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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.0 Buffalo Valley Site Approval PresentationBUFFALO VALLEY APARTMENTS WASTEWATER LIFT STATION APRIL 4, 2016 REFERRAL & REVIEW •Referral to the Board of County Commissioners •Referral to the County Board of Health •Applicant: Partners III, LLC •Engineer: Chris Hale, Mountain Cross Engineering •Address: 3637 Highway 82 BACKGROUND •Referred to the County for comments and recommendation pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)State Regulations. •Criteria for review is relationship to the comprehensive plan and utility plans,as it affects water quality.Flood plain,location and capacity to serve can also be considered. •Designed to replace an existing wastewater lift station.New facility will exceed 2,000 gallons per day thus requiring CDPHE and County Review. •Site is located on private property at the proposed Buffalo Valley Apartments project off of County Road 154. •The lift station will transport wastewater to the City of Glenwood Springs Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. VICINITY MAP SITE PLAN COUNTY RD. 154 PROPOSAL •Lift station will pump into an existing wastewater mainline. •Designed to meet the demands of the proposed Buffalo Valley Apartments project. •Equipped with a generator to provide backup power in case of power failure. •System includes back-up capacity and storage,redundancy with two grinder pumps. •The lift station will be under 24-hour surveillance by the property management system. •The City of Glenwood Springs has confirmed their ability and willingness to accept waste from the new lift station. STAFF ANALYSIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EXCERPTS SECTION 7 -WATER AND SEWER SERVICES Section 7 –Vision: High water quality has been preserved and enhanced through stringent regulation of waste water treatment and disposal as well as regulation of detrimental surface uses. Section 7 –Goals: 1.Ensure the provision of legal, adequate, dependable, cost–effective and environmentally sound sewer and water service for new development. Section 7 -Policies: 1.Development located adjacent to municipalities or sanitation districts with available capacity in their central water/sewer systems will be encouraged to tie into these systems. 2.County will strongly discourage the proliferation of private central water/sewer systems…. 5.Higher density development …. should be located in areas where central sewage treatment facilities are either currently available, or feasible in the future. LIFT STATION SITE Dark Brown = Residential High (H) Medium Brown = Residential Medium High (MH) Red Band = Urban Area of InfluenceGrey = Urban Growth AreaYellow = Residential Medium (M) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STAFF ANALYSIS •The location of the lift station is designated on the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map as Urban Growth Area for the City of Glenwood Springs •This designation is consistent with the Application and the proposal to connect to an existing regional waste water treatment facility. •Application was referred to the Garfield County Environmental Health who noted that their comments are limited as the applicant and their engineer have demonstrated that they will address any concerns from an environmental health perspective. STAFF RECOMMENDATION •Formalize a motion acting as both the Board of County Commissioners and the Garfield County Board of Health recommending to the CDPHE approval of the Buffalo Valley Apartments Wastewater Lift Station and authorizing the Chairman to sign the CDPHE Review Agencies Recommendation form.