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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWater Board - Minutes - 11/26/1968• Govember 26, 1968 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE WATER BOARD Held November • 26, 1968, at 6:30 P.M. at the Top Restaurant. Present: President Ward Fischer, Vice President Frank Ghent, Board members Dugan Wilkinson, Norman Evans, Owen Moore, Fred Feit and Secretary John Bartel. Also Harvey Johnson. Also present were City Manager Tom Coffey, Director of Public Works Charles Liquin, Assistant City Attorney Arthur E. March, Jr. Superintendent of Water and Sewer Eddie Hilgenberg, and the following Council members: Karl Carson, Harry Troxell, Tom Bennett, John Kissock and Alvin Kruchten. The meeting was opened by City Manager Coffey with the following memo: November 20, 1968 TO: Fort Collins City Council and Water Board. FROM: Tom Coffey, City Manager • SUBJECT: Council and Water Board Information Attached is a memo from Chuck Liquin, containing five items that we need to discuss at the Water Board meeting next Tuesday night, November 26, 1968. In addition, we should consider raising the water rate to the West Fort Collins Water District, for several reasons. We are presently charging them 1W a thousand for water, and they use someiting in excess of 25 million gallons a year. The LaPorte Water District is operating under an older contract. This is the wne where were involved in a law suit, and they were supposed to furnish us water, the court held against us and as a result, they have not been furnishing us any water. They are paying in the neighborhood of 3 V a thousand gallons. They use 27 million gallons a year. La Porte is now in a posi- tion to furnish us water and meet the same conditions as the West Fort Collins Water District, and they are asking that their water rate be reduced. The West Fort Collins Water District contract provides that "...the City shall have the right to raise the price of water in the same percentage as any raise in price, is imposed upon other users of water who reside outside the limits of the City of Fort Collins." We have raised the price of water to outside users 30.56 percent. This is based on the consumption of the West Fort Collins Water District. If we raised this 14X by • this figure, this would make the price of water 18.28 cents per thousand. *ember 26, 1968 Since the establishment of the 1V rate, we have added • a new filter plant and a new 15 million gallon reservoir and addi- tional transmission lines. Joe Banner figures the capital re- covery for the transmission lines and the reservoir, it certainly is within the realm of probability that this, plus the increased costs of labor, both for the operation of the new filter plant and the cost of living increases would make up the other 1.78¢ needed to total the 4.25¢ increase. Inasmuch as this figure can be justified in two ways, I was wondering what the Water Board would think about this pro- posal. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Tom Coffey City Manager After considerable discussion, motion was made by Moore, seconded by Evans, that the Water Board recommend to the Council to rgasa the cost of water to the La Porte Water Q,., District as recommended in the memo, and d�,_,,,��e the cost of • water to the West Fort Collins Water District, as recommended in the memo. The President put the motion which was unani- mously adopted. The reason that the cost of water to the West Fort Collins Water District is to be reduced is that the La Porte Water Association is now in a position to furnish the City of Fort Collins equal amounts of water in exchange for use. The Director of Public,Works Chuch Liquin, presented the following letter: November 18, 1968 TO: Water Board FROM: Charles Liquin, Director of Public Works RE: Water Main Extensions. ITEM 1: The L & W Investment Company has acquired 80 acres of land 4 mile east of the Harmony School on Harmony Road. • They have conferred with the City relative to sanitary sewer fac- ilit:les which has been resolved and will be conferring with the City in the near future relative to water main extensions. Our closest existing water main consists of two 12-inch lines tied together at Drake Road and Lemay Avenue. The proposed water main 0 • November 26, 1968 • extension to serve this trailer court would be the installation of a 16-inch main on Lemay Avenue from Drake Road to Horsetooth Road, a 12-inch main on Horsetooth Road from Lemay Avenue to Timberline Roard, and a 12-inch main on Timberline Road for �2 mile south, at which pDint, an 8-inch main would run east 1/4 mile to the proposed development. Rough estimates would indicate that the City's participating costs would be $88,000. This main, if extended, would parallel 1/2 mile of 3-inch main, one full mile of 6-inch main and 1/2 mile of 4-inch main, all be- longing to the Fort Collins -Loveland Water District. STEM:2: I have been advised this past week that a certain broker was acquiring 1000 acres in the vicirnty of Harmony Road and Lemay Avenue extended. Harmony Road, as you know, is a mile south of the last water main included in J. T. Banner's Report of 1964. The proposed development of this 1000 acres has not been announced nor has the developer. However, if the minimum density for resi- dential use, namely 31!