HomeMy WebLinkAbout23.0 CorrespondenceEDWARD MULHALL, JR,
SCOTT BALCOMB
LAWRENCE R. GREEN
TIMOTHY A. THULSON
DAVID C. HALLFORD
CHRISTOPHER L. COYLE
THOMAS J. HARTERT
CHRISTOPHER L. GEIGER
SARA M. DUNN
DANIEL C. WENNOGLE
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CHAD J. LEE
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
P.O. DRAWER 790
818 COLORADO AVENUE
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602
Telephone: 970.945.6546
Facsimile: 970.945.9769
ORIGINAL SENT BY U.S. MAIL
AND E-MAILED TO: Imlagiglia@cs.com
Donnalyne and Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Mr. and Mrs. LaGiglia:
www.balcombgreen.com
September 3, 2010
KENNETH BALCOMB
(1 920-2005)
OF COUNSEL:
JOHN A. THULSON
Please be advised that we have recently been retained by Spring Valley Holdings, LLC ("Spring
Valley Holdings") to provide legal representation related to its holdings in Garfield County, Colorado. En
that capacity we have reviewed voluminous data relating to your claims that Spring Valley Holdings has
obligations to you regarding the BR Hopkins Spring or providing you with a well water supply.
It is our understanding that you, Spring Valley Holdings and others have an interest in the BR
Hopkins Spring as tenants in common. In proceedings before the Garfield County Board of County
Commissioners commencing as early as 1999, you have asserted that Spring Valley Holdings has an
obligation to you to pay for and maintain the BR Hopkins Spring and related facilities necessary to
deliver water from the Spring to your property. We disagree. We are not aware of any written agreement
which so obligates Spring Valley Holdings. There is no statute or principle of common law which
obligates Spring Valley Holdings, either on its own or on some pro -rata basis with you, to repair or
replace the Spring and its related delivery facilities.
Similarly, there is no condition imposed on any of Spring Valley Holdings' land use approvals
that requires it to replace the delivery line from the BR Hopkins Spring to your property. To the contrary,
the only relevant condition requires that Spring Valley Holdings "shall provide a non-exclusive easement
to allow for the conveyance of water piped from the BR Hopkins Spring located on Spring Valley Ranch
PUD property to a point where the water from the BR Hopkins Spring is used on the LaGiglia property."
This condition has been satisfied by the easement grant which is part of the final plat package now being
considered by the Garfield County Commissioners. I also note that the alignment of this easement was at
your choosing.
Based on the facts as we know them, it is simply incorrect to assert that Spring Valley Holdings
has an obligation to repair or replace the delivery line between the BR Hopkins Spring and your property.
BALcomm & GREEN, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Donnalyne and Louis LaGiglia September 3, 2010
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We believe that over the years you have acknowledged that there is no such obligation on Spring
Valley Holdings, so you have alternatively asserted to the Board of County Commissioners, as recently as
August 9, 2010, that Spring Valley Holdings is in breach of a signed well sharing agreement with you.
Again, we disagree. It is our understanding that you base this claim on a letter dated April 18, 2007 from
Spring Valley Holdings to you. We have been told that you provided the Garfield County Commissioners
with a copy of such letter on August 9'h. We have also been told, however, that you did not provide the
Commissioners with a copy of the signed attachment to that letter, a copy of which is attached hereto,
dated April 20, 2007, which very clearly states your understanding that the April 18`h letter is "merely an
agreement to go ahead with such negotiations and is not an agreement in its entirety." (Hereinafter, the
April 18, 2007 letter and the April 20, 2007 attachment will be referred to as the "April, 2007
Correspondence").
Moreover, by correspondence dated March 21, 2008, copy attached hereto, Spring Valley
Holdings sent you a copy of a letter agreement which would actually document the proposal contemplated
by the April, 2007 Correspondence. By letter dated April 21, 2008, copy attached hereto, you rejected
this form of agreement, insisting on additional conditions which were not contemplated by the April,
2007 Correspondence and which are not typically contained in well sharing agreements of this nature.
Based upon this set of facts we have advised our client that it has fully satisfied all of its legal
obligations related to a well water supply to you. Nevertheless, in an effort to resolve your unfounded
allegations, and in light of the direction from the Board of County Commissioners on August 9th, Spring
Valley Holdings made the proposal to you as set forth in the letter from Mr. Goldberg dated August 23,
2010, copy attached. You rejected that offer out of hand by your e-mail dated August 30, 2010, copy
attached, which again inserts demands and requirements, including payment of your consultant fees,
which are far outside the scope of anything contemplated by the April, 2007 Correspondence and far
outside the realm of typical negotiations over a well sharing agreement. The demands set forth in your
August 30th e-mail are unreasonable and unacceptable to Spring Valley Holdings.
Notwithstanding your outright rejection of Mr. Goldberg's offer, Spring Valley Holdings has
asked me to let you know that in one final attempt to resolve your disputed claims, it will hold the August
23`d offer open to you until the commencement of the Board of County Commissioners meeting on the
Spring Valley Holdings final plat to be held on September 7, 2010. if you wish to accept this offer please
let me or Mr. Goldberg know before that time.
LRG/bc
Encls.
xc: Daniel Goldberg
Fred Jarman
Mike Gamba
Tom Zancanella
Very truly yours,
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.C.
April 20, 2007
Attachment to Document re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply dated April 18, 2007.
This attachment is the basis of understanding in which we accept the proposal for which
our signatures stand for at this time.
We understand that upon signing such document between Louis M, & Donnalyne
LaGiglia, and Tom Gray representing Spiing Valley Holdings, that the letter is a general
scope -of ideas in hicL e -concerned parties will -use to come to a final agreement. The
final documents will detail each parties agreement as to the sharing of water, source and
equipment used to achieve this goal. We understand that this letter is merely an
agreement to go ahead with such negotiations and is not an agreement in its entirety.
Please refer to previous discussions regarding the current document to be signed by
referenced letters prior to this date, which aids in the understanding to both pies
purpose.
We understand that this agreement shall begin the process of investigating, both parties
responsible, the legal, functional and mechanical details needed to conclude the proposal.
Ii is agreed that open dialogue via email and/or in person shall begin and both parties will
answer questions in a. timely manner so this matter can be put forth to progress and
concluded by spring of 2008. Please email us your letter of acceptance of this
attachment. Doreen Harriot, employee of Spring Valley Holding, LLC has initialed date
changes to the revised letter.
Sincerely,
Louis M. & Donnalyne LaGiglia
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SPRING VALLEY HOLDINGS, LLC
4000 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
March 21, 2008
Donnalyne and Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
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Dear Donnalyne and Lou:
Over the lass several years, the various owners of Spring Valley Ranch, including
us, have discussed a number of proposals with you to supplement your domestic water
supply. Presently, our Ranch House has no potable water source. Doreen has stoically
endured this untenable situation for more than two years while we hoped to reach an
accommodation with you. With the arrival of the spring -summer construction season we
must finish our new water system for the Ranch House. We want to include a solution to
your water supply in our plans, if we can agree on a resolution now. As time is of the
essence, please give your full consideration to my offer provided below.
Based on our discussions, Spring Valley Holdings, LLC (SVH) makes the
following proposal, subject to mutual agreement on the documents, which we will
prepare, that implement these terms in more detail:
1. Upon finalization of the agreement, SVH will convey to you by quitclaim
deed an easement from the Hopkins Spring to the County Road, and from the
County Road to your property, as shown on the attached drawing.
2. You will execute the appropriate documents to consent to the fact that the new
SVH well ("SVH Well") is within 600' of your existing well.
3. SVH will complete the SVH Well to provide water to both the Ranch House
property and your property. SVH will complete the SVR Well and install all
necessary pumps, meters, and piping to convey water from the well for SVH' s
purposes, and from the SVH well to a designated location on the boundary
between SVH's property and your property. You will be responsible for the
installation of a water line from the boundary between our properties to your
home or other location on your property. You will have no easement for the
SVR Well or the water line on SVH property.
4. For so long as SVH is using the SVR Well, SVH will allow you to take,
without any charge or cost to you, and will deliver to the designated location
on our joint property boundary, a supply of water not to exceed 10 g.p.m.
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from the SVR Well, for no more than two single family houses and not more
than 5000 square feet of lawn and arden irrigation. SVH will be responsible
for the permitting and water rights for the SVR Well. All permits and water
rights to the SVR Well will be held in the name of SVH. SVH shall be under
no liability to provide to you any minimum amount of water, or water of any
particular quality, and shall not be liable for any temporary or permanent well
failures. In other words, the water will be made available to you on an "as -is"
and "as -available" basis. SVH shall be under no obligation to continue to use
the SVR Well, and may abandon the SVR Well at its discretion. You will
agree to indemnify and hold SVH harmless from all liability associated with
your use of water from the SVR Well and any water provided to you from the
SVR Well.
5. SVH will bear all maintenance and repair costs associated with the SVR Well
and the water delivery lines within the boundary of the SVR property, and you
will bear all maintenance and repair costs associated with the water delivery
line on your property.
6. SVH will convey to you its one-half interest in the water storage tank Located
on your property, in return for your agreement that SVH shall have no
continuing responsibility or liability for the tank.
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7. The agreement will be binding on the heirs, successors, and assigns of each
property and will be recorded in the real property records for Garfield County.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, please sign the original of this letter where
indicated below and return it to me. We will deliver to you the necessary agreements and
documents for your review and approval within 30 days from the date of your acceptance
of the terms hereof. In the event this proposal is not signed by you and received by me by
5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2008, the terms and conditions outlined herein will be considered
null and void, and this proposal shall expire and no longer be effective.
Please be advised that if you do not accept this proposal and finalize an agreement
as outlined herein, we will proceed with the most cost effective method to supply potable
water to the ranch house, which will not include potential service to your property.
Nevertheless, we will abide by the terms of the approval for the Spring Valley Ranch
PUD, to provide you an easement to the Hopkins Spring upon the recording of the final
plats to the development.
Please contact me at 415-716-8383 if you have any questions or would like to
discuss this proposal.
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Agreed:
Date:
Louis M. LaGiglia
Date:
Donnalyne LaGiglia
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Sincerely,
Daniel Goldberg
Authorized Signatory
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
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April 21, 2008
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
4000 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, Co 81601
Danny Goldberg,
In the documents in which we hold from SVI I, Tom Gray and us had already begun to devise a plan that
was workable. We would like to suggest that plan be upheld and enhanced to provide a closure to the water
circumstance.
Also, we suggest that the formal agreement be drawn up by a legal official, in which all parties have the
confidence of proper word handling. The agreement should state maintenance of the well system that will
be acceptable for current and future landowner's of SVR as well as the LaGiglia's. It should include a
recourse if our current well is affected by the new well or the new well on SVR property becomes
dysfunctional. ft may also be helpful for the water commissioner and Gamba to provide information of the
likelihood of any possible problems. These documents are customary to water sharing.
More specifically in Response to:
Item 1 _ The proposed Hopkins Spring easement as it is drawn, adds 200-300 feet of line. The easement
should come diagonally across the field. Particulars can be discussed.
Item 2. Yes in order to get the well permitted we do need to sign the 600' consent. In discussions with
Tom and in the initial documents, one solution was that if our well went down we would be hooked up to
the SVH water system at no cost to us. This was offered to the entire neighborhood in concern of the supply
and demand of the SVH project affecting anyone's well uncontested This may already be in place as part
of the Water Augmentation Plan, but needs to be documented and made part of this agreement. However,
this solution does not satisfy if the project never is developed or there becomes a well problem in advance
of the Water Augmentation Plan being in place. Addtionally, Tom already offered in writing that we would
receive water rights to the new well.
