HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992 Ordinance No. 015ORDINANC E NO . 1..5'
SE RI ES OF 1992
BY AUTHOR ITY
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COUNCIL BILL NO . 12
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER GULLEY
AN OR DINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEM ENT WITH SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK
AND RECREATION DI STRICT AND T HE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD WHEREBY SOUT H
SUBURBAN GIVES APPROVAL TO ENGLEWOOD FOR T HE WITHDRAWAL OF THE
GROUN DWATER UNDERLY ING THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
WHEREAS , South Suburban Park and Rec reation Di strict owns a pproxi mate ly 50 acres
(Ara pahoe County Fairgrounds) in the City of Englew,,.d, such property is underl ai d by
vari ous gro undwole r ~qui fe rs; and
WHEREAS , the City of Engl owood provides public water service within its municipal
boundary ond has fil ed applications for acljudication of underground waler rights to
ground water from aquifers underlying Englewood's boundary ; and
WHEREAS, th e "implied consent" ordinance a dopted by Englewood in 1992 allowed
Englewood lo obtain the con sent of the landowners within the municipal boundaries to use the
underlying groundwater; ond
WHEREAS, South Suburban and the City of Englewood desire lo enter into an agree ment
whereby South Suburban will approve of Englewood's wi thdrawal of the gr oundwater unde r
lying the Fairgro unds prop erty and acljudicotio n of the same; and
Yi H EREAS, Engl ewood would grant on optio n for S ou th Suburban to participate in the
construction costs of one of the All en Plant Weils and Englewood wou ld make 20 acre feet of
Arapahoe Aquifer water per year avai lable lo South Suburban ; and
WHEREAS , upon ap pro val ofthi• Agreemrnt South Suburban will not oppo se Engl ewood 's
withdr awal of the groun dw ater under the Fai,grounds property in exch ange for Engl ewood
mak ing available raw water from it's proposed deep wells project ;
NO W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNC IL OF THE C ITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, CO LORADO, AS FOLLOWS :
~-The City Counci l of the City of Englewood h ereby giv es a pprova l of an
intergove rnm enlal Agreement with South Suburban Park e nd Recrea ti on Di strict
regarding groundwater und er the Fairgrou nds property. Such Agreement generally
provides os Foll ows :
A . South Suburban owns approximately 50 acres of property (Arnpnhoe
Cou nty Fairgrounds) within the City of Englewood, such Property is un derlaid by
various gyoun dwoter aquifers.
B. Englewood provides public water service within its municipal boundary end hos
filed opplicntion s for adjudi ca tion of undergroundwat.cr rights Lo gr oundw3t er
from aqu ifers und erl yi ng Englewoocls bou ndary and anticipate s adopting an
ordinance incorporating sai d groundwater into its municipa l wnLC r se rvice pla n.
C . South Suburbon end Englowood desire to enter Into on og reemonl wh ereby So ulh
Suburban will opprove of Englewood's wilhdrowol of lh e ground wa ler underl ying
the Property and o<ijudi cotion of the same, and will have the option to pay
proportionate costs of con struction and operation of ce rt.ain well s in excha nge for
Englewood making avail able row water from such wells to Soulh Subu r bo n .
D . South Suburban shall not objett to Englewood's applications for a<ijudi cation of
groundwaler in Ca ses No. 89CW061 and No . 89CW062, nor its oppli colion for
approval of plan fo r ougmentntion in Ca se No. 89CW063 , nll of which or e fil ed in
the Water Court, Water Di vis ion No. I.
E . South Suburban h ereby co n se nts to the withdrowal ond u se by Englewoo d ofnll
ground water which may occur in th e Denver , Arapah oe, and Lnrami e-Fox Hil ls
aquifers underl ying the Prop erty, s ubjecl l o lhe terms oflhis Agree men L.
F . Englewood plans to con struct at its Allen Treatment Pi nnt site two (2) well s to
withdraw groundwater from the Arapahoe aquifer . Prior to constructing either of
the Allen Treatment Plant Wells , Englewood shall provide South Suburban with
written notice of the date it in te nd s to commence construction , on esti mate of the
construction costs, and an estimate of the quantity ofwoter lhol lhe Well will
produce annually. Written notification of the completion of the Woll en d the cost
thereo f sh all also be gi ve n to South Suburban.
