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Home My WebLink About1959-08-05 EWSB MINUTESr ENGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD IviEE·rING "" AUGUsr 5, 1959 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Frantz at 8:20 P0 M" .Members Present: Nembers Absent i other Officials Present& Brownewell, Frantz , Kreiling, HcCabe , Purcell, Scott Robohm Utilities Director Babcock, Consultant Shiverso --- The meeting was opened with a discussion between the City of Littleton, Sewer Committee , and the Englewood Water and Sewer Board, relative to the proper effluence fran the newly enlarged Littleton sewage dispo~l pl;:mt into the South Platte River. Hembers present, representing the City of Littleton, werei Messrso Bryan, Mullis, Valore , McWiUiams and Wrighto Also present was 1'lro George Prince of the State Boord of He~lth 0 Mro Mullis, Chairman of the Littleton Conmittee , begi:m the discussion by describing the proposed final Littleton treatment plant which could be made to include proper facilities to provide for sewage effluence with a 00 D count below thitt required by the StAte Henlt h Depu-tment which would, therefore, allow the effiuence to be discharged ~t any point in the rivero Hr o Prince was asked whether the State Board of Health would approve of such a plan, all knowing that the City of Englewood South Platte River raw water intake was within such close proximity. hro Prince indicated that the State Board of Health would not approve of sucb a pl.An and questioned the acr1isability of the plan since a municip.-ility could control the water supply !or a distance upstream of somewhat more than that involved in the present question o Hro Prince indicated 1"11.rtiher thllt it had been the experience of his office that no sewage treatment plant could be expected to opsrate 100% ef'ficien~ and that if the Littleton proposal was alloued to be carried out. the City of Englewood would be required, as would the Health Department, to be constantly vigilant against the time that the I&ittleton plant effiuence might not .be above standardso It was pointed out by both Mr,o Shivers, Englewood Consultant, and Mro Prince that the public relations problems which might arise from this situation might become inSUl'!llount.itbl e for the City of Englewoodo Hro Scott, Englewood Mayor and member of the Board, reviewed, chronologicalq, the VArious attempt.a made by the City of Englewood to assist tm City of Littleton to overcome their sewage disposal problemsJ first, b7 the use by Littleton or the Englewood Sewage Disposal Plant, as recommended by the Enginer;;·~ng Firm of Black and Veach and l::lter, after Littleton's decision to enlarge, the attempts to meet with Littleton, prior to construction of' Littleton • s plant to discuss !ul.ly the problem of by-passing the City of Englewood's raw water intAke syst.ea .. Mro Scott then referred to the .following letter to which no answer had been received, to date1 b7 the Cit.7 of Englewoodo City Council City of Littleton Littleton, Colorado Gentlemen a •-Cm OF F:JGLEWOOD Po Oo Box 178 Englewood, Colorado April 131 19.59 At the request of the City of IJ.ttleton, the Water and Sewer Advisoxy Board of the City of Englewood$ held a spec!Rl meeting on March 25, l95'9.s1 At ' 8tOO Po 11., for the purpose of discussing the essential new, or enlarged, by= pass line to carry Littleton sewage down strerun below the w::iter intake of the City of Englewood~ The members of the Littleton Water i:md Sewer Committee, were unfortunately unable to attendo The Englewood Bo~rd proceeded to discuss the matter, and was advised by City Manager Rudd that under letter dated March l3t 19.59, enclosing a report by Ilale Ho Rea, dated March 111 19591 the comparative costs of placing the necessary by-piss line on the East and West sides or the P l;ttte river, respectively, had been forwarded to the City of I..i.ttletono The same figu..