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Home My WebLink About1958-02-19 EWAB MINUTESPNGLEWOCD WATFR ADVIS<RY BOARD ~EErING ... FEBRUARY 199 1958 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Frantz at 8:00 Po M., Members Present: Members Absent: Other Officials Present: Brownewell, Frantz, Kreil1ng1 McCabeJ PurcellJ Robohm, Scott None City Manaeer Rudd, Special Counsel Soivers, Utilities Commissioner Babcock Mayor Carroll Co Elkins along with Councilmen Alfred Rents a.rd Maurice Eo Nesbl tt of the Town of Sheridan, appeared to renew discussion relative to the possibili1¥ of securing &lglswood sewage treatment for the Town of Sheridano The main points of discussion were as follows: lo There are approximately 700 potential sewer taps 1n the Town of · Sheridan, including 82 taps which have already been issued to Sheridan Sanitation District (Carey•s Subdivision)o The City is already obligated to serve 83 additional taps to Sheridan Sanitation District by Connectorvs Agreemento 2o In preliminary studies pre?&red, there are three alternatives for construction of a sewer system for the Town of Sheridano 3o A discussion of the various elevations within the Town of Sheridan arrl the problems involved tn devising a method of deli.raring sewage to the Englewood sewer plant() 4o The need for advice, from the Citu of Englewood, as to it's ability to serve the Town of Smridan an:i the basis of cost for connection to the system as well as treatment charges an:i the possibls expedience with which such advice might be made availableo Mayor El.kins stated, that in order to assist the Citu of Englewood in it's study of the situation, he would direct Mro Dale Rea, Consulting Engineer for the Town of Sheridan, to furnish a copy of the prelir.dr1ary report on the proposed Town of Sheridan sewer sys temo Mro Babcock, Utilities Canmissiomr, presented and led a discussion on a report prepared by him on the anticipated demand Inside and Outside the City, compared with present available water supplyo (See copy of the report attached as a part of these minuteso) The main point of discussion, as a result of the report., was the necessity for and the pos- sibility of securing raw water storage facilities o Mro Shivers, Special Counsel, was asked to determine, as soon as possible, the costs involved in a study for the location for storage reservoir§ also, to investigate and check the probable values of the water rights being ottered to the Cit¥ from time to timeo Mro Rudd, City Manager am Mro Babcock, Utilities Commissioner, discussed the following offers to sell or lease to the City of Englewood, certain water rights: lo An offer by Wo Ho Chapman, Agent, City o! Central Cit,-1 Colcrado, to sell the J.ames Peak Reservoir and water rights for total price of $25 1 000 casho No action taken by the Boardo 2 o An offer by Ro Jo Tucker Ji 3330 Soo Zuni Street, to sell 162 inches of Bell and Olson, Bear Creek water rights, Noo .5 or Noo 6 priority, at $100000 per incho No action taken by the Boordo •••• -2 - 3o An offer by Colorado Central PCMer Company to lease to the City 2 wells on their property Srutlnrest of Littleton, above the City Ditcho Due to the difticul ty of transmissl. on of this water to the City 1 the Board felt that it was unwise to take any action at this time.a 4o The City Manager reported information that the Fort L:>gan Reservation is about to be disposed of as surplus G::>vernment property, and that the water wells and whatever rights may accrue to same together wit'b the sewage disposal plant on the Reservation might be available for purchase by som local Governmental Subdivisiono The City l~ana.eer was asked to contact the Regional Commissioner of a. s. A. arxl to procure additional intormationo llro Rllid, City Manager, repcrted that Cit,' Council had received an offer to sell1 to the City of Englewood,. certain lams located just north of the present &lglewood Sewage Disposal Plant site, far possible expansion or the present plant, said offer having been referred to the Water Advisory Board for cansiderationo It was brought out, in discussion, that the extent of plant expansion depends almost entirely upon the potential· service areao At present, consideration is being given to the possibility ar sewage treatment service for the TOlfn of Littleton and the Town of Sleridan along with consideratlon for the potential of the South Arapahoe Sanitation District southeast or the City, am it was determined that no immediate action should be taken on the purchase of additional land rar plant expansion until such time as this total potential can be analyzed0 Mr. Ru1d, City Manager, reported that on January 14, l95B, he had communicated, by letter, with Mro Ro Yo Batterton., Manager, Departnent of Public Wcrks, City and Coun'GY of Denver, relative to the possibility of securing sewer treatment service from the City or Denver