Title
A Resolution Directing the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities to Execute an Agreement for Augmentation Service
Presenter:
Brian Whitehead, Manager System Extensions
Eric Tharp, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Body
Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities ("Utilities") requests that City Council approve a resolution that authorizes Utilities to enter into an agreement ("Agreement") that gives Red Fox, LLC ("Customer") the right to interim use of groundwater from a proposed well on property located at 195 Marland Road S., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80906 ("Property") pursuant to Utilities' augmentation tariff. City Council approval of a resolution authorizing Utilities to enter into the Agreement is required because allowing the use of groundwater underlying the Property is inconsistent with Resolution No. 233-86.
Previous Council Action:
Between 1999 and 2017, City Council authorized Utilities to enter into several similar agreements with property owners
Background:
Customer is the owner of a 2.42 acre parcel that was annexed into the City in 1980 and is located within Utilities' water service area. The Property is surrounded by vacant land owned by COG Land & Development Company (COG) and does not abut any street, alley or right of way in which there is a Utilities' water distribution main, and Utilities' closest potable water distribution facilities lie approximately 900 feet from the Property. Customer currently has an easement across the COG property for ingress/egress and electric utility lines only. The easement does not include the right to install potable water facilities to serve the Property and the Customer states that the COG is not willing to grant an easement to extend water facilities across the COG property. As a result, Customer requested authorization to drill a well on the Property that will be used to provide water supply to a single family residence to be located on...
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