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• WATER BOARD
August 10, 1973
A regular meeting of the Fort Collins Water Board was held in the
City Council Chamber on Friday, August 10, 1973 at 3:30 o'clock in the
afternoon.
There were present:
Ward Fischer -- Chairman presiding
Karl E. Carson
Robert L. Brunton
Everett Richardson
James Waltz
Owen Moore
Absent:
Harvey Johnson
Fred Feit
W. G. Wilkinson
Norman Evans
Bernard L. Cain, Jr.
• Staff members present:
Mike DiTullio
Ed Hilgenberg
Charlie Cain
Arthur March, Jr.
Verna Lewis
Item I City Manager Robert Brunton stated he would like Board direction on
an offer from Mrs. Ed Munroe to sell the City 10, 12 or 14 shares of North
Poudre water at $2,000 a share. City Attorney March stated there was not a
market value established at this time, the City had last purchased water in
mid 1972 for $1,250.00. Following discussion it was determined the City
Manager would submit a letter to Mrs. Munroe advising her of the City's last
purchase price.
Item II City Manager Brunton requested information as to the City's position
on an inquiry from Wayne Aspinall regardirigthe Paradise and Hour Glass lake
controversy.
Both Chairman Ward Fischer and City Attorney March agreed that the
City had protested at the initial hearing, as had the Cache La Poudre Water
Users' Association; that this was a paper claim only and was located on part
of the Rockwell Ranch site owned by the cities of Fort Collins and Greeley.
• City Manager Brunton will respond to the letter from Mr. Aspinall,
setting out the above facts.
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• Item III City Manager Brunton stated the Manager's office had received a
visit from Mr. Dennis Miller of the U.S. Forest Service regarding a permit
or easement necessary to work in the area of the Michigan Ditch, also, the
possibility of the need for environmental statements of two.or three years.
City Attorney March stated there had been cooperation with the
state and federal Forest Service agencies, to a point where the road
alignment had been changed. Board member Karl Carson stated the former
City Council had met with the state engineers on this item.
City Attorney March stated he would continue to look into the
right-of-way permits for the area.
Item IV Water and Sewer Superintendent, Ed Hilgenberg, reviewed a request
from Mrs. Raymond Reeves,614 North Sunset, for a water and sewer service
outside the City limits.
Mr. Hilgenberg recommended denial of the request because of the
size of the water line and the previous agreement with Mrs. Jessie, that no
additional hookupswould be permitted.
It was the consensus of the Board that the City Manager advise Mrs.
Reeves of the Board's recommendation for denial due to the above reasons.
Item V City Manager Brunton reviewed the time table on the Council work
• sessions in reviewing the increases of water and sewer rates, also,
the presentation to be made to the Concerned Citizens regarding the same.
City Attorney March and Board member Owen Moore also spoke to the need to
protect the City's bonding capabilities and the Charter provisions in the
issuance of bonds.
Chairman Ward Fischer stated he felt the Water Board had followed
through on their charge in making recommendations to the City Council, and
that the Board would not desire to recommend how this should be funded.
The Water Board, however, would like an opportunity to make further
recommendation on the class of customer re-evaluation.
Item VI Chairman Ward Fischer stated that since new members had been added
to the Water Board, there was a need to adopt more formal procedures for
conduct of the meeting, also the election of officers, and requested the
Secretary to send a written notice to all Board members of this intent.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
Secretary
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