Request for Council Action - O-2006-26 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION

ORDINANCE: 2006-26

SUBJECT: Re-Inclusion of portions of the Rooney Valley into the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District service area.

ADDRESS: Lakewood portion of the Rooney Valley

RECOMMENDATION: Approve

FUNDING SOURCE: Not Applicable

SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:

The City of Lakewood is under contract with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District to send all sewage flows from within the Lakewood city limits to Metro Wastewater unless an exclusion is granted.

In late 2002, it appeared the only two possible water suppliers in the Rooney Valley would be the Town of Morrison and the Mt. Carbon Metropolitan District. Water Court decrees require that sewer flows resulting from use of Morrison and Mt. Carbon water flow to Bear Creek through the Morrison Wastewater Treatment Plant.

In order to send flows from Lakewood to the Morrison Wastewater Treatment Plant, it was necessary under state law for Lakewood to request an exclusion from Metro Wastewater by ordinance and this was done by Ordinance 0-2002-49. Such an exclusion was subsequently granted by Metro Wastewater for all Rooney Valley property within Lakewood.

Several conditions have changed since 2002. These changed conditions necessitate re-including most of the Lakewood portion of the Rooney Valley back within the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District service area. These changed conditions are:

• The water supplier for the Lakewood portion of the Rooney Valley will be the Consolidated Mutual Water Company. After use, Consolidated's water flows are to be treated at Metro Wastewater for water rights purposes.

• Many properties in Lakewood have recently excluded from the Mt. Carbon District.

The Lakewood properties to be re-included within the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District are:

1. All of the properties that recently excluded from Mt. Carbon and are now within the Fossil Ridge Metropolitan District.
2. All City of Lakewood parkland in Iron Spring and Forsberg Parks.
3. The Lightner property.

The only areas in the Lakewood portion of the Rooney Valley not to be re-included in Metro Wastewater are 1) five small parcels within Red Rocks Business Park Filing No. 1 whose owners chose not to exclude from Mt. Carbon, 2) a parcel owned by Extendicare that is still in the Mt. Carbon District, 3) Robinson Brick, also still in the Mt. Carbon District and 4) the site owned by Mt. Carbon for their water tank.

As with the exclusion, the inclusion is to be done by ordinance.

DATE OF FIRST READING: October 9, 2006

DATE OF SECOND READING: October 23, 2006

ORIGINATED BY: Richard J. Plastino, Director of Public Works

STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: Richard Plastino, 303-987-7901

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED: Ordinance O-2006-26
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SUBMITTED BY:
Richard J. Plastino, Director of Public Works

REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director Mayor and City Manager's Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager