Utility Committee Agenda and Packet 2020 07 28

Home Browse Search

VI. Dashboard Mr. Peterson explained that the dashboard has some of the updates requested however it was a bit more complicated than anticipated so it's a work in progress and stated we should have for the next meeting and Nat confirmed. Mr. Peterson continued saying that we don't need to go into much more detail at this point. Mayor Pro Tern Dennis Maloney said he really likes the graph with the cumulative consumption and thinks it is very useful. He would like to see it extend to the other utilities as well. Nat stated that he could have it done by the next quarter. VII. COVID-19 Mr. Peterson said we are not seeing major impacts to usage and operations are within normal ranges. With the delays between billing and payments, the City is still in the early stages on analyzing the economic impacts to the Utility. Staff are continuing to monitor and will report as more information becomes available. VIII. Windy Gap Financing Page 12 — Is an overview of the Windy Gap presentation including: project history, City involvement, the role of the firming project and what that means, scenarios of funding, and projections for future actions. Page 13 — Overview of System Map. Mr. Peterson explained the background of the Windy Gap Reservoir and key statics in its operations to deliver water to Louisville. Page 14 — Historical Timeline. Mr. Peterson explained that project concept was formed in the 60's but the project didn't make a lot of progress until the 80's with the filing of the water rights. This is important as it demonstrates the relatively junior ranking of these water right. The challenge with this water right is when it is priority there is difficult in storage as reservoirs are typically full. Conversely, when storage space is available the water right might not be in priority. This challenge is the main driver in the development of the Windy Gap Firming Project, with the major component of Chimney Hallow Reservoir (shown on page 15). Chimney Hallow is designed as a 90,000 AF reservoir near Carter Lake. Plans call for a piped connection between the two reservoirs that will allow water to go back and forth. The City will be able to use the Windy Gap stored in Chimney Hallow in the exact same way that we currently use the Colorado Big Thompson (C-BT) water rights. Page 16 — WG Firming Project Timeline, Mr. Peterson continued with saying the WG Firming Project made significant advances starting around 1999. The project entered the permitting process in 2003.