HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-12-14 EWSB MINUTESREGULA.R l1EETING
ENGJ..tWOOD WA'l'ER AND SEWER BOARD c-, DECEMBER 14.o 1959
The meeting was called to order by Chainnan Frant~ at 8:10 Po Mo
Members Present :
Members Absent:
other Off iciala
Present:
Brcmnewsll, Framz, Kreiling, .McCabe» Purcell,, Scott
Robohm
Utiliti.es Director Babcock, Consultant Shivers
Mro John Mclucas and Mro Woolsey 1 :representing the Inli!?r-,"iount~y Regional Pl.ar.ning Commiasionl}
were in attendance to discuss with the Board the possibil.i. ties for a large regional park
to be developed around the proposed Dad Clark Gulch raY1 water storage reservoir near the
Arapahoe-=Douglas County line, just east of Highway 8.50
An aerial photograph, with o~~rlays, was used to point out the various possibilities for
such a recreational area which could include a golf course'" general picnic area and a
swimming=picnic area» which, with maximum developnent~ would completely surround the
reservoir" It was pointed out that this area has been under considersation for some time,
by ICRPC» for a regional park siteo
It was the consensus of the Board that the City would be most cooperative, in any way
possible, tmvard the developnent of such a recreation area, p1i:>vided sufficient r:nancial
assistance can be made available through State Agencies or others for the projecto
It was brought out» in discussion, that timing in the plans for acquisition £ the additional I
lands9 for recreational purposes,, is quite important inasmuch as the procedure being used
by the City for procurement of the reservoir lands only might need to be alteredo
It was suggested to the ICRPC representatives that action be taken as soon as possible to
determine wa.ya and means to develop the project, if possibleo
.Mro M:cLucas and Mro Woolsey of. ICRPC remained to join in the discussion next held relative
to the proposed fonnation of a Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Districto
Brochures, prepared jointly by ICHPC and Joint Sanitation Commission, 2152 South Bellaire
Street, Denver, Colorado, were made available, which out..\ine the reasons for need for such
a district within tte area, the general plan for such a program and the necessity of
enabling legislation by the State of Coloradoo
A draft of A Bill For An Act Aut~ori~ing The Organization Of Metropolitan Sewage Disposal
Districts And Prescribing The Purposes and Po-mrs Thereof, to be enacted by the Generru
Assembly of the State of Colorado, was also presented for discussionc
Mayor Scott spoke briefly on tre proposal» indicating that the existence of a great problem
involving almost the entire Denver Metropolitan Area is recognized by all am is currently
a major topic for discussion and study within the Urban .Ma.yor 0 s Associationo
Mro Shivers9 Consultant~ led a discussion relating to the pro;>osed Bill and brought out
several points which he feels need further clarification and{or changeao
After much discussion9
Purcell moved,
McCabe, seconded,, That tha Water and Sewer Board hereby empower Mro Shivers., Consultant
to communicate with the sponsors of tbs proposed enabling legislatio;
for formation of Metropolitan Sewage Treatment District, through
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
Mro Hatfield Chilson1 their legal consultant"' and express the views
of the Englewood Water and Se-wer Board rela.ti ve to said legislationc
Brownewell 1 Frantz, Kreiling.1> .McCabe$ Purcell, Scott
None
Robobn
Mayor Scott invited Mro Slu\vers to attend a dinner meeting of the Urban M~or's Association
to be held Thursday evening, December 17, 1959 at Wolhurst Club, at which the proposed
.Metropolitan Sewage Trea.t.ment Di.strict is to be discussedo .Mayor Scott stated that other
interested groups~ including legislators~ have also been invitedn
1
The following letters were presented and read by Mro Babcocl-::,, Ut,ilitiea Director:
CoRoTo, Inco
901 Sherman Sto
Noo 421 .
