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Home My Public Portal AboutTBP 1999-06-02• TOWN OF ERASER ) ,~ "Icebox of the Nation" " F P.O. Box 120 / 153 Fraser Avenue Fraser, Colorado 80442 (970) 726-5491 FAX Line: (970) 726-5518 TOWN BOARD AGENDA REGULAR MEETING June 2,1999, 7:30 p.m. 1. Roll call 2. Arr. „~ gal of minutes from 5/19/99 3. Open Forum a) Grand County Housing Authority 4. Chamber of Commerce Update: Catherine Ross • 5. Public Hearings 6. Action Items a) Final plat, Ptarmigan Heights Townhome, Minor Subdivision. b} Final plat, Double Image Townhouse, Minor Subdivision. 7. Discussion Items a) System devel~r~uent and water resource fee study. b) Eisenhower right-of--way discussion. 8. Staff Choice 9. Board Member's Choice June 16th: Town Board regular meeting June 23rd: Planning Commission regular meeting June 29th: joint meeting with Winter Park ýÿ • TOWN OF ERASER 1,~ "Icebox of the Nation" " F P.O. Box 120 / 153 Fraser Avenue Fraser, Colorado 80442 (970) 726-5491 FAX Line: (970) 726-5518 Manager's Briefing: Jnne 1,1999 Mike Rantz and I went to Vail last Friday to look at their high tech snow dump. We sure were surprised (and disappointed) when all it was a ~lUge hole in the ground behind their Public Works facility. As we sat their trying to decide when we could go to Aspen to look at their high tech snow storage (after a call to ensure that it was high tech), Mike said, "Lets ga now!" So.we did. And so the packets didn't get sent out until today. In any case, I've tried to make the agenda longer for Wednesday's meeting so that the actual , meeting itself won't be so long. Stuart Huster and Jim Sheehan, along with Catherine Ross will j oin us to update us on the Grand County Housing Authority. Then Catherine will update us on Chamber Happenings'. We have two action items (minor subdivisions) scheduled. Discussion items include a proposal (enclosed) from McLaughlin Water Engineers to evaluate our water system development and resource fee and aright-of--way issue that has arisen on Eisenhower (no information enclosed). While we could technically make the right-of--way issue executive session, there is no reason not to begin this discussion in public. During staff choice I'd like feedback on a draft of a letter (enclosed) to Alan Pratt, Integra Engineering, regarding the draft 201 Plan. The 201 Plan needs to be finalized prior to obtaining a permit from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to build a wastewater treatment plant. See you Wednesday! • ýÿ • TOWN BOARD MAY 19,1999 The regular meeting of the Town Board was called to order at 7:40 p.m. Board present were Mayor Johnston, Klancke, McIntyre, Sanders, Rantz. Staff present were Reid and Winter. Klancke made a motion to approve the May 5, 1999 minutes as written, 2nd Rantz, carried. TOWN TREASURER Rantz made a motion to appoint Nat Havens the Town Treasurer, 2nd Sanders, carried. OPEN FORUM Jon Devos/Twin Rivers Board reviewed a request from Twin Rivers regarding sharing in paving costs on the road through Twin Rivers. This road is platted as a dedicated ingress and egress easement, without consideration of any maintenance from the Town, . ROW is less than 20 feet in • most places. After lengthy discussion the Board determined that they would not participate in any paving or maintenance of the dedicated access easement, but will work with the Homeowners Association to decrease the cost of asphalt.. STAFF CHOICE STREET IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE Reid introduced Ken Spawn, the Resident Project Cordinator with BWR. The street improvement project was discussed. Ideas were reviewed regarding traffic flows. ARBOR DAY The school children and Colorado Forest Service will be planting the tree on Friday at 2:30 p.m.to celerbrate Arbor Day. The Board is invited to attend. Klancke made a motion to authorize and support Becky Swatzell should she choose to run for re-election to the CML Board, 2nd Sanders, ca.med. • ýÿ • BOARD CHOICE Board discussed the request for funding a study on the boreal toad. McIntyre made a motion to grant $450.00 to the study. No second. Brief discussion on the Presbyterian church. Brief discussion on the new Alto business. No further business meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. • • ýÿ :b: • • • McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd. RONALD C McLAUGHLIIV ~ ~ ~ 1999 May 24 wILLUM~xP rvD aL L , RALPH L TOREN TERRENCE P. KENYON RICHARD E McIAUGHLW RONALD L McLAUGHLW GENE A.BURRELL MICHAEL E MERCER JOHN M. PFLAUM MICHAEL R. GALUT~ SCOTT E LEHMAN BRIAN s. xoLSTAD G. DEAN DEROSIER EDWARD D. BAW Town of Fraser BRIAN E CHEVALIER