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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES Water Committee 1972-08-07n RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Water Committee Meeting August 7,1972 Committee:Chairman Prosser;Trustees Dannels and Sutter Attending:Chairman Prosser;Trustees Dannels and Sutter Also Attending:Town Administrator Hill,Superintendent McCracken, Business Office Manager Duncan RURAL WATER APPLICATIONS: T.A.Robinson:Request to install a sprinkling system for rural residence at 601 East Riverside.The Committee recommends approval requiring that all usage be metered. John K.McCreery:One rural residence on Devil’s Gulch near the Milton Thompson property. The Committee recommends approval requiring tapping the four inch main serving the Thompson property. William C.Bender:One rural residence located at 2410 Fall River Road.The Committee recommends approval. Ray C.Young:One rural residence located on Fall River Road between Nicky’s Restaurant and Colonial Motel.The Committee recommends approval. Leslie 0.McMillin:One rural residence located on Lots 40 and 41,Charles Heights Subdivision. The Committee recommends approval subject to location of the house so that the highest water fixture in the house will not exceed the blue line of 7,850’. Clarence F.Mitchell:One rural residence located on Fish Creek Road near the Dunraven property. The Committee recommends denial due to inadequate private distribution system serving Fish Creek customers. William A.Kirk:One rural residence located on Lot 28,Broadview Subdivision.The Committee recommends approval subject to completion of a water extension agreement with the Town of Estes Park. TOM JOHNSTON WATER LINE: Mr.Tom Johnston appeared before the Committee reporting that owners of the private water line in his area have formed an entity called “Strong Avenue Association”.By quit claim deed,individual line ownership is being transferred to the Association.Fifteen users are affected by the organization.Mr.Johnston also advised that any existing bills or future bills for thawing or line repair should be directed to the Association.The Committee recommends acceptance in principle of the arrangement outlined by Mr.Johnston. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Water Committee Meeting August 7,1972 Page two HIGH DRIVE ASSOCIATION REQUEST: Dr.Joe Hunt and group from the High Drive Association appeared before the Committee requesting water for approximately 112 customers of the Association.The Association proposed making excess water available to the Town from the Hondius 1890 water right to twenty-two hundredths second feet of water by securing a change in the point of diversion. The Committee instructed Town Administrator Hill to again write to the High Drive Association detailing the Town of Estes Park requirements. OLYMPUS-BELLEV[JE HEIGHTS: Town Administrator Hill reported that the Olympus-Bellevue contract has been signed by the Mayor.The organization has signed a construction contract for line installation prior to March 1973.The Town has agreed to pay the difference in pipe costs between a 6”main and an 8”main. SIX-CITY WATER: Town Administrator Hill presented a proposed budget for the fiscal year 1972—1973.The Committee tabled action on the budget at this time. The Committee recommends that the Town’s consulting engineers be notified and attend required Six-City meetings. INSPECTION OF NEW PLANTS BY STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Superintendent McCracken reported a favorable report from the State of Colorado.The director plans to return to take pictures of both the Black Canyon and Glacier Creek plants to make a training film. SEPTENBER WATER COMMITTEE MEETING: The September Committee meeting will be held August 31,1972,at 3:00 P.M. AWWA CONFERENCE: The American Waterworks Association regional conference will be held at Jackson,Wyoming,September 18,19 and 20,1972. RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING LOT SPLITTING: Chairman Prosser presented a letter to the Planning Commission which becomes a part of these proceedings.The Committee recommends approval. TAPPING PROCEDURES: The Committee instructed Business Office Manager Duncan to check with nearby communities to determine current tapping procedures and report back at the next meeting. There being no further business,the meeting adjourned. c—-2 A OVD __________________ Llyd1.Duncan,Business Office Manager AUG 24 197 y,’J TOWN Of ESTES PARK BDARD OF IRUSlEE Estes Park Planning Commission Town of Estes Park Gentlemen: More than three years ago,Phillips,Carter,Reister and Associates, engineering consultants of Denver,completed their “Plan for Growth of the Estes Park,Colorado Water System”. Based upon cost estimates at that time,the complete implementation of the water department “Capital Improvement Program”would cost $2,934,500 to meet the growth demands that are foreseen to 1987. At a cost of more than $1,000,000,the Town has just completed the initial phase of that program with plant improvements at Glacier Creek and Black Canyon,and installation of an 18-inch pipeline from the Glacier Creek plant to the distribution system. But additional water at the plants is of no value if it cannot be delivered to the ultimate consumer...the new home,the new motel or other business in the area served by the Estes Park water system. Several factors were considered by the engineers when they tried to project the “normal”demand growth of the system.They,of course,had figures on the water usage demanded by homes and businesses that had been constructed before 1969. They knew that there were hundreds of lots within the confines of the system that would see the bulldozer and the carpenter’s hammer in the 70’s and the 80’s and tried to project the growth of the system when a great deal of this “raw land”was sold and developed.They tried to project a program which would enable the Town water department to furnish that essential ingredient to any growth --WATER. Estes Park,Colorado 80517 P.0.Box 1200 Telephone (Area 303)586.4461 August 8,1972 Estes Park Planning Commission August 8,1972 Page two They said that about $195,000 should be spent on the distribution system in 1972 and $270,000 on it in 1975.Storage tanks and larger pipes were included in the plans. But there was one factor that they could not possibly envision--- lot splitting,or creating more demand than normal in neighborhoods that were already platted and developed. In the early days of Estes Park,most subdividers were “generous” with the size of lots in their development;many of them were more than an acre in size.Hcnses were widely spaced and the attractiveness of the Estes Park area was enhanced by this “open space??. Splitting of lots in these already-developed areas (while of doubtless virtue to the purse of the owner)puts an immediate strain on a water dis tribution system.Developers of new subdivisions are required to install mains that will meet the needs of the possible homes and businesses on that particular acreage,even if they have to run their principal supply main several hundred feet back to a city main that is large enough to serve the development. This is not true when lots are split in an already-developed section of the town.“One more tap won’t make any difference”is not a valid reasoning when lot splitting becomes widespread.The available pressure is quickly reduced and long-time customers of the system are greatly inconvenienced. The Water Committee of the Town of Estes Park asks the Planning Commission to have these facts in mind when they consider applications for lot splitting by special review,rather than by normal subdivision regulations. Sincerely, TOWN OF ESTES PARK WATER COMMITTEE Glenn Prosser,Chairman H.Bernerd Dannels Rollen Sutter GP:eks