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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.0 CorrespondenceGARFIELD COUNTY 1 COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE P.O. Box 640 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602-0640 MEMORANDUM TO: Bud Milner, Director, Building Department FROM: Earl G. Rhodes, County Attorney DATE: August 19, 1982 SUBJECT: Lions Ridge Estates Phone 945-9158 Attached please find a letter from Mr. Kenneth A. Robinson, who is a resident of the Lions Ridge Estates. On page four of his letter he is requesting that no more building permits be issued in that development. I would be interested as to your opinion as to whether the County can refuse to issue building permits under the Uniform Building Code. Please advise me or the Board at you earliest convenience. EGR/tb Attachments xc: Board of County Commissioners Mr. Kenneth A. Robinson 0453 Lion's Ridge Road P.O. Box 3 Woody Creek, CO 81656 Garfield County Attorney Garfield County Courthouse 8th Street Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 if*Z CovEly 11412. cou; i ?1 ELn A17©RNt, August 10, 1982 Dear Mr. Rhodes; Pursuant to our conversation August 2, 1982, this is the information you requested in writing, as I know it. A history of placement of well: Mr. Alan Storey, developer, contacted Wright Water Engineers, Inc. in early 1979 as to the placement of a well adequate to serve the needs of the proposed Lion's Ridge Subdivision. Their recommend- ation was to place a well as close as possible to the Roaring Fork River for an adequate, year round supply. The apparent source of water is the Roaring Fork Aquifer, which follows the bench below the subdivision. Mr. Storey decided not to retain Wright Water Engineers, and hired Eldorado Engineering Co., who subsequently did the necessary engineering studies. Mr. Storey entered into negotiations with Dr. William Gilligan to place a well on his property, the Blue Creek Ranch. This property is located between the subdivision and the Roaring Fork River. Dr. Gilligan replied that he would accept a $10,000.00 cash discount on the purchase of lot #4 in the subdivision and one tap. Mr. Storey refused the offer. Mr. Storey then negotiated agreements with Mr. F.B. Dashner, who owns the land surrounding the Jehovah Witness Church. They agreed on one tap for the easement for the well and Collins Drilling proceeded to drill three dry holes. Next, Mr. Storey traded another three taps to Charles and Ann Worth, whose property lies SE of the subdivision. Two more holes were drilled, the second of which now serves the subdivision. The first formal meeting of the Lion's Ridge Homeowners Assoc- iation was held August 11, 1981 at which time the water system problem was raised. There was no question that a problem did exist as to the adequacy of the present system. Mr. Storey offered, at his expense, to drill the well ten feet deeper. Collins Drilling was contacted in the fall of 1981 to deepen the well, but he refused saying any further drilling would destroy the integrity of the well. Mr. Dan Kerst, Mr. Storey's attorney, then contacted Dr. Gilligan in early 1982 about placing a well on his property again. This time the price was $20,000.00 plus one tap. Mr. Storey refused and decided to ask Garfield County for approval to place a well in the county right-of-way. Pumping history of well: During the winter months of 1980-81 there was one residence, owned by Mr. Tom Blank, on the present water system. In early January 1981 Mr. Blank ran out of water. The water level in the well had fallen below the top of the existing eight foof pump and stayed below the pump level. The top of the pump had been out of the water for at least two full months before Mr. Blank had exhausted the 24,000 gallon reserve in the tank. A shorter, five foot pump was then set in place with a capacity of 1.5 gallons per minute. This well and pump are still serving the present system. During the winter of 1981-82 there were two residences occupied in the subdivision. Again we found we were without water. This time a combination of mechanical failures led to sporadic water outages until early April 1982. Because of these mechanical problems, I had to turn the pump off and on manually during March and April of 1982. I found that if the pump ran for nine hours enough water would be pumped to supply two residences for three and one-half days. This is assuming water usage at 100 gallons per house per day. • • The winter of 1982-83 will see four residences on the present system. Two of these on the Worth property will be on line by that time and there are serious doubts as to the ability of the present system to adequately handle the demand. Research into the county