-res were then presented to the Englewood Boardo The figures subnitted were thoroughly studied and discussed. Following di.Sc> cuss1on1 it was the unanimous view of the Englewood Water and Sewer Advisory Board that the present situation was the exact reverse of the situation in the late 1940s and early l9.50s1 at which time the City of Englewood in establishing its municipal water works system created a new condition upon the Platte River by placing its intake below the sewage plant of the City of Littleton, thereby re• quiring Englewood to make arrangements for the by"-passing of Littleton sewage past its proposed water intakeo This obligation EJltlewood voluntarily, and without any question, took upon itself' and paid the entire cost for installation of a. by-pass line including right of way there.for, and all legal expenses in connection there- witho The present situation is that of the City of Littleton creating a new con- dition upon the stream above Englewood• s water intake while being fUl.ly aware of the location of that intake, and af'ter that intake was installed9 It was the general consensus of opinion among the membership of the Engle .. wood Board, that since Littleton was proceeding with prior lmowledge of the lo• cation of Englewood's Domestic Waterworks System intake, arv expense to correct problens arising £ran that nev condition, should be paid by the City of Littletono It was agreed, however, that no fiMl or definite decision in the IMtter be made until a conference with the Littleton Water and Sewer Committee could be heldo Very tru.17 yours, Englewood Water and Sewer Board Robert F. Frantz a Chairman" a Mro Prince was asked if he recalled wheth~r or not the approval or the plans and specifi- cations for the new Littleton sewage treatment plant wes "!lade subject to PrQper by= passing ot the Englewood water intakeo Mr 0 Prince indicated that be was quite sure that such provisions had been included in the apPre>val by the State BOArd of Health!- Mr. Wright of the Littleton Committee ~ated that he had a cop,y 0£ the let~~ of approval and WQU'.ld read eallle, which he dido The letter st.ated, in effect, that the plans were quite accept;ab:ie provided that the ef fiuence tram sai.d plant would be discharged downstream from any e·l!dxting municipnl water .works syst.em intake along the river. It was the consensus of the Englewood Wat.er and Sewer Board that the opinionS, expressed in the letter of April 13:' 1959 (See aboVf)) should l'eJll8in ~o stand~ After members of the Littleton Committee departed, some further <;liscussion on the matter was heldo · Purcell moved, Kreil.ing, seconded,. That a letter be sent, over the signature of the Chairman of the Englewood Water arid Sewer Board, to the Littleton City Council, by registered mail9 stating that a meeting was held with the Litt.1.eton Sewer Camnittee this date conceming the necessity of a pipe line to by..,pass I..i.ttleton sewage ei'fluence to a point below the raw water intake of the City of Englewood~ municipal water system on the South PVttte RiverJ that said I Littleton Sewer Committee stated that the matter would be presented to the Littleton City Council on Tuesday, August 181 19$9Q Further, thAt the City of Englewood requests a statement, in writing, on or before the 24th of August, 1959 , stating definitezy l<lhether or not the City of Littleton will in- stall a by ... pass pipe-line, as requested, before the new Littleton sewage treatment plant goes into operation, adequnte to give the total amount of effluence said plant is cap:Able of produc:lngo Ayes1 Brownewell, Frantz, Kreiling, McCabe, Purcell., Scott Nays: None Absent 1 Robohln The Recording Secretaey was instructed to send a memorandum to City Council to the effect that i.f no adequate response from Littleton is received, Council may wish to recess the August 171 1959 meeting to August 24th to consider appropriate actiono --- A letter was received, under date of Jul;y 1 1 1959 8 over the signature of Mro Clarence Lo Bartholic, Attorney, representing the Valley Water and Sanitation Distrlctf which requested permission to include in the Valley Water District and the Valley Sanitation Di strict, an area generally described as the Northerly 38.5 i'eet of the triangle of ground south of Belleview Avenue, East of Lowell Boulevard and West of Linden Driveo Mr o Babc ock, Utilitie s Director, stated that since the above application had been re- ceive d, certain complications between the owners 0£ the land and the Valley Water and Sewer Districts had arisen and that no expedience was neceasar.y in the handling of the application for inclusiono Kreiling moved, Purcell, seconded, That the application for inclusion of the above described property into the Valley WRter and Valley Sanitation Districts b e received by the Board and tabled for further developnentso Ayes: BrOHnewell, Frantz, Kreiling• McCabe, Purcell, Scot t Nayss None Absent 1 Robohm --- Mr 0 Babcock advis ed the Boa rd that t he Arapahoe Sanitat ion District ha s reque sted t hat an· easement f or righ~o.f~way f o r a proposed new 42n sanitary sewe r trunk lin e thr ough City-owned lands along Big Dry Cree k and through t he water filter plan t a rea be granted by the City. Fr<:lll engineering studies.a it ha s been det ermined that the