tor properties located adjacent to existing Denver collection lines within a part of Us Scenic View area, now in the City of Englewoodo The following arumer, from Uro Batterton, was then presented and read by Vro Rucki: Mr o L. Ro Rudd City llanager CITY AMD COUNTY OF DENVFR Depart.usnt; or Public Works January 31, 19.58 3345 South Bannock Street Englewood, Colorado Dear Mro Rudd: Office of Manager City and County Bldgo Denver 2, Colorado This is to acknowledge your lBtter of January 1.4, •hich I have delayed answering, pending receipt or some specific information .f'rom our engineers~ In the interests o£ cooperating w:L th our neighbors, I had hoped that some special circumstances existed which would enable us to grant your request, however,. regret that it is not possible tor me to do SOo Our possibilities as applied to sewage service ootside the City Lim.its are effect!ve ~ l.Y limited by the capacity of our collection system and other problems involving our treatment planto Our overall situation is critical to the point that for mere than -3 - two years past we have consistently, and "fii thout exception, refused all requests for connections from users located outside the City am County of Denvero Applicants have ranged from individuals to schools and other institutionso Should we vary our policy in any single instance• we would pl.ace ourselves 1n a position to be accused of discrimination, and would be subjected to a considerable number of suits" In enforcing tha. t policy 1 we have successfully concluded court actions enjoining persons from connecting with the Denver system, and forcing dis- connection from persons from persons who have made unauthorized connectionso Unless a plan is success£ulJ..y developed far collection arrl treatment:. of sewage on an area basis, which I hope will becor.e a realitor 1 an:i have done ever-.(thing within ?lzy" power to bring about that objective, service cannot be given by Denver to the area t c which you refer in the foreseeable future 9 RYB;pfa --- Sincere~, /s/ Ro Y9 Batterton Mam.gar J&ro Rudd, City Manager, next presented and read a letter from the Valley Sanitation District authorizing the City of Englewood to use that District's sewer outfall l:!ne, on a temporar;y basis, for sewer service for Scenic View, until the line is filled to capacito" by the Valley Sanitation Distr1ct0 The letter suggested documentation by the City Attorneyo The Board indicated appreciation of the offer, but took no spe<-ific actiono --- Mayor Scott reported to the Water Advisory Board on the following natters: lo Mayor Scott and Mro Purcell will meet, as soon as possible, with Mr 9 Voight of General Iron Works to discuss connection of General Iron Works to the Englewood water systemo 2o That those cor.mnmities who were active in opposing tho Blne River-South Platte Water Conservancy District arxl were in arrears in paynent of their share of litigati~ costs are now current with the exception or Littletona 3o That Mr~ o•Brien, small water rights owner, who has been doiJlt some maintenance work on the Brown Ditch without this Board's authorization has approached Mayor Williams of Littleton, asking for payment from other rights owners for services renderedo The Englewood Water Advisory Board, without formal action, asked Mayor Scott to relay to Mayor Williams that any proposal by Mro O'Brien wOllld be given consideration; however, the inclination of the Board was not to pay since the City did not authorize any of the work undertaken by lira QQBrieno 4o 'nlat Mro Ivan Thomas of Centennial Race Track has expressed his desire and that of surrounding landowners that the Brown Ditch be closed in their areaa No action taken 9 After some discussion by all nembers of the Board• Chairman Frantz stated,. that until further notification, the Water Advi.aory Board will neet on the First Wednesday o.r each month, at 8:00 Po Mo Mr. Shivers, Special Counsel, stated .that a heanng. on diligence. in District Court, Grand County, relative to the water ridits far the Cabin-U9adow Creek Diversion Project, will be held at Hot Sulphur Springs, March 3, 1958, prior to the next regular neeting of the City .e · -4 ~ Council and that he intended to appear, subject to authorization by the City o Scott moved, llcGabe, seconded, That the Water Advisory Board reccmmend to City Council t.bat they ratify authority for the attendance of llro Mo Oo Shivers, Special Counsel, as representative of the City ot Englewood, at the Ayes: Nayas Absenti hearing on diligence• in District Court, Orand County, on the water rights for the Cabin..Ueadow Creek Diversion Projecto Brownewell, Frantz, Kreiling, llcCabe, Purcell, Robobm, Scott None None --- There being no 1'1rther business to come before the &lglewood Water Advisory Board, the meeting waa adjourned at llt 3S P .. Mo John Do Curtice Lcordi!ig secretary Approved ------~~--~~ R.EPOR .. . ...,,_ Ol~ THE ANTIVIPATED DEHAND INSIDE m OUTSIDE Tllli crrY COMPARED Y/I'l'H PRESl!.NT A 'AIL.WLE 1 T.E..'ft SUPPLY February 1 ~ 1958 The f ollonng ia e. list of the ater t ps pre ..,ntly being served " with Englewood ater co bin d th those anticipated for ·:a.ter ervio within the foreseeable future: p sent Number OUTSIDE CITY of ta s South st Che -ry Hill:s Water District 10~ I Greenwood Village Area West ot Santa Fe, between Hampden&. Bellevie 636 (other than Town of Sheridan Brookridge Heights (it changed over from D nver s;ystem or annexed) 0 Southo>.Ea.st Englewood Water District ·(present boundary) 360 Denver O'Wlled land in center of Soutl'FEast E~ewood Water District 0 Miscellaneous, em.all fringe areas 112 Total Outsi 1,210 INSIDE CITY Present Number of taps inside City 8,010 Estimated additional taps inside City (Including Scenic View) 0 Total Insid a,010 Total Outside and Inside the City 9,280 PRESENT ENGLE tOOD WATh.R SUPPLY Total Available without call on River SOURCE CUbic Fto r Sec South Platte River (decreed) South Platte River =Additional Nevada Ditch for which point of diversion has not been changedo McBroa:n Ditch City Ditch Well Water = available for peak load use from Colorado Central Po r Coo 11s 270082 CFS 5o0~8 CFS 20135 C.FS o47S CFS and wlls purchase<l fran Val.lay ~veloirient Canpan_y ilo~JO Brown Di t h ( Tri·..,,Ci ty Trust) 1/3 of present atIK>unt purchased = Epperson Ditch (Tric-Oity Trust) 1/3 of present amount purchased::. Less 1$% for Loss NET TOTALS 40000 CFS 0720 CFS Slo970 CFS 7o79$ CFS 44o..17S CFS Esuima.ted Estim t . Future tota Futu Noo oft ;.3 Po U.ation .350 ,400 190 760 i,soo 6,ooo 200 800 6,000 24,000 l,Soo 6,000 200 800 9,940 .39:760 8,010 .32"280 2.000 a.ooo 10,070 40!1280 20,010 80,~0 Total Available under - Extreme Adverse Conditions l.So-396 CFS 211263 CFS 2n000 CFS ,,400 CFS lOoOOO CFS 2,,,300 CFS ,,6oo CFS .32o9S9 CFS 4o9ls4 CFS 28,,0lS CFS 9(>946 1 982 1,,292 0258 60460 ,. l 486 0)88 2lo612 30272 18oS4o Equi vat en·l; in population at p ek otion of 4 0 gSJ. s/ ~ /ca i ilo Equiv ent in opulation t \'dnt r 6 :v r a or 90 gal.s/ y/capit o to f igi ,.. 'OUi:. C on lu"· r . ··-- 15 . 0 .317 000 t y contempl 00 0 0 upply of r ... d on the amount stimated that be availahl"' <iur er in the event ot an unusually dr;J" year or a s ccession of dry year o Thus from the figures cwpiled above it ould q>pear that under extreme adverse conditions we 'ould be limited to · popul t1on of 45,000 tllich is £ar from the 80,000 estimated that the City would be r c;.uiI'ed to serve in the foresee= able future in the areas already committed plus reaa in which it Yrould oo logic to malm addttional. comm.itments, without enlargement of the South=.East Engle ood Water District except the presently Denver owned lando Tl1e present filter plant capacity of 220.5 million gallons par dczy · ould provide for a population oi $6 .. oc: during peak mouthso I an tol by our consulting engineer that th additional. revision and adjustments t a plan" c n. be · c s d to 26oO MGD or for a population of 65 000 and that would be the limito The present pumping capacity at the Platte River int ·s 17 ooo, 00 gallons per da_y which is also approximately the capacity of the t ananiosio. lin from the pumping station to the filter planto 1'hus thi.., phase of' our sye be creating the next bottleneck and will involve not only dition p ping capacity but additional transmission line capacity to tlw filter planto Ho :av r if arrangements ca.."l be made to uti.U,.,.e the City Ditch :for tr nsmissio11 of r water, the enlargenent of tha River pumping plant will not be neces o The a quisit.ion o;f large sour es of supply of W"t r rould bs j.mprci.cti cal without a corresponding increase in plant capacity to PI ocess the ter and make it availab e upon demand in o:rd.ar to real ze the revenu necessary to pey off th increased bonded indebtednssso Some of tm factors that ould d crease the ultimate anticipated demand or permit more vsater to be availabl re as follo. : lo Tho uncertainty of all the areas above listed outside t.oe City e er be~ ann ~ d or included in a Water Diatricto 2o The improbability that all of tho area no in uded in the South., East Englewood Water District nould e-cror develop canpletely i:f so i'· uld probably be several years henceo Jo The length of periods in lich only 1861 water would be available in the South Platte River., 4,, Short periods of high peak demand could be pple nted fr th raw water storage reservoirs at the plant bu.t would not be considered adviea le · ' only as a last resort due to the depletion o! this re erv for per tionel emergencieso So Perogative of sprinkling regulations outside th° Cityo 60 All outside the City water will be metered,, 7 o Additional raw water storageo A ' ,_., How rar the City would want to gamble on 8.1\V one or more of the above factors materializing to enable more water