approval of the subdivision and the initial design of the water system, appears to be predicated on the assumption that the water system would only have to serve fifteen lots. I refer to the attached reports from Eldorado Engineering, Lincoln Devore and the preliminary plat application. Yet, the record states that there were at least six more taps given: Steve and Jessie Messenger,- 2 taps; F.B. Dashner - 1 tap; Charles and Ann Worth - 3 taps. Also, Dr. Jeris Danielson, the Deputy State Engineer in his letter of April 6, 1979 states: "It appears that the development may only be a portion of a considerable larger planned development for which the proposed well will also be utilized." The report by Eldorado Engineering is specifically for a fifteen lot build out. Using their figures and assumptions it is readily apparent that the well will not serve the twenty-one lots that are supplied by the present system. There appears to be some question as to the validity of the well drillers report. We have been told by a "water engineer" that a six hour test is not representative, and that the test should have been done for forty-eight hours. Also the five foot drop in the water level during testing is suspect; this implies a rather slow recovery rate. For the record our present well depth is 46.8 feet and in April 1982 the static water level was about 38 feet, which is only two and one-half feet above the top of the pump at any given time. Contained in the Homeowner's Association Records is a Bill of Sale from Mr. Storey to the Homeowner's Association, but as far as I can ascertain it has never been recorded. Also a quit claim releasing the water rights to the homeowners has yet to be filed. The water quality in the Roaring Fork Valley has always been poor, but according to the attached water analysis there is a questionable amount of solids in our water. The engineers recommendations include • i some filters to aid this situation, but they were never installed. Until all these problems can be resolved, regardless of who is liable, we would -like to petition the County Commissioners to place a moratorium on issuing building permits in the area served by our water system. Please advise me of what procedure we need to follow to accomplish this. Aside from the obvious inconvenience of an intermittent water supply, please consider the aspects of adequate fire protection and potential health hazards. I initially contacted you to establish where within the county records the original subdivision approvals were located, to aid in resolving some of the above discrepancies. You referred me to Mr. Dennis Stranger of the Planning Office. In so many words Mr. Stranger advised me he could be of no help. I am writing this letter, but also represent four other homeowners in this matter. In essence, we feel that the present water system may be in violation of representations made when acquiring subdivision approval from Garfield County. If there is any- thing the county can do to rectify the situation, it would be greatly appreciated; but what we are asking is did Garfield County require Mr. Storey to meet certain condition jand if any what are they? Thank you for your kind attention. S inceely , Kenneth A. Robinson cc: Garfield County Commissioners ntLiitHED LAND SUHVtYUHS Al Storey Subdivision co Water and Sewer M SPRINGS. COLORADO GLENWOOD Utility Plan WATER Water service will be provided by a central water system which will consist of a well, submersible pump, chlorination equipment, dis- tribution piping, and storage facilities. At this time there are two potential locations for the well. One site is located in the southwest corner of the development and the other near Catherine Store. A well at the latter location would serve both Al Storey Subdivision and an additional single family residence outside of the development. -40 Either well will draw water from the Roaring Fork Aquifer. Analysis performed on three wells in the vicinity of the development shows that water from this aquifer is very hard and high in total dis- solved solids. The developer proposes to provide a reverse osmosis unit for each residence. These units will reduce dissolved solids to an acceptable range and will provide a quantity of water sufficient for drinking and cooking purposes. Each residence will also have to be equipped with a water softener to reduce hardness and prevent scaling in pipes and the hot water heaters. Bacteriological quality is not anticipated to be a problem and the chlorination system will assure a bacteriologically safe supply.. No quantity problems are expected as this aquifer is a dependable source. o The water system will be designed using the following assumptions: 1. Domestic In -House Use: 350 gpd 2. Yard Irrigation: Irrigation of 5000 Sq. Ft. of yard with 2' of water over a 180 day period. w3. Average Day = Domestic + Yard Irrigation = 11,500 gpd = 8 gpm > 4. Maximum Day = 3 x Average Day = 34,500 gpd = 24 gpm a 5. Peak Demand = 6 x Average Day = 69,000 gpd = 48 gpm Both the constant well yield and pumping capacity will be constructed to meet the maximum day demand (24 gpm). Storage facilities will be constructed to provide for peak demands for a duration of four hours. This will require 11,500 gallons of storage. In addition 500 gallons of storage, for each lot for fire protection will be provided. Total storage is estimated at 19,000 gallons. 