Title
A Resolution Directing the Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities to Execute a Second Amendment to the Groundwater Capacity Lease Agreement with Security Water District
Presenter:
Abby Ortega, Planning Supervisor, Water Conveyance
Jerry A. Forte, P.E., Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Body
Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities requests approval of a resolution directing the Chief Executive Officer to execute a second amendment to the Groundwater Capacity Lease Agreement between Colorado Springs Utilities and Security Water District.
Previous Council Action:
City Council approved the Groundwater Capacity Lease Agreement between Colorado Springs Utilities and Security Water District on December 11, 2012 and approved an amendment to that lease on February 25, 2014.
Background:
City Code ? 12.4.304 allows Colorado Springs Utilities (Utilities) to provide by contract for the use of or connection to the City's water supply system by institutions, organized special districts, governments, municipal corporations, or other similar users located outside of the corporate limits of the City. Security Water District (Security) is a Colorado special district that provides water to the town of Security, which is located just south of Colorado Springs.
Utilities is entitled to withdraw its apportionment of the Widefield Aquifer capacity through its Pinello Wells at a base level pumping rate of not more than 375 acre-feet per month, nor more than 1,200 acre-feet in any successive four month period, nor more than 1,600 acre-feet in any calendar year. Pursuant to a Groundwater Capacity Lease Agreement (Lease) approved by City Council in 2012, Utilities leases up to 600 acre-feet per year of its apportionment of Widefield Aquifer capacity to Security from Pinello Wells 8, 10, and 13 (Pinello Wells) for a period of 25 years. The Lease was amended in 2014 to allow Security to withdraw the leased portion of the Widefield A...
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