Itern3. Tom had already agreed to complete the water line with complete hook up to our existing well house
from the new well house. This was included in your contractual costs from Condon, Samuelson, etc.
Also, the initial plan called for us to have an easement so we could make repairs in the event the property
was not occupied The water is to be metered in order to determine each properties usage for the purpose
of cost repair.
Item4. It needs to be agreed to that as long as the well is producing water, SVH can't shut it off or prevent
us from taking the water. If the New Well goes down the Water Augmentation Plan agreement should kick
in and/or the additional water recourse plan should there not be any project development. We should have
the use of the water that the well is permitted for and it should cover our existing structures and one more
single family home. Remember, this water is supposed to replace the lost Spring water.
Items. See comments m Item 3.
ltem6. O.K.
Additionally, it may be that Doreen has dealt with the water problem at the Ranch house for more than two
years, in which you label her trial stoical while trying to reach accommodation with us. She has expressed
many to be in the same category in regard to those she has worked with before on this ranch. We thought
the effort to please one another in our communication and resolution was mutual. We encouraged her
when ever possible. Tom and the LaGiglia's seriously began to pen the design just last spring as
documented We had several successful meetings. which have brought the current design to its nearly final
phase in construction. The design supports the written agreement as to how the system is to work for both
properties. The agreement has been implemented up until this final stage in which the headship has
changed. This change has put a strain on completion to finalize the work as agrecd and document legally
the well assignment for both properties. We have been told via a phone conversation that you do not favor
any written agreement between the properties. The document dated March 21, 2008 does not provide the
agreed terms already written by Tom Gray. Therefore, we do not understand why SVH staff has been
telling my neighbor's that we are "difficult", eluding that we are the cause of contention in getting this job
done.
We are currently being advised by the county water commissioner not to sign the 600' agreement until both
properties are satisfied with the future use of the well. Although they are unable to advise legally, they
certainly are helpful in explaining to us the purpose of such agreement and we will be using their guidelines
in executing this document since they represent the state of Colorado, the creators of such document for
lawful purpose. Wouldn't you consider this advice from such official? Would you sign a document that
put the last of your water supply in jeopardy in order for the neighbor to have their water without any
agreement of recourse? Please consider future negotiations in the spirit of doing unto us, as you would
accept to be done for you given the same situation. Overall, we would like to have all documents present
and reviewed at the same time before signing off on any one particular document since they all integrate at
some point. We believe that this will cause all avenues of our settlement to be expedited most efficiently.
We look forward to an agreement that will be productive in providing a peaceful invitation to our future as
current neighbors and for those who will benefit from the sale of the ranch house and become future
neighbors to Spring Valley.
Sincerely,
A
Lou & Donoal ne LaGigl
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
August 23, 2010
Donnalyne and Lou LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Donnalyne and Lou:
In furtherance of our recent discussion, Spring Valley Holdings is pleased to offer the
following proposal to help facilitate a resolution to your ongoing concerns with regard to
the development. Although it is our firm legal and professional opinion that all
outstanding agreements and conditions of approval have been met in the past and most
recently with the pending easement to the Hopkins Spring being reflected on the
proposed final plat, we want you to feel that the current ownership of Spring Valley
Holdings has gone above and beyond its legal obligations.
At our expense, we have engaged professionals to estimate the cost of drilling a new well
on your property for your exclusive use. As reflected upon the attached estimates of
Shelton Drilling Company and Zancanella & Associates, the estimated total cost for
drilling, permitting and pump testing a new well is $12,000.00. We propose that upon
your acceptance of this letter agreement we will pay to you that estimated cost plus a
contingency of 10% for a total payment of $13,200.00, thereby providing you with the
funds necessary to drill a new well upon your property. In consideration of that payment,
you will agree that after you receive the payment we may provide a copy of this letter to
Garfield County to indicate that the concerns you expressed at the August 9th Board of
County Commissioners' meeting have been fully satisfied.
If you have any further questions about our proposal, please feel free to contact me. If
you agree to our proposal, please indicate by signing below and returning a signed copy
of this letter to me. I will then arrange for the immediate payment of the funds to you.
Agreed and accepted this day of August, 2010.
Donnalyne LaGiglia Lou LaGiglia
Cc: Larry Green
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
4000 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
Zancanella & Associates, Inc.
Memorandum
To: Danny Goldberg - Seligman Western Enterprises, Ltd.
From: Tom Zancanella
Date: August 23, 2010
Subject: Lagiglia Well
Danny, attached is a proposal from Shelton Drilling Corp. for the construction of a new
Spring Valley well on the Lagiglia parcel.
Estimated depth:.
$4000.00
$2000.00
$6000.00
100 feet
0-50 feet
50-100 feet
drilling cost
I have also included my estimate of the pump installation and the permitting cost.
$3500.00 pump Installation
$2500.00 permitting
$12,000.00 total cost ±
We assume that the owners would be responsible for the connection from the well to
the house if and when they elect to connect.
Zancanella & Associates, Inc.
1011 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(970) 945-5700
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Aug 18 10 09:44a Wayne Shelton
WAYNE SHELTON
(970)927-4182
Shelton Drilling Corp.
P.O. Box 1059
Basalt, Colorado 81621
SHELTON DRILLING PROPOSAL/GUARANTEE
Customer's Name : Spring Valley Ranch
Address : % Zancanella & Associates
City & State : Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
970-927-3801 p.1
Permit #
Location : Spring Valley
Phone # 945-5700
FAX
(970) 927-3801
Shelton Drilling Corp. as the driller of this well guarantees their workmanship, materials, and quantity,
quantity is determined by a valid pump test, for a period of one year of completion of the drilling. If within
the one year period the well declines in production more than 50% Shelton Drilling Corp. will, if we deem
necessary, deepen the well up to 50', at no charge to the customer, to reestablish its quoted production. We
further guarantee the depth of the cased portion of the well to be at Least as deep as the customer is charged
for on our billing.
Shelton Drilling Corp. cannot be held responsible for the quantity or quality of water obtained as this is a
matter determined by nature.
The customer is responsible for obtaining all permits necessary for the well, but we will be happy to assist
you when possible. Customer is also financially responsible for site preparation and access to site.
For the drilling of this well after the first 50' the footage rate is 32.00 per foot (pvc cased) and/or $40.00 per
foot (steel cased). This price includes all move in, drilling, casing, and materials used in drilling of the well.
If the well fails to initially produce 2 gpm, the customer may call the well dry and will be charged $22.00 per
foot and Shelton Drilling Corp. may remove any casing already installed in the hole. This price is for our
standard well construction of 7" steel surface casing and 5" ID liner pipe. We will recognize these prices for
up to 6 month of signing.
The customer agrees to the following payment schedule:
[X] There is a $ 4000.00 Minimum Charge for up to 50' of this well for this proiect.
Any legal expenses incurred by Shelton Drilling Corp. in collecting its fees will be paid for by the customer.
This guarantee is valid only if a Licensed Pump Installer is used to install the pe • anent pump system.
Customer's Name Date S lton Drilling Corp.
08/24/2010 09:13 9709479448
Samuelson Pump Company
PO Box 297
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
SPRING VALLEY DEVELOPMENT, INC.
C/O DOREEN
P.O. BOX 1146
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO.
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SAMUELSON PUMP CO 3C PAGE 02/02
Estimate
Date
Estimate #
8/18/2010
209
Item
Description
Rate
Total
1
10SP4E02
lOPS4E02 1HP Sta-Rite Pump
951.00
951.00T
120
1' Drop Pipe
1' Sch 80 Drop Pipe
1.63
195.60T
130
12-3 JC
12-3 JC
1.40
182.00T
1
B l OX
B 1 OX Brass Piticss Adapter
85.00
85.00T
1
Well Seal w/ Vent
Well Seal w/ Vent
100.00
100.00T
1
LT100 w/ass,
LT 100 w/ass, :
35.00
35.00T
1
Splice Kit
Splice Kit
6.50
6.50T
1
1' Check Valve
l' Check Valve
28.00
28.00T
1
Torque Arrestor
Torque Arrestor
14.50
14.50T
8
'Labor
1 man Labor Estimate to install a well pump in a new
well for Lagillia. Well depth of approx 130"
130.00
1,040.00
Estimate docs not include pipe wire or excavation to
exicring well pit.
Sales Tax
3.90%
62.31
Total
S2,699.91
August 30, 2010
Danny,
We are in receipt of your proposal of August 23, 2010. We find the Proposal to be
non-responsive to the issue and your responsibilities and therefore inadequate.
Allow me to elaborate and review a bit. We have a 25% interest in the B R
Hopkins Spring and you have a 10% interest in it. That translates to 12 1/2 gallons per
minute for us and 5 gallons per minute for you. SVH and your predecessors declined to
replace or repair the Spring line for a myriad of reasons. The most often cited reason
was the cost and not wanting to have dealings with the other neighbors who share the
spring. The issue of reinstating or replacing the source of water from the Spring existed
when you acquired the property for development. You recognized that issue by signing
a well sharing agreement with us to provide us with water to replace the spring water
from a new well that you drilled and connected to a new well house on your property.
That agreement was brought to the BOCC and entered into the record as part of the
inducement for BOCC to allow changes you requested and to move toward final Plat.
We made concessions to understand your perspective of cost and neighbor involvement
by agreeing to share that well with the expectation that the new well will not produce a
full 25 gallons of water per minute so we could replace, via a 50% interest in the well,
the 12 % gallons of water per minute from the Spring. I believe the new well is rated for
10 gallons per minute so a 50% interest in the well is not out of line. With a 50% interest
you will receive approximately 5 gallons per minute and we will be receiving
approximately 5 gpm, which is a lesser amount of water than we received from the
Spring, This is again another concession on our part to compromise and come to
agreement.
That agreement is in place and things came to a standstill when SVH refused to
grant any water rights, in breach of the signed agreement. Additionally, all that
physically remains is to set up water meters and for us to hook up to the system. We
also need a method of approach when repairs are needed, e.g., a recorded well sharing
agreement. Finally, the opportunity for us to receive legal advice upon our completed
negotiations between us and SVH will be necessary.
Now you come to us with a proposal to fund the drilling of a new well on our
property. You offered that because you said you thought we were having a problem
with our current well. I don't know where you got that idea. If you feel that it's better to
have separate wells rather than share a well, I can concur with that as it covers your
concern to have any perpetual responsibility between the two parties. Again, we are
being cooperative in taking care of your concerns regarding this inherited injury to our
property. However, in order to address the issue and resolve this matter, a new well
has to be placed more than 600 feet from my current well and more than 600 feet from
the Sullivan's well. This may require placing it within 600 feet of your well and a waiver
of that encroachment by you. This would require a land survey of the affected
properties to confirm the property boundaries and well locations as needed. This also
requires that the well not only be dug but the line be brought into my well house all at
your cost. In this manner, we have addressed all of our concerns and your obligations
without having to disengage our current well.
As you are aware, your responsibility is to replace the water supply of the Spring,
not our well.