818 COLORADO Pressure reducing valves will be required for residences located in the lower lots. SEWER Sewer service will be.provided by individual sewage disposal systems installed by the lot owners. The acceptability of the soils in the development for such systems will be discussed in the geologic report. COSTS Estimated construction costs for the water system and roads to meet county specifications are presented below: Water System Item Unit Cost Cost 1. 4000 L.F. 6" PVC $8/L.F. $32,000* 2. Well, Pump, Chlorination Equipment & Building L.S. 8,000* 3. 4 Fire Hydrants $1000 each 4,000 4. 15 Service Connections to Lot Line $ 300 each 4,500 5. 6" Valves - 3 $ 300 each 900 6. Storage Tank L.S 15,000 Sub -total $64,400 + 10% Technical and Contingencies 6,440 + 15 Reverse Osmosis Units 6,000 Total $76,840 *Assumes well located in southwest corner of development. Roads Item 1. 3500 L.F. Road 2. 120 L.F. of 3' Culvert Unit Cost $12/L.F. $30/L.F. Sub -total + 10% Technical and Contingencies Total Cost $42,000 3,600 45;600 4,560 $50,160 GARFIELD COUNTY 6, PLANNING DEPARTMENT GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81601 2014 BLAKE AVENUE MEMO TO: Planning Commission FROM: Planning Staff DATE: November 3, 1978 SUBJECT: Al Storey Subdivision Sketch Plan PHONE 945-0212 This proposed development is located approximately 1/4 mile North of Catherine Store and 3 miles East of Carbondale. The property contains about 76 acres with 15 single family lots; ranging in size from 2 to 19 acres. It will be serviced by a central water system and individual septic systems. The property is currently zoned A/R/RD. The increased costs to the County are related to fire and police protection as well as road maintenance. The road is of some concern in that it has 2 switchbacks and at points, reaches 8.0% grade. However, Leonard Bowlby has reviewed the plans and site and feels this will be acceptable to the Road Department. The soils report indicates that septic systems should not present a problem due to deep ground water and permeable soils. The proposed water system is to be served by a well to be drilled and water lines located in the road right-of-way. At this time the procedure. of obtainialg water is not clear. They are attempting to get water from the Basalt Water Conservancy District by way of Ruedi Reservoir. If the water rights can be obtained such that it is satisfactory to the County Attorney, then the supply would be acceptable. This property is non-productive agricultural land. This proposed subdivision, if approved, would cause the land to be put to beneficial use. Staff concerns: 1. Obtaining water rights RB/hr GARFIELD COUNTY • PLANNING DEPARTMENT GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COL❑RAD❑ B1601 2014 BLAKE AVENUE PHONE 945-8212 March 16, 1979 To: All Review Agencies From: Garfield County Planning Department Subject: Preliminary Plat of Lion's Ridge Estates This proposed subdivision is a 15 lot single family residential development. It will be served by a central water system and individual septic tanks. The public hearing before the County Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday, April 9, 1979. If additional information can be supplied by this office to help in your review, please feel free to contact us. The failure of any agency to respond within 24 days of the above date will be deemed approval of the plan. Thank you for your review. Sincerely, Ray Baldwin Planning Director RB/hr THIS FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE WORK DESCRIBED HERE- ON. TYPE OR PRINT IN BLACK INK. C•RADO DIVISION OF WATER RES ROES 1313 Sherman Street - Room 818 Denver, Colorado 80203 WELL COMPLETION AND PUMP IN TALLATION REPORT PERMIT NUMBER _ WELL OWNER /,'fir' J 77* y5A/ii /r2I J 'h of the —41,,47— 0, ADDRESS X37 DATE COMPLETED /6 .. 13 WELL LOG T. 1972 HOLE %�DIAMETER if) "'f hin. from .