11STATE OF COLORADO
DEPART1.IBNT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
state Office Building1 Denver 2
December 1, 1959
Denver» Colorado
Attention: Ur., Bill Ostenburg
Gentlemen:
We have revieed the plans and specifications submitted to
this offic e concerning the sewage lagoon for the HeITiclc Dale
Subdivisiono It appears that they meet the design criteria set
forth by the State Health Department concerning this type of in~
stallationo
This department would like to advise you of several factors
concerning this installation:
lo This one cell will only accomodate the existing thirty=
two dwelling units in the HeITick Dale Subdivisiono
2 o The Jefferson County Health Department has notified us
that further building permits will not be issued until
plans and specifications for additional. .facilities are
sul:mitted for approval and until a construction schedule
is presented for this additional facilityo
3o This type of installation is limited to the number of
persons it can serve and this department feels that for
good canmunity planning, treatment of sewage should be
handled by one of the existing plants in the areao
4o This facility is located upstream from municipal water in=
takes and we feel that precautions should be taken so that
the installation will not contaminate the ground water nor
the adjacent st.reamo
5o We understand it will be necessary for you to receive a
permit to install this facility from the Jefferson County
Board of Adjustioonto
60 It has been noted that the water supply and sewage disposal
facilities for the HeITick Dale Subdivision are not controlled
by an existing suitable legal entity a Immediate steps should
be taken either to validate your PoUoCo option, form a water and
sanitation district, or provide other suitable means of controlo
GAP:wn
CCI PoUoCo
Yours very truly,
For Directorb Division of Sanitation
George Ao Prince~ PoEo 1 Chief
Public Heal th Engineering Section
cc: Jefferson Cowity Health Depta
de: City Of Littleton
cc: City Of Englewood
cc: Jeff er son County Board of Adjustment
cc: MeurereuSeraf'ini=Meurer"
11 CITY OF LITTLETON
Littleton, Colorado
December 7, 1959
Department of Public Health
State of Colorado
State Of !'ice .Building
Denver 2, Colorado
Attn: Mro George Ao Prince, Po.l!.:o Chief
Public Health 1nginaering Sectiono
Dear Mro Prince:
A copy of your letter to the CoR~To, Inco has been received
by me and I would like to advise you as to our position in
the CoRoTo sewer problemso
We herewith go on record requesting that you do not pennit
any .further expansion of the CoRo To 1 s sawer system operation
as it is now operating o We do not believe that the present
system of running raw sewage into an open lagoon is in line
with the State he.11th lawsQ
I further call to your attention that we have an ordinance
in the City of Littleton which prohibits the operation of a
sewer system such as the CoRoTo is operating at this tme,
within five miles of the source of our dCliUestic water suppl.yo
Be.fore any further permission is granted to CoRoTo, Inco, I
feel that you should notify ua as to their intention so that
we may be able to protect our domestic water supplyo
Yours very truly,
Carl Do Bryan
City Manager
CDB:be
CC: PoUoCo
Jefferson County Health Depto
City of Englewood
Jefferson County Board of Adjustment
lleurer.oSeraf ini=Meurer"
In the discussion following, it was brought out that the proposal by CoRoTo , Inco could
also have adverse effects on the water supply of the City of Englewoodo
McCabe moved,p
Purcella seconded» That Mro Shivers,, Consultant, be directed to write a letter
to the Public . Health Department, State of Colorado11 with
copies to PoUoCo 1 Jefferson County Health Depto 1 City of
Lit t.leton, Jeff er son County Board of Adjustment and Meurer=
serafini-Meurer, stating very clearly that the City of
Englewood opposes the plan of CoRaT.,, Inco proposed for
sewage treatmento
Ayes: Browne-well, Frantz, Kreiling.P .McCabeJiJ PurcellJiJ Scott
Nays: None
Absent: Robohm
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The following letter from the South=East Englewood Water Distri ct was presented and
read:
11 SOUTH=EAST ENGLEWOOD WATE.R DISTRI CT
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Mro Lo Ro Rudd
City Manager
City Hall
Englewood, Colorado
Dear Mro Rudd:
No o 2 Sharman Building
3470 South Sherman Street
Englewood~ Colorado
The Board of Directors of South..-~East Englewood Water
District at its Regular Meeting held November 12, 1959» di&o
cussed the general problem relative to maintaining adequate
servicing of the District water distribution facilitieso
As you no doubt have been informed, the .District has a
