HomeMy WebLinkAboutWater Board - Minutes - 11/16/1964• MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE FORT COLLINS WATER BOARD HELD NOVEMBER 16,
1964 AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P. M..IN THE OFFICES OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND STORAGE
CO. AT 528 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE, FORT COLLINS.
Present: President Ward Fischer, Mayor Harvey Johnson, Secretary John
Bartel and Board Member Fred Feit. Vice President Frank Ghent was absent.
Also present was acting City Manager Harold Lynch.
The following members of the West Fort Collins Water District
were present: Wayne Shaw, Ira Stegner, Alvin Treiber and Lloyd McNally,
also James Nichol representing Parker and Underwood, engineers for the
District. After considerable discussion as to who would serve certain
areas ajacent to the district, it was unanimously agreed that the district
be allowed to serve buffer zones at Vine Drive and Taft Hill, North of
the Poudre River on Shields Street and West of the Wellington -Laramie
• junction on Highway 287. President Ward Fischer was authorized to meet
with Mr. Rex Wells, attorney for the district to draw an agreement to
cover customers in buffer zones. Also unanimously agreed upon was that
the clause in the original agreement between the district and the City
on annexation by water users remain in full effect.
Mr. J. T. Banner and H. T. Person of J. T. Banner and Associates
were present and the matter of repairing Soldier Canyon Reservoir was
discussed. Mr. Banner presented 2 proposed estimates. Estimate No. 1
for $225,000.00 would include a cover and approximately a 10 foot earth
fill. Estimate No. 2 in the amount of $289,000.00 would repair all
cracks, pack the earth fill and include an aluminum and tar cover. With
the above alterations the storage in the old Soldier Canyon reservoir
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would be increased by approximately 1,250,000 gallons and to equalize
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• the pressure in both reservoirs the storage in the new 15,000,000 reservoir
would have to be raised 3 feet or approximately 3,500,000 gallon thereby
increasing the overall storage in the two reservoirs by approximately
4,500,000 gallons.
It was unanimously agreed that Estimate No. 2 be accepted for
improving the Soldier Canyon reservoir.
Mr. Banner suggested that the proposed Bond issue of $2,825,000.00
be increased by approximately $354,000.00 to allow for reservoir maintenance
and future water purchases of some where around $200,000.00.
Mr. Banner also presented the following proposed water rate
increases -
Schedule A
• In -City Metered Including C. S. U. (Monthly)
First 5 M @ 500 per M
Next 10 M @ 350 per M
Next 35 M @ 250 Per M
All over 50 M @ 150 per M
In -City Flat Rate (Quarterly)
For each family living unit ---------------- $6.00
For lot area 5,000 to 9,000 sq. ft.-------- 6.00
For lot area over 9,000 sq,. ft. add -------- .05 per 100 sq. ft.
For lot area under 6,000 sq. ft. deduct ---- .06 per 100 sq. ft.
Rural Metered (Quarterly)
Following charges
for taps per quarter
5/8 inch tap
--------------------------
$2.00
3/4 inch tap
--------------------------
3.00
1 inch tap
--------------------------
4.00
1-2 n n
--------------------------
7.00
2 n u
--------------------------
10.00
3 " °
--------------------------
21.00
4
--------------------------
37.50
6
--------------------------
62.50
Plus following charges for water per quarter
• First 15 M
@ 600 per M
Next 30 M
@ 420 per M
Next 105 M
@ 300 per M
All over 150
M @ 180 per M
Minimum Quarterly
charge for water
$9.00.
iSchedule B
In -City Metered Including C. S. U. Monthly
First
5 M
@
440
per M
Next
10 M
@
310
per M
Next
35 M
@
220
per M
All over
50 M
@
150
per M
In -City Flat Rate (Quarterly)
For each family living unit --------------- $6.50
For lot area 6,000 to 9,000 sq. £t.------- 6.00
For lot area over 9,000 sq. ft. add ------- .06 per 100 sq. ft.
For lot area under 6,000 sq. ft. deduct --- .06 per 100 sq. ft.
Rural Metered (Quarterly)
Following charges for taps per quarter
5/8 inch tap -------------------------
$2.00
3/4 inch tap -------------------------
3.00
1-------------------------
4.00
2
2-------------------------
10.00
n n -----------
• 6 it II -------------------------
62.50
Plus following charges for water per quarter
First 15 M @ 550
per
M
Next 30 M @ 390
per
M
Next 105 M @ 280
per
M
All over 150 M @
190
per M
Minimum quarterly charge
for
water
$9.00
After considerable discussion it was agreed that Schedule "B"
should be adopted.
A proposal of $123,000.00 was presented by Mr. Banner for engineering
and supervision when this Water and Sewer expansion is to be done. The Board
requested Mr. Banner to prepare a report on this proposal.
An offer of 1,000 units of Big Thompson Water and D. R. Pullium
offered 200 units of Grand Lake Water to the City of Fort Collins. These
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were referred to President Ward Fischer for negotiation and report.
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0 With nothing further to be brought up at this time the Board
adjourned.
Next meeting to be November 23, 1964 at 7:30 o'clock P. is. in
the offices of the Water Supply and Storage Co.
Secretary
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