� to r ft From To Type and Color of Material Water Loc. /6.i ^ ifI �` i•�y / �v 4.4-•i .J r .501 /fit 5J/f - A / if 5 V • TOTAL DEPTH 0 I Use additional pages necessary to complete log. (517 -r in. from to ft of Sec P in from to ft DRILLING METHOD CASING RECORD: Plain Casing t � Size 7 & kind f from to f Size & kind from Size & kind if Size & kind Size' & kind Size & kind from Perforated Casing fropl to f to f osst to f / from GROUTING RECORD Material Intervals __.Lc9 "4' .50 Placement Method from Verr to f 7;tr GRAVEL PACK: Size Interval TEST DATA Date Tested /Cf5 Static Water Level Prior to Test Type of Test Pump ).4 )/717'4 t�7l17'4 Length of Test Sustained Yield (Metered) , 19.2 j (?,//v Final Pumping Water Level 5 Lincoln DeVore 1000 West Fillmore St. Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907 (303) 632-3593 Home Olfice 1€r. Al Storey c/o Ron Liston Land Design Partnership Village Plaza; Suite 208 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 R e : File No. GS -880 Preliminary Geologic and Soils Engineering Report for Proposed Subdivision for Al Storey Garfield County, Colorado Gentlemen: October 10, 1978 Personnel of Lincoln-DeVore conducted a preliminary geologic and soils reconnaissance on Friday, October 8, 1978, on a 70 acre parcel located in the Southeast quarter of Section 30, Township 7 South, Range 87 Vest of the 6th P.H., Garfield County, Colorado. The site lies about a quarter smile north and east of the Catherine Store on Colorado State Highway 82. It is proposed to develop fifteen (15) single-fa:ily residfIntial lots on the 70 acres using a central water system but with individual septic disposal. Geologically, the site can be defined as an alluvial terrace of the Roaring Fork River, but the sands and gravels that are typical of terrace deposits are covered by a considerable thickness or colluvial slopewash derived from the Eagle Valley Evaporate. The Eagle Valley Evaporate outcrops along the northern boundary of the propoaed subdivision and underlies the entire site. Further north along the top of the hill, the Eagle Valley Evaporate is capped by basalt flows, but they do not appear to present any rockfall hazard. Slopes of exposed Eagle Valley Evaporite Formation should be considered as potentially unstable due to the incompetent nature of the materials which com- prise it. These elopes are also highlyceptible to erosion and solution. No other mass wasting hazards, such as landslides, are present except for eoze minor flooding or debris flow potential within the gullies. Soils over most of the site, having been derived from the Eagle Valley Eva- porite Formation, commonly consist of silts and clays; and are prone to surface erosion and subsurface "piping". They ray also be susceptible to hydrocorpaction, solution and the presence of corrosive minerals. All of these problems can be mitigated by proper engineering and construction techni- ques. 2700 Highway 50 West Pueblo, Colo 81003 (303) 546-1150 P.O. Box 1427 Glenwood Springs, Colo 81601 (303) 945-6020 109 Rosemont Plaza Montrose, Colo 81401 (303) 249-7838 P.O. Box 1882 Grand Junction. Cob 81501 (303) 242-8968 P.O. Box 1643 Rock Springs, Wyo 82901 (307) 382-2649 Al Storey Subdi( a October 10, 197b PaEe -2- .One of the factors effecting the proposed development will be the use of on-site individual septic disposal systers. It is our feeling that the soils encountered should have percolation rates which will fall within the state's design parameters, and that the ground water level will lie at a depth great enough to avoid contamination. Lincoln.-DeVore has been contracted to do a complete detailed geologic and subsurface soils investigation to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 35 and the Garfield County Subdivision Regulations upon approval of the sketch plan. 'e hope this letter 1 -ns supplied you with the preliminary soils engineering end geologic data necessary at the sketch plan phase of the Garfield County subdivision process. If you have any questions or if we can be of further service, please feel free to contact the Laboratory at your convenience. Respectfully submitted, LINCOL i-DeVORB TESTING ABORATORY % -67' MichaelT. Weaver Engineering Geologist NT;, /kip • • Personnel of L{fco1n-DcVore have co:tpletj z:n inv ct<gr_tion of the proposed Al storey .`.ulc'c-3ci,o.n located apprc);iz.r:tely 3 miles dist of Carbondale, Col_ol:ado, and a gt?c,xter mile north of the Catherine ttore. This parcel consists of evcmy (70) acres in the Uouthca st quarter of Section 30, Township 7 south, FP.nge 87 West of the Gth Principal tIeridan, Garfield County, Co1orado. 