MINUTES OF THE
CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
October 18, 2022
The regular monthly meeting of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District was held on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at the office of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District located at 3209 W. 28th St. Greeley, Colorado. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 A.M. by Chairman Ralph Anders and the following Directors were present: Ralph Anders, President; Chad Schafer, Vice President; Bret Schmidt, Treasurer; David Bernhardt; Doug Dill; Gary Herman; Vern Kammerzell; Everett Kissler, Randy Knutson; Alan Mazzotti and Don Rosenbrock. Directors absent were Frank Eckhardt, Steve Bruntz and Alan Axton.
Others present were Randy Ray, Executive Director; William Mihelich, District Engineer; Chris Stewart, Water Resources Accountant; Courtney Sandoval, Water Quality Coordinator and Lynn Kramer, Contracts Manager. Guests were Brad Grasmick of Lawrence Custer Grasmick Jones & Donovan and Ed Armbruster of White Sands Water Engineers.
President Anders opened the meeting by welcoming Alan Mazzotti as a new board member.
ACCEPT INTO THE RECORD THE CONSENT CALENDAR, FINANCIALS, AND MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 2022 AS PRESENTED.
MOTION: DAVE BERNHARDT
SECOND: DOUG DILL
MOTION CARRIED
Public Discussion
Todd Snidow of Stifel addressed the board regarding the market and bond funds.
Sam Hellwege of Clifton Larson Allen LLP updated the board on the progress of the 2021 Audit.
Legal Action Items/ Legal Reports
Brad Grasmick updated the board on the Pelican Shores opposition and reviewed the contract and settlement agreement proposed.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PELICAN SHORES SOUTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CASE 19CW3237.
MOTION: EVERETT KISSLER
SECOND: BRET SCHMIDT
MOTION CARRIED
Brad updated the board on cases involving Loveland’s LIRF, United/South Weld and Castle Rock.
Brad reviewed the resume, Case 22CW3130 FRICO’s application for a conditional storage right and conditional appropriate rights of exchange.
MOVE TO OPPOSE CASE 22CW3130.
MOTION: GARY HERMAN
SECOND: RANDY KNUTSON
MOTION CARRIED
Adjourn for lunch.
District Action
Randy Ray presented information on the purchase of a John Deere 6130M Tractor and a John Deere 5100M.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A JOHN DEERE 5100M TRACTOR AND A JOHN DEERE 6130M TRACTOR.
MOTION: DAVE BERNHARDT
SECOND: EVERETT KISSLER
MOTION CARRIED
Randy explained the status of the new field staff trucks and gave the details of pickups being replaced.
MOVE TO APPROVE SELLING THE 2017 GMC SIERRA, 2017 FORD F150 AND THE 2014 FORD F250 PICKUPS.
MOTION: BRET SCHMIDT
SECOND: GARY HERMAN
MOTION CARRIED
Randy updated the board on the request from Hall Irwin regarding the Tigges/Firestein Pit. Billy explained the existing lease and the new request.
President Anders recognized retiring board member Tom Brown and thanked him for his 42 years of service to the board.
Staff Action
Randy presented a proposal from Oxy requesting pumping for their Mayer well in the WAS augmentation plan.
Randy described the Sparrow Reservoir and Pipeline project and updated the board on the progress of the construction of the reservoir.
Presidents Report
There was none.
Legislative/Education Report
There was none.
Water Quality Report
Courtney Sandoval gave a presentation on Coliform sampling.
District Report
There was none.
Secretaries Report
Randy reviewed the calendar.
A video was shown titled “As Water Levels Fall, Nebraska Looks to Dig Canal into Colorado.”
Another video, produced by School District 6, was shown featuring our 2022 summer intern, Marlen Chavez Rodriguez and Courtney Sandoval.
New Business
There was none.
MOVE TO ADJOURN.
MOTION: DAVE BERNHARDT
SECOND: EVERETT KISSLER
MOTION CARRIED
The regular meeting was adjourned at 2:11 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lynn Kramer