Title
A Resolution to Amend Resolution Nos. 208-23 and 59-24 Increasing the 2024 Mesa Basin and Sand Creek Basin Drainage Fees.
Presenter:
Richard Mulledy, P.E., Public Works Director;
Erin Powers, P.E., Stormwater Compliance Program Manager
Summary:
The Colorado Springs/El Paso County Drainage Board, at their August 13, 2024 meeting, approved a recommendation for an increase of $22,405 per acre to the drainage fee for the Mesa Drainage Basin for property to be platted and unplatted property in relation to the consolidated landfill as delineated by the Ownership Exhibit (Exhibit B), and $8,557 per acre for all other unplatted property. The existing 2024 drainage fee for this basin is $31,445 per acre. The new drainage fee for this basin would be $53,850 per acre for MVS Development, LLC property including the consolidated landfill, and $40,002 per acre for the remaining unplatted acreage within the Mesa Basin.
The Colorado Springs / El Paso County Drainage Board, at their September 10, 2024 meeting, approved a recommendation for an increase of $1,661 per acre to the drainage fee for the Sand Creek Drainage Basin. The existing 2024 drainage fee for this basin is $23,688 per acre. The new drainage fee for this basin would be $25,349 per acre.
Background:
Action by the Drainage Board to increase the Sand Creek Basin and Mesa Basin drainage fees to cover drainage basin costs represents a common practice used by the Drainage Board to cover unanticipated drainage 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 Sand Creek Basin drainage fee originated with a request by Classic Consulting, the engineer for Greenways Neighborhood Park Filing No. 1, and Greenway Investments, LLC., the developer for Greenways Neighborhood Park...
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