1t is proponcd to develop residential lots with an average A central water system is proposed with individual septic disposal. fifteen (15) : ir. 1e --fa . ily lot size of 2 to 3 acres. The site lies on a south ficin slope and an old alluvial terrace, c, 'h{ch has become buried by debris flows and alluvial -colluvial clopcwash from the slopes to the north. Dlevaticns range from 6300 to nearly ?000 feat above sea -level. Slopes range from about 7% on the terrace level to approximately 60% on the upper slopes. Vegetation varies from pinyon -pine and cedar on the steeper elopes to sage brush and mountain sresses on the flatter terrain. The site is cxten ivcly dis :acted by t;:any intermittent stream sullies. Runoff appears to cn the eastern half of the ration on the western half, g be rapid with very little infiltration site, but c:ith almost total infilt- Previous land use was tgri- cultural but the land docs not appear to have been worked for many years. RICHARD D. LAMM Governor DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street - Room 818 Denver. Colorado 80203 Administration (303) 839-3581 Ground Water(303)839-3587 April 6, 1979 Mr. Ray Baldwin, Planning Director Garfield County Planning Department 2014 Blake Avenue Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Re: Lion's Ridge Estates Dear Mr. Baldwin: C.J. KUIPER State Engineer APR 9 /s?9 tV `y J This is to acknowledge receipt of preliminary plan material for the above referenced subdivision. The developer plans to serve the 15 proposed units from a central well which will be an alternate point of diversion for 0.1 cfs (50 gpm) of water owned or controlled by the Basalt Water Conservancy District. The developer has petitioned the District for the use of this water and the petition has been conditionally accepted by the District's Board of Directors. However, the petition does not include the land for Lion's Ridge Estates in the description of lands upon which the water is to be used. The District has petitioned the water court for a change in point of diversion for the 0.1 cfs required by the developer (Case No. 79CW36). While we foresee no problems changing the point of diversion, we must again point out that the new diversion is to be a well not located on the Lion's Ridge Estates property. Also, it appears that the development may only be a portion of a considerably larger planned development for which the proposed well will also be utilized. Due to the uncertain nature of this proposal, we cannot recommend approval of Lion's Ridge Estates at this time. We would be most happy to reconsider this proposal when information is submitted which clarifies the details of this proposal. JAD/GDV/pjl cc: Lee Enewold, Div. Eng. Ralph Stallman Land Use Commission Very truly yours, a. . Jeris A. Danielson puty State Engineer 0 w w w CONSULTING COLORADO v; z 0 u) / GLENWOOD September 5, 1979 i4r. Alan Store; P.O. Box 2837 Aspen, CO 81611 RE: Water Quality in Lions Ridge Estates Well Dear Al: Please find enclosed the results of a chemical analysis which was performed on the Lions Ridge Estates Well and on a sample obtained from the ditch near the well. A comparison of the results indicates that the ditch is not directly feeding the well. The well water meets all of the mandatory parameters for Colorado's Primary Drinking Water Regulations except for turbidity. I feel that this high turbidity is the result of taking the sample while Bod i e was bailing the well. After the pump has beer installed and the well developed, the tur- bidity should drop below the 1 TU required by the State. Thea are two of the non -mandatory parameters I would like to address. The first is total hardness which was at a c concentration of 1381 nig/l. Waters with hardness above z 300 mg/1 are classified as very hard. So you can see we are o < dealing with an extremely hard water which will require each homeowner to install water softners. The other parameter of concern is sulfate which was found to be present in the water at a concentration of 1175 mg/1. The suggested limit for sulfate is 250 mg/1 because at concentrations above this it ' can have a cathartic or laxative effect. Thus as I discussed co in the "Utility Plan" (s:e enclosed copy) for the sketch plan Nr. Alan Storey September �, 1979 Page Two subni ,tL1 to the county, each residence should also he equipped with an individual reverse osmosis unit to provide sufficient tate; for eating and drinking purposes. Sincerely, Rick Ki nshel l a Design Engineer RK/jlw Enclosure JOHN C.OPHART & CO: GRANT JIJNCTION LAALRNES -..75 NORTH AVENUE • PFiONe_ 242-7n13 • • C;RAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 31501 --------- ANALYTICAL REPORT Eldpuado F'r_g_ne ring Glenwood Springs Colorado Customer No. Laboratory No. 6597 Date Rec eived Atter. 93, 1979 Date Reported Sample Ditch Ph 8.6 C o ductivity?25oC 'P05 umhos/crri Di.ssolve.3. Solids. 212 ^a/L Suliat 50 ,) 62.5 mgJL Calcium C a5 S7.6 " I,:agnesim(Mg) 11.39 :, �r C^lro e(C1) 2.0 Al a1irity(CaCO3) 108 ctdL Sample jJater . .``:.:g. 33,, 979 ` L By:r_/. --. 1�J_ .::1- t