To prevent any mishaps in constructing this project as occurred with yours, we
deem it necessary to hire a water engineer, at your expense, to file necessary paper
work with County and State, monitor those hired for completing the job, oversee the
quality of work and materials used and verify the ability of the well to produce 12.5 gpm
on a sustained, long-term basis. Additionally, legal expenses will be necessary to insure
proper contracts are enacted, again, an expense that is SVH's responsibility, as provision
of a like water supply to either repair or replace the spring is SVH's responsibility.
Thank you for making an alternate proposal to complete our neighborly dealings.
Please understand that completion of responsibility needs to be in full, so SVH can go
forth with its development.
Sincerely,
Louis M. & Donnalyne LaGiglia
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
Zancanella & Associates. Inc.
Memorandum
Danny Goldberg - Seligman Western Enterprises, Ltd.
Tom Zancanella
August 23, 2010
Lagiglia Well
Danny, attached is a proposal from Shelton Drilling Corp. for the construction of a new
Spring Valley well on the Lagiglia parcel.
Estimated depth:
$4000.00
$2000.00
$6000.00
100 feet
0-50 feet
50-100 feet
drilling cost
I have also included my estimate of the pump installation and the permitting cost.
$3500.00
$2500.00
$12,000.00
pump installation
permitting
total cost ±
We assume that the owners would be responsible for the connection from the well to
the house if and when they elect to connect.
Zancanella & Associates. Inc,
1011 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(970) 945-5700
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Aug 18 10 09:44a Wayne Shelton
WAYNE SHELTON
(970)927-4182
Shelton Drilling Corp.
P.O. Box 1059
Basalt, Colorado 81621
SHELTON DRILLING PROPOSALJGUARANTRF
Customer's Name : Spring Valley Ranch
Address : % Zancanella & Associates
City & State : Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
970-927-3801 p.1
Permit 4
Location : Spring Valley
Phone 4 945-5700
FAX
(970) 927-3841
Shelton Drilling Corp. as the driller of this well guarantees their workmanship, materials, and quantity,
quantity is determined by a valid pump test, for a period of one year of completion of the drilling. If within
the one year period the well declines in production more than 50% Shelton Drilling Corp. will, if we deem
necessary, deepen the well up to 50', at no charge to the customer, to reestablish its quoted production. We
further guarantee the depth of the cased portion of the well to be at least as deep as the customer is charged
for on our bi.Iling.
Shelton Drilling Corp. cannot be held responsible for the quantity or quality of water obtained as this is a
matter determined by nature.
The customer is responsible for obtaining all permits necessary for the well, but we will be happy to assist
you when possible. Customer is also financially responsible for site preparation and access to site.
For the drilling of this well after the first 50' the footage rate is 32.00 per foot (pvc cased) and/or 540.00 per
foot (steel cased). This price includes all move in, drilling, easing, and materials used in drilling of thr well.
If the well fails to initially produce 2 gpm, the customer may call the well dry and will be charged $22.00 per
foot and Shelton Drilling Corp. may remove any rasing already installed in the hole. This price is for our
standard well construction of 7" steel surface casing and 5" ID liner pipe. We will recognize these prices for
up to 6 month of signing.
The customer agrees to the following payment schedule:
[X; There is a .rb 4000.00 Minimum Charge for up to 50' of this well for this project_
Any legal expenses incurred by Shelton Drilling Corp. in collecting its fees will be paid for by the customer.
This guarantee is valid only if a Licensed Pump Installer is used to install the . - anent pump system.
Customer's Name Date Sh 1ton Drilling Corp.
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Spring Valley Holdings, I.T.C.,
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March 13, 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply
Dear Lou and Donnalyne:
I appreciate the time that you have spent in educating me on the history of your 25% interest in
Hopkins Spring. I realize that you have been inconvenienced by the apparent decision, made by
the other six owners of the Spring sometime in.1999-2000, not to repair and replace the spring
box, pump and lines. This decision has left you without water from the Spring.
I understand that you prefer the water from the Spring and have requested that your domestic and
irrigation water system be reconnected to the Spring. In the meantime you have been receiving
water from a common well that also services the Spring Valley Ranch's Ranch House. You
believe that this water supply is inferior to the Spring's water.
A number of issues complicated our ability to respond to your request for reconnection to the
Spring. The water line which connects the SVR Ranch House and your property to the Spring
has exceeded its useful life and can no longer be used. Improvements have been constructed over
the waterline easement and make the replacement of the line difficult and costly. Even without
these improvements, the line would be much more expensive to construct than new wells. If the
lines were replaced, an electrical pump would be required to assure a reliable source of water for
your property and the Ranch House. Power is not available at the site of the Spring. Finally, the
other owners of the Spring have shared the use of all the Spring's water, since you and SVR have
not been connected to the Spring. Who knows how much water they are using and whether or not
our reconnection to the Spring would result in a reduction of their water supply to which they
probably believe that they are now entitled.
The reasonable solution would seem to be the connection of your property and the Ranch House
to a deep, high-capacity well located in the Meadow area to the south of our properties; provide a
common line from the well to an appropriate junction near our properties; and split the line to
service each of our properties individually. This system could be built at less than half the cost
of replacing the waterline from the Spring to our properties. It would also not cause the
neighborhood turmoil of negotiating with the other owners of the Spring, which may not be a
factor for you, but certainly is a consideration for SVR.
Our proposal, which is conditioned on the approval of our amendments to the "Chenoa"
entitlements, is as follows:
1. Spring Valley Holdings will construct at its cost the initial development of the well, the
pump, the power for the pump, and treatment needed for potable water and the common
line to the nearest feasible common junction between our properties ("Common Water
Supply System").
4000 County Road 115 - Glenwood Springs - Colorado
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2. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each be responsible to construct our respective
service line at our respective costs from the common junction to our separate, individual
water tanks ("Individual Water Supply System"). Spring Valley Holdings would be
willing to construct your Individual Water Supply System at your expense concurrently
with its construction of the Common Water Supply System.
3. Spring Valley Holdings will grant water rights to you for a supply of water sufficient for
the existing and reasonable future improvements to your property. All remaining water
rights with respect to the well will be retained by Spring Valley Holdings.
4. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each install at our respective expense a water flow
meter on our Individual Water Supply System to measure our water usage. Each month
Spring Valley Holdings will record our usage. All costs of operations, maintenance,
repair and replacement of the Common Water Supply System will be paid in proportion.
to our usage. Each of us will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, repair and
replacement of our respective Individual Water Supply System.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, subject to your approval of the costs of the extension of the
water service from the common junction to your property and our agreement on the amount of
water to be granted to you, please sign and return this letter. This offer is valid until 5:00 p.m.
PDT on Monday, March 26, 2007, after which it will terminate without further action by either of
us. This letter is not binding on either of us unless and until we enter into a formal written
agreement containing these terms and such other provisions as may be appropriate. If you have
any questions, please call me at 831-620-6708. I will he at Spring Valley Ranch during the week
of March 19t. Doreen will contact you to arrange a meeting if you would like to meet with me
personally.
I hope that this proposal, while not exactly what you want, will be sufficient to put this
longstanding matter to ted.
Thank you again for your time and patience.
Very truly yours
Agreed and accepted this day of March, 2007
Donnalyne LaGiglia
Louis LaGiglia
April 18, 2007
Mr. and Mrs_ Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply
Dear Lou and Donnalyne:
I appreciate the time that you have spent in educating me on the history of your 25% interest in
Hopkins Spring. I realize that you have been inconvenienced by the apparent decision, made by
the other six owners of the Spring sometime in I999-2000, not to repair and replace the spring
box, pump and lines. This decision has left you without water from the Spring_
I understand that you prefer the water from the Spring and have requested that your domestic and
irrigation water system be reconnected to the Spring. In the meantime you have been receiving
water from a common well that also services the Spring Valley Ranch's Ranch House. You
believe that this water supply is infcaiorto the Spring's water_
A number of issues complicated our ability to respond to your request for reconnection to the
Spring The water line which connects the SVR Ranch House and your property to the Spring
has exceeded its useful life and can no longer be used. Improvements have been constructed over
the waterline easement and make the replacement of the line difficult and costly. Even without
these improvements, the line would be much more expensive to construct than new wells_ If the
lines were replaced, an electrical pump would be required to assure a reliable source of water for
your property and the Ranch House. Power is not available at the site of the Spring. Finally, the
other owners of the Spring have shared the use of ail the Spring's water, since you and SVR have
not been connected to the Spring Who knows haw much water they are using and whether or not
our reconnection to the Spring would result in a reduction of their water supply to which they
probably believe that they are now entitled_
The reasonable solution would seers to be the connection of your property and the Ranch House
to a deep, high-capacity well located in the Meadow area to the south of our properties; provide a
common line from the well to an appropriate junction near our properties; and split the line to
service each of our properties individually. This system could be built at less than half the cost
of replacing the waterline from the Spring to our properties. It would also not cause the
neighborhood turmoil of negotiating with the other owners of the Spring, which may not be a
factor for you, but certainly is a consideration for SVR
Our proposal, which is conditioned on the approval of our amendments to the "Chenoa
entitlements, is as follows:
1. Spring Valley Holdings will construct at its cost the initial development of the well, the
pump, the power for the pump, and treatment needed for potable water and the common
line to the nearest feasible common junction between our properties ("Common Water
Supply System").
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2. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each be responsible to construct our respective
service line at our respective costs from the common junction to our separate, individual
water tanks ("Individual Water Supply System'). Spring Valley Holdings would be
willing to construct your Individual Water Supply System at your expense concurrently
with its construction of the Common Water Supply System.
3. Spring Valley Holdings will grant water rights to you for a supply of water sufficient for
the existing and reasonable fiiture improvements to your property. All i t:maining water
rights with respect to the well will be retained by Spring Valley Holdings.
4. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each install at our respective expense a water flow
meter an our Individual Water Supply System to measure our water usage. Farb month
Spring Valley Holdings will record our usage. All costs of operations, maintenance,
repair and replacement of the Common Water Supply System will be paid in proportion
to our »cage-. Each of us will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, repair and
replacement of our respective Individual Water Supply System.
If this proposal is aeceptabie to you, subject to your approval of the costs of the extension of the
water service from the common junction to your property and our agreement on the amount of
water to be granted to you, pleAgP sign and return this letter_ This offer is valid until 5:00 p.m.
PDT on Monday, April 30, 2007, after which it will terminate without further action by either of
us. This letter is not binding on either of us unless and until we eater into a formal written
agreement containing these terms and such other provisions as may be appropriate. If you have
any questions, please call me at 831-520-5708. I will be at Spring Valley Ranch during the week
of March 19*. Doreen will contact you to arrange a meeting if you would like to meet with me
personally_
I hope that this proposal, while not exactly what you want, will be sufficient to put this
longstanding matter to bed_
Thank you again for your time and patience.
Very truly yours
Tom Gray
Ag5ei1 and accepted this, day of 1 K-2 r`;
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August 23, 2010
Donnalyne and Lou LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Donnalyne and .Lou:
in furtherance of our recent discussion, Spring Valley Holdings is pleased to offer the
following proposal to help facilitate a resolution to your ongoing concerns with regard to
the development. Although it is our firm legal and professional opinion that all
outstanding agreements and conditions of approval have been met in the past and most
recently with the pending easement to the Hopkins Spring being reflected on the
proposed final plat, we want you to feel that the current ownership of Spring Valley
Holdings has gone above and beyond its legal obligations.
