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A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 153-19, 2020 Drainage Basin Fees, Bridge Fees, Detention Pond Facility and Land Fees, to Increase the Black Squirrel Creek Pond Land Fee and the Middle Tributary Basin Drainage Fee
Presenter:
Richard Mulledy, P.E., Stormwater Enterprise Manager, Stormwater Enterprise
Erin Powers, P.E., Senior Technical Engineer, Stormwater Enterprise
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Summary:
The Colorado Springs/El Paso County Drainage Board at their December 5, 2019, meeting approved the recommendation for an increase of $2,950.00 per acre to the pond land fee for the Black Squirrel Creek Basin, and the recommendation for an increase of $17,632.00 per acre to the drainage fee for the Middle Tributary Basin. The existing 2020 pond land fee for Black Squirrel Creek Basin is $789.00 per acre. The new pond land fee for this basin would be $3,739.00 per acre. The existing 2020 drainage fee for Middle Tributary Basin is $7,275.00 per acre. The new drainage fee for this basin would be $24,907.00 per acre.
Background:
Actions by the Drainage Board to increase the Black Squirrel Creek Basin pond land fee and Middle Tributary Basin drainage fee to cover additional drainage basin costs represent a common practice used by the Drainage Board to cover unanticipated additional costs in new subdivision development. Unanticipated costs can be described as costs not shown in the Drainage Basin Planning Study for the drainage basin and/or costs that were not included in the original fee calculation for the basin.
The Drainage Board's action to increase the Black Squirrel Creek Basin pond land fee originated with a request by Allison Valley Development Company, LLC. JR Engineering, on behalf of Allison Valley Development Company, LLC, completed an analysis to determine if the current pond land fees were adequate to reimburse developers for the land associated with reimbursable ponds. The analysis determined that the current pond land fee was inadequate.
The Black Sq...
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