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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-02-08 EWSB MINUTESl • REGULAR .llEF:l'ING ENGLEWOOD WATER AND S'.EWER BOAlID = FEBRUAfiY 8~ 1960 The meeting was called to order by Acting=Chairman Purcell at 8:10 Po Mo Members Present: Members Absent: Braun8 Brownewell, Purcell, Robohm, Scott Frantz, McCabe Mro Purcell, Acting=Chairman• stated that the first item of business would be the re= organization of the Water and Se11er Boardi) naninations f o:r Chairman being in order o Scott moved, Braun, seconded, That Robert Fo Frantz be ruJminated as Chairman 0£ the Water and Sewer Board9 that nooiinations be closed.!> electing Mro Frantz by unanimous ballot o Ayes: Braun, Brownellell1 Purcell, Robohm,, Scott Nays: None Abs ent: Frantz, McCabe In Mro Frantz absence 9 Mro Purcell stated that naninations were next in order for Vice= Chairmano Scott moved, Braun8 eecondeda That .Mro Clarence .McCabe be nominated as Vice=Cbairl!lan of the Water and Sewer Board9 that nominations be closed, electing Mro ~s: Nays: Absent: McCabe , by unanimous balloto Braun, HrolfZllawell, Purcell" Robohm.ii Scott Nom Frantz.11 McCabe After short discussion" Scott moved, Braun, seconded, That the Water and Sewer Board recommend to City Council that Mro .Mo Oo Shivers, Jro be retained to continue as Consultant for the Englewood Water and Sewer Boardo Ayes: Braun; Brownewell, Purcell, Robohn., Scott Nays: None Absent: Frantz, McCabe Mro Sam Olschansky,, owner of the Bell Court .Motel, 2935 South Santa Fe Drive, appeared to discuss the recent sewage treatment rate increase so far as it concerned his motel busines s on South Santa Fe Driveo Mro Olachanslq' stated that the annual charges, tor sewage treat= ment !or his twenty=two unit mot.el, under the new rates effective January 1£> 19609 represent s a 300% increase over previous charges and wished to point out that since traffic has been drastically diverted due to the change in the main highway routes, hie business is virtually at a standstill except for three SW11J1er months of the yearo Jlro Olsch~ stated further that, in view of these circumstances» it did not seem .fair that rat.ea should be increased so mucho It was pointed out to Mro Olschanslc;y that his bill actually represented less than 50¢ per month, per unit1 whic:h no doubt was the c!leapest rate paid !or ae much serviceo It was further pointed out t.hat the previous rates were inequitable and were not. furnishing au!.ficient rsvell11e to cover ee•r plant operations and developnent.; also, that flat rates could not be adjustecl to location, but only to catagory o! use o The following letters we:ra presented and read: 11 1EE 1 SHIV.IBS & BANTA Attorneys At Law 3470 South Sherman Street Englewood 8 Colorado January 26_, 1960 Harold Ho Babcock City of Englewood Water and Sewer Commissioner City Hall Englewood, Colorado Dear Mro Babcocka At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors ot Soutb=:Eaet Englewood Water District held January 14. 19601 a petition for inclu= sion of the lams of 66 CorporationlJ and ReaJ.cy-Developnent Canpany, legally described as followsa The South one=half of the Northeast one=quarter of Section 24,, Township 5 SouthlJ Range 68 West of the 6th PoMo 1 Arapahoe County, Col oradoJ was presented to the Board of Directors for considerationo Also a request for inclusion into the District was received from Dream House Acres, Inca, of the following described property: A tract of land approximately SS acresr located in the Northeast one=quarter ot Section 241 Township 5 South, Range 68 Weet, Arapahoe County, Colorado o The Board of Directors ot the District def erred action on both requests for inclusion until an engineering report waa received by the Board concerning the feasibility of serving these lands with the facil- ities of the District, and until the City ot Englewood Water and Sewer Board had advised concerning the right or the District to include these additional areas into the Districto - It ls the Board's understanding that no .further inclusions into the District can be made until such time as the City or Englewood g ives 1 ts consento It was the reeling of the members o! the Board that it could not act with aey degree of certainty in the~ matters until an expression had been received from the City of its dispoaition to allow these inclusions into the Districto Mro Gil bert Goldstein• Attorney at Law, who represented the own- ers of the first above described parcel, and Mro .Elenbogen,, President of Dream House Acres, Inco 1 the owner of the second above described parcel wel"f~ advised to contact the Engle wood Water and Sewer Board in reference to this matt~ro Accordingly 1 you mq-expect a direct approach by either or both of these partieeo Our Board of Directors meets again February 11th, at which tm we should have a complete engineering report concerning the servicing ot the proposed