Agenda Date: 02/21/2017
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading approving an Interceptor Transfer Agreement between the city and the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District regarding ownership of a gravity interceptor sewer, terminating easements to Roxborough Water and Sanitation District and granting an access easement to Roxborough Water and Sanitation District
Body
Presented By:
Mark Relph, Director of Public Works and Utilities
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support accepting ownership of the Roxborough gravity interceptor sewer, terminating easements and granting an access easement to Roxborough Water and Sanitation District (RW&S)?
BACKGROUND:
In 2005, RW&S constructed a lift station, force main and gravity sewer to convey wastewater from its customers to a connection with the city's sewer collection system. The gravity sewer begins near the intersection of C-470 and South Platte Canyon Road and extends north to connect to Littleton sewer near the intersection of West Belleview Avenue and South Santa Fe Drive. Near West Bowles Avenue, another sewer owned by the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District (PCW&S) was connected to the RW&S sewer, to eliminate the PCW&S lift station. Both systems are shown on Exhibits B and C.
The PCW&S sewer had a series of problems over the years and was expensive to maintain and repair. The PCW&S sewer also serves part of the City of Littleton located west of the South Platte River and south of West Berry Avenue. To address these problems, the city, RW&S and PCW&S agreed to share the cost of the sewer pipeline via a 2006 agreement (Exhibit D). This agreement (section 9, page 6) waived any financial contribution of the city in the shared pipeline, with the understanding the city would assume the ownership of the entire gravity sewer. Supporting the discussion is a September 9, 2006 Staff Communication to council (Exhibit E).
In January 2015, work began to execute the 2006 agreement and convey the...
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