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Home My WebLink About20011912.tiff Jun 12 01 12: 28p MTN VIE FIRE 303651 - '02 p. l • RECEIVED rtts\--6;,Tss..\\:, Weld County Referral May 30, 2001 11111 C COLORADO The Weld County Department of Planning Services has received the following item for review: FF Applicant St. Vrain Sanitation Case Number Amended St.Vrain Sanitation District/c/o Mark Peterson District Service Plan and Boundary Change Please Reply By June 11, 2001 Planner Monica Daniels-Mika Project Modification of Service and Boundary Change. Legal See Attached. Location See Attached. • Parcel Number Various parcels • The application is submitted to you for review and recommendation. Any comments or recommendation you consider relevant to this request would be appreciated. Please reply by the above listed date so that we may give full consideration to your recommendation. Any response not received before or on this date may be deemed to he a positive response to the Department of Planning Services. If you have any further questions regarding the application, please call the Planner associated with the request. Weld County Planning Commission Hearing (if applicable) June 19, 2001 ❑ We have reviewed the request and find that it does/does not comply with our Comprehensive Plan X We have reviewed the request and find no conflicts with our interests. ❑ See attached letter. Comments: Signature Date (o- k Agency `VZ \ 7 art c.j • • N;Sri C_k oWelU County Planning Pent. 4,1555 N.17th Ave,Greeley,CO.80631 ..(970)353-6100 eXt.3540 •*(970)304-6498 fax kg EXHIBIT 2001-1912 17 t �o� LQly��r 4/4 �. December 31, 1999 t¢` -W4' j U ' r t-3 Mr. Mark Peterson,Manager 47 `42� St. Vrain Sanitation District A�y�f� "ry:� P.O. Box 908 • ' ' O 436 Coffman Street Suite 200 �OZ O R Longmont,Colorado 80502-0908 Re: St. Vrain Sanitation District Treatment Plant Expansion Dear Mark: Thank you for your letter dated November 2, 1999 concerning the planned expansions of the District's treatment facilities. I understand that the District has determined the need to increase the treatment plant capacity from its current capacity of 0.50 million gallons per day(MGD)to a capacity of 4.5 million gallons per day by the end of 2004. City staff presented this issue to the Longmont City Council at their November 23, 1999 meeting. At that time staff outlined the scope of the proposed expansion plans along with an evaluation of the basis for the planed expansions and potential impacts to Longmont. We also discussed areas for potential cooperation and mutual benefit with the District. Following our review of the planning data, together with our conversations with staff members from Weld County and the Tri-Cities, City staff could not recommend approval of the expansion of the District's facilities to the 4.5 MGD level. We did concur with the immediate need to pursue and complete an expansion to 0.99 MGD in 2000. At the December 2, 1999 meeting of the Northern Front Range Water Quality Planning Association (NFRWQPA) two items were considered concerning the St. Vrain Sanitation District's plans for expansion of their wastewater treatment plant. These items were an amendment to the regional water quality plan and a site application for expansion of the District's wastewater plant to 4.5 MGD. The NFRWQPA approved the modification of the water quality plan and ruled that the site application was in conformance with the plan. As we stated at the meeting, the City of Longmont has several concerns about the amendment and site application, and subsequently voted to not approve the plan amendment or site application as presented. We have reviewed the site application, relevant portions of the District's engineering report provided by your consultant, and data from Weld County and other municipalities. This information does not appear to support the proposed rapid expansion of the District's plant. The population and flow projections in the engineering report are not consistent and are not in agreement with Weld County's growth projections. The availability of water service for the projected population is also questionable as noted in the report. We do not agree that the District's engineering report provides adequate documentation of the need for a 4.5-MGD facility by 2004. As we noted at the December 2 meeting, we feel that the District should stage its requests for water quality plan amendments and site applications to allow a better evaluation of actual growth rates. We have additional concerns about the potential impacts of the District's plans on other dischargers in the Boulder Creek/St. Vrain Creek basin. At 4.5 MGD, the District's plant would be the third largest in the basin. As you are aware, a Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) study is currently being performed in this basin by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment(CDPHE), To date, the size of the District's facilities has essentially kept it out of the TMDL assessment. Until this study is completed, it is not known how, or even it, the District's permit would affect the permit limits for dischar .,. Water/Wastewater Department II EXHIBIT 1 100 South Sherman Street• Longmont, Colorado 80501 ?/_ (303) 651-8376 • Fax (303) 651-8812 • www.ci.longmont.co.us ! �" possible that the design of the District's plant and the expansion plant expansions. It is p s of the'IMDL. issue discussed basin's ans f proposed e Thisis in issue is ent not other report, which assumes that the District's discharge— plans for other facihtneering the basin will depend on the findings other in the District's engineering expanding facilities. require or obstruct te Apreviously noted, the City understands that the District has immediate needs that the we p lagoons to 0.99 MGD. Please understand that it is not our intent to impede Di wastewater if any,the District's obligations to provide service within their service area. However,the State and all potentially D the State to take shed what impacts, sw not feel, that affDistrictted's s pans may in the Boulder/St.e will beraskig basin need S to understand s State may District's plans may have on them. application. the State have listed in h to warrant these concerns. If that is the case, this letter into consideration when they review the District's site a the proposed s expansions are eignificant enough provide all dischargers in the basin with written assurances that their permit limits will not be needs to affected by the District's plans. needs,and would hope to continue to appreciate rsue fu to your c s willingness e eopenlyaother hers the District's mutual planning give a call o you would like to discuss these issues further. to pursue further discussion of these and issues of mutual concern. Please feel free to at 303.651.8355 if Sincerely, City of Longmont . icy Dale F. Rademacher Director,Water/Wastewater Utilities Gordon Pedrow, City Manager Development CC: Director of Community Phil Youngberg, Quality Director Cal Youngberg,Water Q tT Dave DuBois, NFRWQPA Tom Bennett, CDPHE Susan Nachtrieb, CDPHE Russ Clayshulte,DRCOG Weld County Health Department City of Boulder City of Lafayette City of Louisville Town of Erie Niwot SD Rock Creek Metro SD Weld CountyTri-Area SD • 1 ► .. St. Vrain SANITATION DISTRICT June 15,2001 Mr. Glenn Vaad Mr. Mike Geile Mr. Rob Madsen Mr. David Long Mr. Bill Jerke 915 10th Street P.O. Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Re: Stormwater Management Dear Commissioners: The Saint Vrain Sanitation District, pursuant to its charter and Colorado law, hereby assumes the functions of a Stormwater Management (Drainage) District through its participation in a group of public entities which have assumed the responsibility of addressing and mitigating the hazards to life, property, and water quality presented by stormwater in an area roughly approximated by the delineation on the attached map. Sincerely, Saint Vrain Sanitation District �1orr rk Peterson eneral Manager 436 Coffman Street Suites 203&204 P.O. Box 908 Longmont,CO 80502-0908 TOTAL DRAINAGE 2 „ ‘, . ,, , ,,, J,'•_ , _, . , , _- „,, ,, ,,,, . .___ : i . :L ±: .;,A,,H 1,;.. H- �. � kw f '� 1. - )t K ,.C 5' , H ‘jr‘' 7,r ' KM � 1 i I 4 0 4 8 Miles T 0 SERVICE AREA 208 BOUNDRY N STREAMS w Creek W \A f E ,' Ditch r misc s Hello