HomeMy WebLinkAbout041 - 03/21/2017 - ESTABLISHING RENTAL RATES AND DELIVERY CHARGES FOR USE OF THE CITY'S RAW WATER FOR 2017 (3)ORDINANCE NO. 041, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ESTABLISHING RENTAL RATES AND DELIVERY CHARGES
FOR USE OF THE CITY'S RAW WATER FOR 2017
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XII, Section 4 of the City Charter, if at any time the
water supply is greater than the immediate needs of the City and its inhabitants, the City Council
may authorize the City Manager to permit the use of such surplus water by consumers outside
the City at such rates as the City Council may prescribe, provided that no vested right shall
accrue under such permits; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XII, Section 6 of the City Charter, the City Council shall
by ordinance from time to time fix, establish, maintain, and provide for the collection of such
rates, fees, or charges for water furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay
the cost of operation and maintenance of the City's utilities in good repair and working order and
to provide and maintain an adequate working capital fund for the day-to-day business operations
of the utilities; and
WHEREAS, the Water Board discussed the rental program and the rates on February 16,
2017, and recommended that the rental rates and delivery charges set forth herein be prescribed;
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WHEREAS, City staff and the Water Board have made a recommendation to City
Council regarding rental rates of surplus raw water for 2017, as set forth in the following table,
to be made available to persons outside the City or persons who have not been deemed to have
satisfied the City's raw water requirements:
RATES FOR RENTALS OF SURPLUS RAW WATER
Type of Water Rate Per Acre Foot
North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC): $15.00 per acre foot
Early Agricultural Use Water
NPIC: Seasonal Agricultural Use and Multiple (Annual Assessment for 2017 / (Sum of
Use Water Allocation of Seasonal Agricultural Use and
Multiple Use Water per share)) + $2.00 per
acre foot
Colorado-Big Thompson Water from the Rate for NPIC: Seasonal Agricultural Use and
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Multiple Use Water + any NCWCD transfer
NCWCD) fees calculated at the time of transfer
Reusable/Other"Fully Consumable" Sources $600.00.per acre foot
Type of Water Rate Per Share
Water Supply and Storage Company Annual Assessment for 2017 + $1,000.00 share
and
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WHEREAS, City staff and the Water Board have made a recommendation to City
Council regarding raw water delivery charges for 2017, as set forth in the following table, to be
made available to persons deemed to have satisfied the City's raw water requirements:
RAW WATER DELIVERY CHARGES
Type of Water Rate Per Share
Arthur Irrigation Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigating 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Company
New Mercer Ditch Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Warren Lake Reservoir Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Sherwood Reservoir Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Sherwood Irrigation Company 110% of Annual Assessment for 2017
Type of Water Rate Per Acre Foot
Reusable Other "Fully Consumable" Sources $120.00 per acre foot
and
WHEREAS, the rental rates and delivery charges will be rounded.up to the nearest dollar,
when necessary; and
WHEREAS, the rental rates and delivery charges will be adjusted by City staff, as
necessary, to reflect the remaining yield or the prevalent market price of the water or shares
being rented in order to prevent undue economic loss to the City; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds that the rates set forth herein are appropriate and will
provide revenues sufficient to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the City's utilities in
good repair and working order and to provide and maintain an adequate working capital fund for
the day-to-day business operations of the utilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITS ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the rental rates and delivery charges set forth above are hereby
approved as the City's rental rates and delivery charges for 2017.
Section 3. The City Manager and,the Utilities Executive Director are authorized to
rent or deliver such raw water at the rental rates and delivery charges set forth above, provided
that the rental rates and delivery charges set forth above may be adjusted by the Utilities
Executive Director as he determines necessary to reflect the remaining yield for the prevalent
market price of the water or shares being rented in order to prevent undue economic loss to the
City.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
March, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of March, A.D. 2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21th day of March, A.D. 2017.
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City Clerk
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