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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board 1950-09-25VLotun of Cato Vark, LarimerConnty, Colorado, September 25 50 19 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Latimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the day of SePtember , A. D. 19.59. .. at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor Ronald C. Brodie 25th Present: Mayor Ronald C. Brodie Trustees: G.E. Casey, C.A. Graves, Chas. Herzog, Merl Morehead, Jess Poling, George H. Watson. Also Present: Lee H. Tallant, Supt. of Works Verne Fanton, Town Minutes of the regular meeting held on Clerk September11, read and approved as read. Mr. Paul Van Horn of Estes Park appeared before the Board, recommend- ing that the Town start a program of surveying, mapping, and brass - capping, all Town streets and rights -of -way, as a permanent, official record of property lines and corners. Mr. Van Horn stated that he was a licensed Engineer, and would be interested in starting such a program, if the Town wished to employ him as Town Engineer, during the winter months. The Board stated they would study and consider the proposal. Mrs. Harriett Byerly and Mrs. Geo. Johnson appeared before the Board, protesting the Board's approval to perlbit the School District to close the East end of the alley in the rear of the grade school, during school hours, by the installation of a gate. The Board stated that the sole purpoae of the plan was to eliminate the hazard of the school child*en running into the street from the play -ground. The Committee stated that this would create a hardship as to the mom rear access to their property, West of the School. After discussion, the Board agreed that the Town would contact the School District, and ask that the East and South side of the play -ground be fenced, leaving the alley open. A committee of property owners from the High Drive area, Mr. McNeal, Goener, Denby and Haffner, appeard before the Board, asking permiss- ion to connect their property, and other properties in the area, with the Town water system. The Board agreed that since the properties involved are now being served by a private system, known as the " Hondiue Water System", the committee should first get a statement from the Public Utilties Commission on the matter, and the Town would then inform the committee regarding it's position, and policy in such a proposal. The committee agreed to contact the Commission. Water Superintendent, Lee H. Tallant, presented a proposal from Peter Hondiue, to inetall winter water mains in an area East of Charles Heights, to be developed for building sites, and connect these lines with the Town system. The entire cost of the construction is to be borne by the proposer, and upon acceptance, to be turned over to the Town without reservations. Trustee Poling moved that temporary ap- proval be given the proposal, but that a contract be drawn by the Town Attorney to this effect, and presented at the next meeting for approval. Trustee Morehead seconded the motion. Upon roll call said motion carried by the following vote: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Casey, Graves, Herzog, Morehead, Poling and Watson. Those voting "No" None. Mayor Brodie brought to the attention of the Board that plans were being made by certain groups in the valley areas to use artificial means of creating additional snow -fall in the Estes Park Area dur- ing the coming winter, in order to create above normal spring and summer run-off, for irregation purposes. Following a detail die- cussion of the proposal, Trustee Poling introduced the following Resolution and moved that it be adopted: Tobin of Cato Pad, Larimer County, Colorado, , 19 Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the day of , A. D. 19 at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor Present: Mayor Trustees: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, information has been made available to the Town Council through the press, that plans are now being formulated by irrigation and ditch companies in the Fort Collin'e and Greeley areas, to employ artificial methods of creating additional and above normal snow fall in the Estes Park areaduring the coming winter, AND WHEREAS, the people of this entire Estes Park community are dependant upon the traveling public, both winter and summer, for their livelihood, making good open roads a necessity, AND WHEREAS, excess snow causes permanent, espensive, damage to existing oiled highways, AND WHEREAS, the continual removal of above normal snow fall would place a prohibitive financial burden of The Town of Estes Park, AND WHEREAS, excesoive moisture, in an existing high -water - table area, would cause damage, and expense to the sewers and dis- posal plant of the Town, through infiltration, AND WHEREAS, the Northern Colorado Conservency District, in co-operatian with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, is now delivering additional water to parts of the above area, and will in the near future deliver a great amount of water, NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO, that the Board of Trustees do hereby oppose the proposed plan to artificially increase the snow fall in mountains in this area and the Mayor is hereby authorized to take such legal or other steps as may be necessary or proper to oppose the plan. Trustee Graves seconded the motion. Upon roll call said motion was carried and said Resolution adopted by the following vote: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Casey, Graves, Herzog, Morehead, Poling and Watson. Those voting "No" none. Trustee Morehead of the Light & Power Committee , reported that on occasion,apower meter had been jumped by a customer and energy used without going thru the meter, and that the committee recommends that the Council set a policy to be followed in such a case. After dis- cussion, Trustee Morehead moved that the following policy be adopted and enforced: Upon discovery of any customer useing electric energy not being metered and without the knowledge of the Department, that service to the customer be disconnected at once; That a fee of $ 25.00 be paid by the customer to the Department be- fore service is re -connected; That the customer, at his sole expense, have the meter moved to an outside location and enclosed in a standard meter houeeing and sealed, to the satisfaction ofthe Superintendent; And that service not be re -connected until this installation is complete. Trustee Watson seconded the motion. Upon roll call said motion carried by the following vote: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Casey, Graves, Herzog, Morehead, Poling and Watson. Those voting "No" none. The Clerk reported that the Town had received a claim for damage as a result of a fall on a sidewalk and that C.F. Hix, Agent, had assumed the Town's interest in the matter. The Clerk presented an application from Mrs. H.A. Smith, to operate the Country Club next season. The application was ordered held for consideration. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. ... Ronald C. Brodie, Mayor