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<br />CHAPTER II
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<br />DURANGO WEST METRO DISTRICTS NO. 1 AND NO. 2
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<br />The Durango West Water Supply Project is jointly sponsored
<br />by Durango West Metropolitan District's No.1 and No.2. The
<br />District's were formed to provide: (1) a network of streets,
<br />drives, and boulevards, (2) a complete water supply, treatment,
<br />storage, transmission, and distribution system, and (3) a
<br />complete sanitary sewage collection, transmission, treatment,
<br />and disposal system. The facilities to serve approximately 620
<br />units were installed with the original bonding, as described for
<br />each district. Figure II-l shows the boundaries of each
<br />District.
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<br />Both Districts were established under the laws of the State
<br />of COlorado, particularly Title 32, Article 1, Part 10, and
<br />particularly section 1004 thereof, C.R.S. 1973, as amended. The
<br />Districts have the power, among others, to enter into contracts
<br />and agreements, to sue and be sued, to incur indebtedness and
<br />issue bonds, to refund any bonded indebtedness of the Districts
<br />without an election, to fix rates, fees, tolls, or charges for
<br />services or facilities furnished by the Districts, to pass and
<br />enforce regulations promulgated by the Boards, to compel
<br />structures to be connected to the Districts' water and sewer
<br />facilities for the protection of public health when lines are
<br />within 400 feet of such structures, to levy and collect general
<br />ad valorem taxes, to acquire, dispose of and encumber real and
<br />personal property, to have the management, control, and
<br />supervision of all the business affairs of the Districts, and
<br />the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of
<br />improvements therein, and to exercise the power of eminent
<br />domain and dominant eminent domain for the condemnation of
<br />private property for public use, except for the acquisition of
<br />water rights.
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<br />DISTRICT NO. 1
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<br />District No.1 is located on the south side of U. S. Highway
<br />160 and includes an area of 112 acres. There are currently 135
<br />homes in the District with a maximum number of platted units of
<br />225. This District was formed to provide medium priced homes by
<br />allowing mobile homes and modular units, as well as the typical
<br />frame homes. The homes within District No. 1 are generally
<br />priced below $100,000.00, and are all individual homes with no
<br />multiple family units. The lots for each home are relatively
<br />(to District No.2) small, so the potential for lawns is also
<br />small.
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<br />There has not been a new unit constructed in District No. 1
<br />in the last three years, because the developer who owns the
<br />undeveloped lots is in bankruptcy. Once the courts have sorted
<br />out the financial problems and a new developer has the property,
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