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ORDI NA1'CE NO . c51._tf_
SE RI ES OF 2004
BY AUT HORI TY
COUNC IL BILL NO . 2 1
INTRODUCED BY OUNCIL
MEM BER IVOLOSYN
AN ORD INANCE OF Tl-I E CIT Y OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO, REAFF IRMING
Tl-IE ESTABLIS HMENT OF ITS SEIVER UT ILITY ENTER PRI SE : PR ESCR IBI G
DETA ILS IN CONNECT ION TH EREW ITH : '<ND DE CLARI NG AN
EME RGEN CY.
WHER EAS, th e Ci ty of Englewood (the "Ci ty"), is a home rnl e muni eipahty or th e
, tat e of Co lorado (th e "Sta te") duly organi zed and operati ng un der th e C ity Chart er
(th e .. Chart er") and th e Cons tituti on and laws or th e Sta ie: and
WHEREAS , purs uant to Section 121 01· th e Charte r, th e Cit y ha s th e ri ght 10
exerc ise wi th res pec t to Ci ty owned utili ties all o f the auth ori ty and powers now
prov id ed by the statut es of the State; and
WHEREAS , pursuan t to th e provisio ns of Tit le 3 1, Article 35 , Part 4 , Co lorado
Revi sed Statutes , muni cip ali ti es within the Sta te arc au th orized to ope rate and main tai n
scwr fac ilities, an d
WHEREAS, Section I 05 or th e Chart er permi ts th e Cit y to issue revenue bond s as
now or hereafter pro vided by th e st atutes of th e Stale for muni cip alitie s of eve ry class
and, pursuant to the provi sio ns IJ . r:tl c 3 1, Article 35, Part 4, Co lorado Re vise d
Statut es , municipalities arc auth ori zed to iss ue reve nu e bo nd s fo r th e ac qui si ti on,
construc tion , recons tru cti on, lease, imp rove ment , bcucrment, or ex tens io n of any
se werage fac ilit ies; and
WHEREAS , purs uant to Sec ti on 99 of th e Chart er, the accounts of each uti lit y
owned and ope rated by th e Cit y mu st be kept sc p:m11 e and distinct from all oth er
accou nt s of th e Ci ty in such man ne r as 10 show the tru e and comple te fin.mcia l resu lt
of such C ity ow nership and o pera tio n inclu ding all asse ts, liabil iti es , rev enu es , and
ex pl·nses in accordance wi th a uniform clas si fica tion of accou nt s and sha ll con tain
proport io nate charges for all services pe rformed by oth er dcpartm cn:s for s uc h uti lit y,
as we ll as prop ort io nate credits for all se rvices rendered: and
V1HEREAS, purs ua nt to the provisious of Ti tl e 37, Article 45 .1. Colorado Revised
Stat u1 cs (th e "Water Ac ti vit y Law"), munic ipalities which ha ve their ow n bondi ng
capac it y arc auth ori zed : (i ) to conti nu e to maintain wa ter ent erpr ises for the plirp0 se of
purs uing o r co nt inuing wa ter ac ti vities, including ac tivities related to wa stewa ter
faci liti es ; (ii) to issue or re issue bond s or other obliga tions pa yable from th e revcnu~s
de rived or to be derived fr om the en terprise, the tc m1 s and co nditi ons o f s uch bonds or
oth er o bligations 10 be as set fort h in th e leg is lative mi:a s urc au th oriz in g thi: s:11111.: and.
as ne arly as prac ticab le, a, provided in Part 4 of Article 35 of' Title 31. C.R.S .. relating
lo the iss uance o f wa ter rcvcnul.! bonds ; and
WHERE AS. in order to qualify as a wa ler en terp rise under the Wa ter Activi ty Law .
