HomeMy WebLinkAbout139 - 10/01/2002 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE WATER FUND TO CONSTRUCT BACKWASH WATER REUSE FACILITIES ORDINANCE NO. 139, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE WATER FUND
TO CONSTRUCT BACKWASH WATER REUSE FACILITIES
WHEREAS, as part of the water treatment process, filters must be cleaned periodically by
reversing flow through the filters and the"backwash"water is discharged to the ponds immediately
north of the Fort Collins Water Treatment Facility; and
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WHEREAS,the EPA and the State of Colorado allow for the spent backwash water to either
be recycled or discharged; and
WHEREAS, rather than discharge the backwash water, recycling is now being considered
as the better option because there are now more efficient and reliable treatment processes that can
appropriately treat the recycle flow stream; and
WHEREAS, approximately 1,500 acre-feet per year of water would be saved if the water
utilized for the periodic cleaning of the filters used in water treatment were recycled through
construction of new backwash water reuse facilities; and
WHEREAS,the projected cost to construct the backwash water reuse facilities is$1,544,000;
and
WHEREAS,the cost of this project equates to $1,000 an acre-foot compared to the current
cost of Colorado-Big Thompson Project water,of between$20,000 and$33,333 per acre-foot based
on the projected quota for 2003; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure
as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation from prior year reserves to
construct the backwash water reuse facilities, as described herein, will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Water Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$1,544,000 from prior
year reserves in the Water Fund to construct the backwash water reuse facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the sum of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1,544,000) is hereby appropriated in the Water Fund from prior year reserves to
construct backwash water reuse facilities.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
September,A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of October, A.D. 2002.
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of October, A.D. 2002.
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City Clerk