to be available is something for the "crystal ballo" However, item Noo 7 above would not be a gambleo Additional raw water storage is without a doubt the best solutiono The possibilities and problems of obtaining storage are varied, complicated and expensiveo The fact that we do not now have storage after realizing the need for several years would bear this outo It would appear to be impossible or at least impractical to obtain sufficient direct now water rights to insure that we would not still be short on allotted water during the dr,y years to supply all the anticipated future demando Frca calculations it would appear that a supplementary storage or 3 1 000 acre .fe t would be ample for the toreaeeable .futureo For example: 3 1 000 Aao Ft I .326 1 000 Gala per Aco Fto • 976,ooo,ooo GaUfJOS 809 000 Popo ... 45',000 pcpo :.ii 3S,OOO population additional above our minimum auppq population o 35,000 I boo • 11 0001 000 gallons per ~ to Jllllke up, in addition to allotted 2 water due to calls on the Bi.Yero 976 2 0008000 $:: • lbO days supply 7,ooosooo BJ the same calculationa 3 1 000 Acre Feet storage would provide maJce .. up water for 10011 000 population for 90 days which would still be ample since we are only concerned vi th the summer months, assmning, of course, that arzy-storage facilities can be replenished during the of'tcpeak eeasono CONCLUSIONS . lo Englewood has a situation in which there is a very large differential between the nonnal dC1111estic use load and the irrigation load in the summero Moat cities in the semi-arid regions haYe a similar situation but Englewood i8 more pronounced due to being on fiat rateso For this reason we have to be prepared to supply this demand and our first obligations are with the citizens of Englewoodo All distributor8 a Contracts provide that the Citq may lease ter to outside areas •when the water suppl.1' for the City and its inhabitants is above that necessary for ite present and .future need.so" 2o 'lb.us until adequate storage is provided or a more adequate guaranteed allotment ot direct tlov rights during the surmner r:.ontha is foreseen, or a canbina"'! tion of both, it would ppear 1Ultd.se to obligate the City further by taking in additional areas other than those listed in the first tabulations of this reporto W& are already aver...canmt.tted should these areas develop rap1<il3" and/or w b&'t'8 a series ot dry yearso J,,, Furthermore, the Southeast Englewood Water District's water syetem is only designed for S,000 taps which would serve the original districto Subee- ftUentJ¥, addit.ional areas have been added which has increaaed the e timated tapa to 6,,000o It would appear that the Southeast Englewood Water District would also want to ana1iie their capacity to serve so u not to be committed beyond the 11m1t of ~":ieir sys~ or beyond the limit ot the City to deliver water to the point ot connection with the City systemo The area in the Preiiminary Agreement with the Southeast Englewood Water District vas 2 1 270 acreoo The Distributoros Contract covered 2 1 990 acreso With Supplementary Agreements Noso l to 5 added the area ia now J,7SS acreso · bo ·No attempt is made in this repOl"t as to hov and where storage can or should be prorided due to lack ot correlated data on the problems involvedo It is reccanended that concentrated efforts be punmed ilmediately to determine hov and where such storage can be obtaimd, together with the costo A smaller amount or storage to start with., with prorisions for enlargment as the demand incrraasea. might be more practicalo . ' > ' • S" It is also recanmended that all t.he water rights tl'lat the City has a f'inancial. interest in on the South Platte water shed be made available by transfer ot point ot diversion$) or otherwise, so that the tulleet utili ation can be made t our diversion tacilit.ieso 60 It is further recanmended that the City pursue more aggressive~ t acquisition or available dditional m:1acan•neou wt.er right.a 1n our om "baCJC yard" o 'lbe apparent necessity of refering offers to the Tri-City Trust is now creating a stumbling block and practic~ eliminating the City f'rca cca.petition. Raepecttol]1' SubJnitted ~»,~'- Harold Ho ~besock, Utilities Ccmmissioner " ..J ' • Date: Subject: Recommendation: MEMORANIUM TO THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COONCIL ·REGARDING ACTION OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE ENGIBWOOD WATER ADVISffiY BOARD Attendance of llro Ho Oo Shivers, Special Counsel, at water rights hearing,, That City Council ratify authority for the attendance of Mr. Yo OQ Shivers, Special Counsel, at a hearing on diligence, in District Court,· Grand County, rel.a tive to the water rights for the Cabin- Meadow Creek Diversion Project, to be held at Hot Sulphur Springs, March 3, 19580 RespectfUlly submitted9 ENGLEl~OOD WATER ADVIS<RY BOt\RD By: Robert F • Frantz;f Chafuiilin