At our expense, we have engaged professionals to estimate the cost of drilling a new well
on your, property for your exclusive use. As reflected upon the attached estimates of
Shelton Drilling Company and Zancanella & Associates, the estimated total cost for
drilling, permitting and pump testing a new well is $12,000.00. We propose that upon
your acceptance of this letter agreement we will pay to you that estimated cost plus a
contingency of 10% for a total payment of $13,200.00, thereby providing you with the
funds necessary to drill a new wellupon your property. In consideration of that payment,
you will agree that after you receive the payment we may provide a copy of this letter to
Garfield County to indicate that the concerns you expressed at the August 9th Board of
County Commissioners' meeting have been fully satisfied.
If you have any further questions about our proposal, please feel free to contact me. If
you agree to our proposal, please indicate by signing below and returning a signed copy
of this letter to me. I will then arrange for the immediate payment of the funds to you.
Very truly you
Daniel G: .erg
Agreed and accepted this day of August, 2010.
Donnalync LaGiglia Lou. LaGiglia
Cc: Larry Green
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
4000 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
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From: Imlagiglia@cs. com
To: DGoldberg@SeligmanGroup.com
Cc: fredjarman@garfield-county.com
Subject: Well Sharing Agreement
Date: Fri, 013, 20111921 am
Hi Danny,
We need to move forward on a "Well Sharing Agreement". The dock is running.
1 would appreciate it if you would send me a draft of your ideas for a mutually beneficial agreement.
1 will timely respond so we can move this along quickly.
Best regards,
Lou
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From: DGotdberg@seligmangroup.com
To: Imlagiglia <Imlagiglia@cs.com>
Cc: Fred Jarman<fredjarman@garfield-county.com>
Subject: Re: Well Sharing Agreement
Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 1:58 pm
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Lou,
1 think it is more appropriate to start with you sending a proposal to spring valley holdings with what you think is an
appropriate resolution.
Thanks,
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St., 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.658.2888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldbergfcr�selicomangroup.com
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From: Imlagiglia
Sent: 08/13/2010 11:21 AM AST
To: Dan Goldberg
Cc: fredjarman(c�ganield-county.com
Subject: Well Sharing Agreement
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Hi Danny,
We need to move forward on a "Well Sharing Agreement". The clock is running.
1 would appreciate it if you would send me a draft of your ideas for a mutually beneficial agreement.
I will timely respond so we can move this along quickly.
Best regards,
Lou
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From: Imiagiglia@cs.com
To: DGoldberg@serigmangroup.com
Subject: Re: Well Sharing Agreement
Date: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 11:43 am
I just saw your email. 1"m available today until 4:30 my time. Best number to reach me is my cell
phone. 970-948-5525
Lou
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From: DGoldberq(rb_seliamangroup.com
To: Imlagiglia <Imlagicllia(a�cs.corn>
Sent: Tue, Auq 17. 2010 7:42 pm
Subject: Re: Well Sharing Agreement
Is there a good time for you to chat tomorrow? If so when and what number should 1 call you on?
Thanks.
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St., 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.658.2888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldberqAseligmangroup.com
www.seligmangroup.com
From: Imlagiglia
Sent: 08/13/2010 11:21 AM AST
To: Dan Goldberg
Cc: fredjarrrmangarfield-countv.com
Subject: Well Sharing Agreement
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Hi Danny,
We need to move forward on a "Well Sharing Agreement". The clock is running.
I would appreciate it if you would send me a draft of your ideas for a mutually beneficial agreement.
1 will timely respond so we can move this along quickly.
Best regards,
Lou
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From: Imlagiglia@cs.com
To: DGoldberg@SeligmanGroup.com
Cc: fredjarman@garfield-county.com
Subject: New well
Date: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 2:14 pm
8/23/2010
Hi Danny,
Page 1 of 1
Last Thursday in our telephone conversation you said you would get back to me with a written proposal.
In as much as I haven't seen a written proposal, I will address what we talked about. First I want to thank you
for responding to my inquiry to move forward in regard to the outstanding water agreement between
our respective properties. I appreciate your new approach to eliminate the properties joining in water usuage by
the proposal of drilling a seperate well for our sole use and ownership. I believe as you do, that this is a good
answer to your concerns about future agreements between us and to further protect any future property owners
of SVH from any perpetual concerns.
However, please understand, your proposal did not fully address the issue. The issue is replacing the water from
,the Spring, not replacing my current well_ I had two sources of water before, one from my weirand one from me
Spring, which was our main source of water. Your proposal was to drill a new well within a close proximatey to
my current well, thereby having to de-commision my current well. No resolution to the issue. Drilling another
well has to be more than 600 feet from my current well and more than 600 feet from the Sullivan's well, and it has
to be a complete job. That means drilled and hooked up to my current well house. It also means having a Water
Engineer preferably Paul Currier whom you have met via phone conversation to help protect both parties from any
misques as happened with the well that you drilled. It would be best to fund all of this by escrowing to complete
the entire job. Excess funds would be retumed to you.
If this is not what you intended or you are not willing to incurr all the costs of a new well then we need to
return to the current well sharing agreement.
Regards,
Lou
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From: OGoldberg@seligmangroup.com
To: Lou lagiglia <Imlagiglia@cs.com>
Cc: Fred Jarman <fredjarman@garfield-county.com>
Subject: Re: New well
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 10:33 am
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Lou,
It appears that our proposal and your email crossed in the "mail". Please confirm that you have received.
Thanks.
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St., 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.6582888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldberg(an seligmangroup.com
www.seligmangroup.com
From: Imlagiglia
Sent: 08/23/2010 04:13 PM AST
To: Dan Goldberg
Cc: ffrediarman(a garfield-county.com
Subject: New well
8/23 010
Hi Danny,
Last Thursday in
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to move forward in regard to the outstanding water agreement between
reciate your new approach to eliminate the properties joining in water usuage by
ell for our sole use and ownership. I believe as you do, that this is a good
reements between us and to further protect any future property owners
However, please understand, your proposal did
the Spring, not replacing my current well. I had two s
Spring, which was our main source of water. Your propo
my current well, thereby having to de-commision my curren
well has to be more than 600 feet from my current well and mor
to be a complete job. That means drilled and hooked up to my curre
Engineer preferably Paul Currier whom you have met via phone conveys
misques as happened with the well that you drilled. It would be best to fund a
the entire job. Excess funds would be retumed to you.
If this is not what you intended or you are not willing to incurr all the costs of a new w I then we need to
return to the current well sharing agreement.
fully address the issue. The issue is replacing the water from
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I was to drill a new well within a close proximatey to
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Regards,
Lou
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Re: New well
From: DGoldberg@seligmangroup.com
To: Lou lagiglia <Imlagiglia@cs.com>
Cc: Fred Jarman <fredjarman@garfield-county.com>
Subject Re: New well
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 5:21 pm
It was sent via federal express to your home.
Keep a look out.
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St, 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.658.2888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldbergaa.seligmangroup.com
www.seligmangroup.com
From: Lou [Imiagiglia4cs.coml
Sent: 08/25/2010 05:20 PM CST
To: Dan Goldberg
Cc: Fred Jarman<fredjarman(a?garfield-countv.com>
Subject: Re: New well
Danny,
There's no attachment to your email. So I have not received.
Lou
Sent from my 'Phone
On Aug 25, 2010, at 10:37 AM, DGoldberg aC�.seligmanaroup.com wrote:
Lou,
It appears that our proposal and your email crossed in the "mail". Please confirm that you have
received.
Thanks.
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St., 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.658.2888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldberg@seligmangroup.com
www.seligmangroup.com
From: Imlagiglia
Sent: 08/23/2010 04:13 PM AST
To: Dan Goldberg
Cc: frediarmanaar ield-county.com
Subject: New well
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From: imlagiglia@cs.com
To: DGoldberg@SeligmanGroup.com
Cc: fredjarman@garfield-county.com
Subject: Your "Offer'
Date: Fri, Aug 27, 201011:24 am
Danny,
I'm in receipt of your "New Well Offer". I was out of town from Tuesday afternoon until last night. Thers's no
reason to use Fedex until we finish negotions, that's just a waste of valuable time. We should continue to use
email and copy in Fred Jarmin. I'm also conferring with Paul Currier.
Lou
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Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
August 23, 2010
Donnalyne and Lou LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Donnalyne and Lou:
In furtherance of our recent discussion, Spring Valley Holdings is pleased to offer the
following proposal to help facilitate a resolution to your ongoing concerns with regard to
the development. Although it is our firm legal and professional opinion that all
outstanding agreements and conditions of approval have been met in the past and most
recently with the pending easement to the Hopkins Spring being reflected on the
proposed final plat, we want you to feel that the current ownership of Spring Valley
Holdings has gone above and beyond its legal obligations.
At our expense, we have engaged professionals to estimate the cost of drilling a new well
on your property for your exclusive use. As reflected upon the attached estimates of
Shelton Drilling Company and Zancanella & Associates, the estimated total cost for
drilling, permitting and pump testing a new well is $12,000.00. We propose that upon
your acceptance of this letter agreement we will pay to you that estimated cost plus a
contingency of 10% for a total payment of S13,200.00, thereby providing you with the
funds necessary to drill a new welln upoyour urapeety.. In consideration of that payment,
you will agree that after you receive the payment we may provide a copy of this letter to
Garfield County to indicate that the concerns you expressed at the August 9th Board of
County Commissioners' meeting have been fully satisfied.
If you have any further questions about our proposal, please feel free to contact me. If
you agree to our proposal, please indicate by signing below and returning a signed copy
of this letter to me. I will then arrange for the immediate payment of the funds to you.
Ve truly you
Daniel Go . • erg
Agreed and accepted this day of August, 2010.
Donnalyne LaGiglia Lou LaGiglia
Cc: Larry Green
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
4000 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
My letter of 8/30/10
From: imlagigtia@cs.com
To: DGoldberg@SeligmanGroup.com
Cc: fredjarman@garfIeld-county.com
Subject: My letter of 8/30110
Date: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 1:44 pm
September 2, 2010
Danny,
I haven't received a response from you on the the letter I sent you on Monday, August, 30, 2010.
I have outlined to different proposals in this letter. Do you intend to respond to this?
Lou
August 30, 2010
Danny,
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We are in receipt of your proposal of August 23, 2010. We find the Proposal to be non-
responsive to the issue and your responsibilities and therefore inadequate.
Allow me to elaborate and review a bit. We have a 25% interest in the B R Hopkins
Spring and you have a 10% interest in it. That translates to 121/2 gallons per minute for us and
5 gallons per minute for you. SVH and your predecessors declined to replace or repair the
Spring line for a myriad of reasons. The most often cited reason was the cost and not wanting
to have dealings with the other neighbors who share the spring. The issue of reinstating or
replacing the source of water from the Spring existed when you acquired the property for
development. You recognized that issue by signing a well sharing agreement with us to provide
us with water to replace the spring water from a new well that you drilled and connected to a
new well house on your property. That agreement was brought to the BOCC and entered into
the record as part of the inducement for BOCC to allow changes you requested and to move
toward final Plat. We made concessions to understand your perspective of cost and neighbor
involvement by agreeing to share that well with the expectation that the new well will not
produce a full 25 gallons of water per minute so we could replace, via a 50% interest in the
well, the 12 % gallons of water per minute from the Spring. l believe the new well is rated for
10 gallons per minute so a 50% interest in the well is not out of line. With a 50% interest you
will receive approximately 5 gallons per minute and we will be receiving approximately 5 gpm,
which is a lesser amount of water than we received from the Spring, This is again another
concession on our part to compromise and come to agreement.