� units per acre, are used, we are looking at a minimum possible load of some 3500 homes. As I stated, dis area is beyond the limits of the J. T. Banner reoort, and prior to the City making any offer or committments to this area for water service, I feel it is mandatory that an updated water study be made. It is recommended that this study include water trunk lines necessary to serve, in general, the area between Inter- state 25 and the foothills, and from Drake Road to approximately the north line of Boyd Lake. ITEM 3: I have been advised recently of a possible immediate development of 14 acres at the northwest corner of Shields and Drake Road. Thaere are no water mains serv`ng this area at the present time, and the J. T. Banner report calls for a 12- inch line on Shields Street from our existing trunk line south to Drake Road. I believe this .sizing is oblsolete, which will be shown by the study mentioned previously. However, I feel that should a developer request permission immediately to install either or both of these mains, that we are in no pisition to refuse such a request. ITEM 4: I was advised today of the request for a 6-inch service coming from a minimum of an 8-inch main in the vicinity of the Matterhorn on South College. The City how has an 8-inch water main on the east side of South College to the south line of Arlans. To serve the area in the vicinity of the Matterhorn , it will be necessary to extend the 12-inch 17ne on the west side of College to Horsetooth goad. The developer of this tract on which a 40,000 square foot building is proposed,is currently planning a connection to the Fort Collins -Loveland District. ITEM 5: As stated in Item 1, the development of the L & W Investment Company is planned for 622 trailer units. In the past, the City has served a trailer park with a single con- nection to the City with our most recent trailer park of 163 units, • being served with a single 3-inch meter and a plant investment fee to the City of $2500. Had the City required individual water meters for each trailer, this plant investment would have been evember 26, 1968 $30,155. 1 feel that the full plant investment fee of $185 per trailer is excessive, however, I feel that $2500 plant investment • for 163 trailers would amount to $15.00 per trailer is too small. On this basis, I would recommend that the Water Board and the Council establish a policy of calssifying two trailer units as one living unit, in which case, the plant investment fee for the trailer court anticipated in Item 1 would be approximately $57,500. This would reimburse the City for the $88,000 invested in the main on original participation, and would leave the City with a net participating cost on the three lines of main of approximately $30,500 In the same light, the City has been issuing individual sewer and water taps for each building in unit development areas. It is recom- mended that thisbe established as a policy of the City for the guidance of permit issuing authorities. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Charles Liquin Director of Public Works After considerable discussion, motion was made by Johnson, seconded by Evans, that the recommendation of the Water Board to the Council be that the City serve water and sewer services inthe area mentioned in Mr. Liquin's memo. The Chairman • put the motion which was unanimously adopted. Further discussion was made on the plant investment changes for these new proposed building areas, and due to not arriving at a decision, the meeting adjourned until 3:00 P.M., December 2, 1968, in the City Manager's office. The Secretary presented the following memo from the August 22, 1968, Council meeting: The City Manager advised the Council that he had been approached to buy .945 of a share of water stock in the Big Thompson Ditch No. 1. He told the Council that he was not familiar how much this water would be or the cost of same, and requested that the matter be referred to the Water Board for their study and report. Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Kissock, that this matter be referred to the Water Board for study and report. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Kissock, Kruchten and Bennett. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion • adopted. After some discussion the Water Board recommends that the City remain open for a definite proposal which would include 0 Ovember 26, 1968 • whatever exchanges are necessary. We should, however, not become involved in attempting to work out any details to make this water useful to the water useful to the City. it is not useful in the Big Thompson. /s/ Ward Ficher Chairman With nothing further to discuss, the Board adjourned to 3:00 P.M., Monday, December 2, 1968, in the City Manager's office. Secrets y •