HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-045-05/20/1971-APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE JOSH AMES DITCH COMPANY RESOLUTION 71 45
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE JOSH AMES DITCH COMPANY
WHEREAS it is necessary and desirable that the City of Fort
Collins acquire additional raw water supply in order to provide for the
anticipated growth of the City of Fort Collins and
WHEREAS the Josh Ames Ditch Company has offered to convey to
the City its water right being priority number 25 for 17 97 cubic feet per
second of water from the Cache LaPoudre River and
WHEREAS an agreement has been negotiated between the City and
the Josh Ames Ditch Company for the purchase of such water right under which
agreement the City would issue certificates which would be used to satisfy
the City s requirements for furnishing raw water in exchange for water service
on the City s system and
WHEREAS in the opinion of the City Council it is desirable to
acquire such water right and to enter into said agreement
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the terms and conditions of said agreement be and the same
hereby are adopted and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk be and
they hereby are authorized and directed to execute said agreement for and on
behalf of the City of Fort Collins and that the proper officials of the City
are authorized to issuex certificateSln accordance with said agreement
evidencing satisfaction of the requirements of the City for the furnishing of
raw water supply in connection with obtaining water service from the City s
system
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held
this 20th day of May 1971
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