Agenda Date: 08/02/2016
Subject:
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A resolution approving the Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the Chatfield Watershed Authority
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Presented By:
Mark Relph, Public Works and Utilities Director
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support approving the intergovernmental agreement of the Chatfield Watershed Authority?
BACKGROUND:
The Chatfield Watershed Authority was established in 1993 by an agreement that expired December 31, 1996. It was replaced by the Agreement for Continuation of the Watershed Authority, dated March 26, 1997.
The Chatfield Watershed Authority is a group of cities, towns, counties, special districts and private industries, which collectively serve as the management agency for the area, which is tributary to Chatfield Reservoir. The Authority was responsible for carrying out the Chatfield Reservoir Control Regulation adopted by the Water Quality Control Commission of the State of Colorado. This regulation sets and enforces water quality standards for Chatfield Reservoir, the South Platte River and Plum Creek.
When the city annexed the Chatfield Green property (TrailMark), it assumed jurisdiction for a small part of the watershed that drains to Chatfield Reservoir. Considering the potential water quality impacts to the reservoir when Chatfield Green developed, the city joined the Chatfield Basin Authority. When the Chatfield Control Regulation was amended by the State in 1996, the Chatfield Basin Authority was renamed the Chatfield Watershed Authority.
Approving the amended and restated intergovernmental agreement, which includes amended by-laws as an attachment, will allow the City of Littleton to remain a member of the Chatfield Watershed Authority. Members of the Chatfield Watershed Authority are: Douglas County, Jefferson County, Town of Castle Rock, Town of Larkspur, Castle Pines Metropolitan District, Centennial Water and Sanitation District, Dominion Water and Sanitation District, Louviers Water...
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