the enterp rise mu st consist o f a gove rnment wo1 1er activi 1y busi ness o wned by a
govc mmen1al en tity s uch as the Ci ty. whi ch enterprise receives undi:r 1out of its annua l
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re ve nue s in gra 111 s fr om ;ill Co lor:1do Srn te nnd loca l govc rnm cn1 s co mbin ed, and whi ch
is autho rized to iss ue its ow n re ve nu e bo nd s: and
W H EREAS . as stated in the Water Acti vity Law, an y wate r activ i1 y ~111 crp ris c
maintained pursuan 1 to the pro vision s thereo f arc excluded from the provision s o f
Sec tion 10 of Artic le X of th e Srn tc Co nsti1uti on; and
WHEREAS , th e System (as defin ed here after) ha s his torically been and cont inu es to
be operated as an "en terprise" wi 1h in 1hc meanin g of th e \Vat r r Activit y La w; and
WHEREAS , it is th e in tent of the City 10 reaffirm th e Ci ty ''Sewer Ut ility
Emerpri se" und er th e Water Ac tiv it y Law; therefore
NO W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C ITY COUNC IL OF THE
CIT Y OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOW S:
Sec ti on I . Se wer Utility Enterprise. There is hereby reaffirmed , pu rsuant t o
the tcnn s and provision s of th e Wa ter Ac ti vit y Law , th e Ci ty of Eng lewood "Sewer
Utility Ent erpri se" (th e "Enterp ri se"). The Enterpri se shall co nsist of the busi ne ss
rep resented by all of the Ci ty 's sa nit ary sewer faci litie s and properties, now owned o r
hereaficr acq uired , whet her si1ua1ed wi 1h in or wi1hou1 the Ci ty bou ndarie s, includin g all
prese nt or future improvements , ex.ten sions, enlargements , betterme nl s, rep lace men1 s,
or additions th ereof or th ereto (th e "Sys tem"). The En terprise shall have all of the
a u1horit y, powers, right s, ob li ga ti ons, and dutie s as may be provided or permitt ed by
the Wa ter Activity Law, the Charter , and the Colo rado Co nstitut io n, and as may be
fu rth er pre sc ri bed by ordin ance or reso luti on of th e Ci ly.
The gove rn ing body of the Enterprise (th e "Gov erning Body") shall be 1h c Cit y
Counci l of the Cit y, and shall be su bj ect to all o!' the appli cab le laws, rule s, and
regula tio ns pert aining to !h e Ci ty Co un ci l. W",encver the Cit y Co un cil is in sess ion
exercisi ng it s legal aut horit y relati ng to any Ent erpri se matter, the Governi ng Body
shal! also be deemed 10 be in sessio n. It sha ll nut be nece ssary for th e Go verning Body
to meet sep aratel y from any meetin g of th e Ci ty Cou ncil , nor shall it be nece ss ary fo r
th e Governing Body to spec ifi ca ll y anno unce or ack nowledge that ac tions taken
th ereb y arc taken by th e gove rning body of the Ent erp ri se. The Gove rn ing Budy is
auth orized to ex ercise th e Ci1y's legal au th ority rela ting to sa nit ary sewer ac tivi ti es as
provided in the Water Act ivity Law and to take ac ti on in wha tever form de termin ed by
th e C.i1 y Counci l; provided however. the Governi ng Body ma y not levy a lax whic h is
subje ct to Arti cle X, Section 20(4) of the State Cons 1it u1ion .
Sec tio n 2. Ratification and Approv al of Prior Actions . All ac tion s here tofo re
ta ken by the ofliccrs of the City and the members of the City Co uncil , 1101
inconsistent with the provi sio ns of thi s Ordi nance, re lating 10 the ope ration o r
cre:uio n of th e Enterpri se, arc hereb y ra ti fied. approved and co nfirmed .
Section J. Repealer . All orders , byla ws , orrti nance s, and re so lut io n'i uf the Ci ty,
or pan s thereof. incon sistcn l or in connict with 1t1is Ordinance , arc hereb y re pealed
to the ex tent on ly of such inconsi s1cncy or connicl.
