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Home My WebLink About1961-10-04 EWSB MINUTESREGUIAR MEETING ENGLEWOOD WATm AND smvm BQ\RD -OOTOBER 4,, 1961 The meeting was called to order by Vit:e-Chairman Purcell at 8:l5 Po Mo Members Presarli: Membel's Absent: Braun, Brownewell, Kreiling, Olin.er, Purcell, Robohm Frantz o-lher City Officials Present: Utilities Director Babcock --- Mro Babcock.; u·t.ilitiea Director,, reported to the Board on the present status of ·trans ... • mountain water dewlop!!i9n:t,, the proposed r.a:w water storage reservoir and recently c onstructed facilities, as fol.lows: l. City Council has approved and authorized the signing of the agreement with VI" W o Wheeler and Associates far preliminary surveys on Cabin-Meadow Creek diversion project, and VJork bas beguno 2 o City Couneil has approved and authorized the signing of the a greement with 'f u W o Wheeler and Associates for engineering services in the planning, design~ Gild oonstru.ction of Dad Clark Gulch Dam and Reservoir and this .firm has advised that work on this project, has begun o .3 0 The a.ddit.ion to the sewage treatment plant iS now in full operati on and is performing satia£a.ctorilyo It is fortunate that the new plant i s in CJperation because of b:eealcage of tha piping in the old plant enabling only about 1/3 eapacityo 4o The Bear Creek (s~rt.ime) filter plant was used late this sunmer and produced up to 2-1/2 million gallons per day o 7-l/2 Million gallons per day is considered full capaci"W of this plant; honsver., the capacity will be onlJ1" .3 •3/h million gallons per day until. the 2nd clarifier is const:ruetedo 5" The 500,000 gallons elevated stOl"age tank in Scenic Vi.aw is noi-1 in use and is proving to be very valuable in btt.lping to maintain wa·liar pressure in t."iat area1 as well as northwes·i; Englewood, east of the rive1•,. The eon.tractor has not painted t.he word 11ENGLEWOO!)tt on the side of the tank as yeto --- At the invitation of the Englewood Water and Sewer Board, tlE following representat ives of the Sou:th-East ~10\'lood. Water District wexre in attendance: Messrs. F:r:aser:s Wilson, Donaldson~ Goorman and Joeckel, D:iree'OOrs of the Boa.rd: liro Banta, Attorney far the Distziet; Mro Rea,, Engineer fen.~ the District; and Mr o Combelliek, Auditor for the DisU-ict. The ma in purpose of this joint session was to discuss the mutual problems of the two Boards relative to the future limi'Ca.tions of the South -Fast~ Bhglewood District boundarieso Mro Babcock, Utilities Director., reviewed the preaerr~ status of the district,, pointing ou-t the existing boundaries on a map and stated that, through September, 1961, 3,115 watsr taps have been issued in the d.istr:icto Mr o Babcock pointed out ·that much of the land all."eaey l'dthin tbs distr ict b oundaries has not, e s y e t,, been developed and tWt he f e lt that close consideration of this fac·t should be given, by both boards,, before procesd..ing to enlar~ the district. inasmuch as it would not seem fair to exhaust the number of ta.pa allcmable in a mm ly annexed ax e a when· mu.oh 0£ t he undeveloped land ,, now in t he district, has be en on the w.x r olls £or the distri ct levy,, since the fol"lllation of the distrioto It was injected by the District Board members that they would be agreeable to a "first coma ~ f:trst served" policy should it become necessary to curta.il the issuance of t.aps due to an insuff:.tcient supply of a ter o Uro Babcock indicated that_. while no great difficulty was experienced during the peak pumping months of 1961., due to the unusually wet season, there is no guarantee, under present c:lr- cwnstances., that the Tmglewood water syotem can supp~ water to any area larger than that to which it is alrea~ committedJ and, possibq not even that in the case ot an unusual.:q d!7 summer season. Mr. Babcock advised that,, though tm dewlopn:ent at trans-mountain water su.pply is nC1if definitely undemay, no specific ti.m! table £ar canpletion has been appraxima tad, nor~ has there bean arv actual determination made as to the additional quantity or water that this source can furnish, and far this reason, too,, it would be difficult far him to recommend that additional area be ad.dad far service until determination of these matters has been nade o Mro Babcock further reminded the gentlemen present that, not only mu.st careful consideration be given to the possibility or sufficient additional water S\lppq, but also, and of equal importance,, to the fact that additional water filtration capacity must. be developedo Mro Dale Rea, Engineer for the South..&ut. ingl.ewood Water District,, presented a map showing the area between East Balleview Avenue and the Arapahoe-Douglas County line and between South Broadwa7 and South Holly Streeto Mr. Rea had nade computations on the various sections of the map to show the projected potential of water taps anticipated in the area on the following basis: INSIDE EXISTING DISTRICT BOUNDARY Plannsd or platted sites with taps present:cy' pra'lided for -6, 747 Taps Unp~ in Residential Area Unpl».nned in Industrial Area 2$516 Taps __ 2_a .... o Taps Total potential. water taps inside existing district OUTSIDE EXISTillG DIS'llUCT BOUNDARY {INCLUDING UL'l'IlfATE AREA BETWEEN EXISTING EASTERN BOUNDARY l0,245 Taps 101 2b5 Tapa OF DIS'llUCT AND SOUTH HOLU' STREET, BETWEEN CRCHARD R<l\D AND COONTY LINE ROW) I . Unplanned Potential J,664 Taps Grand Tctal Mr. Rea stated, that from all indications, the growth in the area will require f'ram 1 ,000 to l,500 water taps per year until ful.q devel.Qpedo From the above projections, Mr. Rea pointed out the following infarnations lo The orig;lna.l district included apprm:imately 6,000 potential water taps for which the original distribution system was designed a.lld capacity of said crig:tnal system will have been reached upon issuance of the 61 000 tapso 2G 'lbe original. district has been allowed to expand to a point which will require 