PROJ00061

• Contract/PO #: C153366
• Contractor Name: Ridges Metropolitan District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 72
• County: Mesa
• Bill Number: SB 81-439
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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PROJECT SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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The Ridges Metropolitan District (the "District") was created for the
purpose of providing "complete domestic water, irrigation water and
sanitary sewer systems, and public parks with recreational facilities
thereon for the District and its inhabitants", pursuant to Title 32,
Article 3, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as amended.

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As originally created, the District contained 778.515 acres lying approx-
imately one mile southwest of the Grand Junction city limits on State
Highway 340 (Broadway) in an area called the Redlands. On February 8,
1978, an Order of Inclusion was entered by the Mesa County District
Court which effectively "annexed" into the District two additional par-
cels of property adjacent to the District of 10.3 and 27.94 acres re-
spectively, for a total of 816.755 acres. The District encompasses a
planned community which, upon completion, will be virtually self-contained
with all necessary services and such amenities as schools, parks, recrea-
tional facilities including two-lakes.

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The District was organized to finance and effect the construction and in-
stallation of the following improvements:

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- A sanitary sewer system including service lines and lift stations
necessary to transport sewage to the City of Grand Junction's
sewage treatment plant.

- Two separate pressurized water systems, one for domestic water,
one for lawn irrigation water.

Recreational facilities including two major parks, a community
recreational building and swimming pool and a network of
greenbelt/open space with paved and unpaved pathways for
pedestrian, bike and equestrian traffic. Greenbelt areas will
also contain several neighborhood "mini-parks".

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This feasibility report addresses the construction of an irrigation sys-
tem within the boundaries of the District. The specific items to be con-
structed include a primary pump station, twin l6-inch pipelines to trans-
port irrigation water from the Colorado River and two storage reservoirs.
The project also includes two pump stations at the reservoir sites to
pump the water to the distribution systems. The collection, storage and
pumping facilities are the components of the project requiring state
assistance. The distribution system and components already constructed
will make up the District's share of the project funding.

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As previously mentioned, the collection, storage and pumping facilities
will require state assistance in order for the project to be feasible.
The assistance requested will be a long term, low interest loan from the
Colorado Water Conservation Board.

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