service contract with Utilities Service, Inco which cal.ls for
daily inspection of the District pumping facilities and per-
iodic inspection of the District fire hydrants and other
.facilitieso
The proposition was raised by one of tm Directors of
the possibi lity of the City of Englewood Water Department
taking over the servic ing and maintenance of the District
lines and fac ili ties = of course, at the sole expense of the
District = with the thought in mind that a more efficient
servicing and maintenance program might be effected» to the
over=all benefit of the District and the C:lty of Bnglewood o
It was considered that such an approach to this problem might
avoid, in the future, any recurrence of the water service
failure such as took place on June 28, 1959 to the embarrasa=
ment of the District and the City and its officials, and to
the considerable harassm.ent of yoursalf o
The Board was given to understand that some of the
Councilmen had considered such an arrangeroont .favorably, and
accordingly, I was instructed to contact you to determine
whether the City would entertain discussions concerning the
feasability and practicability of such a programo
The District Board of Directors would appreciate your
views on this suggestion$ and ii' it appears that discussion
might be desirable, :representatives of the Board would be
pleased to meet with you and other City officials at your
convenience a
Vecy truly yours,
/S/ Robert Bo Lee
RBL:br
cc: Robert Frantz, Chairman
City of Englewood Water and
Sewer Board
60 East Floyd
Englewood, Colorado"
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In the discussion folloTd.ng.i> it was the general opinion of the Board that the South-~
East Englewood Water District is now becoming large enough ·~hat a i'ull~time administrative
set=up,11 including maintenance~ should be established 'Within the districto
It was also pointed out that Paragraph 2, Section B (Service Outside City I,imita),
Ordinanc-e Noo 15, Series of 1956» provides that 10 The individual service or distributi.on
of water outside the City that originated in the system of the City shall be by pipes,
mains or service lines aIXi appurtenances owned by the individual or distributor, and the
City shall assume no ownership of the same nor obligation for construction or maintenance
thereof --= ~"o
Purcell moved,
McCabe 1 seconded, That the 'Water and Sewer Board recomnend to City Council that a
letter be written to the South-~ast Englewood Water District,
in answer to their letter of December 91 1959~ advising that
the City of Englewood would not be interested in their proposition
regarding maintenance of distribution faci.litiea in that district
by the Cityo
Ayes: Browne-well, Frantz, Kreiling_, .McCabe, Purcell, Scott
Nays: None
Absent : Robotm
Mro Babcock, Utilities Director, advised the Board that in the process of making regular
surveys of premises of residential. water users for the purposes of fiat rate water billing,
numerous additional chargeable fixtures are found to have been installed since the previous
survey and, in some instances9 complete living units have been found which v.era not in
existence at the time of the prev~,cus survey and were not reported to the departmento
The Board was asked to assist in making a determination as to whether retroactive billing
should be effected from the de:rmined time of the additions~ or, since the present Rules
and Regulations Ordinance does not provide for any specific responsibility on the part
of the property owner to report such additions, should the billing increase be effected
from the time of the discovery of the additiono
It was agreed, by the Board, that9 due to the fact that the Qrd:inance does not provide for
the owner to be responsible for the reporting of additions to the property which cause
additional water service charges, the increased billing sho~d begin with the billing
nearest the time of discovery of the addition in instances now under considerationo
Ho-wever, it was agreed that an amendment should be made to the Ordinance which wi~_l provide
for responsibility of reporting such additions to the water department on the property owner,
with future water bills to show some type of reference to the provision as notificationo
Mro Babcock was directed, to draft, with the assistance of Mro Shivers, C-Onsultant, a proposed
amendment to Ordinance Noo 15, Series of 1956, which will provide for property owners to
be made responsible for reporting additions of chargeable itas to their premises» to the
Water :tlepartment9 presenting same for reconmending.action» as soon as possibleo
Mro Babcock, Utilities Director .. reported that9 in answer to an eariler inquiry by him,
