SUBJECT:
Title
A Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Erie Approving the Canal Crossing Agreement Between Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company and the Town of Erie
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
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PRESENTERS: David Pasic, Town Engineer
Peter Johnson, Town Water Counsel
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
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POLICY ISSUES:
This agreement facilitates the Town's interest in inspecting and approving FRL's constructed pipeline crossing to ensure it is completed in conformance with the Town's specifications and FRICO's Canal Crossing Agreement.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution approving the Town to enter into the Canal Crossing Agreement.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
This is one of three agreements the Town has been asked to join to accommodate Front Range Landfill, Inc.'s (FRL) plan to relocate a section of a ditch owned by the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO), which will change the location at which the ditch crosses the Town's existing water line and permanent easement on FRL's Property.
FRL operates a landfill in the Town of Erie south of Garfield Road between Weld County Roads 5 and 7. Part of FRL's property is crossed by the Community II Canal Ditch (Ditch) owned by FRICO. FRL, with the consent of FRICO, is in the process of moving a section of the Ditch to a new location on the property that is further away from FRL's operations. Once the Ditch is relocated, the Town's easement will cross the Ditch at a new location.
As part of this ditch relocation project, FRICO has required the Town enter into the attached Canal Crossing Agreement, which provides terms for the construction of the new pipeline crossing, FRICO's ongoing right to use and operate the Ditch at the crossing, and for any Town repairs, replacements, or maintenance of the pipeline after construction of the new crossing is complete. Although the Town is oblig...
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