That agreement is in place and things came to a standstill when SVH refused to grant
any water rights, in breach of the signed agreement. Additionally, all that physically remains is
to set up water meters and for us to hook up to the system. We also need a method of
approach when repairs are needed, e.g., a recorded well sharing agreement. Finally, the
opportunity for us to receive legal advice upon our completed negotiations between us and
SVH will be necessary.
Now you come to us with a proposal to fund the drilling of a new well on our property.
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You offered that because you said you thought we were having a problem with our
current well. I don't know where you got that idea. If you feel that it's better to have separate
wells rather than share a well, I can concur with that as it covers your concern to have any
perpetual responsibility between the two parties. Again, we are being cooperative in taking
care of your concerns regarding this inherited injury to our property. However, in order to
address the issue and resolve this matter, a new well has to be placed more than 600 feet from
my current well and more than 600 feet from the Sullivan's well. This may require placing it
within 600 feet of your well and a waiver of that encroachment by you. This would require a
land survey of the affected properties to confirm the property boundaries and well locations as
needed. This also requires that the well not only be dug but the line be brought into my well
house all at your cost. In this manner, we have addressed all of our concerns and your
obligations without having to disengage our current well.
As you are aware, your responsibility is to replace the water supply of the Spring, not
our well.
To prevent any mishaps in constructing this project as occurred with yours, we deem it
necessary to hire a water engineer, at your expense, to file necessary paper work with County
and State, monitor those hired for completing the job, oversee the quality of work and
materials used and verify the ability of the well to produce 12.5 gpm on a sustained, long-term
basis. Additionally, legal expenses will be necessary to insure proper contracts are enacted,
again, an expense that is SVH's responsibility, as provision of a like water supply to either
repair or replace the spring is SVH's responsibility.
Thank you for making an alternate proposal to complete our neighborly dealings. Please
understand that completion of responsibility needs to be in full, so SVH can go forth with its
development.
Sincerely,
Louis M. & Donnalyne LaGiglia
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Re: My letter of 8/30/10
From: DGoldberg@seligmangroup.com
To: Lou lagiglia <Imiagiglia@cs.com>
Cc: Fred Jarman <fredjarman@garfietd-county.com>; Larry Green <lany@balcombgreen.com>
Subject: Re: My letter of 8/30/10
Date: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 1:46 pm
Yes we will be responding before end of business close tomorrow.
Thanks.
Daniel Goldberg
Seligman Western
600 Montgomery St, 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
t: 415.658.2888
fax: 248.208.1455
email: dgoldberg(seligmangrouo.com
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From: imlagigfia
Sent: 09/02/2010 03:44 PM AST
To: Da oldberg
Cc: fred a an • •arfield-count .com
Subject: My - I er of 8/30/10
September 2, 2010
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August 30, 2010
Danny,
We are in receipt -of your proposal of August 23, 20 0. We find the Proposal to be non-
responsive to the issue andyQur responsibilities and therefore.inadequate.
Allow me to elaborate and re 'ew a bit. We have a 25% interest in the B R Hopkins
Spring and you have a 10% interest in it: That translates to 12 1/2 gallons per minute for us and
5 gallons per minute for you. SVH and your p ecessors declined to replace or repair the
Spring line for a myriad of reasons. The most ofte ited reason was the cost and not wanting
to have dealings with the other neighbors who shareties ring. The issue of reinstating or
replacing the source of water from the Spring existed when�you a q`uired the property for
development. You recognized that issue by signing a well sharing agreement with us to provide
us with water to replace the spring water from a new well that you drilled and connected to a
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EDWARD MULHALL, JR.
SCOTT BALCOMB
LAWRENCE R. GREEN
TIMOTHY A. THULSON
DAVID C. HALLFORD
CHRISTOPHER L. COYLE
THOMAS J. HARTERT
CHRISTOPHER L. GEIGER
SARA M. DUNN
DANIEL. C. WENNOGLE
SCOTT GROSSCUP
CHAD J. LEE
BALCOIVLB & GREEN, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
P.O. DRAWER 790
818 COLORADO AVENUE
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602
Telephone: 970.945.6546
Facsimile: 970.945.9769
ORIGINAL SENT BY U.S. MAIL
AND E-MAILED TO: lmlagiglia@cs.com
Donnalyne and Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Mr. and Mrs. LaGiglia:
www.balcombgreen.com
September 3, 2010
KENNETH BALCOMB
(1 920-2005)
OF COUNSEL:
JOHN A. THULSON
Please be advised that we have recently been retained by Spring Valley Holdings, LLC ("Spring
Valley Holdings") to provide legal representation related to its holdings in Garfield County, Colorado. In
that capacity we have reviewed voluminous data relating to your claims that Spring Valley Holdings has
obligations to you regarding the BR Hopkins Spring or providing you with a well water supply.
It is our understanding that you, Spring Valley Holdings and others have an interest in the BR
Hopkins Spring as tenants in common. In proceedings before the Garfield County Board of County
Commissioners commencing as early as 1999, you have asserted that Spring Valley Holdings has an
obligation to you to pay for and maintain the BR Hopkins Spring and related facilities necessary to
deliver water from the Spring to your property. We disagree. We are not aware of any written agreement
which so obligates Spring Valley Holdings. There is no statute or principle of common law which
obligates Spring Valley Holdings, either on its own or on some pro -rata basis with you, to repair or
replace the Spring and its related delivery facilities.
Similarly, there is no condition imposed on any of Spring Valley Holdings' land use approvals
that requires it to replace the delivery line from the BR Hopkins Spring to your property. To the contrary,
the only relevant condition requires that Spring Valley Holdings "shall provide a non-exclusive easement
to allow for the conveyance of water piped from the BR Hopkins Spring located on Spring Valley Ranch
PUD property to a point where the water from the BR Hopkins Spring is used on the LaGiglia property."
This condition has been satisfied by the easement grant which is part of the final plat package now being
considered by the Garfield County Commissioners. I also note that the alignment of this easement was at
your choosing.
Based on the facts as we know them, it is simply incorrect to assert that Spring Valley Holdings
has an obligation to repair or replace the delivery line between the BR Hopkins Spring and your property.
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Donnalyne and Louis LaGiglia
September 3, 2010
Page 2
We believe that over the years you have acknowledged that there is no such obligation on Spring
Valley Holdings, so you have alternatively asserted to the Board of County Commissioners, as recently as
August 9, 2010, that Spring Valley Holdings is in breach of a signed well sharing agreement with you.
Again, we disagree. It is our understanding that you base this claim on a letter dated April 18, 2007 from
Spring Valley Holdings to you. We have been told that you provided the Garfield County Commissioners
with a copy of such letter on August 91h. We have also been told, however, that you did not provide the
Commissioners with a copy of the signed attachment to that letter, a copy of which is attached hereto,
dated April 20, 2007, which very clearly states your understanding that the April 18th letter is "merely an
agreement to go ahead with such negotiations and is not an agreement in its entirety." (Hereinafter, the
April 18, 2007 letter and the April 20, 2007 attachment will be referred to as the "April, 2007
Correspondence").
Moreover, by correspondence dated March 21, 2008, copy attached hereto, Spring Valley
Holdings sent you a copy of a letter agreement which would actually document the proposal contemplated
by the April, 2007 Correspondence. By letter dated April 21, 2008, copy attached hereto, you rejected
this form of agreement, insisting on additional conditions which were not contemplated by the April,
2007 Correspondence and which are not typically contained in well sharing agreements of this nature.
Based upon this set of facts we have advised our client that it has fully satisfied all of its legal
obligations related to a well water supply to you. Nevertheless, in an effort to resolve your unfounded
allegations, and in light of the direction from the Board of County Commissioners on August 9th, Spring
Valley Holdings made the proposal to you as set forth in the letter from Mr. Goldberg dated August 23,
2010, copy attached. You rejected that offer out of hand by your e-mail dated August 30, 2010, copy
attached, which again inserts demands and requirements, including payment of your consultant fees,
which are far outside the scope of anything contemplated by the April, 2007 Correspondence and far
outside the realm of typical negotiations over a well sharing agreement. The demands set forth in your
August 30th e-mail are unreasonable and unacceptable to Spring Valley Holdings.
Notwithstanding your outright rejection of Mr. Goldberg's offer, Spring Valley Holdings has
asked me to let you know that in one final attempt to resolve your disputed claims, it will hold the August
23`d offer open to you until the commencement of the Board of County Commissioners meeting on the
Spring Valley Holdings final plat to be held on September 7, 2010. If you wish to accept this offer please
let me or Mr. Goldberg know before that time.
LRG/bc
EncIs.
xc: Daniel Goldberg
Fred Jarman
Mike Gamba
Tom Zancanella
Very truly yours,
BALCOMB & GREEN, P.C.
Lawrence R. r -en
April 20, 2007
Attachment to Document re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply dated April 18, 2007.
This attachment is the basis of understanding in which we accept the proposal for which
our signatures stand for at this time.
We understand that upon signing such document between Louis M, & Donnalyne
LaGiglia, and Tom Gray representing Spring Valley Holdings, that the letter is a general
scope .of ideas in -which -the -concerned parties will use to come to a final agreement. The
final documents will detail each parties agreement as to the sharing of water= source and
equipment used to achieve this goal.. We understand that this Ietter is merely an
agreement to go ahead with such negotiations and is not an agreement in its entirety.
Please refer to previous discussions regarding the current document to be signed by
referenced letters prior to this date, which aids in the understanding to both parties
purpose.
We understand that this agreement shall begin the process of investigating, both parties
responsible, the legal, functional and mechanical details needed to conclude the proposal.
It is agreed that open dialogue via email and/or in person shall begin and both parties will
answer questions in a timely manner so this matter can he put forth to progress and
concluded by spring of 2008. Please email us your letter of acceptance of this
attachment. Doreen Harriot, employee of Spring Valley HoldinR, LLC has initialed date
changes to the revised letter.
Sincerely,
Louis M. & Donnalyne LaGiglia
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March 13, 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Louis LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply
Dear Lou and Donnalyne:
I appreciate the time that you have spent in educating me on the history of your 25% interest in
Hopkins Spring. I realize that you have been inconvenienced by the apparent decision, made by
the other six owners of the Spring sometime in.1999-2000, not to repair and replace the spring
box, pump and lines. This decision has left you without water from the Spring.
I understand that you prefer the water from the Spring and have requested that your domestic and
irrigation water system be reconnected to the Spring. In the meantime you have been receiving
water from a common well that also services the Spring Valley Ranch's Ranch House. You
believe that this water supply is inferior to the Spring's water.
A number of issues complicated our ability to respond to your request for reconnection to the
Spring. The water line which connects the SVR Ranch House and your property to the Spring
has exceeded its useful life and can no longer be used. Improvements have been constructed over
the waterline easement and make the replacement of the line difficult and costly. Even without
these improvements, the line would be much more expensive to construct than new wells. If the
lines were replaced, an electrical pump would be required to assure a reliable source of water for
your property and the Ranch House. Power is not available at the site of the Spring. Finally, the
other owners of the Spring have shared the use of all the Spring's water, since you and SVR have
not been connected to the Spring. Who knows how much water they are using and whether or not
our reconnection to the Spring would result in a reduction of their water supply to which they
probably believe that they are now entitled.