he had received a letter from Mro Wo Ea Hishop, Superintendent, ~lewood Public Schools,
which indicated their willingness to sell City Ditch rights to the City but» as yet.9
have not determined a priceo
After discussion, Mro Babcock was asked to continue negotiations for the City Ditch rights
and to determine also the type of rights involvedo
Mr o Babcock explained to the Board that 1 due to the uncertainty of the length of time which
the City lfill be able to continue to use the Colorado Central Power Company wells west of
the City 1 it has been decided to complete the construction of the "swnmer~time" filter
plant, to be located in the same area, during 1960, rather than installing the pumping
station only in l96o and the remainder of the plant in 1961, as was originally plannedo
Tbe matter of whether any City Ditch rights were involved in the joint acquisition of
land by the City-School District, from John anu Rose Lorenzano, along the east side of
the 3700 block South Logan Street, several years ago, was discussedo
I
Mr. Babcock was asked to determine if any such rights exist and, if so, the nature of
their dispositiono
Mro Shivers advised the Board that a notice has been received £or .filing claim for reim· ·
bursement for expenses incurred in the Blue River"'"8outh Platte Conservancy District
Court Caseo
Mro Shivers pointed out that the reimbureement would be from funds collected f'rom
taxpayers originally in the district and impounded by the Supreme Court, and that the
City of Englewood, of course, was never a part of the district and consequently was
never ta.xedo
Mro Shivers advised further that the City of Denver does not intend to file claimci
After sane further discussion,
Purcell moved,
Scott, seconded, That the Water and Se\~r Board recommend to City Council that
the City file no claim for reimbursement of expenses in ths
Blue River·..South Platte Conservancy District Court Case, out
of the monies collected and impounded by the Supreme Court,
upon the basis that it would be morally improper to expeet
tra funds of taxpayers outside the comnunity to stand the
cost of fighting against the taxing of the psople within the
conmunityo
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
Browne-well, Frantz, Kreiling, McCabe 9 Purcell, Scott
None
Robohm
Mro Shivers presented a draft of an Agreement for the purchase of tt.3 McBroom Ditch
rights owned by the Colorado Central Power Company (See previous recommencations of
the Water and Sewer Board = Minutes of November 14, 1959) o
Aft.er some discussion~
Kreiling moved,
McCabe» seconded, That the Water and Sewer Board recommend to City Council
that tre Agreement, as furnished by the City Attorney in
finished form, to purchase the McBroan Ditch rights from
the Colorado Central Power Company, be approved and ordered
exeMed by the proper officials of the City~
Ayes: Browne-well, Frantz1 Kreiling, McCabe, Purcell, Scott
Nays: None
Absent: Robohm
After brief explanation and discussion on the matter,
Scott moved,
Purcell, seconded, That the Water and Sewer Board recommend to City Council
that the City enter into an agreement to lease 15i additional
inches of City Ditch water, recently acquired by the Tri=
City Trust, from said Trust, at $10000 per year plus assess-
mentso
Ayes: Brownewell, Frantz, Kreiling.11 McCabe, Purcell,, Scott
Nays: None
Absent: Robobn
I
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Three ~nall tracts of landb described under Schedules Noao 816, 817 and 827, in advertisement
!or tax sale in Paving District Noo 6oi made October 29 1 19.59, by the County Treasurer· of
Arapahoe County, was brought up for discussiono
It was explained that the Denver City Ditch and right·--0f=way occupy almost the entire
area of these tracts and the Denver Water Board claims only to have an easement for the
ditcho
After discussion,
Purcell moved,
Kreiling, seconded,, That the Water and Se•~er Boc.!rd recommend to City Council that
due consideration be given to abating the taxes against the
three tracts of land involvedo
Ayes:
N~s:
Absent:
Brownewell,, Frantz, Kreiling8 McCabe,, Purcell,, Soott
None
Robohn
There being no further business to come before the ~nglewooa Water and Selver Board9 the
meeting was adjourned at 11:30 Po Mo
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.Bohn .Do Curtice
Recording Secretary
Date:
Subject:
Recommendation:
MEMORANDUM TO Tl~ .l::NGLr..WOOD CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION
OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE ENGLhWOOD WATER AND SEWIB .BOARD
Decemoor 14, 1959
City of Englewood Maintenance of Water Distribution System of
South=East Englewood Water District.