route inv olving this necessary easement is the most !easible 1. and Mro Ba bcock .further advised the Board that the proposed plan could be worked out in such a manner as to cause the City no p!rticular inconvenience. Mr o Babcock also pointed out that the proposed new line would pass through the contemplated new City Park area as we ll as through the water filter plant grounds, all or which would be in need of certain sewer connections for existing, as well as new, buil~g facilities and recommended to the Bo~rd that it such easement should be granted, the City should not be required to pay South Arapahoe Sanitation District feeso Arter SCllle discussion• Brownewell moved, McCabe , seconded, That the Water and Sewer Bo:trd recommend to City Council that a propc;r easement be granted the South Arapahoe Sanitation District to cross City-owned lands along Big DI7 Creek, in the vicinity 0£ the proposed new City Park and the wnter filter plant grounds ~ with it• s new 42" sanitary ~er trunk line1 subject to the provisions that the plans nnd specifications for S#lir1e be ap.. ·proved by the City'J and subject to the right 0£ the City to attach sewer service lines fran any city,C?Owned install ations , on city-awned lands,. without charge, the City to retain u s e or ground surface, subject to the right of the district to ma intain and repairo Ayes: Brawnewell, Frantz, Kre iling, McCabe, Purcell» Scott Nay a s None Absent z Robohm I Mro Babcock presented his recommendations relative to a Five Year Capital Improvement Programo {See copy attached as a part. or these minutes)" Mro Babcock, with the use of' a detailed map of ·Uie entire water serv"ioe a:rea,, pointed out the necessity for proceeding with the budgeting for the 1960 portion of the program, with the possible exception of iten Noo 4,, Acquisition of Land For Proposed New Raw Water storage Reservoir, other lands and Western Slope Developnento The Board indicated that the projects for 1960, as outlined should be pursued and especially Item Noo 4, and recommend that all be included in the 196o budgeto No particular diacussion was hGld relative to the remainder of the Five Ye:tr P rogrruno -... - The 196o budget, as proposed by Mro Babcock was discussed, in part, with certain phases being brought wt somewhat in detailo It was dtermined that Mr. Babcock should proceed with his budget proposaJ.o .... - For in!onnat.ional purposes, the follow-'...ng letter~ i'rom Sheridan Sanitation District Noo 2, was ree.dj along with a letter of reply .f.'ram Hr. L. R. Rudd, City ¥mnager (See copy attached as a part o! these minutes)o 11 SHERIDAN SANITATION DL'TRICT #2 1959 West Halllilton Place Englewood, Colorado Mr• Leslie Ro Rudd City Manager Englewood, Color~do Dear Sir: July 31, 1959 We woUld like to submit a request fpr a connectors agreement for sewage service at the earliest date possiblet> Si~erely, /s/ Lowell F. Banes 'miiiii!Wi GBS/jh" ~ -... /s/ Gail Bo Sha{!rd secretary Shen,dan Sanitation District #2 There bei.Ilg no further business to come before the Englc;,wood Water and Sewer Board, the 11'1Beting was adjourned at 11:25 Po Mo /({).~ Jo Do Curtice I Date: Subject: Action: MEMORANDUM TO 'llill ENGLEhiOOD .CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION OR RECONl.~lENDATION OF THE Ei.'!GtEWOOD WATER AJ~m SEWE.T?. BOARD August S~ 1959 City of Littleton Sewage Trea~ent Pl~mt Ef.fluen·t By-:t·Pass Line" A letter has been sent t1:om the Englewood Wate!' and Sowe:r Boa:rd ·t.o the City Council of the City of Littleton requesting a sta·tement.0 in writing" on or be.fore the 24th of AUgtlst, 1959, sta:hing definitely whether or not the City of Littleton will ~stall a by .. pass pipe line, as :requested, before t'.he new Littleton sewage tre~tment plant goes into operation, adequate to give the total mnou.nt of effluence said p.lant is capable of p:'t"oducL"lg o It was felt. by the ~ater and Sewer Board that if no adequate response from Little·ton is :received prior to E11glewood City Coimcil meeting on At~gus-t 17; 1959, Council may wish to recess the August 17th meeting to August 24th to consider appropriate actiono Respectfully submitted, ENGLEWOOD WATER .AND S:@>JER ARD Bys Robert F. hairman / Dates Subjecti Recommendation: MENORANDUN TO THE ENGLEWOOD cm COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION OR RECO.MENDATION OF THE ENGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD August 5, 1959 Easement to Cross City...Qwned Lands with New 42" Sanitary Sewer Trunk Line by South Arapahoe Sanitation District. That a proper easement be granted the South Arapahoe SR.nitation District to cross city-owned lands 1\long Big Dry Creek, in the vicinity-of the proposed new City-Park and the water filter plant grounds, with it• s new 42" sanitar-.