2005; and
WHEREA S, the ori gina l South Plate Wild an d Scenic River Review projeu invo lved a
co ll aborative effort in providing t:V m'llcnts to the Forest Service and other dec ision
making agencies rega rdin g loca l govcrnn,cn ts' collective conce rn s re garding the ab ili ty to
prote ct the wa ter supply and rele vant fun ct ions 11f th e North Fo rk and mair.strcam of the
South Pl att e Rive r; and
WHEREAS . a record decision was reached in Jul y, 2004 an d num ero us stakeh old ers
de veloped an alternative to th e Fed era l Wild and Scenic designation now know n as the
Sout h Pl atte Protecti on Pl an; and
WHEREAS , ,he goa l of ,he Pl an is 10 prot ec t and enha nce th e reso urces of the area al
th e loca l level with out fed eral designati on, while preserving th e ro le of th e riv er in waler
supp ly and mai ntain ing suffici ent fl exibi lit y in rive r manag ement to accommoda te
changes ove r time; and
WH ERE AS, by th e pa ssage of thi s Ordin ance th e Agre eme nt Es tabli shing the So uth
Platte Enh ance ment Fund of th e Den ver Foundatio n es tabl is hes th e fu nd as an advise d
fund ; and
WH EREAS. th e Englewood Wa ter and Sewe r Board re co mmcnd cd ,he Ci ty's
participation in the approv al of the Ag reem en t Es tabli shin g th e So ut h Pl att e
Enh ancement Fund -A Donor Advi se d Fund of th e De nve r Foundati n at their Jun e.: l ,
2005 meetin g;
NO W. TH EREFORE , BE IT ORDA INED BY THE C ITY COUNC IL OF TH E CITY
OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO. AS FOLLOWS :
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~. The interg ove rnm enta l ag rc1:mc n1 estab li shin g "The So uth Pl ane
Enh ancement Fund -A Donor Ad\'i sc d Fu nd Of Th e Denve r Found ati on," a co py of
which is ava il able at the En glewood City Clerk 's Office during norm al bu siness hours. is
here by nccc pH:d and appro ved by 1h c Eng!t'\\'ood it y Co uncil.
~. Pursuan t to A rticle V, cc 1ion 40, of the Englewood H ome Rui c
Charte r, the City Council has determin ed th at thi s Ordina nce shall be publi si:cd by
tit le becau se of its size .
Sec tion 3. The Direc tor of Public Works is au th orize d to ex ec ute said Ag ree ment for
and on behal f ,f the Cit y of Englewood .
Introduced , read in fu ll , and pa ss ed on fi rst read ing on the Isl da y of August, 2005 .
Pub lished as a Bi ll fo r an Ordi na nce on th e 5th da y of ,g ust, 2005 .
Read hy ti tl e and passed on fina l read in~ on the 15'' day of Aug ust, 2005 .
Publi shed by title as Ordin ance No . .j}_, Seri es of 2005, on the 19th da of
Augus t, 2005 .
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l u d NC IL COMMUNICATION
Date :
August I , 2005
Initi ated By:
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Age nda ll em:
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Utiliti es Departmen t
I Subj ect:
Sou th Pla tt e Protec ti on Plan
I Staff Source:
Stewa rt H . Fonda, Direc tor of U tiliti es
COUNCIL GOAL AND PKE VJuUS CuUNCIL ACTION
C:J un cil appro1·_.-, ~~ltl re· 1 l'lalt e VVild and Sce nic Rive( Review Projec t Parti cipation Agree n1en t
at th e March 4, 19•.· ,,. ..,._,,g.
RECOMMENDED A TION
Recommenda tion from th e Utilities Departm ent to adopt a bill for an ordinan ce auth oriz ing
par t icipat ion in th e South Pl att e Prot ec ti on Pl an.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
Th e origi nal South Platte W i J and Scen ic Rive r Rev iew projec t in volve d a collaborative effort i n
providi ng comm ents to th e Fores t Serv ice and any oth er decis ion making age ncy rega rding our
coll ec ti ve co nce rn s reg arding th e ability to protect th e wa ter supply and releva nt functi ons of th e
North Fork and mainst ream of th e South Pla tt e Rive r.
A Reco rd of D ec isio n was reached in Jul y, 2004 and num ero us stake holders developed an
alterna ti ve to th e Wi ld and Sce ni c d es ignati on now known as th e Sou th Pl att e Protec ti on Plan . Th e
goal of th e Plan is to pro tec t and enh ance the resou rce s of the area at th e loca l leve l w ith ou t
federa l des ignat ion, w hile preserv ing the role of th e ri ve r in wa ter supply and maint ai ning sufficient
nex ibility in ri ve r management to accommodate changes over ti me. Due to the pl an bein g
voluminous, it is not attached; however a copy is avai lab le in th e Ci ty Clerk's office.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
A prin cipal element of th e So uth Platt e Plan is th e partici pati on of wa ter suppli ers and l oc al
gove rnm ents in an "E nd owme nt Fund " to be use d to pro tec t th e rive r values whic h the Fores t
Service sought to safeguard th roug h th e Federa l "Wild and Sce nic Rivers" Act. Englewood's
proportionate sha re as a member of th e Board w ill be $8 ,000 a yea r fo r eac h of th e co min g three
years. The amo unt eac h parti cipant is being ask ed to pay is tied to th e nu mber of cus tomers
serviced by th e water utility .
UST OF ATTACHM F: rs
Le tt er da te d Jul y 14, 'Ol)S fr om 1h e Denver Wale r Board
Bill fo r an Ordin anu!
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e)ENVER ~VATER
1600 Wnl 12th Ave nue • De~, CCHo~do 80204-1412
Phone J0J-6284,460 • F.u: No . J0l -628,64i 8
P.1lricl,1 L Wells, Ce ntral Counsel, lepl Di\'ltion
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Jul y 14. 2005
Nancy N . Re id
C ity of Englewood
I 000 Englewood Parkway
Englewood. CO 80 I I 0
Dear Na ncy:
Enclosed are th t doc uments you requested in your July 12. 2005 letter. W,, •)·olog ize fo r
any confusion.
The agreement to es tabli sh the Enhancement Fund has been compli cated . We ha ve done
o ur be st to explain how the Denver Foundation's governi ng documents impac . ,: c
deci sion making abi li ty of the South P latte Enhanceme nt Board ("the Board") .
Generall y. since th is is a donor advi se d fund, the Boarc: is ab le to set parame ters for the
d istribution of fund s. However, the Denver Foundation does have legal co ntrol of the
funds in the account. 0 iven the Denver Foundation ·s hi story as a solid finan cial
in stitution. th e other C 'dnt ors to the fund have found this re lationship accepta ble . The
overal l conc e rn o f what happens if the Plan fails is addre ss ed in Secti on 3 (b). whi c h
provides for a d istributio n of the entire principal based on the percen tage of the Grantor · s
contribution .
Please contact me if yo u have any questions or comments a t (30 a ) t,28 -6249 .
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Roben S . Fi sc h3
Attorney