Board Meeting 12/05/1979

• Board Meeting Date: 12/5/1979
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums December 5, 1979
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Heights and the entities to whom Kelton Heights might be annexed in an
effort to work out to the best of their abilities a satisfactory
resolution of the issue regarding annexation. Additional discussion
then ensued concerning the Board's expectations for annexation should
the motion be passed. Subsequently, Mr. Vandemoer withdrew his motion,
and Mr. Gormley his second, and Mr. Gormley offered in lieu thereof
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the motion that to the extent possible in this particular case , econ-
omies of scale and efficiencies in the project shall be encouraged.
He further moved that the Board recommend the project for funding in
the amount of $453,000 at a service charge of 4 percent without making
such funding specifically contingent upon annexation of Kelton Heights
to one of the adjoining entities . Mr. Fetcher then seconded the new
motion. There being no further discussion, the motion passed on 0.
unanimous voice vote.
The next project brought up for consideration was the Olive Street
Project. Mr. McDonald explained that this project would serve the
Olive Street Water District which is located approximately one-half
mile west of City Park in Pueblo and is outside the incorporated city
limits of the City of Pueblo. He noted that the staff recommends that
the total estimated construction cost for the project, which was
$125,000 , be financed by the Board with a service charge of 2 percent .
Mr. McDonald noted that the 2 percent was being recommended in lieu of
the 4 percent that would normally be charged a domestic water supply
system because of the economically depressed area which was to be
served by the project.
Again, considerable discussion ensued concerning whether or not
Board financing for the project should be contingent upon annexation
of the area to be served to the City of Pueblo. Mr. Donald Gaylord,
Chairman of the Olive Street Water District, noted that the District
was more than willing to be annexed to the City but could not for the
moment be so annexed due to the fact that the intervening area between
the city limits and the District's boundaries did not choose to be
annexed. Therefore, what Olive Street was proposing to do was simply
receive an extension of water service from the City of Pueblo that
would be compatible with all of their specifications for the extension
of water mains beyond the city limits . There being no further dis-
cussion, Mr. Jackson moved, seconded by Mr. Gormley, that the Board
accept the staff's recommendation for this project. The motion was
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passed on a unanimous voice vote .
Mr. Stapleton, having returned to the meeting, resumed the duties.
of the chair and brought before the Board for its consideration the
Brook Forest Project. Mr. Ioannides reviewed the project with the Board,
noting that it was the staff's recommendation that the Board finance
$250 ,000 of the project at a service charge of 4 percent. Discussion then
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