BOARD00185 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2007
• Description: Intrastate Water Management and Development Section - Water Supply Reserve Account Applications for Grants
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form

Form Revised October 2006

Part A. - Description of the Applicant (Project Sponsor or Owner);
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I. Applicant Name(s): Round Mountain wter

and Sanitation District

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 86 I
Westcliffe, Colorado 81r2

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Email address:
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719-783-2604
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Taxpayer ID#: I 84-0680525
Phone Numbers: Business:

Home:

Fax:

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719-783-9760

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Person to contact regarding this application if different from above:
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I Charles E. Piquette

I District Manager

Name:

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Provide a brief description of your organization below: Refer to Part 2 of criteria and guidance for required
Infonnation. Attach additional sheet(s) as needed. I
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Position/Title

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The Towns of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe were es~ablished in 1879 and 1887, respectively, as mining
boomed and developed in the area. Rudimentary water systems were put in place as the towns grew.
Although the Round Mountain Water and Sanitatiop District (RMWSD) was created in 1969 to provide
water and wastewater services to both towns, it di\:i not assume those operations until 1975. RMWSD
was fonned in 1969 as a "Colorado Special District," being a unit of local government and political
subdivision and acting pursuant to the provisions 6f Title 32, Colorado Revised Statutes. The District
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functions as an "Enterprise," a government-owned pusiness utility and operates under the jurisdiction of
a local Board of Directors whose five members are elected by the voters of the District.
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Many improvements have been made to the systefu since RMWSD took over. In 1975 a wastewater
system was installed at the cost of $516,000. Th~ water system was improved in 1976 at a cost of
$285,000 and included a new 250,000 gallon watet tank, 7500 feet of new water line and combining of
the two water systems of the towns into one syste~. In 1986 a second 200,000 gallon water tank was
purchased and installed. Continued on Attachment A
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