areas.. azxi it would be desirable if we could have an expression .f'rom the City of its desire in this matter at that meetingo If there is any turther information you mq need~ kindly advise me and I will try to furnish it tor youo RBL:rem CC "'' Lo Ro Rudd City Manager" Very truly yours,p /S/ Robert Bo Lee =3= 18 mEAM HOUSE ACllliS, INCo 2703 Elm Road LITTLETON, COLORADO City of Englewood Po Oo Box 178 Englewood 1 Colorado Gentlemen: January 1.5"' l96o We have acquired approximately 5.S acres in the Northwest Quarter ot Section 24, Township 5 South, Range 68 West,,. which is directly across the street from our Cherry Hills Manor Subdivisiono We appeared before the South=East ,h;nglewood Wa:ter District yesterdq requesting that the approximately 55 acres be included within the South=East Englewood Water Diatri.cto We were advised by them that be.tore they cou.1.d do so they would have to have the permission of the City of Englewood to so include this area and they would have to be advised that taps would be available o It is our desire to add this area to our Cherry Hills Manor Subdivision and request is hereby made to you to approve the addition of this area into the Sout~ast Englewood Water Districto Your immediate attention to this request will be appreciated') BE:wa 11 Very truly yours, DREAM HOUSE ACRES_, INCo /s/ Benjamin Elenbogen Presid.ento A.f'ter considerable discussion» in which it was brought out that the subject art1aa are located outside the present b.:nglewood Red Line, but inside Englewood service area under the Tri=City Trust Agreement.,, Robobn moved, Scott, seconded, That the South=East Englewood Water District and Dream House Ac.res, Inco, be advised that the Englewood Water and Sewer Board would not look favorably on increasing tba size of the South=Ea8.t Englewood Water District at this timeo Each individual case wt21 be considered.!> if it is accepted by tba Dist.rict,p when a f'ormal request fran the District is receivedo The City is proceeding in its attempt to inc.reaae the water supply 8 at which time, policy could changeo Ayes: Braun, Brownewell .. Purcell, Robohm, Scott Nays: None Absent: Frantz, McCabe Kro Babcoc.k.1> utilities Director, presented for tm Board's consideration, a proposed contract between the City of E;nglewood and Dale Ho Rea, Consulting .h.ngineer, for engineering services tor complete plans, designs and specifications in connection with the proposed Sunmer Filter Planto ·.· Mro Babcock explained the conditions of the contract and after brief discussion, Brownewell movecl, Robohll, seconded, That the Water and Se"\ver .Hoard recommend to City Council that the contract between the City of .Englewood and Dale Ho Rea, Consulting l!Jlgineer9 for engineering services for planaD designe and specifications for the Sumner Filter Plant9 be approved as proposedo Ayes: Braun, Browne"WQll, Purcell, Robobn., Scott Nqs: None Absent: Frantz i> McCabe The following letter was presented and read: MR., HAROLD RUST lllC o C~ BUCHLER RO.BERT Eo HIEMSTRA 3580 South Broad.wa\Y" Englewood 8 Colorado c/o Colorado Central Po-wer Canp~ 3470 South Broa.dw~ Englewood, Colorado ~ar Mro Rust: Re: Property of Harry .Eo Jones Regarding your telephone inquiry of yesterd~ concerning what plans my clients had tor the developnent of the tract of lam, which t.ra.et they seek an entrance to from South Clarkson StreetlJ the matter was discussed with the clientso I am in.fonned that they do not wish nor do they intend to 11 develop11 this particular tract into a subdivision, ~t merely desire to move a present structure (now located near t~ Northeast corner of their property) onto suc h tract where the same will be used as a one fanily d11elling in connection llith their bane o The house one moved will serve as quarters for danestic help EID.ployed by our clients for the maintenance of all of their propertyo It would appear that the simplieat solution to this problem of ingrees and egress would be to obtain the pennission of the Engle= wood Water Board to move the existing fence on its right=<>f",wq a few feet to the East, thus, permitting entrance onto the Jones property to the inmediate East of your firm 9 e electrical installationo If this can be accanplished such will be satis.tactory to Mro and Mrso Joneso The only other solution would be for the entrance to open directly onto South alarkson Street passing directly by and over your present electrical installations, which you believe would not be satisf actor;y to your firmo I trust that the foregoing properly answers your inquiry and that we will be furnished with the decision of the b:ngle wood Wa ter Board in the very ar futureo Your interest in this matter is appreciatedo Yours very truly, acb/C January 13 » 1960u /S/ Co Charles Buchler • J Mro Babcock explained that the above letter had been referred to h:im by Ur 0 Rust with an informal request that the Water and Sewer Board give considaration to same as