HomeMy WebLinkAbout 19-80 Claims for Water Rights St Vrain Water Treatment PlantRESOLUTION 19-80
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF FIRESTONE TO
APPROVE FILING OF CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS
FOR FIRESTONE RESERVOIRS 1 & 2; FOR THE FILING OF CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR
CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS TO THE ST. VRAIN WATER TREATMENT PLANT;
AND FOR AN APPROPRIATIVE RIGHT OF EXCHANGE FROM ST, VRAIN
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Firestone (the "Town" or "Firestone") is vested
with the authority of administering the affairs of the Town of Firestone; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Firestone desires to appropriate conditional water rights, including
storage for Firestone Reservoir Nos. 1 & 2 and for direct diversion to the St. Vrain Water
Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, such conditional water rights for Firestone Reservoir Nos. 1 & 2 shall be in addition
to those approved in the Town of Firestone Resolution 19-04; and
WHEREAS, the diversion for the conditional rights described in this Resolution are to be made
from a pump station on the St. Vrain Creek located at the NW '/4 of the SW 1/4of Section 31,
Township 3 North, Range 67 West of the 6"' P.M., Weld County, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Firestone desires to appropriate an appropriative right of exchange from
the outfall of the St. Vrain Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at the SW '/4 of the NE '/4 of
Section 31, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of the 6"' P.M., Weld County, Colorado, to the
pump station on St. Vrain Creek located at the NW '/4 of the SW '/4 of Section 31, Township 3
North, Range 67 West of the 6ch P.M., Weld County, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution the Town desires to approve the appropriations described above
and authorize their adjudication.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO:
1. Appropriation of Conditional Water Rights for Storage Reservoirs. The Town authorizes
the filing of an application to appropriate additional conditional water rights for Firestone
Reservoir No. 1 and Firestone Reservoir No. 2. The beneficial uses of such conditional
water rights shall include all municipal uses, including storage, augmentation, irrigation,
commercial, industrial, substitution and exchange as well as recreation and piscatorial uses
within the reservoirs. The Town will fill each reservoir to capacity with an initial fill and
one refill annually. The as -built storage capacity for the Firestone Reservoir No. 1 is
1,218.62 acre-feet. The anticipated as -built storage capacity for Firestone Reservoir No. 2
is 1,200 acre-feet. In addition to the locations of diversion described in the Town of
Firestone Resolution 19-04, Firestone Reservoirs No. 1 & 2 may be filled by a diversion
of 5.35 c.f.s. from a pump station on the St. Vrain Creels located at the NW %a of the SW
14 of Section 31, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of the 6t" P.M., Weld County, Colorado
he "Firestone -St. Vrain Pump Station").
2. Appropriation of Conditional Water Rights for the St. Vrain Treatment Plant, The Town
authorizes the filing of an application to appropriate conditional water rights for direct
diversion to the St. Vrain Water Treatment Plant from the Firestone -St. Vrain Pump Station
described above at the rate of 5.35 c.f.s. The beneficial uses of such conditional water rights
shall include all municipal uses, including storage, augmentation, irrigation, commercial,
industrial, substitution and exchange.
3. Appropriation of Conditional Exchange Right. The Town authorizes the filing of an
application for an appropriative right of exchange from the outfall of the St. Vrain
Sanitation District's Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Firestone -St. Vrain Pump Station.
The appropriative right of exchange shall be for 5.35 c.f.s. and shall include as a source of
substitute supply, all fully consumable water described in this resolution, Town of
Firestone Resolution 19-04 any Windy Gap water or fully consumable water derived from
the Northern Integrated Supply Project which is treated by the St. Vrain Sanitation District.
4. Town officials, officers, employees and agents are authorized to take such actions as
necessary in connection with the filing of the applications contemplated in this Resolution.
5. All actions of the Town's officials, officers, employees and agents taken prior to the date
of this Resolution relating to the applications contemplated herein are hereby ratified,
approved and confirmed.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED this 28th day of Au ust, 2019.
-�TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO
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Leah Vanarsdall, Town Clerk
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Town Attorney