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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-10-10 EWSB MINUTESREGULAR MEETING ~GLEWOOD WATER AND S&-'ER BOARD -OCTOIEl lO:i 1962 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Frantz at 5 tlO P oMo MfJlllbers Presents Members Absent: Braun.I> Brownewell41 Frantz$ Oliner~ Perceful.18 Robohm Parker Other City Officials Present: Utilities Director Babcock, City Attorney Esch, Consultant Shivers .. -... Mro Babcock, Utilities Director" advised the Board that the annual stockholder's meeting of the Nevada Ditch Holding Company will be held Mondq, November S~ 1962~ at 3:30 PoHo in Littleton City Hall~ Littleton~ Colorado; and~ the annual stockholder's meeting of The McBroom Ditch Company., Ince will be held at 7130 PeMo on that same date in Englewood City Hallo Mro Babcock reminded the Board that it is necessary, a.nnually::i for the City of Englewood to designate a proJ<Y to vote the City or Englewood Shares in these companies at the annual meetingso Oliner moved, Bra-nnewellb seconded~ That the Water and Sewer Board recommend to City CoUllCil that Mro Harold H. Babcock, Utilities Direoto1•, be designatedJ> as proxy., to represent the City of Englewood at the annual meeting of the Nevada Ditch Holding Company.e to be held at 3:30 PoMo 11 Monday, November 5. 1962, in Littleton City Hall~ Littleton, Colorado; and~ at the annual meeting of The McBroom Ditch CompaJ'l3', !nco, to be held at 7:30 P.M., YIOnda;y~ November S~ 19621 in Englewood City Hall, E.nglewood., Coloradoo A.yes: Braun11 Brownewell, Frantz, Oliner,, Percefull,, Robolun Nays: None Absent: Parker --- Mr. Babcock, Utilities Director, presented for information of the Board, copies or a report. titleds COMPil.ATION OF WATER DEPARTMEJ-.i"T LAND, WATER RIGHTS, A?m CAPITAL IMPRO\TE.. MENTS FACil.ITIES OWNED BY CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, OCTOBER l.o 19620 (The reportp in full, is on file in the office of the Utilities Direct.oro Mr. Braun~ Councilman and Water and Sewer Board members advised the Board that he had not been able to attend Water and Sewer Board meetings since the meeting time had been re.- scheduled at 5tOO PoMo on the second Wednesday of each month; and, that he 1r10uld not be able to attend future meetings at this time because of prior oommittmenteo After polling all Board members present for a meeting suitable to all,, Mr.a Frantz9 Chairman., declared that future regular meetings of the F.nglewood Water and Sewer Board will be held at 5cOO PoMo 1 the second Tuesday of each month, beginning with November 13,, 19620 --... Af'ter discussion and reports by Mro Wo Wo Wheeler, Consulting Engineer and Mro Mo Oo Shivers, Jr08 Legal Consultant, relative to the current status of Western Slope water rights develop.,. ment9 Ol1ner movedD Robohm.:i seconded, That Mr o Wheeler be authorized to il'.stall necessary measuring devices on various streams and ditches in the proposed Englewood Western Slope collection systemo .Ayess Braun» Brownewell1 Frantz;i Oliner» Peroefullll Robohm Nays: None Absent: Parker - 2 - Oliner moved, Robohm, seconded, That Mro Wheeler be authorized to proceed with the office work in connection with preparation of prel.im:imJ;cy plans and specifica- tions ror the proposed Englewood Western Slope collection system, at a cost not to exceed $101 0000 Ayes: Braun, Brownewell, Frantz, Ollner, Percefull, Robohm Nays: None Absent: Parker -.. - Mro Braun was excused from the meetingo -.. - A short discussion was held relative to the actual possibility or the City of Eilglewood . ever being able to secure the cooperation of the City of Denver, Board o£ Water Commissioners, for the joint use or the Denver City Ditch in transporting raw water from the South Platte River to Englewood No. 1 Reservoiro It was pointed out again9 as in former discussions, that the alternate method for trans- mi tting this water would be through a pumping station located at the South Platte River,, thus eliminatiJlg the use of the City Ditcho The Board was ref erred to the preliminary estimate of costs in the comparison of the two methods 0£ transmission, as set out in Mro WG W" Wheeler•s letter of September 5~ 1962~ (See Englewood Water and Sewer Board minutes of September 12., 19620) The Board, having determined that the joi!lt use of the