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Sec tion 4. Se"erabllity. If ,my sec ti on, paragra ph , clause , or pro visio n of th is
Ordinanc e shall fo r any reason be he ld to be inv ali d or unenforc ea ble , th e inva li di ty
or un cnfo rccab ilit y of such sec tion. paragrap h, clau se, or pro visio n shall not affec t
an y of the rema in ing pro vis ions of th is Ordinance , th e int ent bein g th at the sa me arc
sr.vcrablc .
_S££).i2nj . Declaration of E111ergency . The ne ed to close 011 a fundin g th roug h
the Colorado \Vn tc r Re sources and Power Deve lopment Au th orit y to sec ure th e
awa rd of bids by the City fo r c rt ai n improvem en ts to tbc Litt let on/Englewood
Wastew ater Treatment Plant requ ire th at thi s Ordinan ce be effe cti ve immediatel y;
therefore , th e Council hereby find s and dctcnni ne s that thi s Ordinance is ne cessa ry
for the immedia te pre servation of public prop eny, health , peace and safe ty and sha ll
be in full force and effect immediate ly upon final passage by th e Council.
Introduc ed, read in full, and pa ss ed as an emerge ncy ordinanc c on first readi ng on the
5th day of April, 2004 .
Publi shed as a Bill for an Emergency Ordinance 0 11 the 9th day of April , 2004.
Read by title as an Eme rgency Ord inance an<l pa ssed on final reading on the 19th
da y of April , 2004.
Publi shed by titl e as Emergency Ordinance ),: ,.4 Ser the 23''
day of April , 2004 .
I, Loucrishia A. Ellis , Ci ty Clerk of the City of Englewood , Colorado, hereb y
cc nify that the above and foreg oing is a true copy of the Em ergenc y Ordinan'f
pa ssed on fina l reading and eub li shed by titl e as Emergency Ordina cc No~· Serie s
of 2004 .
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COUNCIL COMMUN ICATION
Date Age nd a It em Subject
Apri l 5, 2004 11 a ii A bi ll for an emergency ordinan c e
reaffi rmin g th e es tabli shm ent of
th e Sewe r Utili ty Enterprise
Initiated By I Staff Source
City of Englewo od, Finance and Administrat ive Frank Gryglewicz, Direc tor
Services Deoartmenl
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTIO).I
The Ci ty Council has made the overall quali ty of life oi tr.e cit izens and non-citize ns they a serve a priority.
The quality of life extends to the treatment of was tew at er w hic h directly impacts regional water qua li ty.
Thi s act ion is necessary to sec ure low c os t funds tc e·•oan d and improve th e Littl eton/Englewood
Wastewater Treatment Plant and other related s,,wer asse ts .
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff re comm end s th e City Council ap prove the attached bill for an e mergency ordi nan ce reaffi rmi ng th e
es tablishm ent of th e Sewer U tility Ent erprise.
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
This ac tion is prompted by the passag e of TABOR in 1992 and reaffirms, pursuant to the te rm s and
provisions of th e Water Ac ti vity Law, the City of Englewood "Sewe r Utili ty En terpri se " (The Enterprise). Th e
Enterprise sh all co nsist of the business represe nted b y all of th e Ci ty's sewer facili ti es and properti es, n ow
owned or hereaher acqui red, whether situated within or withou t th e City boundaries, including all presen t
or futur e imp ro vemen ts, ex tensions, en large ments , betterments , repla ce ments, or additio ns there of or
thereto (th e "S ys tem "). Th e Enterprise sh all ha ve all of th e au th ority, powers, rights, obliga tions , and duties
as m ay be provided or permitted by th e Water Acti vi ty Law, the Charte r, and th e Colorado Constituti on,
and as ma y b e furth er prescribed by ordinanc e or resolution of the City.
This ordinan ce is being done as an em ergency to co in cide with the em erg ency bill fo r an ordinance
approvin g loans to be made to th e City by the Colorado Water Res ou rces and Power D ev elopment
Authority.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This bill for an ordinanc e does not dir ectly impact th e City's finan cia l condi tion .
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Pro p ose d bill for an em erg ency ord inance