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Building & Planning
Memo
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From:
Date:
Re:
Board of County Commissioners
Mark Bean, Director
7/30/03
Request from the Mid Valley Metro District
Attached to this memo is a letter from Lee Leavenworth, Counsel for the Mid Valley Metropolitan
District, requesting that the Board allow the annexation of the Cerise Ranch Subdivision into the District
boundaries . Mr. Leavenworth has requested that the Board allow the inclusion to occur and not
consider it to be a major modification of the Districfs service plan.
Normally, the Board has to approve a service plan for the formation of a special district pursuant to
CRS § 32-1-204.5. CRS § 32-1-207 (2) allows the Board to approve modifications to a service plan
provided that they consider the modification not be a material modification.
The proposed annexation of the Cerise Ranch into the District will result in the provision of central
sewer service to the development, replacing the approved Individual Sewage Treatment Systems
(ISTS). If the Board makes a determination of no material modification, the Cerise Ranch Developers
will have to amend the Cerise Ranch Preliminary Plan approval to reflect the new method of treating
sewage There will be some houses in the development that will have ISTS since they were built prior
to this proposal. These system owners will be allowed to hook into the District system at a future date,
should they desire to do so.
RECOMMENDATION: The Board make a motion approving the inclusion of Cerise Ranch
Subdivision into the Mid Valley Metropolitan District as a non-material modification to the District
Service Plan with the following findings:
1. The proposed modification does not result in a material change to the basic services provided to
residents of the District.
2. The development will be required to receive approval of the amendment of the Subdivision
Preliminary Plan and Final Plat approval.
3. The proposed modification is in the best interest of the residents of Garfield County and the water
quality of the affected area.