G . Englewood gra nts to South Suhurban an opti on to participate in the construction
costs of one of the Allen Treat.II •n •, Plant Wells , which participation would thereby
obli gate Engl ewood to make available to South Suburban twenty (2 0) acre feel of
Arapchoe Aquifer woter per ye ar from said Well . lf the Allen Treat ment Plant
Wells have not been con stru cted within fiv e yea ra of the dote of this Agreem en t, the
parti es shall mutually agree upon an alternate sourc e of water on the se same te rm s
until such Wells ore con s tructed.
H . South Suburban may exercise its optio n with r espect to either the Allen Treotmenl
Pl ant Wells within ninety (90) days of completion of the Well by written notice to
Englewood and payment of South Suburban '• portion of the total construction costs,
whi ch portion shall be hosed on th e pe rce ntage of twenty (20) ac re fe et to the tota l
quo ntity of water which can be prod uced by the Well .
I . Upon South Subur ban's particip ation in the cost of one or the All en Treatmen l Pi nnt
We ll s, Sou th S uburban sh ell provide to Englewood by March Isl of ench year o
written schedul e of the amoun ts end timi ng of Arapahoe Aquifer wa te r from th e
Well that Englewood sh ell produ ce for South S ubur ban . Said sch ed u le may be
modifi ed upon two (2) wee ks written notice .
J . If Englewood prov id es pe rm nn en t water se rvice to the prope rty to sa t is fy South
Subu rban 's potable and irrigatio n wa ter needs, the option provi sion of this
Agreem ent sha ll oulomnlica ll y terminate un less pr evio usly exe rcised. By thi s
Pa ragraph Englewoo d sh all no l be deem ed to h ove obli gate the Ci ty l o ser\'ice th e
Prope rty.
Si:!:ui..'1..2 . The Mayor is auth ori zed lo execute and th e City Cle rk to altest end seal thi s
Agre ement for and on behalf or the City of En glewoo d.
Intr or.uced , read in fu ll , ne1 pa ssed on Iii-st read ing on the 16th dny of March, 199 2.
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Publi shed as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 19th day of Morch , 1992 ,
Rend by title and passed on fin al read ing on the 6th day of April , 1992 .
Publi shed by titJe as Ordinance No . & Series of 1992, on the 9th day of April , 1992.
_C~£.c.J ..
Clyoe E. Wiggin~
ATTEST :
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Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk
1, Patricia H. C,,ow, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colo rado, hereby certify thnt the
above and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and publish ed
by title as Ordinance No./£ Series of 1992.
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AGRBEl!!NT
This Intergovernmental Agreement is entered into as of this
__ day or --,----,.,,.,...-----,-' 1992, by and betwe e n the City of
Englewood ("Englewood") , a home rule municipality chartered under
Article XX of the Colorado Constit~tion and located wi thin Arapahoe
County, Col orad o, and the South Suburban Park and Recreation
District ( "South Suburban"), a quasi-municipal co rporation and
political subdiv ision ct the s tate of Colorado, organized under
Title 32 of the Colorado Revi s ed Statutes and located within
Arapahoe and Douglas Co un ties, Colorado.
WHEREAS, Section 29-1-2 03 , C.R.S., authorizes governments to
cooperate or contract wi th one another to provide any function,
service, or facility lawfully authorized to each of the cooperating
or contracting units; and
WHEREAS, South Subu rban owns approximately 50 acres of
property within the City of Englewood more particularly described
on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (the
"Property"), wh ich Prope rty is unde rlaid by various ground water
aquifers; and
WHEREAS, Englewood p~ovides public 'water service within its
municipal boundary and has f iled applications for adjudication of
u nderground wa ter r ights to ground ,•ater from aquifers underlying
Englewood's boundary and anticipates .. adopting an ordinance
i ncorporat i ng said ground ,•ater into its· •. mun icipal water service
plan; and
WHERE AS, South Su bu rbdn and Englewood desire to enter into an
agr eement whereby So uth Suburba n will approve of Englewood's
withdrawal of the grou ndwater underlying the Prop erty and
adjudication of the same, and will · have the option . to p ay
proportionate co sts of cons tru ction and ~pe ration of certain wells
in exchange for Engle,·ood making av ailable raw wa ter from such
wells to South Suburban ;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promi s e s ~n d
coven ants conta ined herein , and other good and va lua b l e
con sideratio n, the re ceipt and su f ficie ncy of which is hereby
acknot ag ed by th e Parties, it is mutually agreed as follows:
South Suburban shall no t object to Eng l ewood's
appl 1ca tion5 f or adjudication of groundwater in Case Nos. 89C W06 1
and 89C W0 62 , nor its application for approval of p lan for
augment at ion in case No . 89 CW063 , all o f which ar e filed in the
Wate r Court, Water Division No . 1.
