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Home My WebLink About1.21 District & Utility Service Letters 1641 California St Suite 300 | Denver, CO | 80202 p: (303) 285-5320 | f: (303) 285-5330 | www.ddmalaw.com February 4, 2022 Via email to MVanArdenne@seligmangroup.com Martin Van Ardenne The Seligman Group 600 Montgomery Street, 40th Floor San Francisco CA 94111 RE: Landis Creek Metropolitan Districts Nos. 1 and 2 (“Districts”) Status Letter Dear Mr. Van Ardenne: I am general counsel to the Districts. At your request, I am providing you with the following information, which is accurate as of the date of this letter. 1. Both Districts are validly existing Title 32 metropolitan districts, organized by order of the Garfield County District Court on November 19, 2002. 2. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the Districts are in material compliance with their service plans and with all state laws and regulations concerning Title 32 special districts. Very truly yours, MILLER & ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICES Dianne D. Miller James S. Neu jsn@mountainlawfirm.com Sander N. Karp* James S. Neu Karl J. Hanlon Michael J. Sawyer James F. Fosnaught Jeffrey J. Conklin Andrew A. Mueller * Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Matthew L. Trinidad Patrick L. Barker Jon T. Hoistad Delphine F. Janey ______________ Of Counsel Richard I. Zuber** Anna S. Itenberg Greg S. Russi ** Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Glenwood Springs Office 201 14th Street, Suite 200 P. O. Drawer 2030 Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 Aspen Office*** 323 W. Main Street, Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 Montrose Office *** 1544 Oxbow Drive, Suite 224 Montrose, CO 81402 Telephone: (970) 945-2261 Facsimile: (970) 945-7336 www.mountainlawfirm.com ***All correspondence should be sent to the Glenwood Springs office January 5, 2022 Richard Goulding, PE VIA E-MAIL: richardg@rfeng.biz 592 Highway 133 Carbondale CO 81623 Re: Spring Valley Sanitation District Service to Spring Valley Ranch PUD Dear Richard: 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; 3. 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 review. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Page 2 Very truly yours, KARP NEU HANLON, P.C. James S. Neu JSN: cc: Kelly Mullane Brandyn Bair Jody Edwards, Esq. 3799 HIGHWAY 82·P.O. BOX 2150 GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602 (970) 945-5491·FAX (970) 945-4081 A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative January 24, 2022 Richard Goulding, PE Principal 592 Highway 133 Carbondale CO 81623 RE: Spring Valley Ranch PUD Dear Mr. Goulding, The above-mentioned development is within the certified service area of Holy Cross Energy. Holy Cross Energy has adequate power supply to provide electric power to the development, subject to tariffs, rules and regulations on file. Any power line enlargements, relocations, and new extensions necessary to deliver adequate power to and within the development will be undertaken by Holy Cross Energy upon completion of appropriate contractual agreements and subject to necessary governmental approvals. Sincerely, HOLY CROSS ENERGY Max Doose Engineer I mdoose@holycross.com (970) 947-5415 Spring Valley Ranch PUD – 61-34 - W/O 24431 Improving life with energy www.blackhillsenergy.com Black Hills Energy 0096 C.R. 160 Glenwood Springs,co.81601 Feb. 9, 2022 Re: Spring Valley Ranch To Whom It May Concern: This letter will confirm that Black Hills Energy will provide Natural Gas Distribution service to the development. Black Hills Energy will install a distribution system capable of serving the demand of the development that lies within the BHE certificated service territory. This service will be subject to Black Hills Energy tariffs filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and the Black Hills Energy Gas Network Main Extension Policy. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Jason Cox Utility Construction Planner Black Hills Energy Jason.cox@blackhillscorp.com Cell: 970-309-2432 Jason Cox Utility Construction Planner Colorado Gas Jason.cox@blackhillscorp.com 01/26/2022 RICHARD GOULDING, PE Principal 592 Highway 133 Carbondale CO 81623 Office: 970.340.4130 ext. 700 RE: Spring Valley Ranch P.U.D. To whom it may concern: Your request for facilities to Spring Valley Ranch P.U.D. is within CenturyLink’s serving area and will be provided in accordance with all the rates and tariffs set forth by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. Connections to CenturyLink facilities are contingent upon the customer meeting all the requirements of the Utilities tariffs that are in effect for each requested utility service at the time the application for service is made by the customer and formally accepted by CenturyLink. Connection requirements may include provisions for necessary line extensions and/or other system improvements, and payment of all applicable system development charges, recovery agreement charges and other fees or charges applicable to the requested service. Although CenturyLink diligently seeks to expand its facilities as necessary to meet anticipated growth, CenturyLink services are provided to eligible customers at the time of connection to the facilities on a “first come, first served” basis after acceptance of the customer’s application as described above. In certain instances, our facilities and capacities may be limited. Accordingly, no specific allocations or amounts of CenturyLink facilities or supplies are reserved for service to the subject property, and no commitments are made as to the availability of CenturyLink service at future times. Sincerely, Jason Sharpe Senior Field Engineer 970-328-8290