101 24S water taps to be served, as it noa exists, and apparentl,- the district is obligated to provide additions to the system to serve the additional taps o 3. !.f the district is allowed to exP&lld eastward to South Holly' Street., as provided in the Tri-City Trust Agreement, the distribution system shou1d be enlarged to serve a total or approximate~ 141 000 water tapso Mr. Rea pointed out further, that from an economics standpoint, it would not be much more costly to construct the additional facilities for the potential 1.4,,ooo taps than for the apprax:1mltely' 10,,000 taps to which the district is apparently' camnitted noao Mr. Rea indicated that, shoul.d the City of Englewood determine that water will be available to serve the ma:rl:nnun area, he felt that the distr1ct. should give consideration to the construction Qf the maximum. distribution systGmo J ' ' Mro Gl.em1 Danaldson, speaking as a Director of the Board of the South-East Englewood Water District; and, also representing llro Ben Elenbogen, of Dream House Acres, IrJco,," stated that he should like to ask the Engle1'food Water and Sewer Board, once again, to reconsider the application, original.:cy' presented under date of March l31 1960,. for inclusion into the South- East Englewood Water District, or the Northeast One-quartaro (Ni!li) of Section 2ha Township S South, Range 68 West, Ar&pah0& Count.v, CoJ.oradoc- Mro Donaldson again pointed out t.hat this land is located adjacent, on the east, 'to the existing east boundaIY of the South-East Englewood. Water District. which is South Steele Street• in which a water main existsq 'lhis Street also present.q represents the eastern limitations 0£ the lllnglewood appr·:JV'ed iservice areao Mro Donaldson indicated that be felt it was tm consensus of opinion of the South-East Bhglewood Water District Boa.rd that tm remaining land, between the present eastern boundary of the Englewood water service area and South Holly Street should be reserved for the future Englewood market, which would coincide with the existing Tri-City Trust Agreement; and, that tbs Soutb.....East qlewood Water District would be agreeable to the continued enlargement of their district to this point and would be in position to enlarge their system to that extento llro Donaldson stated further, honever, that, inasmuch as a pa.rt of the area~ not now in the district, is completely ready to be developed, including the Northeast Ona...quarter (NE~) of Section 24 1 mentioned earlier, it was the feeling or the District Board that the City of Englewood should eome to a conslusion1 within a reasonable time, as to whether the South- East Englewood Water District will be all.c:med to expand with Englewood water service, or . whether the Englewood service area boundary on the east should be fil'mly' set,, thus allowing the land to the east to be developed in another water district, with City of Denver water serviceo Mro Banta, Attorney fo-.r the District, advised that the Southa&.st Englewood Water District bas had application from the Littleton School Distric"1' for the inclllsion of land into the district to provide watar service to two proposed nn schools as f'olloWs: la Approximate]3 20 acre tract located in Section 19~ Arapahoe County, at the Northeast camer or Arapahoe Road and Colorado Boulevardo 211 Approx:tmateq .30 acre tract in Greemtood VW..age, l.oeated at Longs Road and South UniversiW' Boulevardo Mro Banta stated that early consideration by the Englewood Board for the inclusion of these tracts would be appreciated since construction or the schools is ccmtemplatsd in the near future. Mro Banta poiiltad out that both sites a.re adjacent to the existing district bOlmdary line~ but are outside the present Bhglawood approved service area which had been discussed earlier, and,, stated that he would JU3.ke formal application to the City tor inclusion of these tracts after the Englewood Boa.rd ms indicated its feeling on tho mattero After considerable discussion, with both Boards participating, Mr!' Babcock: Utilities Director, was asked to prepare a report, wit...li the assi8tance of Mr;i Dale Rea and Mro W~ W" Wheeler, Consulting llhgineers, to be completed for oonsideration by the Englewood Water and Sew-1er Board at its regular .session on December 6, 196J., reflecting the following :tnrorira.tion: lo The present available watar supply-a 2o The water supply that will be available from western slope diversiono 3,. The present and future filter plant and storage capacities oxisti.ng and necessary additions theretoo 4'0 l>etermination, from the above information, the potential ability-of ·the City ot Englewood to expand its water service area, and to what extenta 5o FBt;imated tine schedule involvedCl 'lhe members of the South ... East Englewood Water District Board and their consultants were excused £rooi the m!letiµg1 after which tm Englewocxi Water and Sewer Board had further disc ussiono \· -4- With all raani>ers of the Board in accord, the Vice-Cha:i:rma.n directed the Recording-Secretary to write a letter to the South~st Englewood Water District, advising them, -I A'O That upon receipt of a formal application for the anne?'!W.tion or the two Littleton School District tracts, to the South-East Englewood Water District, favorable consideration by the Bnglewood Water and Sewer Board will be given,, with the enlarganent of the City service area being made to facilitate sameo B. That reconsideration of the application for inclusion of tte North-East One- qua.rter (NEt) or Section 241 Arapahoe County, Colorado, into tm SoutMast Englewood Water District,, will be postponed until the report as to present and future water supply has bean completed and presented at the regular meeting of the Englewood Water a.nd Sewer Board on December 61 l96lo --- There being no further business to coma before the Englewood Water and sewer Board, the meeting was adjourned at lO:hO Po Mo - Recording Secretari' Approved ------------------