The reasonable solution would seem to be the connection of your property and the Ranch House
to a deep, high-capacity well located in the Meadow area to the south of our properties; provide a
common line from the well to an appropriate junction near our properties; and split the line to
service each of our properties individually. This system could be built at less than half the cost
of replacing the waterline from the Spring to our properties. It would also not cause the
neighborhood turmoil of negotiating with the other owners of the Spring, which may not be a
factor for you, but certainly is a consideration for SVR.
Our proposal, which is conditioned on the approval of our amendments to the "Chenoa"
entitlements, is as follows:
1. Spring Valley Holdings will construct at its cost the initial development of the well, the
pump, the power for the pump, and treatment needed for potable water and the common
line to the nearest feasible common junction between our properties ("Common Water
Supply System").
4000 County Road 115 - Glenwood Springs - Colorado
Spring Valley Holdings Page 2
2. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each be responsible to construct our respective
service line at our respective costs from the common junction to our separate, individual
water tanks ("Individual Water Supply System"). Spring Valley Holdings would be
willing to construct your Individual Water Supply System at your expense concurrently
with its construction of the Common Water Supply System.
Spring Valley Holdings will grant water rights to you for a supply of water sufficient for
the existing and reasonable future improvements to your property. All remaining water
rights with respect to the well will be retained by Spring Valley Holdings.
4. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each install at our respective expense a water $per
meter on our Individual Water Supply System to measure our water usage. Each month
Spring Valley Holdings will record our usage. All costs of operations, maintenance,
repair and replacement of the Common Water Supply System will be paid in proportion
to our usage. Each of us will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, repair and
replacement of our respective Individual Water Supply System.
If this proposal is aci;eptabie to you, subject to your approval of the costs of the extension of the
water service from the common junction to your property and our agreement on the amount of
water to be granted to you, please sign and return this letter. This offer is valid until 5:00 p.m.
PDT on Monday, March 26, 2007, after which it will terminate without further action by either of
us. This letter is not binding on either of us unless and until we enter into a formal written
agreement containing these terms and such other provisions as may be appropriate. If you have
any questions, please call me at 831-620-6708. I will be at Spring Valley Ranch during the week
of March 196. Doreen will contact you to arrange a meeting if you would like to meet with me
personally.
I hope that this proposal, while not exactly what you want, will be sufficient to put this
longstanding matter to bed.
Thank you again for your time and patience.
Very truly yours
Agreed and accepted this day of March, 2007
Donnalyne LaGiglia
Louis LaGiglia
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4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Re: Hopkins Spring Water Supply
Dear Lou and Donnalyne:
I appreciate the time that you have spent in educating me on the history of your 25% interest in
Hopkins Spring. I realize that you have been inconvenienced by the apparent decision, made by
the other six owners of the Spring sometime in I999-2000, not to repair and replace the spring
box, pump and lines. This decision has Jeff you without water from the Spring_
I understand that you prefer the water from the Spring and have requested that your domestic and
irrigation water system be reconnected to the Spring. Tn the meantime you have been receiving
water from a common well that also services the Spring Valley Ranch's Ranch House. You
believe that this water supply is inferior to the Spring's water.
A number of issues complicated our ability to respond to your request for reconnection to the
Spring. The water line which connects the SVR Ranch House and your property to the Spring
has exceeded its useful life and can no longer be used. Improvements have been constructed over
the waterline easement and make the replacement of the line difficult and costly. Even without
these improvements, the line would be much more expensive to construct than new wells. Ifthe
lines were replaced, an electrical pump would be required to assure a reliable source of water for
your property and the Ranch House. Power is not available at the site of the Spring. Finally, the
other owners of the Spring have shared the use of all the Spring's water, since you and SVR have
not been connected to the Spring Who knows how much water they are using and whether or not
our reconnection to the Spring would result in a reduction of their water supply to which they
probably believe that they are now entitled
The reasonable solution would sewn to be the connection of your property and the Ranch House
to a deep, high-capacity well locked in the Meadow area to the south of our properties; provide a
common line from the well to an appropriate junction near our properties; and split the line to
service each of our properties individually. This system could be built at less than half the cost
of replacing the waterline from the Spring to our properties_ It would also not cause the
neighborhood turmoil of negotiating with the other owners of the Spring, which may not be a
factor for you, but certainly is a consideration for SVR
Our proposal, which is conditioned on the approval of our amendments to the "Chenoa"
entitlements, is as follows:
1. Spring Valley Holdings will construct at its cost the initial development of the well, the
pump, the power for the pump, and treatment needed for potable water and the common
Iine to the nearest feasible common junction between our properties ("Common Water
Supply System").
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2. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each be responsible to construct our respective
service line at our respective costs from the common junction to our separate, individual
water tanks ("Individual Water Supply System"). Spring Valley Holdings would be
willing to construct your Individual Water Supply System at your expense concurrently
with its construction of the Common Water Supply System.
3. Spring Valley Holding will grant water rights to you for a supply of water sufficient for
the existing and reasonable future improvements to your property. All remaining water
rights with respect to the well will be retained by Spring Valley Holdings.
4. You and Spring Valley Holdings will each install at our respective expense a water flow
meter on our Individual Water Supply System to measure our water usage. Each month
Spring Valley Holdings will record our usage. All costs of operations, maintenance,
repair and replacement of the Common Water Supply System will be paid in proportion
to our nrcao - Each of us will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, repair and
replacement of our respective Individual Water Supply System
If this proposal is acceptable to you, subject to your approval of the costs of the extension of the
water service from the common junction to your property and our agreement on the amount of
water to be granted to you, please sign and return this letter_ This offer is valid until 5:00 p.m
PDT on Monday, April 30, 2007, after which it will terminate without further action by either of
us. This letter is not binding on either of us unless and until we enter into a formai written
agreement containing these terms and such other provisions as may be appropriate. If you have
any questions, please call me at 831-620-6708. I will be at Spring Valley Ranch during the week
of March 19th. Doreen will contact you to arrange a meeting if you would like to meet with me
personally.
I hope that this proposal, while not exactly what you want, will be sufficient to put this
longstanding matter to bed.
Thank you again for your time and patience.
Very truly yours
Tom Gray
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Conclusion: We established a paper trail that exhibits our cooperation from the
beginning of this agreement with Tom Gray. It also exhibits Tom Gray's
cooperation to work with us and to have moved the project forward. When Tom
was removed from position, it was only then that SVH wanted to completely set
aside all agreements and replace with an alternative proposal that is not
responsive to the issue and responsibilities already admitted to by SVH. They are
using an alternative proposal as a distraction to divert from recognizing that there
is an agreement in place and only two things that need to be finalized.
They claim they have no responsibilities based on the attachment dated April 20,
2007, an addition to the agreement in place, in which it can clearly be seen by
signature of both parties that it was accepted and by action of both parties
designing the well house and equipment that this again is a non issue only being
used by SVH to escape their final step of filing ownership interests to grant water
rights and maintenance agreement.
Legal responsibility and claim to disregard current agreement due to the
attachment as stated in their document of September 3, 2010 is a non issue since
SVH has participated in both. It is merely a realization that they are not
interested in a perpetual agreement between the two property owners after the
fact of signing to such agreements. If in fact they want to separate the two
properties in this manner, we will abide with an agreement that is not less than
equal the value of the one in place with no additional costs to the LaGiglia's.
We ask the BOC for a continuance for approval for the final plat until all
neighborly agreements are in place.
OIL
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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
This MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into to be effective as
of the Ist day of January 2010 by and between LANDIS CREEK METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT NO. 1 ("Landis Creek"), a quasi -municipal corporation and political subdivision of
the State of Colorado and CARBONDALE & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
("CRFPD"), a quasi -municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado;
individually referred to herein as the "Party" and collectively referred to herein as the `Parties".
WHEREAS, CRFPD, in Garfield County, Colorado is a duly organized and existing fire
protection district organized under the provisions of Article 1 of Title 32, Colorado Revised
Statutes (the "Special District Act").
WHEREAS, Landis Creek, in Garfield County, Colorado, is a duly organized and
existing metropolitan district with fire and emergency protection powers, organized under the
provisions of the Special District Act.
WHEREAS, CRFPD and Landis Creek are each authorized by the provisions of Article
XIV, § 18, Colo. Const., and §§ 29-1-201, et seq., C.R.S., to enter into contracts with other
local governments for the performance of functions which they are authorized by law to
perform on their own.
WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it is in the best interests of each to render
mutual aid and cooperation in the use of their fire and emergency medical personnel and
equipment for the safety, health, and welfare of the people of their respective governmental
units during times of emergency;
NOW THEREFORE, Landis Creek does hereby agree that its fire and emergency
medical personnel, at such time they are acquired by Landis Creek, will render mutual aid to
CRFPD and CRFPD does hereby agree that its fire and emergency medical personnel will
render mutual aid to Landis Creek under the following conditions:
1. In the event of any serious emergency, the Parties shall cooperate in an effort to
provide fire and emergency medical services subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in
this Agreement.
2. The Parties acknowledge that Landis Creek does not currently have personnel or
equipment to respond to a request for aid from CRFPD. Therefore, Landis Creek shall pay
CRFPD a total of Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) per year (the "Landis Creek
Payment"). In exchange for the Landis Creek Payment, CRFPD shall provide fire protection,
emergency medical services and/or incident management personnel or equipment. as described
in this Agreement to Landis Creek, more specifically to the area known as Phase t of the Spring
Valley Ranch PUD, as more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated by reference. At such time that Landis Creek does acquire such personnel and
equipment able to respond to a request for aid from CRFPD, Landis Creek will notify CRFPD
of the availability of same and Landis Creek shall cease making the Landis Creek Payment. The
Landis Creek Payment shall be due on or before January I of each year. In the event Landis
Creek notifies CRFPD that it has acquired personnel and equipment able to respond to a request
for aid from CRFPD, Landis Creek shall receive a prorated reimbursement of the Landis Creek
Payment for any portion of the contract year remaining upon such notification.
3. The Fire Chief or such other individual as the responding Party may from time
to time designate , shall have the authority in the event of serious emergency to determine what
level of personnel andi`or equipment shall be sent beyond the jurisdictional limits of the
responding Party, provided, however; for so long as Landis Creek has no fire or emergency
medical personnel or equipment, CRFPD shall respond to Landis Creek in the same manner and
to the same level as it would respond within its own jurisdiction subject to the termination
rights outlined in Section 7 below.
3.1. The Parties acknowledge it is the intention of this Agreement that until
such time Landis Creek does acquire such personnel or equipment able to respond to a request
for aid from CRFPD, CRFPD shall send the level of personnel and equipment necessary to aid
Landis Creek in the event Landis Creek request such aid from CRFPD. The Parties further
acknowledge it is the intention of this Agreement that at such time Landis Creek does acquire
such personnel or equipment able to respond to a request for aid from CRFPD, each Party shall
have the sole right to determine when its needs will permit it to respond to a call by the other
Party, and it is further agreed by the Parties that if either Party shall refrain from sending any
personnel and//or equipment beyond its jurisdiction, that the Party failing to respond shall not be
liable for damage to the other Party.