Denver City Ditch on an economicall:y teasible basis will apparently be inpossible in the foreseeable future, agreed that the City or Englewood should make a fir111 decision to use the alternate method of locating the punping station at the South Platt9 River for tranSllli.ssion of the water directly to the reservoir, in order that planning may proceed along those lineso Robohm moved1 Oliner, seconded, That the Water and Sewer Board recommend th~ City Council make Ayes; N~: Absent: a decision to use the alternate ple to locate the pumping etation at t.he South Platte River to pump Western Slope raw water directly from the river to Englewood Noo l Reservoir, rather than the original plan to locate the pumping station at the Denve"~ City Ditch which would require the joint use of the ditch by the City of Englewood and the City of Danvero Brmmewell., Frants, Oliner» Percetull, Robohm None Braun, Parker --~ At the request of Mro Ho R~ Braun., the question of the possible sale of the Englewood<*O"Ged Boreas Pass water rights Wa.3 brought \lP for discussio~ Mr~ Braun had indicated that it was possible that the City of Colorado Springs may be interested in the purchase of these rights., After short discussion, Mro Shivers, Consultant» was asked to contact the proper City officials 0£ tbe City ot Colorado Spri.>'lgs to determine whether or not they may be interested in the purchase of the Boreas Pase water rightsp --... The following letter was submitted for discussiona Mro Larry Crane "CITY OF ENGLEWOOD Eriglewoodp Colorado Utilities Department September 19,, 1962 President, Columbine Water & Sanitation District 1116 Driver Lane Littleton~ Colorado Dear Sir: Reference is made to the construction of the 8 ... inch over- now line from your sewage lift station to the South Platte Rivero Apparently there has been considerable mis.=understanding relative to the justification and approval by those vitall.y concern,... ed with this project. The State Statutes provide that a City shall have the right to protect its municipal water supply from contamination for a dis~ ta.JlCe up to five miles above its intake on a streamo The City of Englewood was not aware of this proposed project prior to the adver= tising for bids and then only by accidento Immediately upon being notified or the advertisement .from an outside source,, I called Mro Dale Rea, your engineer, and advised him that I was concernedo On August 23,, 1962 I received a copy of the plans and specifications from Mro Reao On August 27th,, 1962 I wrote the Colorado State Depart.» ment of Public Health asking if they had approved the pla.nso A reply was received by letter dated August 30# 1962 informing me that the plans had not yet been approved but that they were currently rec- viewing themo Nothing further was heard from the State Dapartme.'lt of Public Health until I received a copy of a letter addressed to Mro Reat) dated September 10,.1962 fromMro Prince, Chief of the Public Health Engineering SectionD acknowledging the receipt of the plans and speci0 £ications for the subject overflow line and in which he questioned its use! and stating in part that "the wasts would be objectionable in the river at that point because of downstream U8e of the watero" It was felt by the undersigned that this should have been a warning and that before any turther progress was mad0 on this project the City of Englewood Utilities Department would have been contactedo Instead, construction of the project continued and upon a visit to the job September 18, 1962, I find that the job is approximately 75% com- pletedo I carmot help but agree .with Mro Prince of the State Health Department that if the operations of the pumps in the sewage lift station are to be made foolwproof by a signal system, etco-as stated in Mro Rea• s letter, w is it ob actionable to run the ossible over-now into the lakes or po 88 B be g done now? It is not understandable to me why a projectn whereby it is evident that there would be objections due to possible contamination of the South Platte River.11 was considered in the first place, and also after being planned it was permitted to proceed so far without £!rat getting some kind of an opi..1'lion or reaction .from those parties vitally interested, namely, the City of Englewood that depends on its main water supply from the South Platte River and the State Board of Health whose responsibility is to help protect public water supplieso The-object or this letter is to emphasize the concern of the Utilities Department of the City ot Englewood and to object to any suc h project whereby there is the possibility of rtm sewage entering the South Platte River abov our headgate, the same to be a matter of recordo After co.nsultation with our City Attorney the legal action wiJ..l depend upon his adviceo H.H,Bo/ej Yours truly, /S/ Harold Ho Babcock UtiJ.itiee Director CC: Mro Stanley Dial_. City Manager Mro Dale Rea~ Consul.ting Engineer Mro George Ao Prince, State Depto or Public Health Mro Joseph Esch, City .Attorney Mr o Jack Towle Mrs~ Weeks" Mr. Babcock further advised the Board that the overnow line has been CO..'lltpleted since the writing ot his letter on September 19tho Mro Esch, City Attorne7, stated that it was his understanding that the City of Littleton proposes to bring legal action against the sanitation district and recommended that the City of Englewood do likewiseo After some further dilJcussion.n Robohm moved, Broirmewell, seconded» That the Water and Sewer Board recommend to City Council that the City Attorney be authorized to proceed with liti1a.tion necessary to stop 8Z!Y overflow of sanitary sewage fl'om the Columbine Valle;r Water and Sanitation Dist1"iet 1 s lift etation into the South Platte RiverG Ayes: Braun., Brownewell, Frantz, Oliner9 Parcefull, Robohm Nays: None Absent: Parker There being no further busirteas to come bef'ore the Englewood Water and Sewer Board8 the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PoMo Approved ________________ _ MEMJRANDUM TO THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL REnARDING ACTION OR RF.COMMENDATION OF THE ENOLEN'OOD WATER AND SEl'lER BOARD Dates October 10, 1962 Subjects Designation of Pro:x;y to Represent the City ct Englewood at the Amru81 Meeting of the Nevada Ditch Rold11'g Co~o Recommendations That Harold Ho Babcock• Utilities Director, be designated9 as pr<»cy"1 to represent the City ot Eriglewood at the annual meeting or the Nevada Ditch Holding Compaey, to be held at .3:.30 PoM.1 November 5. 1962,, in City Hall.1 Littleton, Coloradoo Respectful:Qr submitted• ENGLEWOOD WATim AND SEWF..R B::>ARD B.Ys Robert F o Frantz hairman MEMORANDUM TO THE ENGL&YOOD cm COUNCIL REGARDDla ACTION OR RECOMMFJIDATION OF THE ENGLEWOOD WATER AlfD SEWm BOARD Dates October 10, 1962 Subjects Designation of Prox;y to Represent the Cit7 of Englewod at. the Annual Meeting of the Mc:Broom Ditch Cazpaq, Inco Recomendation1 That Harold H~ Babcock, Utilities Director, be designated, as proxy, to represent the City of Englewood at the annual meeting or the McBroom Ditch Compmzy-1 Inc., to be held at 7:30 PoM., November S,. 1962~ in City Hall, Englewood;, Colorado. ENGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER OOARD By: Robert F • Frantta {/flf, ml airman 2/ MEMORANllJM TO THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCil. RmARDING ACTION OR RECOMMENDATION OP' THE ENGL:&IOOD WATER ilD SEWER BOARD Date: October 10,, 1962 Subject: Use of Alternate Plan to Pul!:p Western Slope Raw Water Directly From the South Platte River to Englewood Noo l Reservoiro Recoiill'lendation: That City Council make a decision to use the alternate plan to locate the pumping station at the South Platte River to pump Western Sl \ • raw tf&ter directly from the river to Englewood Noo l Reservoir, rather than the original plan to locate the pumping station at the Denver City Diteb which would require the joint use of the ditch by the City of Engle110od and the City ot Demer. EllCll»IOOD WATER AND SMR ~- B71 Robert F. F'rantz orm:man ZJ Mm~OR!NDUM TO THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ACTION OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE ENGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD Daws October io, 1962 Subject: Columbine Valley Water and Samtation District's Lift Station By-pass Lirle. - Recommendations That the City Attorney be authorized to proceed with litigation necessar;y to stop aey-overnow of sanitary-sewage from the Columbine Valley Water and Sanitation District's lift station into the South Platte Rivero Respectf'ully submitted9 ENGLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD Robert r. P'ranta ~ cii8irJWi 02