2. South Suburban hereby consents to the withdrawal and use
by Englewood of all groun dwater which may occur i n the Denver,
Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the Property,
subject to the tarms of this Agreement.
J. Englewood pl ans to construct at its Allen Treatment Plant
site two wells to withdraw groundwat••r from the Arapahoe aquifer
(the "Allen Treatment Plant Wells" or "Well"). Prior to
constructing eithe r of the Allen Treatment Plant We lls, En gl ewood
shall provide South Subu r b a n with written notice of the date it
intends to commence c onstruction, an estimate of the construction
costs, and an estimate of the quantity of water that the We ll will
produce annually. Written notification of the completion of the
Well and the cost thereof s hall also be given to South Suburban.
4. Englewood grants to South Suburban an option t o
participate in the construction costs of one of the Allen Treatment
Plant Wells, which partic ipation would thereby obligate Englewooc
to make available to South Suburban twenty (20) acre feet ot
Arapahoe Aquifer water per year from said Well. If the Allen
Treatment Plant Wells have not bee n constructed within five years
of the date cf this Agreement , the parties shall mutually agree
upon an alternate source of water on these sam e terms until E'Jc h
Wells are constructed.
5. South Suburban may exercise its ·option with respect to
either of the Allen Treatment Plant Wells within ninety (90) days
of completion of the Well by written notice to En glewood a nd
paym ent of South Subu r ban's portion of the total construction
costs, which portion shall be based on t.j,e percentage of twenty
(20) ac re feet to the t otal quantity of water whi c h can be produced
by the Well.
6. Upon South Suburban's particip ation in the c ost of one of
the Allen Treatment Plant Wells, Sou th Suburban s ha ll provide to
Englewood by March 1st of each year ·a written schedule of the
amo unts and timing o f Ar apahoe Aqu ifer-wa t e r frc m the Well that
Englewood s hal l prod uc e for Sou t h Subu rba n. Sa iu s c hedu le may be
modified upon two (2) we eks ·.r itten notice.
7 . In a ny year i n ·•hi c h En glewood ma ke s ·•ate r available to
South Subu r ban u:1der ti-is .•.greement , South Subu rban ' s port i on of
t he operat i on a nd ma intenance costs shall be ba s e d on the s ame
p ercentage a s t h e ra tio of cons truct ion costs a t t r i bu t a ble to South
Suburba n in paragraph 5 herein . Eng lewoo d sha ll by no t later than
Fe b ruary 28th of the follow ing year p rov i de Soc~h Suburba n written
no t ice o f t he operations and maint enance costs for the We lls
a ttribut ab le to South Suburban, So u t h Su bur ba n s hall p a y to
Eng l e wood such amount wit hi n thirty (30 ) d a y s of rece i vi ng sucn
no t ice.
8, If Eng l e wo,d provides permanent water service to the
Property to satisfy South Suburban's potable an d irrigation water
needs, the option provision of this Agreement shall automat ically
terminate unless previously exercised. By th is p a r ag raph En;lewood
s hall not be deemed to have obligated the City to serve the
Property ,
9, The Parties shall as sist each o ther in obtaining a ny
permits , approvals, or easements nec essary to accomplis h anct place
into effect t h is Agreement.
10 . The invalidity or n nenforceability of a ny provision of
this Agr eemen t shall not a i ..:e c t o r impair a ny other provis.ion
unles s ma terial to the ,;>e r fo rm a ;,ce of a ny Party. The Parties agree
that, i n addition to a ny ot her r emedies allowed by law, the
provisions of this Agreem n·: may be enforced by speci fic
performance i n a Court t f cr,m petent jurisdi ction and, in any
jud icia l action the unsucces s f ul Part y agree s to pay all costs of
such action as actually incurred by the successful Party, including
attorneys• fees. The Pa r ties a greed tha t v enue for any action to
enforce t his Agreement shall be the District Court in Arapahoe
county .
