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<br />Water Agreement . ~ ith'(i~
<br />Approved By Ute Directors'
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<br />By ROBERT SHOTWELL
<br />Sentinel stafr Writer
<br />The Ute Water Dist. directors
<br />tmanunously approyed_1l water
<br />agreement wilh the City
<br />Wednesday night.
<br />Ute manager Riney Wilbert
<br />aaid he hoped the agreement
<br />would go ro the City Council
<br />.next Wednesday night fill' con-
<br />alderationand appl'oval.
<br />"Although the agreement Jg
<br />almOlltidentical to the first pro-
<br />posa! made by Ute," Wilbert
<br />8ald,"it's in a little different
<br />form and wIJrding,"
<br />The principal erred of the
<br />agreement Is Ulat the city will
<br />not serve any new areas north
<br />of Patterson foad even though
<br />they are 8.IUlexed to the city.
<br />Instead, ute will provide the
<br />water to the individuals andbiU
<br />the cityata special bulk rate.
<br />The- city hi. turn will bill the
<br />users.
<br />Wilbert said the agreement
<br />would avoid going to court to
<br />determine "who bas a right,to
<br />do 1"hat". regarding water !e;r-
<br />vic~ to areas in'the di~U'lct that
<br />are annexed to the city.
<br />"In -addition, the agreement
<br />wlI1 provide for the orderly de-
<br />velopmentof ute and city wa.
<br />ter mains," Wilbert said.
<br />"It will guarantee Ute new
<br />development on a bulk basis,
<br />and will also provide for !Olne
<br />new individual users. Ute rev-
<br />enues will be protected to the
<br />6tent that thete will be no un-
<br />due worries on making loan
<br />payments."
<br />Wilbert said the agreement
<br />will save tbe ctty money by cut-
<br />ting spending for a new water
<br />plant.
<br />Ute will supply water to res-
<br />Idents within the ute district
<br />ata "bulk" rate of $4 s month
<br />for the first 4,000 gallons, plus
<br />an addltonal,5G cents for each
<br />1,000 gallons upto 4.000 gallons
<br />above the minimum:
<br />If more than 8,000 ,gaUons is
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<br />used,the citywillpayona de-
<br />dinlng scale from 35 cents a
<br />1.00Q gallons to Z7 cents.
<br />The agreement does not af-
<br />fect those within the district
<br />Pre!entLybeingservedwithcity
<br />water ,but will affect thoSe
<br />within the district taken lnto the
<br />city later. '
<br />The rate charged under the
<br />'$4 minimum is between the city
<br />rate of $2.75 and the Ute indl.
<br />vidual mlnlmumot$7.
<br />The city will not extend Its
<br />service lines Into the annexed
<br />areas. but will buy ute lines.
<br />valves, services and meter In.
<br />stallations at a'deprecisted cost.
<br />Pipelines carrying _ Ute ~ater
<br />across an annexed area to other
<br />Ute cUstomers will not be In.
<br />eluded.
<br />Ute will not charge the city
<br />for water used In fire fighting
<br />or lost through breaks in the ci-
<br />ty's system. .
<br />One clause, however, reserves
<br />Ute's right to chsrge for water
<br />"lostfurough chargeabla ne-
<br />glect."
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<br />Nomastermelel'Smaybein-
<br />stalled on the Ute lines for.'city
<br />service until five years after the
<br />comiection 'has peen made, or
<br />until :!S,or more eustomerll are
<br />beIng !erved througl;l the con-
<br />nection, whichever comes first.
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<br />Ute board members general-
<br />ly supported the provisions.
<br />Ken Matchett, in moving for
<br />approval, said, "This will per-
<br />mit the city to grow, and if it
<br />'grows, Ute will grow, too. The
<br />agreement sounds good tome,"
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<br />Frank Beede said the Mantey
<br />Helghts connection proved the
<br />city and Ute collld work togeth-
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<br />Wilbert said he and city man-
<br />agar'Richard Gray felt -the
<br />a:grwment is sound.
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<br />Hay,de.n Plant, Operation
<br />Linked, 'If ~se~~ate 'Bill /1~
<br />By MARY LOUISE GIDLIN tbat the bill is aimed speciflcal- ing into an area not served bY'1!
<br />' Selltlnel Staff Writer, ]y at correcting the Colorado utility Iiad not been included fii
<br />DENVE.R - A bill which- statulessothatthepfa'ntmay the bill he was asked to intrQ-
<br />would make It legal for the Col-. . _d\l{le, ,
<br />orado-Ute Electric Assn. Hay- continue to operate. He,!ald the '
<br />den plant to continue operation _ bill was a joint effort of the CoI- . __ * * *
<br />was introduced in-the Colorado. orado IlEA and the Colorado- --- ,
<br />Senate Wednesday. Ute Assn,
<br />Und~ the bill, SB212, a new The Colorado Supreme Court
<br />!~tion would be added to ex- ruled almost a 'year ago that the
<br />lstmgstatutes. .
<br />This section- wollld mak~ It plant was bullt lllegalIy;because
<br />possible'for a public utility, to it did not meet the reqUIrements
<br />construct'and ~ndgenerating for establishing public conven.
<br />and transmission facilities to lence and necessity,
<br />furntsh power to another utUlty The United S tat e s Supreme
<br />v:hlch hold~ a certificate, of pub- Court twice refused to hear Col-
<br />lie convemence and neceaSlty, ,
<br />The proposal would, simply orado-Ut~ ~ appeal,
<br />pennit the existing Hayden A certificate of convenienc
<br />plant and transmission line! to waa issued for the Hayden plant"
<br />continue providing power for by the Colorado Public Utilities
<br />the 13 member rural electrical Commisston in 1963. This was
<br />association's which it now appealed to the courts by the
<br />serves. Public Service Co, of Colorado
<br />Colorado-ute and REA repre- and the W~tern Colorado Pow-
<br />sentatives have- been ironing out er Co., which are private com-
<br />.(; details of the bill In Denver and paules.
<br />elsewhere for seV'eralweeks. While the,case was belng ap_
<br />The bill appeared under the pealed, Colorado-Ute built the
<br />bl-parttsan sponsorship of two Hayden plant, flnanc~ prlmar-
<br />Republicans. Sen. Fay DeBer- iIy by the federal Rural E1ectrl-
<br />ard and Rep. Bill Gossard, in ficlltion Administration and. the
<br />whose districts the plant is la- Salt River Project of Arizona.
<br />cated, and two Democrats, Sen. Salt River and the 13 REA
<br />David Hahn of Aurora and Rep. members or Colorado-Ute were'
<br />Tom Farley of Pueblo, t~. be' :l\.T.;llied power by th e
<br />DeBerard said plant on the Yampa River in
<br />northwestern Colorado.
<br />Negotiations been
<br />wRy-since
<br />out a
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