That a letter be written to the South=taat l!.nglewood Water
District, in answer to their letter of December 91 1959,
advising that the City of Englewood would not be interested
in their proposition regarding maintenance of distribution
facilities in that district by the City of .lmglewoodo
(Paragraph 2, Section B (Service Outside City Limits),
Ordinance Noo 15 1 Series 01' 19560)
Respectfully submitted,
,t;NGLE.WOOD WATER AND St;W~R BOARD
By:
..
Date:
Subject:
Recommendation:
MEMORANDUM TO THE ENGU;WOOD CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION
OR RECOM'vl~NDA'l'ION OF THE l!;NGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD
December 1411 19.59
Notice For Filing Claim For Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred
In Blue River=South Platte Conservancy District Court Caseo
That the City file no claim for reimbursement of expenses in
the Blue River=South Platte Conservancy District court case,
out of the monies collected and impounded by the Supreme Court~
upon the basis that it Vlould be morally improper to expect the
funds of taxpayers outside the community to stand the cost of
fighting against the taxing of the people within t.00 communityo
Respectfully subnitted~
ENGLi!.WOOD WAT.l!:R AND SE
By: Rol'Dert Fo
Chairman
MEMORANDUM TO THE ENGLE.WOOD CITY COUNCIL REGAl~DING ACTION
OR REOO.MMENDP.T ION OF THE .b.NGLEWOOD WATER AND SJ1WER Pim RD
Date: December 141 1959
Subject: Agreement For Purchase of McBroom Ditch Rights From Colorado Central
Power Company
Recommendation: That the Agreement for purchase of McBroom Ditch rights from the
Colorado Central Power Company, as .furnished by the City Attorney
in finished fonn, be approved and ordered executed by the proper
officials of the Cityo
Respectfully submitted,
By: Robert Fo
Chairman
Date:
Subject:
Recommendation:
MEMOh.ANDUM TO Tllli ENGlliWOOD CITY COUNCIL REGAHDING ACITION
OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE; ENGLEWOOD IBATER AND SEWER BO!i-RD
December 1.4, 19.59
Leasing of City Ditch Rights Ovmed by the Tri=City Trust
That the City enter into an agreement to lease 15-i additional
inches of City Ditch rights, recently ac~uired by the Tri=City
Trust9 from said Trust.o at $10000 per year plus assessment So
Respectfully sul:mitted,
By: Robert F o
Chairman
Date:
Subject:
Recommend tion:
MEMORANDUM TO THE bNGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL liliGAHDING ACTION
OR fil:OO!Wi.dl:!:NDATION OF THE .1.!;NGL.t!.WOOD WA.TJ:ill AND SEVD.i:lt BJARD
December 14, 1959
Paving Assessments Against Certain Small Tracts
That due consideration be given to abating the taxes against the
three small tracts of land, described under Schedules Noso 816,
817 ai:d 827 1 in advertisement for tax sale in Paving District
Noo 6, made October 29, 1959, by the County Treasurer of
Arapahoe Countyo
Respectfully submitted,
By: Robert F o
C airman