>" sewer trunk line, subject to the provisions that the plans and specifications for same be approved by the City, and subject to the right of the City to attach sewer service lines from aey city-owned installations, on city-owned lands, without charge, the City to retain use of ground surface, subject to the right of the district to maintain and repairo Respect~ submitted, ·' (5 YEAR PROGRAN) 1960 .PROGRAN lo Booster .hlmping Station ~nd Cleal" \Jell for Colorado Central Power Company Hells - -McBroom Station) -- - - - - ----- - - - - --$ ES!'IlJATED COS"!' 55,ooo.,oo 2o 14" Pipe line from above NcBroom Pumping Station to the Scenic View area 85,ooo ... oo 3o Connecting 14" feeder water Wtin from above hcBroom Pumping Station to the Valley Water District - - - -• - - - - --- - - - - - - - -- - 4o Acquisition of land for proposed. new Raw Water Storage Reservoir (Est.) Loo,OOOoOO 5 () Normal additional water main extensions to City distribution system - Total - -$ 1961 PROGRAM lo loO million gallon high level tre.!\ted water stRnd-pipe reservoir in Scenic View area - -~ -~ - - - -~ ~ - -~ - - --- --~ ---~ - 2o New summer tillle filter plAnt for NcBroom Ditch wAter (Pumping station and clear well included in 196o program) - --- -- -- - --- -- - 30 Program of replAcing old inadequate small private lines with new City 50,000.00 5751 000000 water mains (pirtial) - ----- - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - -30,000oOO 40 Norm.al additional water main extensions to City distribution system --40,000oOO Total • • $ ~ 252,000o~)~ 1962 PRO GRAM lo Raw water storage Reservoir - -(6;000 aco i'to )--- 2 o Enlarge clear well and Pumping Station at Filter Plant - - - - - -- 30 Enlarge River Pumping station And ad:litional 24" raw water line to Filter Plant Notei This will not be necessary if City Ditch can be used by 1962 ---~ ~ -~ - - --~ ~ --~ ~ - --~ ----~ ~ - 4o By-Pass feeder line frOOl proposed enlarged Pumping station At Filter Plant to the intersection of W. Layton and So Pecos - - --- - - - - 5 0 Additional 3oO Million Gal., treated "Wtter reservoir at site of the 2 existing x-eservoirs -.. -- -.. - - -.. .., ---- - - - -.. - - -- 6. Soo;ooo gallon High level treated water stand-pipe reservoir in the Valley Water District, together with connecting nmins o Note: This would appear to be the responsibility of the Valley Water District J however, it is veey necessary in o~·der to insure uninterrupted service and adequate pressure ... --- --- --........ - -... - -.. -.. - 80,000000 a,000 .00 14o,ooo.oo l~ 2 CA. 1\1 l.Hl HOV E.;.E.JT PROJEC1 S \'Ti 'I 'H rE .t::i\RTlili N'.l ( 5 YEAR l'ROGRAEl_ 1962 PRUGRAH (C01J•'l'D~ 7o Program of repl.Acing old inadequate snail private lines with new City wat.er mains. (Balance not completed in 1961) .. - - - - - - - - - --20 OO Oo OO 8., Normal Additionnl w~ter main extensions to City distribution system ... Lo ,000 .,00 Total --• $1,L8o,ooooOO 1963 PROGRAM lo Additional feeder main from filter plant to ne l proposed NcBroom smmner filter plant via Sant;a Fe and W. Ox.ford -------- - --$ 2 0 Normal additional water main extensions to City distribu·~ion system - Total -• .. $ 1964 PROGRAM lo New additional filter plRnt near the Douglas County line, together with a high level treated water reservoiro Notei This project will depend on the outcon1e o! negotiations for use of City-owned trans- S2,000 oOO 20,,000000 72,000oOO mountain water and developnent of the areao - - -.... - - - - - -.. -$ )201 000 0 00 2o Normal additional water m;i.in extensions to City distribution system -20,000 0 00 Total - - -J 340.000oOO NOTEs The above 5 year program does not include ~ny expense relative to disposition or utilization of any trans-mount:tin water 0 • CITY OF ~NGL'•WOOD g NGLE WOOD 1 COl.A.lRAOO Mro Lowel Fo Bane , Chairman Mro Gail E o Shapar ~ Secretary Sheridan 2anitatio1 District Noo 2 1995 West Hamilton P lace Englewood , Colorad l Gentlemen ' • August 5, 1959 Your let er of July 30th requ6 s t ing a con- nector 0 s a greement for sewage service i E a cknowledgedo I take it to mean ~at you want a state ~e n t of the most important clauses e nd covenants and the rate and fee schedules •hich a.r n normally and natural ly a part of any agreemento During t ' .