BOARD01372

• Board Meeting Date: 11/17/1976
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

was started in the mid l80Q's. It was actually a stagecoach stop as
the stage went over Berthoud Pass. ~It stayed that until in the early
thirties and forties when the Moffat: Tunnel was constructed, and the
current location of Winter Park:village there was a construction camp
and houses w~e built in that area. Many of ~hese houses now are still
there and renovated.

The water source of these present houses, we do not have a munic~pal , I
system, as explained before. The ,water systems are shallow wells, ftll
surface wate~ springs. They are very close to the Frase~ River. Part
of the prob~em in this is whe~ this area was used as a construction
camp, they had septic systems, and prior to the initiation of our
domestic waste water syste~, they, were ~ewer systems. The possibility
of contamination is quite pigh, as you can imagine. There is still one
spetic system in ou~ district at the present time.: It's not economically
feasible for these people to hook on.

This, as y'ou'canrealize~ makes the quality of the surface water
questionable; at best. :How~ver, we have not had ,any problem, but per-
haps in light of : new standards: we wi.lI.

Also included in our district is Winter Park Ski area. it is presently
the largest user of our'domestic water. They are currently obtaining
water from: the Denver, Water Board on contract; -

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The ,water treatment facilities of.the area-have become inadequate and
need major renovation. As a ,result of this, since they need to upgrade
and the rest of the district would like to get a municipal water system
for safe water. It seems logical that we combine these two systems, and
provide only one treatment facility system.

As I mentioned before, there ia,the po~ential growth of the area.
Several of these projects are ongoing orrin the planning stage and are
of a business ,variety attendant to'our industry, which is ski rE:creation.
We also have, on the drawing boards a major handicap facility for teaching
therapeutical recreation to handicapped people. We have at Winter Park
a quite extensive handicapped ski and recreation program.

The attitude of the community on this project. It is~uquite expensive
project, a million and a half. The community is quite small. In an
effort to ~~ to get a feel from the community, I sent a letter to each
property owner in the ,district asking for their connnents and giving them
adequate time to send their comments or attend meetings. We received
only one negative connnent and the rest of them were all posittve. The
ski area supported this to the point that's not economically infeasible
for them to participate in-the district.

In conclusion, we feel that this isa viable project and it's to serve'
the needs'of an ~lreadyexisting community, which is in serious need of
a domestic water treatment facility. And to echo your reporiand the
staff connnents on the report, the Winter Park Water and Sanitation
District needs a central water supply for its residents. The recent
growth of the recreation activities in.th~ area and the anticipated new
developments dictate the construction of a water supply system.

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