Aspen 1997 WCPlan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: City of Aspen Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Element Water Management Plan
• Date: 1/28/1997
• County: Pitkin
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

RESOLUTION NO. 5
(Series of 1.993)
(as amended by Resolution No. 49 (Series of 1993)
and Resolution No.9, (Series of 1996))

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
ENDORSING AND ADOPTING POLICIES TO GUIDE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES

WHEREAS, after a careful and thorough review of the city's
historic and current water management policies and practices, the
City council has determined that all future expansions of the
municipal water system and system capacity shall be examined and
approved pursuant to a comprehensive policy in coordination with
a land use planning process that addresses issues of water
treatment and availability, water quality, storage capacities,
treatment capacities, delivery infrastructure, appropriate
locations for growth, conservation, short term and long term
costs, and the preservation of the natural environment; and

WHEREAS, the City, in cooperation with Pitkin .county, has
recently adopted the Aspen Area Community Plan, which, when
(-c implemented with tne water management policies contained herein,
'c: will assist in providing guidance for the orderly development of
the City's water treatment and distribution system both inside
and outside the city's geographical boundaries; and

WHEREAS, the city Council has determined that the existing
water delivery system and infrastructure should assume and
maintain a favored status when compared to proposed expansions of
the system for purposes of serving extraterritorial customers;
and "

WHEREAS, the city Council has further determined that
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ownership or assume operational responsibility of substandard
water delivery systems and that the City should not continue to
do so in the future; and

WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the city's finan-
cial and water resources are not unlimited and that the City of
Aspen is not a public utility required to serve all persons or
uses; and ~

WHEREAS, the city Council hereby declares that the adoption
of the water management policies as set forth herein does not
assume and is not intended to represent a commitment, obligation
or ability on the part of the City of Aspen to provide water or