soon as possibleo This matter was discussed briefiy at the meeting of January 11, 1960 and was tabled for further inf'ormation relative to proposed layout and how the area was to be developedo After some further discussion,, BE'aun moved, Robohm, seconded, That those interested be advised that access to the proposed site appears» to the Englewood Water and Sewer Board» to be available from existing access on South Clarkson; that right= of=way to the storage reservoir was acquired under threat of eminent domain for use as access and a pipeline to the storage reservoir only, not as a public thorofareo Use as a public thorofare or by others might result in a claim by the former owner that the land was not being used for the purpose for which it was acquiredo For this reason, the request must be deniedo A:yes: Nays: Absent: Braun, Brownewell» Purcell, Robohm, Scott None Frantz., McCabe The following inte:r=office memorandums from .tlro Lo Ro Rudd» City Manager» were received and read: INTER=OFFICE MEMCRANDUM TO: Water and sewer Board c/o Mro John Curtice DATE: January 20 81 1960 F«OKz Mro Lo Ro Rudd SUBJl!.CT: ADVERTISING F<Jt CONSTliUCTION OF SU.MMl!:RT~ FILT~ PLANT I.RR/ij The City Council has approved the movement to advertise for bids !or this facility as soon as the de- tailed plans and specifications are completed by Mro Dale Rea, Consulting .Engineero In this movement the Council has authorized the administrative to insert the proper dates and to arrange for the opening of bids in the proper fashiono /S/ Lo Ro RUDD Ci t;y Manager CC: .Mro Harold Ho Babcock INT.l!a-..-OFFICE .MEMOliANDUM TO: Water-and Sewer Board DATE: Januar,y 20,, 1960 c/o Mro John Curtice FROM: Mro Lo Ro Rudd SU.BJECT: LRR/ij A~UISITION OF LAND 1',0R REShRVOIR AND DAM SITE During the January 18th session of the City C.ouncil, the resolution concerning this subject which was recommended by your Board was adopted in .full and ~d.tbout revision or reservationo This memorandum is for informational purposes so that the movement to acquire options and titles can proceedo /S/ Lo Ro Rudd City Manager CC: Mro Harold Ho Babcock INl'ER=-OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO s Water and Sewer Board DATE1 January 20., 1960 SUBJECT: c/o Mro John Curtice !.fro Lo Ro Rudd ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL WA'.lER BONDS IA.lring the January 18th session of the City Council the matter 01' increasing the bond issue amount fran $7$0 1 000 to $1,0001 000 and !or immediate action on same was consideredo The Council approved tlm movement aIXi also approved an additional proposal from the bond house group to pilot bonds in the amount of $1,000,,000 to be d.ated March lat, 1960, and also for an additional $11 0001 000 at some later date to be determined when the need is apparent o The bond house group reduced their charge to $7o7S per bond tor the latter $1~000,CX)O issu or any part thereof o A oopy of Mro Imhof1'9 s letter and some tentative bond payment structures and a time schedule for the first m.illion dollar issure are attached heretoo The time schedule was also adopted by the City Council and the structure tor the proposed issue to be d.ated .March lst,, l196o, was also approvedo This memorandum is for informational purposes so that your Board will know that the City Council is going along with thess proposed movements in every wayo LR h/ij /S/ L Q R o RUDD CC: Mr o Har old Ho Babcock City Manager After a bric~!' discussj.on relative to mutual Littleton·~Englev1ood water and sewer problems» it was agreed by the Hoard that Mayor Soot t would endeavor to arrange a meeting of the two City Councils with members of the Englewood Water and Sewer Board who might be designated by Englewood City Council also to at tendo There being no further business to come before the Englewood Water and Sewer Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:SS Po Mo 4.~ ohn Do Curtice cording Secretary Approved-----~--~----~~------~ Date: Subject: Recommendation: r I r .. r MEMORANDUM TO THE ENGL.E.'WOOD CITY COUNCIL REGARD~G ACTION OR ID;CO.MMENDATION OF THE ENGLEWOOD \'lATlli AND SEWER BOARD February 8, l96o Engle wood Water and Sewer Board Consultant That Mro Mo 0.; Shivers, Jro be retained to contirme as Consultant tor the Englewood. Water and Sewer Board Respectiul.J.y sul:mitted, By: Date: Subject: Recommendation: MEMORANDUM TO THE ENGU.'WOOD CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION CR RECOMMENDATION OF T.flli: ENGLE.WOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD February 8, 1960 Engineering Services For Proposed Summer Filter Plant o That the proposed contract, as presented herewith_. bet'WOen tbs City of Englewood and Dale Ho Rea, Consulting Engineer, for engineering services for complete plans. designs and specifications for the proposed Summer Filter Plant, be approved9 and properly executedo Respectfully subnitted, By: Richard Jo Purcell Acting---0.hainnan