11. Except as otherwise provided here in, if ~n y Party shall
be in default or breach in performa nce of any term, covenant, or
condition of this Agreement, the Pa r ty n~t in default o r breach
s h all give tn.a de faul ting or breaching Party .. prompt written notice
of such default o r breach , If the de fault ·o r breach is not cured
within t hirty (30) days follo·,i ng notice, ,the Party that is not in
de fault or breach may s e ek those remedi e s prov ided he rein or i n l aw
or in equity,
12, The waiver by any Party o f a :,y default or breach of any
term, covenant or condition of thi s Agreement shall not operate as
a waiver of any default or breach of any other term, c ovena, t or
cond i t ion , or subsequent defa ul t or b r each of the same .
13 , No Party ma y assign or t r,n sfer all or a ny p ar t of this
Ag ree me n t wi thout the prior written cons ent of the nonassigning
Parties , although s uch c onsent shal l not be unre a s o nab l y withheld.
14, Any no tice, demand , request, o r c ha nge of addre ss
d e~ivered by mail i n accorda nc e with t h is s ectio n shal l be deemed
given u p o n deposit i n any post o ffice or post al box regul arly
maintained by the United St a tes Po sta l Se rvi c e, and s hal l be
addressed to:
City of Englew ood
Util i t ies Man ager
340 0 South Ela ti S r e e t
En g le~ood , Co l o~ado 80110
Executive Director
south Suburban Pa rk
and Recreation n istrict
6315 South Un iversity Boulevard
Littleton, Colorado 80121
In wi tness whereof, the Partiea ~ave hereunto executed th is
Ag re ement the day and year first above ,!ritten.
ATTES T:
Patricia Crow
City Clerk
By:
CIT~ OF ENG LE WOOD
Ma yo r Clyrle E. Wiggins
SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND
RECREAT!~N DIS TRI ,'.:T
By: j,J"•"'• /1'.;._u.)-'
I pr. J, Gordon Milliken
vcha i rman
ATTEST:
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Cha rles E, Stroh
Se c retary
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DATE
Ha r -:h 1 6 , 199 2
ItllTIATED BY
STAFF SOURCE
COtrnCIL COHMUN.LC AT I ON
AGEND A ITEM
l l c
SUBJ ECT Ag reeme nt wi th
S . Su burban Re c re a t i o n
Regard ing Gro u ndw a t er
Englewoo d Wa te r a nd sewer Bo ard
Stewart Fonda, Director of Utilities
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ISSUE/ACT I ON PROPOSED
Council appr oval ot the Ag reement between South Suburban Park and Recreation
District and the City of Engle wood regar ding the groundwater at the Fairgrounds
p r operty.
P REV IOUS COUNC I L ACTION
Non e .
STAFF ANALYSIS
Sout h Subu r ban a nd Englewo o d h a ,·e reached a proposed Ag r e e ment in which s~u t h
Suburban will no t oppose Engle wood • s withdrawal of the grou ndwater .,,.der the
Fai_rgrounds property in exchange, f o r Englewood making available raw water f r om its
proposed deep wells project.
Eng lewood wou l d grant an option f or South Suburban to particip!.te i n the
c o nstruction costs of one of the A.llen Plant Wells, and Englewood would mak·· ~!) a c re
feet of Arapaho e Aquifer wa te r per year a vailable to South Suburban.
BA CKGROUND
Th e City of Englewo od applied for ad jud i catio n of groundwater wi thin t he boundar i es
of Englewo od. The "i mplied consent" ord inance adopted by Englewood in 198S allowed
Englewoo d to o bta i n the consent o f t he landowners wi t h in the mun i cipal b o undaries to
u se the underlying ground water. All the landowners were deemed to have consented
t o such u s e of the groundwater. A recent Co lorado Supreme Court dec ision negated
p r ior l egal not.i c es . In early 199 2 , Eng lewood r eenacted an Implied Con sent Decree,
a nd i n c l uded a ll t he required not i ces . South Suburban owns approximately SO acres
o f property within t he Ci ty of Englewoo d at Belleview a.nd Wi nd ermere, also known as
t he fa irgrou nd s p r o perty. South Su bu rban c ould cla i m the d e e p groundwater u nd er i ts
p r o perty.
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South Subu r ban's por tion o f the ope ra tion and maintenance coots s hall be based o n ,A
tha total con st ruction coete , which po rtio n shall be based ·o n tho percentage o f 20 .
acre feet to the t o tal q uant ity o f water whic h ca n be pro duced by the wol l .