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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-09-17 EWSB MINUTES... \ RIDULAR MEETI:OO EOOLEWOOD WATER AND SEWER BOARD ..,, SEPTEMBER l 7, 196.3 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Frantz at 5iOS PoMo Members Presenti: Brownewell, Frantz~ Oliner. Percefull Braun» Parker ti Robohm Members Absent: Other City Officials Presentg City Manager Dial,, Utilities Director Babcock9 Consultant Shivers The following letterPJ uttier date o:t September 13, 196.3~ from Mro Richard Lo Banta,, Jro§ Attorney for the Soutb0 East Englewood Water District-was read: 11SHIVERS» BANTA &. McMARTIN Attorneys At tag 3470 South Sherman Street Englewood, Colorado Mr o Harold H,o Babcock Utilities Director City-of Englewood City Hall Englewood~ Colorado Dear Mr 9 Babcock: September 13~ 1963 Re; South=East Englewood Water District The Board of' Directors o.f South,.,,East Englewood Water Dist..'l"ict at its meeting on September 121 l963a received a petition for inclusion of real property to the area or the District as S"abmitted by Ib Falk Jorgensen,, which property ia located in Arapahoe Cov.nty and described as all of T".racts 293 and 294» and the West 430049 feet of Tracts 295 and 296• South Denver Gardens~ As you undoubtedly know, this property is located just east of Greenwood Village across South Univei"sity Boulevardo In view of the past position of the City of Englewood with regard to extension of the service area of the District, it was the position of the Board tha·c. action on the. petation should be defer.red until such t ime as it could be detemined whether or not the City of Engl.ew-ood favorabl y considers extension o:f the se1"'Vice area in this instanceQ Would you kindly let me know at your earliest convenience comer:ri.i:ng this matterc RLB:abo" Vary truly yours:i /S/ Richard Lo Banta» Jro Mro Jorgensent> olmer of the property referred to in the above letter,, was present for discussion, and explained that the property~ as present.1.y improveda is served by a wello He stated that during this past summer 1 the wall showed signs of failing and that he felt that be should endeavor to secure a more stable supply of water for tba existing residence on the property and for possible future additional residential developmento Mro Jorgensen advised the Board that he had no spacifiro» immediate8 plans for further development and that the well situation has not., as yet» actually become an emergencyo Mro Fran•liz, Chairman, explained to Mro Jorgensen that t.he Cit.y of Eng:..ewood is currently in the process of making a determination as to its ability to ext.end its service area.., and that., at this time, the Water and Sewer Board is not in a position to recommend further inclusions into the South~East Englewood Water Districto After some further discussion.., Oliner moved:> Brownewell0 econded0 That the letter from Mr .. Banta,o Attorney for the South.::.East Englewood Water District.., under date of September 13, 1963, relzti.ve to possible inclusion into the South=East Englewood Water District of the Jorgensen property,$ be receiv·ed and tabled until such time as determination is made as to the ability of the City of Englewood to allOlf further enlargement of the Englewood water service area, and the Southc>East Englewood Water District, as served by the City of Englewoodo Ayes: Nays: Br<mnevell!' Frantz., Oliner., Percefull None Absentg Braun.., Parker, Robohm Mro Babcock$ Utilities Director, explainedD for information purposes~ the problems which have arisen due to the recent olosi.ng of South Clay Street between West Oxford Avenue and Sou·th Federal Boulevard.o which closing was apparently instigated by Mrso Rose Weeks, one of the armers of propei"ty adjacent the!'etoo He brought out the fact ·that the City Utilities ·Department is interested in l<:eeping this street open because of the 14 inch water main installed thereino Mr. Babcock stated ·that the Cit.y Manager is currently in contact with Arapahoe County officials in order to determine the status of this rightoof~wayo The .f'ollowL'"lg letter from the Board of Directors9 Sou·th=East Englewood Water District,, Gla.1'1...'fl Ro Wilson9 President0 under date of August 25~ 196.31 ua..-s read: ... "SOUTH=.E.AST ENlLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTI1J COLORADO 3470 South Sherman Street Englewood, Colorado The Honorable Lo Lo Bl"'O·wneliell.6 Mqor City of Englewood P~ Oo Box 178 Englewood 8 Colorado Rei South=East. Englewood Water District Dear Mayor BrowneweUa Si~e the joint meeting of the Water Adiris·o ry Board of the City of E..'l'lglat'100d and the Directors of South~East Englewood Water District on August 201> 196311 the members of the Board of the District have met on two occasions to di.s~uss and consider the position of the District under its distributorl}s contract with the City of Englewoodo The concern of the Board of the District is with regard to the adequacy of the supply of water from the facilities of the City of Engle-> wood and whether other source of SL\pply should n~w be consideredo It is believed the obligation of the Board to assure an adequate and unlimited supply of water for present users as well as for the future development of the District as anticipated by nett construction in the .areao It was the opinion of the Board of Directors that they did not have sufficient f aots for proper consideration of the matter and to base a de= cision on the question of an adequate supply of water from Englewood facilitieso It was believed that the position of the City on this point should be submitted to the District in detail and be documentedo Thereo fore~ it is requested that a full and complete report be made to the District outlinil'>g existing sources of Mater available to Englewood8 sourees being developed~ the present cap.a.city of .facilities with projection of future capacity.!