DAN~I. F. BLAHA c/o Mr. Chuck Reid, Manager ROBERT,. ANDERSON Avenue 153 F se ` ~" °II ~ "~ ra r DAN>EL . PE, M ~, Fraser, CO 80442 R ~ °,~L`~tO susanWE C NIaiOLIS RE: Proposal for Engineering Services System Development Fee Study Dear Chuck: Following is a revised Proposal to prepare a System Development Fee Study for the Fraser Water Utility. The Standard Provisions, Fraser and McLaughlin Water Engineers, are made a part of this Proposal, where applicable. SCOPE OF SERVICES The intent of this study is to develop Town policies and fees to govern expansion (new development) of the Fraser water utility -using engineering and economic principles. It is probable that a result will be the setting of a facility system development fee (SDF) and a separate water resource fee (WRF). In order to do this rationally it is necessary to develop (or understand existing) ordinance policies governing system expansion. Specific work items will include: 1. Review and excerpt existing Town Ordinances relevant to the water utility. 2. Meet with Town Attorney and Manager to review present policies, problems and ideas. 3. Draft a set of management principles relating to system development. COMPLETE ENGBVEERING SERVICES W: WATER RIGHTS AND RESOURCES WATER TREATMENT AND DLSTRBUTION SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE IRRIGATION HYDROGEOLOCY STORM DRA WAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL WASTEWATER COLLECTION TREATMENT AND REUSE FIRE PROTECTION WATER BASED RECREATION SPEgALTY HYDRAUllCS RATE STUDIES AND UTILITIES ECONOMICS 2420 Alcott Street, Denver, Colorado 80211(303) 458-5550 Facsimile (303) 480-9766 mweC~nnwewater.com ýÿ • 4. Attend work session with Board to discuss policies and obtain political direction. 5. Revise statement of management principles as necessary. 6. Review Fraser's existing water rights, and information from the completed Valuation of Option to Acquire 200 Taps, as well as general availability of water in the Fraser River Valley. 7. Review and analyze past customer inventory and useages. 8. Calculate and set an appropriate WRF. 9. Develop valuation of appropriate Fraser water facilities. Compute system development fees, based on the equity approach. 10. Fraser does not have a costed/scheduled water system capital improvement program. Based on our knowledge of the Fraser facilities, the overview Master Plan you had developed for the Maryvale Project, and experience with similar mountain communities, a reasonable SDF will be estimated on the growth-pays-its-own-way approach. 11. All of the above will be organized into a bound study report. METHOD OF PAYMENT This work will be done on an hourly rate plus actual expense basis. Assuming help and cooperation from Town staff, the study will be completed at a cost not to exceed $8,000. (The 10% labor discount will apply to this work.) OTHER Logical results or additional products which could be derived from this work could include: • Revised/updated municipal ordinance governing the water utility as an enterprise fund. Note that many of the basics needed by the Town attorney to prepare the ordinance will be in the report. • 2 RCM:kalc/P:OZO/LTR PROPOSALS/RCM-14 Fcaser.wpd ýÿ • Design standards and standard specifications for both distribution mains and water services. • Service charge analysis ("Rate Study"). • • If the above Proposal is acceptable to the Town, please return a signed copy. Very truly yours, McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd. ~~<<~ Ronald C. McLaughlin Approved: Town of Fraser by Date C9'~" W yland J. derson 3 RCM:kak/P:0201LTR PROPOSALS/RCM-14 Fraser.wpd ýÿ • oeaFr June 2, 1999 Alan Pratt Integra Engineering 2525 Sixteenth Street, Suite 210 Denver, CO 80211 re: Wastewater Facilities Plan for Grand County Water & Sanitation District No. 1 and the Fraser Sanitation District • Dear Mr. Pratt: The Town of Fraser has reviewed the Wastewater Facilities Plan for Grand County Water & Sanitation District No. 1 and the Fraser Sanitation District prepared by Integra Engineering. Additionally, our in-house staff has reviewed the "site application" prepared for your proposed wastewater treatment plant. Our comments follow below, in order as presented in the draft. 