4. The Fire Chief or his/her designee or such other individual as the responding
Party may from time to time designate by resolution, shall be in command of all personnel
and'or equipment sent by the responding Party. All requests for the use of such personnel and
equipment shall be made by the requesting Party through the ranking officer of the responding
Party, whenever possible, as all personnel and equipment of a responding Party shall be under
the immediate command of the highest ranking officer attached to such responding personnel
and equipment. The officer in charge of the responding Party shall, at all times have the power
to re -assign or recall to the responding Party any personnel or equipment from an assistance
mission if in their reasonable discretion the circumstances necessitate.
5. Each Party shall continue to provide the same salaries, compensation for death
or disability, and retirement and furlough payments to their employees who are assigned to
render assistance to the other Party in performance of this Agreement as that employee would
receive if on -duty within the corporate limits of the Party by which he/she is employed. Until
such time Landis Creek does acquire such personnel or equipment able to respond to a request
for aid from CRFPD, the cost of repairs and maintenance of equipment used or expended by
CRFPD while rendering assistance under this Agreement, as well as the cost of personnel will
be the responsibility of CRFPD so long as the Landis Creek Payment is paid and current.
6. When a Party responds with mutual aid, it should be understood that the
responsibility of providing andior requesting aid to protect the unprotected area is that of the
responding Party.
7. The term of this Agreement shall be year to year and commence on the effective
date of this Agreement. This Agreement shall automatically renew on January 1 of each year
for an additional one (1) year term unless either Party notifies the other Party on or before
October 1 of its intent to terminate this Agreement as of January 1 of the following year.
8. CRFPD expressly understands and agrees that Landis Creek's monetary
obligations hereunder shall extend only to monies appropriated for the purposes of this
Agreement by the Board of Directors of Landis Creek and shall not constitute a mandatory
charge, requirement or liability in any ensuing fiscal year beyond the then -current fiscal year.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as a delegation of
governmental powers by Landis Creek, or as creating a multiple -fiscal year direct or indirect
debt or other financial obligation whatsoever of Landis Creek or statutory debt limitation,
including, without limitation, Article X, Section 20, or Article XI, Sections 1, 2 or 6 of the
Constitution of the State of Colorado. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to
pledge or to create a lien on any class or source of Landis Creek funds, nor shall any provision
of this Agreement restrict the future issuance of bonds or obligations payable from any class or
source of Landis Creek funds.
9. Nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of the rights and privileges of
either Party pursuant to the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, §§ 24-10-101, et. seq.,
C.R.S.; as amended from time to time.
10. Any notices or other communications required or permitted by this Agreement
or by law to be served on, given to or delivered to any Party hereto, by the other Parties shall be
in writing and shall be deemed duly served, given or delivered when personally delivered to the
Party to whoa_ it is addressed or in Iieu of such personal services, upon receipt in the United
States' mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
To Landis Creek:
Landis Creek Metropolitan District No. 1
clo Miller Rosenbluth, LLC
700 17th Street, Suite 2200
Denver, Colorado 80202
With a copy to:
Dianne D. Miller
Miller Rosenbluth, LLC
700 17th Street, Suite 2200
Denver, Colorado 80202
TO CRFPD:
Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District
300 Meadowood Drive Carbondale CO 81623
Attn: Fire Chief
With a Copy to:
Whitsitt & Gross P.C.
320 Main Street Carbondale CO 81623
Attn: Eric J. Gross
Either Party may change its address for the purpose of this Paragraph by giving written
notice of such change to the other Party in the manner provided in this Paragraph.
11. Landis Creek shall pay the reasonable costs of review of this Agreement by CRFPD
attorneys.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement to be
effective as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST:
Doreen erriot ; Secretary/Treasurer
ATTEST:
By:
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LANDIS CREEK i ET . PA ITAN
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Mi • ael amba, President
CARBONDALE & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT
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By: Eugene Schilling
Its: President of the Board of Directors
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EXHIBIT A
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Fred Jarman
From: Bill Gavette [gavette@carbondalefire.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 8:08 PM
To: Fred Jarman
Cc: Kathy A. Eastley
Subject: Spring Valley Ranch 1st Filing
Fred,
We wanted to make you aware that the Fire District has been having discussions with representatives of the Spring
Valley Ranch Subdivision regarding providing fire and emergency medical services for the proposed first filing. One
scenario the Fire District is considering is to enter into a mutual aid agreement with the Spring Valley Metropolitan
District specifically for the first filing. Subsequently the Fire District would consider annexing the first filling which is
contiguous with the Fire District's boundary. It is our understanding that the first filing would consist almost entirely of
open space land.
Has a new phasing plan be submitted to the County for the subdivision?
Bill Gavette
Deputy Chief
Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District
www.carbondalefire.org
970-963-2491
10/4/-22/2 ,14-5
1
March 19, 2009
OEPAR RECEIVED
MAR 2 4 2009
Garfield County Building and Planning Department
108 8th St.
Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Dear Planners:
GARFIELD COUNTY
BUILDING & PLANNING
I am writing to inform you that our contract with the Spring Valley Development for fire
protection of their P.U.D. is in default due to non-payment. An agreed upon amount was due on
January 15, 2009 and to date has not been received. We have been in contact with the owners of
the property and are awaiting a revised contract proposal within the next few weeks. This letter is
only an advisement notice. If you have any questions concerning this notice, please feel free to
contact me directly at 384-6430.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Piper, Chief
Glenwood Springs Fire Department
cc: Jeff Hecksel, City Manager
Bill Livingston, Board President
101 WEST 8TH STREET GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81601 970-384-6480 FAX 970-945-8506
ARTICLE V
DIVISIONS OF LAND
5-501 APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR DIVISIONS OF LAND
4. Declaration and, if needed, bylaws and articles of incorporation for
the HOA.
5. Written Narrative Explaining Consistency with Underlying
Preliminary Plan and, if applicable, Plan Unit Development Plan
C. Approved PUD Plan, Requiring Re -subdivision. The exemption from
the definition of subdivision for an approved PUD Plan, without a phasing plan,
and requiring re -subdivision is set forth at Section 5-202(E). The process for
review is set forth in Section 5-405, Review Process and Criteria for an Approved
PUD Plan Requiring Subdivision. The plats for such a PUD are the preliminary
map, described at Section 5-502(C)(4), and the Final Plat described at Section 5-
502(C)(5).
D. Rural Land Development Exemption. The Rural Land Development
Exemption is defined in Section 5-202(D). The review process for Rural Land
Development Exemption is set forth in Section 5-404. Application materials are:
1. Application Form and Fees
2. Vicinity Map 4-502(C)
3. Rural Land Development Exemption Plat
4. Open Space
5. Open Space Management Plan
6. Impact Analysis 4-502(E)
7. Land Suitability Analysis 4-502(D)
8. Engineering Reports and Plans
a. streets, trails, walkways and bikeways
b. mitigation of geologic hazards
c. sewage collection, and water supply and distribution system
d. soil suitability information
e. groundwater drainage
f. Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 4-502(C)(4)
9. Improvements Agreement, if required 4-502(1)
E. Final Plat. The Final Plat review process is set forth in Section 5-305,
Final Plat Review and requires the following materials.
A. Application Form and Fee
V2. Vicinity Map 4-502(C)(2)
V3. Final Plat
4. Final Engineering Reports and Plans
a. Streets, trails, walkways and bikeways
b. Engineering design and construction features for any
bridges, culverts or other drainage structures to be
constructed
GARFIELD COUNTY UNIFIED LAND USE RESOLUTION OF 2008, AS AMENDED 5-27
ARTICLE V
DIVISIONS OF LAND
5-501 APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR DIVISIONS OF LAND
c. Mitigation of geologic hazards
d. Sewage collection, and water supply and distribution system
e. Soil suitability information
f. Groundwater drainage
g. Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 4-502(C)(4)
h. Final cost estimates for public improvements
i. The certification listing all mortgages, liens judgments,
easements, contracts, and agreements of record regarding
the land to be platted and the Board of County
Commissioners may require, at its discretion, that the
holders of such mortgages, liens, judgments, easements,
contracts or agreements shall be required to join in and
approve the application for Final Plat approval before such
Final Plat is accepted for review. All other exceptions from
title shall be delineated.
5. Landscape Plan (Common Area) 4-502(C)(5)
6. Open Space Plan
7. Open Space Management Plan
8. Improvements Agreement, if applicable [include "as-builts" in digital
format, 4-502(1)
9. Letter of Intent for service from all of the utility service providers
a. Contract for Service, required prior to Final Plat recordation.
10. Final Declarations of Covenants and Restrictions, HOA articles of
incorporation and bylaws
F. Subdivision. The Subdivision Review process is set forth in Section 5-
301, Subdivision Review Process and requires the following submittal materials
and process.
1 Sketch Plan (optional)
2. Preliminary Plan
3. Final Plat
G. Preliminary Plan. The Preliminary Plan Review process is set forth in
Section 5-303, Preliminary Plan Review and requires the following materials.
1. Application Form and Fees
2. Vicinity Map 4-502(C)(2)
3. Preliminary Plan Map
4. Yield Plan (Conservation Subdivision only)
4. Open Space Plan, preliminary
5. Open Space Management Plan
GARFIELD COUNTY UNIFIED LAND USE RESOLUTION OF 2008, AS AMENDED 5-28
LOYAL E. LEAVENWORTH
SANDER N. KARP
JAMES S. NEtJ
KARL J. HANLON
SUSAN W. LAATSCH
ANNA S. ITENBERG
MICHAEL J. SAWYER
CASSIA R. FURMAN
BETH E. KINNE
CASSIE L. COLEMAN
LAURA M. WASSMUTH
T. Carter Page, P.E. JJ
Gamba & Associates, Inc. ' /b
P.O. Box 1458 r /,)
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 /
LEAVENWORTH & KARP, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
201 14T" STREET, SUITE 200
P. O. DRAWER 2030
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602
Telephone: (970) 945-2261
Facsimile: (970) 945-7336
JSN@lklawfinn.com
August 4, 2006
Re: Spring Valley Sanitation District/Spring Valley Ranch
Dear Carter:
DENVER OFFICE:*
700 WASHINGTON ST. STE 702
DENVER, COLORADO 80203
Telephone: (303) 825-3995
*(please direct all correspondence
to our Glenwood Springs Office)
As you know, we represent the Spring Valley Sanitation District (the "District"). You
requested that the District provide a letter regarding the District's provision of wastewater treatment
service to property to be developed as Spring Valley Ranch (the "Property").
The District and the former owner of the Property entered into that certain Pre -Inclusion and
Wastewater Treatment Plant Development Agreement dated December 15, 1999 and recorded with
the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder as Reception No. 587475 (the "PDA"). The PDA sets forth
the terms and conditions of the Districts provision of wastewater treatment service to the Property
and commits 646 EQR of service to the Property. In addition, the District has approximately 150
EQR of "unallocated" service that may be utilized on the Property on a first come, first serve basis.
Therefore, the District has the capacity in its wastewater treatment plant, and can and will
serve the Property, subject to the following conditions:
1. A complete set of sewer construction plans are provided to the District for its
review and approval prior to construction of any facilities to be dedicated to the
District;
2. The approval by the District of all required Line Extension Agreements or Line
Connection Agreements as required by the District's Rules and Regulations and/or
the PDA;
The Applicant complies with all of the terms and conditions of the PDA and the
District's Rules and Regulations; and
4. Pursuant to the District's Rules and Regulations and the PDA, the Applicant shall
reimburse the District for all costs incurred by the District regarding this project,
including, but not limited to legal and engineering my916
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August 4, 2006
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
LEAVENWORTH & KARP, P.C.
