HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES CompPAC 2021-12-02Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, December 2, 2021
Minutes of a Regular meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Advisory
Committee of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting
held via ZOOM in said Town of Estes Park on December 2, 2021.
Committee:
Also Attending:
Chair Matthew Heiser, Vice-Chair Bob Leavitt, Members
David Bangs, Eric Blackhurst, Chuck Cooper, Kirby
Nelson-Hazelton, John Schnipkoweit, Frank Theis, Karen
Thompson, Rose Truman, David Wolf, David Shirk, Matt
Comstock, Community Development Director Jessica
Garner, Larimer County Community Development Director
Lesli Ellis, Trustee Barbara MacAlpine, Recording Secretary
Karin Swanlund
Absent: Truman
Chair Heiser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
The motion passed with a visual thumbs-up vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
None
CONSENT AGENDA:
Approval of Minutes from November 18, 2021
It was moved and seconded (Leavitt/Bangs) to approve the minutes. The motion passed
with a visual thumbs-up vote.
GUEST SPEAKERS (discussion and comments summarized)
Jim Duell, District Manager, Estes Park Sanitation, spoke on the existing facility, currently
at 55% of capacity with use approximately 50% commercial 50% residential. The
biological demand is higher in commercial. EP San is not seeing vast amounts of growth
but can send overflow to Upper Thompson, which has happened a few times.
Chris Bieker, District Manager, Upper Thompson Sanitation, noted that revenue collected
is reinvested back into the wastewater system. It was formed in 1971 to protect the water
quality of the Big Thompson River. Ninety-six miles of collection systems follow the river
drainages. Studies show a potential build-out of 4 million gallons per day by 2040, with a
projected population double that of today. The 50-year-old infrastructure is failing and will
need to be replaced. Future improvements are planned for 2023-2025, which will allow
for state-of-the-art capture of all flow, with a cost of around 70 million dollars and
partnering with the town to get the water main connected. Forward-thinking and
reactionary are important, and sanitation is doing an excellent job of that.
Both Jim and Chris answered numerous questions from the committee.
OTHER
The December 16 meeting will be a joint meeting with the Estes Valley Planning
Committee.
Member Theis is planning a visioning meeting with the North End Property Owners.
There being no further business, Chair Heiser adjourned the meeting at 10:45 a.m.
Karin Swanlund, Recording Secretary