201 Plan • In Figure 1-1 the area shown as Grand County Water & Sanitation Districts' service area includes parts of the Town of Fraser. Is it GCWSD's intent to provide water and wastewater service to these portions of the Town of Fraser? On page 3-13, the fourth full paragraph begins with the words, "The Town of Fraser's UI activities..." The Town has no UI activities. Perhaps this should be, "The Fpaser Sanitation District's I!I activities..." (Emphasis added for clarification.) • In Section 4, Wastewater Mana~~,~Y.ent Alternatives, you have recommended for several active components of wastewater treatment that the "process warrants further evaluation." As the Town received the site application concurrent with the draft 201 Plan, and given the fact that Fraser is particularly sensitive to the Fraser River's health we will request that CDPHE require determination of these recommendations prior to issuing any permits. ýÿ . Page Two Draft 201 Plan DRAFT • On page 4-1, in the last pazagraph, there's a sentence which reads "The rate at which nitrification occurs is greatly affected by the t:,~~,erature of the water being treated, and little data or research exists for nitrification at water t:,.uYeratures below 7 degrees C." In 1994, the average water t~..~.erature measured at the GCWSD plant fell below the 7 degree C for three months. In 1995, this threshold was not met for five months. In 1996, two months (with missing data for May, typically the coldest month for influent to~,~,:.,utare). (Table 3-6 GCWSD Influent Wastewater Data) Yet on page 4-9, the last sentence of the first full pazagraph reads, "For this reason, the nitrification processes discussed eazlier in this Chapter will be designed for a water t;,..~.erature of 7 degrees C. We would ldce additional information detailing why GCWSD would take the calculated risk of designing a wastewater treatment plant that, for several months of the year, is unsure of nitrification. The Town of Fraser agreed to a negotiated zoning designation that allows a wastewater treatment plant in the middle of our town for the sole purpose of protecting the Fraser River. We agreed to protect the river's quantity by allowing a treatment plant at this location; be assured that we will be as diligent protecting the river's quality. The draft 201 Plan explores several options for dealing with the low t:,~.~,eratures (at • least one of which would be a violation of the special use development permit ~rr•oved by the Fraser Town Boazd) but makes no firm recommendation on this critical issue. We will request that CDPI-lE require det;,~..~;nation of recommendations dealing with this issue prior to issuing any permits. Additionally, this issue includes effluent t;,~r~~utare: we do not want to see GCWSD's effluent place an artificial stress on the river habitat due to incompatible water t:.u.Y:;~atare. Page 5-12 includes the following: "Groundwater. While discharge to groundwater has not been measured out of either of the lagoon systems, the possibility exists that the lagoon embankments and floors could discharge to shallow alluvial groundwater associated with the Fraser River. The selected plan will eliminate the use of the existing lagoons for sewage treatment and will contain the wastewater in concrete tanks throughout the treatment process. Therefore, groundwater impacts should be neutral to positive." Fraser's domestic water supply is drawn from a Fraser River alluvium wellfield and are located less than one mile down gradient from the proposed plant. It is imperative that grdunciwater impacts are positive. Additionally, Winter Pazk West Water & Sanitation District's wellfield is also located down gradient of the proposed plant. And while their wells draw from the Troublesome Aquifer (as opposed to the alluvium), the same concern and s.,ul;.~~ent exists. • ýÿ DRAFT • Page Three Draft 201 Plan On pages 1-8 and 4-32, the draft 201 Plan states that "...the three districts were unable to reach a consensus agreement on the details of consolidated facilities..." and "...the separate districts were unable to reach consensus..." From our perspective, this is an erroneous statement. The districts chose not to consolidate. An~lication for Site An~roval • Number 6: there is a typographical error in the word, "Fraser." • Number 7: while it is technically true that there are no surface domestic supply intakes downstream for 13.8 miles, it is important to note that the plant is located immediately up-gradient from both the Town of Fraser and the Winter Park West Water & Sanitation District wellfields. • Number 11: while the Town of Fraser is not technically a water "district" we still operate a water utility and, as such, should be identified in this section. • • If the site application was provided to us as a signatory, we will not sign until Town of Fraser, Use Permitted by Special Review, p~.~uut #52 is signed by the applicant. Thank you for considering our comments and concerns. Sincerely, Chuck Reid Town Manager c: Mayor Johnston & Trustees Grand County Water & Sanitation District Fraser Sanitation District • ýÿ