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Water Conservancy Schedules Special Meeting |
Special to the Post | 6/13/08
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The San Juan Water Conservancy District — an Archuleta County special district charged with assuring adequate wter storage for its district members — has lately found itself defending its decision to engage with the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) on a collaborative plan to build a future 35,000 acre-foot reservoir near downtown Pagosa Springs.
A ballot measure to approve a bond issue to purchase the reservoir site was rejected by SJWCD voters in 2004, but PAWSD and SJWCD chose to proceed with the purchase of the $10 million+ site nevertheless. The purchase price was supposedly going to be funded by impact fees assessed on the rapid growth Pagosa Springs was experiencing up until 2006 — but that growth has come to a virtual halt over the past two years, and some statistical evidence shows that Archuleta County is in fact experiencing population loss at the moment.
The SJWCD canceled its regular meeting scheduled for June 9 and rescheduled its meeting for this coming Monday, June 16. That meeting will be followed by a work session with PAWSD and a planned Executive Session.
Following is the published notice of the meeting:
NOTICE OF
1. CANCELLATION OF REGULAR MEETING
2. CHANGE IN REGULAR MEETING DATE
3. WORK SESSION
4. SPECIAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Water Conservancy District scheduled for Monday, June 9, 2008, has been canceled. The Meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, June 16, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. Notice is further provided that a Work Session is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., followed by a Special Meeting with the Board of Directors of the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District. The primary purpose of the Work Session and Special Meeting is for discussions related to various water matters and development of raw water projects.
Following the Work Session, the Boards of Directors are expected to convene to a Special Meeting and enter into executive session for the purposes of discussing matters related to property acquisition and other matters subject to negotiation involving both Districts pursuant to Sections 24-6-402(4)(a) and 24-6-402(4)(e), C.R.S. The Meetings and Work Session will be held at 100 Lyn Avenue, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Proposed Agenda is as follows:
1. Call to Order
2. Reading and Approval of Minutes
3. Consideration of Request from Archuleta County Fair Board for Participation at County Fair
4. Report on Southwestern Water Conservation District Grant Approval
5. Financial Report
6. Adjourn to Work Session
7. Presentation on Cloud Seeding – Western Weather Consultants
8. Proposed Dry Gulch Reservoir Project
9. Special Meeting
10. Proposed Dry Gulch Reservoir Project
- Consideration of Engineering Firm
- Consideration of Proposal from Ecosphere Environmental Services/Aquahab, Inc.
- Consideration of Special Use Permit
11. Executive Session Pursuant to Sections as Described Above
12. Return to Special Meeting
13. Any Other Business Brought Before the Board Will Be Duly Considered. |
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