C150059 Feasibility Study - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Feasibility Study Kenosha Trout Club Dam Modification and Augmentation Water Purchase Introduction (Need for the Project) The Kenosha Trout Club (KTC), located in Park County (See Figure 1), operates Lininger Ditch and Lininger Lake for the benefit of the club members (lot owners) by providing water for domestic, irrigation, piscatorial, wildlife and recreational uses. The ditch diverts from Beaver Creek and delivers wa#er to the Lake. The KTC wishes to divert water on a continuous basis when ditch freezing is not a problem to maintain the Lake level for the above uses. The ditch direct flow water right and the Lake storage rights are junior priority water rights. The State Engineer's Office recently started strictly administering the junior direct flow and storage water rights used to fill the lake, and is requiring the KTC to acquire augmentation water to make up for evaporation losses from the lake surface, or to curtail diversions during the summer months. The KTC wants to buy water rights for augmentation so that the lake remains full the majority of the summertime. As a part of the project, the KTC plans to make dam improvements to allow proper administration of the augmentation plan, and facilitate lake operations to maintain desired water levels. The KTC wishes to secure funding to rehabilitate the dam and purchase augmentation water during the year 2001. Project Sponsor The KTC is a Homeowners Association and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Colorado. Membership is required by the Covenants as a condition of property ownership within the subdivision. There are 49 lots in the subdivision of which 32 are owned by the members of the KTC. Membership is required by the Covenants as a condition of property ownership within the subdivision. Each lot has one vote. The balance of the fand, including the 17 unsold lots and the lake are owned by the KTC. The KTC would also own the senior water rights purchased for augmentation. The KTC has the power to set annual assessments to be paid by the lot owners, the power to set special assessments, the power to prohibit use of the common areas (the Lake) the power to file liens for unpaid dues and/or assessments, and the power to foreclose a lien so created. The KTC Amended and Restated; Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions are included in Appendix A. Project Service Area and Facilities The KTC consists of the lot owners in the Lininger Lake Subdivision in Park County just northwest of Kenosha Pass. The subdivision was platted in the 1940s, and is 100% built out (primarily cabins, that is all lots not owned by the KTC have been built on.) The subdivision consists of 49 lots all abutting Lininger Lake and various tracts of land amounting to approximately 240 acres. Currently 32 lots are owned by members. The balance of the lots, the Lake, and several other tracts of land within the subdivision are held in common by the KTC. Kenosha Trout Club Page 1 of 9 Feasibility Study - Augmentation Water Purchase 1038KTCO2 March 2001