> including the time when such future capacity alld supplies will be available and an:!' matters involving contingeneies as to development of the future additional supplies of watero Thi.a information is deemed essential to a proper decision on this question by the Distr:i.ct.o The matter under discussion by the Board of the District involves the question or continuing water service under the existing distributoras contract which expires February 20, 19640 The position or the District should» therefore» be resolved as soon as possible and the City of Engle,.,. wood would,gi undoubtecD.y, desire to exercise caution on future e:xpenditves in anticipation or a continued long term contract with the District until such decision is reachedo Theref oreb it is requested that the information requested be made aYai.lable as soon as possibleb by the next meeting of the Board or Directors on September 12.11 1963n if feasibleo AlsoJ' the Board would appreciate consideration for an extension of 90 days from February 20~ 1964P within which to make a decision on contract revisions or renewal as provided in Section 1.5 of the distributor11 s contracto Should you have a:rr;r questions concerning the foregoing I would be glad to discuss the same lrlth youo GRW:abo Very . truly yours8 /S/ Glenn Ro Wilson» President South.=.Ea.st Englewood Water District cc: Mro Harold Ho Babcock Utilities Director City of Englewood Englewood~ Colorado cc: All Directors of South=East Englewood Water District" It was brought out by Mr o Dial, City Manager, that.!l though thia letter carried a date of August 25 0 1963, it had not been received by the City in time to prepare the information requested through the Water and Sewer Board or the a~.istrative people prior to the September 12.ii 196.3 meeting of the Board of Directors of the South<»Ea.st Englewood. Water District, as bad been requestedo After considerable discussion, relative to the various phases of the letter» Oliner m0ved 8 Brownewell, seconded.!> That a committee; to include Mr. Brownewell.8 as Mccy'or and Water and Sewer Board member"' Mro Dial_, City Manager~ Mro Babcock:> Utilities Director_, Mro Frantzti Water and Sewer Board Chairman and Mro Shiversv Consultant_, be hereby appointeda to f ormul~te a letter which will include the necessary details and docu.lllentation determined by this committee to properly f'ul.f'ill the requesta of the South=> East Englewood Water District Board and cl.arif'y the position or the City or Englewood! subsequently, meeting with the Board of Directors of the South=East Englewood Water District for presentation and discussion of said lettero Ayes: Brownewell"' Frants» Oliner, Percefull Nays: None · Absent: Braunb Parker9 Robohm Mro Shivezo•, Consultant, reported on the status of negotiat:lons with the Denver Board of Water Comad.ssioners for use of the Moffat Tunnel tacilitiel!I for transmission and excbaqe of Englewood' a Western Slope watero Hr, Shivers indl.cated that progress is being sade 1n the draftil'Jg of a prop<>11ed agreemento --<:> Mro Babcock, Utilities Director~ indicated to the Board that he felt that consideration should be g1Tell to possible disposition of excess lands at McLellan ReserYoiro After eo111G1 discussion, it app ared to be the consensus of opinion or the Board m bers present, tbat there actually is no urgenc7 in disposirlg of the excess lands am that no action should be taken at this timeo A draft ot the following letter was read for inf'ormation to the Board members» and tor their comment: ncm OF EKJLEWOOD Englewood,, Coloo TO i ALL WATER CUSTOMERS IN THE VALLE!' WATER DISTRICT Office Ot Cit7 Manager Po Oo Box 176 76l=ll40 'l'he reco of the City of E~lewood Utilities Department indicate that you aN a water customer being served with Englewood water through a Dis = tributor 0 s Contract with the Valley Water Districto The District was formed and the Contract signed with the City of Engle= wood in 19SSo At that tin r:ei1.her Demer nor Littleton were in a pos1 ti on to serYe this area.o Your area ha developed and prospered l argely due to the availability of Englewood vatero The Contract with your Water District traS the first to be signed b.Y the City of Eilglewoodo The V&l.187 Water District owns the water mains and related facilities vi thin the District ani maintains the samao The City simply does the billing and collecting in accordance with the established rates8 and other= wise performs it.a dutiee according to t.he stipulations in the Contracto It is our 1.nf'orma.tion that the District now baa no bond6d indelbtednesso However, the District is still assessing a tvo mill .levy for the purpose of maintain1ng the syet ~ al though a cash balance ia carried from 7ear to yearo The original purpose ot tbe Water District was to serve the water areas bey-ond the corporate limits at citieao Now that all of the area served b7 the Valle7 District is within on$ city' or another, it appearei it would be reasonable and desirable tor the Water District to be dissolved.il permittil'W tb.e representative cities to serve the areas within their re= spscti•e boundarieso An informal inquir,y Heu to indicate that the dissolution of the Valley Water Dist.rlct would be supported b.1 the Denver Water Board ofi'icial.s11 and 'b7 the Cit7 ot Littleton aa well as by Englewood, al.though a contract with 11.ittleton ll'Ut,J' be nscess817 in order to continue to serve those ot you who reside in Littleton until the City ot Littleton develops a long=range water suppl,J' o Moat importantl.Tb the disaolution of the Vallq Water District would immediately save 70u the tvo aill tax 189)" currently made °b1' the Valley Water District up:Jn 7our property o The ntanance ot the water mains would them become the responsibilit7 of the citi ~ and would ba bo out of the operating revenues of their :respective water depart.JI Bo C> , 0 Should you agree that the District should be d:iesolired.o a letter to that effect to the Board of Directors of the Valley Water District.o Po O., Box 67, Littleton, Colorado, might be hel.pfulo Actual dissolution would have to be effected by a petition sigmd b7 a 118jorit7 of the property owners in the D1strictn Cordial Jy 7ours8 /S/ STANIEY BC! DIAL Cit7 Manager SHD/ij" After short discussion~ the Board members p~esent all indicated approval of the l etter and recommended that it be mailedo There being no further business to come before the Englewod Water and Sewer Boards the eting was adjourned at 7&40 PoMo Approvad.,,,...,_----------~~---