~ City Council sess:tc n on August 3rdl) the origi1. · l struc -ure offered to your d istrict and the later mod ~fi.cation and conversions of s ame fo:r clarifi- cation and simplic t y we-e 9.gain confirmed, and are still open and available . For easy reference I enclose a photo- stat copy of a roug h draft of a proposed a greement which as ass em tJ.ed by o•u· counsel Mr,, lL Oo Shivers, Jro, after his unsuc •ossful a ; ·empt to get together with your legal represe ntat iveo A the proper p lace in t his draft I have attached • ~opy of t he sheet of t e ntativ e charges from which t he figures :~n the 1•ougll draft we r e drawno The tap fees s how n thereon are the same as appl i ed in our con- tracts wi b the Sonth Arapahoe Sanitation District and with a sm 1 1 distr c t in the Cherr y Hil l s areao The $95000 per million g allons treatment rat e is actually the same ~ s $12 n 00 per year per averag.e residenceo rae writ.r was subjecte to ma jor surgery and 1as in ho ~pitaliza ·1 on a11d recuperation from March 29th to May 18t h, 1959, and I was not in pers onal contact with the dev elo pments a .d negotiations during that timeo My files app ar to be f airly complet6 for that period but from such files l ··.m unable to determine why negotiations broke dow :c o I att· ch a copy of tt,e Sewer Advisory Boardns proceedin .s on May 6th which indicate that copies of the present ly enclosed contract draft were tr.ade available to your boa.r d and tha · several questions were answered as far ar.td aE completc. l y as was then possi.ble, until mutual negotia.ti ns were c ontinuedo There hav e been contacts with various members of your beard at d :fferent times, and several different plans, id~as and a Jproaches have been ma de o Following each of these cont cts our person el has been diligent in workinp out cos sheets upon various assumed or sug- gested conditions, but always upon the same basic rate structure o The En ;lewood City Government has taken no part or po~ition i i the discussions and a.~guments within your board and wi t i .in the City of Sheridan , nor have ,11e made any overtu. ·es or attempts to "bid" for the Sheridan uewage bu:i inesso It has always been the writer 11 s opinion that Sheri an and Englewood have many common or mutual pro blems an• l interests 9 that we have had amicable relations ip for S • veral yea s 9 and that there has not been any attempt b Englewood to exploit Sheridano J . ) •• • Page 2 August a , _c.•59 SUDl"a\ sinceri t y .hat w , h your bo !.rd u pon th .. arr nge e as is n outside of Engle oo tions to f t a loca your pw.•ti 1 cas .ome part f you. s negotiate f airly on ngineerin. can sh•l • on these bases, I l say in all :v e con, tan· "ly off e:r.e .o deal with rune ate 3chedule a d contractual 1 ava labl@ to othe eligible areas , and al.wa s d th re sonable adapta- si tua ·ion. conditio or desireo In we ight have a co on interest in er main line , and e ready to such phase as soon location and factual datao The Engle ood Disposal Plant is still capable of treatin the She idan sewage through both primary and econdary hases i ·hout overloading, and the City is now in pro ess of plan~ ng a 100% extension or addition to the plant to care f r further and ::Increasing needso The necessary land is p ocured and the Engineer has plans which are ov1 a par · of an applica ion f r a Federal 'ici ~ranto The cos of th:i.s expansion ill be paid by y proce fr·om 1''edere.l gra.nt 9 by ap lication of preaent res rves wh l ch have accumulated from tap fees :f1•on other district , and by a re\1 enue b nd issue to be 1·epaid ~ro e ning · of ·the plant over ti above opera- tional cos ~o The p fe s which might te collected under a co tract wi t h your bo ~d uld accrue as further x·cserves , above m ntion d and as such hey are the connectorJ partic:l ation n the cost of that part of the plant u sed by t q connectorso Once tap fee is paid for y p tic lar property, that phase is closed and don rud no fur her ta. fe or asses m nt is requiredo n this l ~tter I hope I have mad-clear that the City o Engl wo d is still ready and willing to deal ith yo r District , that the basic rate sch dules are still tie· ameD tha a contract can be dravn in some form re em b ling the enclosed draft and wlth adaptations to fit om-particu arly local situations, and that a meeting of pen ii can usually negotiate a fair and equitable ontr&cto It should not be too difficult to draw a clearly word d contract setting out conditions , rates, and requirem nts hich are protective to all parties co cernedo 'I'hi.s l tt duced for distrib t members of the ate Boe.rd, a.nd to the 1 concer ed i n the ma LRR/jb Atto r is being stencilled and repro- on to all Englewood Councilmen, and Se er Board, members of your gal and admini trati e personnel ero Yours truly 11 RU D ager