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PROJECT INFORMATION AND STAFF COMMENTS
REQUEST:
APPLICAITIT:
REPRESENTATIVE:
LOCATION:
Ranch at Coulter Creek Subdivision request for
Garfield County to retain a consultant to review the
adequacy of the physical water supply.
Snowmass Land Company
TG Malloy Consulting, LLC.
The property is located west of the intersection of
County Road 115 and Cattle Creek Road on
Missouri Heights.
ISSUE
On June 2,2003, the Board of County Commissioners granted Preliminary Plan approval to the
Ranch at Coulter Creek Subdivision, subject to a number of conditions. One specific condition,
the subject of this memorandum, dealt with the physical water supply for the Subdivision.
Condition No. 17 fully reads:
The Board of County Cornmissioners accepts the recommendati,on of the State Engineer's
Office detailed in the May, 29, 2003, letter of Kenneth Knox. Prior to Final Plat approval,
the Applicant shall provide the County with a copy of afinal Water Court Decreefor the
planfor augmentationfor the Subdivision as stated in the letter dated May 29, 200j from the
ffice of the State Engineer. Prior to recording of the Final Plat, the Applicant shall provide
the County with copies of approved well permits for each well which is to be part of the
water supply system. In the event that the Applicant intends to drill additional wells, or
dffirent wells, than those which have already been pump tested andfound to provide an
adequate water supply by the Zancanella and Associates' report now in the record, then, as
part of the Final Plat approval process, thg49pllSgyt_gltqllZpyideJ"e_ll.f9sllts which
demsnstrate, 19 ei!.fiey the ofriee.of the State Engineer or to a priyalq coii"ffiT-i;6f?iinid"_UZ
thq Cgunty at the expense of the Applicant,.thgl-.s-ueh.additional or dffiyg11"(wells_ wilJ.
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provide an adequate physical supply of.water to the Subdhtision.. The Applicant agrees to
pay/6V the iibrviices of a private consultant to the Board of County Comiissioners to review
the Zancanella and Associates' report regarding already drilled wells should the State
Engineer not clarify its lack of comments on the physical adequacy of the water supply in the
May 29, 2003, letter.
In accordance with the above-mentioned condition of approval, the Applicant is formally
requesting that the County retain a hydrologist or a qualified engineering consultant for the
purpose of reviewing the report prepared by Zancanella and Associates, in order to provide the
Ranch at Coulter Creek Subdivision
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County with an opinion as to the adequacy of the wells that have been drilled on the property and
are proposed to serve as the physical water supply for the Subdivision. Staff understands that the
Applicant has been working with the State to provide clarification on their position on the water
supply issue with out any outcome. The Applicant has outlined their request in the attached
letter, Exhibit A.
II.ACTION
The Board shall move to allow the Planning staff authority to retain a consultant to review the
Zancanellaand Associates report to determine the adequacy of the physical water supply for the
Ranch at Coulter Creek Subdivision.
T]h]IVED
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Site Design r Land Use Planning r Public Process
July 8,2003
Tamara Pregl
Garfield County Building and Planning Department
108 8th Street, Suite 201
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601
RE: Request for Garfield County to retain a consultant to review the adequacy of the physical water supply
for the Ranch at Coulter Creek subdivision.
Dear Tamara:
As a follow up to our telephone conversation today, I am submifiing this letter on behalf of the Snowmass
Land Company and request that it be included in the packet for the July 14fr regular meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners. Pursuant to Condition 17 of Resolution 2003-41, Snowmass Land Company herby
formally requests that Garfield County retain a hydrologist or other qualified engineering consultant for the
purpose of reviewing the report prepared by Zancanella and Associates and providing the County with an
opinion as to the adequacy of the wells that have been drilled on the property and are proposed to serve as
ttie physical water supply for the Subdivision. The wells in question are referred to as Lot #24 Well, RCC
Well #5 and RCC Well #7. Snowmass Land Company agrees to pay the fees associated with this review as
required pursuant to Resolution2003-4 subject to the condition that they be allowed to review the
proposal(s) offered by candidate consultants and approve the fee amount prior to the County entering into
any contractual arrangement for these services.
As you are aware, Condition No. l7 of Resolution 2003-4lprovides a process for independent
verification of the physical adequacy of the proposed water supply should the State Engineer not clarifr
its lack of comment regarding this issue in its referral letter of May 29,2003. This process requires that
the Applicant pay for the services of a private consultant to review the report prepared by Zancanella
and Asiociatei related to the "already-drilled" wells on the property. Since the June 2"d hearing with
the Board of County Commissioners, at which this condition was discussed, Scott Miller of Patrick,
Miller & Ikopf, P.C., has been attempting to get the State to clarifu their position on this issue to no
avail. Since it is the intent of the Snowmass Land Company to submit an application for Final Plat for
the project in early August, we believe it would be prudent to go ahead with independent verification.
Our primary concern is that the Final Plat review not be held up due to incomplete information on the
proposed water supply plan. It is our hope that the necessary analysis can be completed prior to the end
of the first week of August and we are prepared to cooperate in any way we can to expedite the review
by the private consultant. To this end we look forward to working with the Staffand the selected
consultant on this matter and we stand ready to provide any information necessary to complete the
analysis.
We also request direction from the County as to how you would like to handle payment of the cost of
the selected consultant's services.
O2ParkDrive r Glenwood Springs r Colorado r 81601 r phone: 945-0832 r e-mail: tgmalloy@sopris.net
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Ranch at Coulter Creek/Requestfor Consultant to Review Adequacy of Physical Water Supply
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your assistance in processing this request.
Sincerely
cc: John Sarpa
Scott Miller
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4O1ParkDrive rGlenwoodSprings rColorado r81601 rphone:945-0832 re-mail:tgmalloy@sopris.net