City Council Agenda and Packet 1984 07 24

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7/24/84 Page -8- 4. That water tap fees are not used as the primary source of funds for expansion of water treatment facilities. Perhaps bond money should be obtained prior to reaching a crisis situation to react. The city needs to more carefully plan its growth and anti- cipate the increased demands on its services before the demand is there. When funds from new water taps are realized, they could then be used to help pay off the bonds. 5. That an accounting system be developed which relates the number of new building permits issued to city service capacities, i.e. water and sewer. This would allow preplanning for expansion of facilities pro- portional to growth by showing exactly the increased demand new permits would place on the system. For example, the City of Broomfield uses a value of 0.65 acre-feet per year (211,835 gallons per year) more demand on its water treatment facilities for each new residential permit issued for plan- ning purposes_ If the study in long-term recommendation 1. is carried out, the City would have A better estimate of the value to use for this accounting system. 6. That the treated water storage capacity be increased and maintained through growth to a minimum amount of water to meet the demands of three days average summer use. The current storage of one days use is in- adequate. 7. That the City encourage builders and developers to landscape model units using the "Water -- Conserving Landscape Design" booklet distributed by the City as a guide. It is recommended that the City also utilize the information contained in the book- let when designing and landscaping city parks and other city properties. Mayor Meier Thanked Mr. Norris and all the members of the Citizens Task Force on Water, and appre- ciated all the volunteered time and effort to compile the report. He was certain that Council would review all the recommendations presented and make a decision as to which of these will be implemented in their long range planning of building and developing.