J SN:
cc: Denise Diers, District Administrator
Board of Directors
Dean Gordon, P.E.
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Fred Jarman
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From: John Niewoehner
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:17 PM
To: Fred Jarman
Subject: Spring Valley Ranch Final Plat - Engineering comments
Fred,
The following are my comments on the Spring Valley Phase 1 Final Plat:
1. Culvert Design: No drainage report was provided but judging from the drained land areas, the sizes should
suffice. A couple problems though .. .
• The culvert on the intersection of High Range Pass Rd and CR 115 is a 12" ADS pipe. I believe that R&B
requires culverts to be 15" or larger. R&B may also forbid plastic (i.e. ADS) culvert pipe.
• According to the road profile sheet, the road profile at the CR115 intersection will be lowered in the
future. When the road is lowered there will be only be one foot of cover over the culvert pipe. Gamba &
Assoc should demonstrate that the shallow culvert pipe can withstand the heavy construction vehicle
loading. (I don't know what will trigger the lowering of the road - -perhaps the paving of CR 115.)
2. SIA:
• Page 3, Section 3 (a): This paragraph says that the $266,074 LOC is for improvements and re -
vegetation. I think this must be a typo. This amount does not include re -vegetation. Plus the expiration
date would also be too short to cover re -vegetation.
• Page 7, Re -vegetation: (i) There is no cost estimate for the $4,227 re-veg LOC. Where did this amount
come from? (ii) A weed problem was identified on the site. The LOC does not address weed
management. (iii) Per the SIA, the re-veg LOC expiration date will be 2 years after the Final Plat
approval. Since two growing seasons are needed to achieve adequate re-veg, two years after final plat
approval is inadequate. I would recommend that the LOC expiration date be 2.5 years after the
completion date. Thus, in this case, the re-veg LOC expiration date should be:
final plat approval: 12/30/09
completion date: 12/30/10
reveq LOC expiration: 6/30/13
3. Lot Numbers on Plat Sheets vs. SIA: According to the SIA (Page 23, Item 20), there is a Lot P23 and OSR
Parcel E in Phase 1. I didn't find these lots on the plat sheets.
I think that's everything.
- - John N
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Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
December 29, 2009
Louis and Donnalyne LaGiglia
4002 County Road 115
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9020
Dear Donnalyne and Lou:
Spring Valley Holdings, LLC (SVH) is in the process of preparing its final plat application
for Phase 1 of the Spring Valley Ranch PUD. As you know, one of the conditions of
approval for the PUD is that SVH show on the final plat a non-exclusive easement for the
conveyance of water from the BR Hopkins Spring located on Spring Valley Ranch PUD
property to a point where the water is used on your property.
The condition of approval also provides that the easement is not required to follow the
historic pipeline corridor. It may be relocated to a preferred location mutually agreed to
by the parties who have a right to the BR Hopkins Spring and any property owner whose
property the new pipeline may cross.
SVH intends to show a non-exclusive easement on the final plat for Phase 1 along the
historic pipeline alignment on its property, in compliance with this condition of
approval. Of course, this easement would be shown only on property owned by SVH
and would be limited to the historic right to reasonable use for construction, operation
and maintenance of an underground pipeline of sufficient size to convey by gravity your
interest in the BR Hopkins Spring. You would be solely responsible to deal with any
other affected landowner and the other parties who have rights to the BR Hopkins
Spring in the event you determine to construct such a pipeline.
In the alternative, if you wish, SVH is willing to work with you and the other parties who
have rights to the BR Hopkins Spring to identify an alternative easement alignment and
to execute an appropriate easement document. However, it would be your
responsibility to obtain the consent to such an arrangement from all the other parties
who have a right to the BR Hopkins Spring.
I have attached for your information a drawing that shows the non-exclusive easement
along the historic pipeline corridor that SVH intends to show on the final plat, unless an
alternative arrangement is finalized.
have also attached a proposed alternative easement location, and an easement grant
that SVH is willing to execute, if you would prefer this alternative location and if you
obtain the consent of all the other parties who have a right to the BR Hopkins Spring.
600 Montgomery Street, 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Louis and Donnalyne LaGiglia
December 29, 2009
Page 2 of 2
Please be advised that if you desire to agree to the alternative alignment shown on the
attached documents with the consent of all the other parties who have a right to the BR
Hopkins Spring, you must respond to this letter in writing, which response must be
received by me at the above address by 5:00 p.m. PST on January 16, 2010. If you so
respond, we will work with you and the County to give you reasonable time to obtain
the consent of all the other parties who have a right to the BR Hopkins Spring.
If I do not receive a response from you by the time indicated, we will proceed to show
the non-exclusive easement along the historic pipeline easement, as shown on the
attached drawing.
Please contact me at 415-658-2888 if you have any questions or would like to discuss
this proposal.
Sincerely,
Daniel Goldberg
For Spring Valley Holdings, LLC
600 Montgomery Street, 40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Lagiglia
Property
0
0
0
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Proposed Waterline
Easement (1440.72')
Lagiglia
Residence
20.00'
Proposed Waterline
Easement (214.139')
P1
400
20.00'
Spring Box
Location
UT
OSP PARCEL -B
,00
GRAPHIC SCALE IN FEET
1 IN. = .0 FEET
800
COMMON BOUNDARY OF
P1 & OSP PARCEL -A
Historic Waterline Easement
to the Lagiglia Property
SCALE 1" = 600'
DATE: December 29, 2009
DRAWN BY: BK
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PROJECT: 01214.10F
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DIRECTORY: M:\01269\10110F - Rauch Mouse Waist Supply\
GAMBA
1110 C11T11
OSP PARCEL -A
Spring Valley Ranch
P.U.D. .
GAMBA & ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS
970194E-7550 WWW.GAMfAENGINEERING.COM
111 411141H 1T.. 101. 114 4.o. wOY list OL111W000 841.111411, CO 41601
NON-EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE UNDERGROUND WATERLINE
EASEMENT
A private non-exclusive easement for the construction, operation, maintenance,
repair and replacement of an underground water line for the transportation of a
25% interest (12.5 g.p.m.) in and to the BR Hopkins Spring water right as decreed
on March 20, 1975 in Case No. W-2395 in the Water Court in and for Water
Division No. 5 for 0.11 c.f.s. (50 g.p.m.), for delivery of water for domestic, pond,
stock watering and irrigation purposes on, and for the benefit of, that certain
property described in the deed recorded in Book 783 at Page 680, Reception
No. 414649, and for no other purpose or property. This grant of easement is
without covenant of title and is subject and subordinate to a reservation of the
prior and continuing right of the owner of the property subject to this non-
exclusive easement to all other uses of the easement, all of which may be done
at any time without liability to any other party for compensation or damages, so
long as the owner of the property subject to this non-exclusive easement does
not unreasonably interfere with the exercise of the easement in accordance
herewith. This non-exclusive easement is subject and subordinate to all existing
leases, licenses, permits, claims of title, encumbrances or other interests and as
may in the future be renewed or extended being 10 feet on each side of the
following described centerline:
1. Beginning at a point whence the West Quarter Corner of Section 28, Township
6 south, Range 88 west, of the 6th Principal Meridian bears S 11°33'50" W a
distance of 1178.97 feet; thence N 72°14'11" W a distance of 41.29 feet; thence
N85°58'03" W a distance of 173.60 feet to a point on the East property boundary
of land described in the Garfield County Clerk and Recorders office at Book
1093 Page 352; whence the NW Corner of Section 28, Township 6 south, Range
88 west of the 6th Principal Meridian bears N 01°09'28" E a distance of 1404.19
feet.
2. Beginning at a point whence the NE Corner of Section 29, Township 6 south,
Range 88 west of the 6th Principal Meridian bears N 30°54'51" E a distance of
1096.84 feet; said point also being on the West property boundary of land
described in the office of the Garfield County Clerk and Recorders office at
Book 1041 Page 795; thence N 65°17'33" W a distance of 363.77 feet; thence N
64°48'20" W a distance of 575.23 feet; thence N 68°19'1 1" W a distance of 201.51
feet; thence N 63°28'49" W a distance of 124.54 feet; thence N 75°35'05" W a
distance of 51.06 feet; thence N 36°01'18" W a distance of 59.59 feet; thence N
53°58'47" W a distance of 42.97 feet; thence N 83°46'42" W a distance of 22.05
feet to a point on the East property boundary of land described in the Garfield
County Clerk and Recorders office at Book 1466 Page 480; whence the North
Quarter Corner of said Section 29 bears N 40°35'1 1" W a distance of 686.55 feet.
Lagiglia
Property
0
00
Lagiglia
Residence
20.00'
400
P1
400
GRAPHIC SCALE IN FEET
1 INCH. IW FEET
Proposed Waterline
Easement (2127.58')
COMMON BOUNDARY OF
P1 & OSP PARCEL -A
coo
Propos-d Waterline
Easem-nt (253.161
20.00'
Spring Box
Location
OSP PARCEL -B
PARCEL
Alternate Waterline Easement
to the Lagiglia Property
SCALE: 1' = 400'
DATE: Dolombcr 29, 2009
DRAWN BY; BK
SHEET: 1 of I
PROJECT: 01269-10f
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DRAWING: Propa.d 1ogIRnm WLeasemenl BK 20041221.4.0
DIRECTORY: HA01244\1 lOF - Rand Hous. Woks Supply\
GAMBA
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Spring Valley Ranch
P.U.D.
GAMBA & ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & LANO SURVEYORS
970/945.2550 WWW.OAMSAENGINEERING.COM
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NON-EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE UNDERGROUND WATERLINE
EASEMENT
A private non-exclusive easement for the construction, operation, maintenance,
repair and replacement of an underground water line for the transportation of a
25% interest (12.5 g.p.m.) in and to the BR Hopkins Spring water right as decreed
on March 20, 1975 in Case No. W-2395 in the Water Court in and for Water
Division No. 5 for 0.11 c.f.s. (50 g.p.m.), for delivery of water for domestic, pond,
stock watering and irrigation purposes on, and for the benefit of, that certain
property described in the deed recorded in Book 783 at Page 680, Reception
No. 414649, and for no other purpose or property, and subject to the terms and
conditions of that certain Easement Grant recorded as Reception No.
in the records of Garfield County, Colorado, said easement being 10 feet on
each side of the following described centerline:
1. Beginning at a point whence the West Quarter Corner of Section 28, Township
6 south, Range 88 west, of the 6th Principal Meridian bears S 11°33'50" W a
distance of 1178.97 feet; thence N 47°30'34" W a distance of 253.16 feet to a
point on the southerly right-of-way of Garfield County Road 115 whence the NW
Corner of Section 28, Township 6 south, Range 88 west of the 6th Principal
Meridian bears N 00°07'00" E a distance of 1257.71 feet.
2. Beginning at a point on the southerly right-of-way of Garfield County Road
115 whence the NE Corner of Section 29, Township 6 south, Range 88 west of the
6th Principal Meridian bears N 30°54'51" E a distance of 1096.84 feet; thence S
82°52'22" W a distance of 320.09 feet; thence S 66°13'38" W a distance of 866.35
feet; thence N 68°02'37" W a distance of 489.20 feet; thence N 01°30'59" W a
distance of 451.94 feet to a point on the South property boundary of land
described in the Garfield County Clerk and Recorders office at Book 1466 Page
480; whence the North Quarter Corner of said Section 29 bears N 31°43'11" W a
distance of 895.75 feet.