It is the hope of both sides, however, that a decision will be reached sooner than that based upon the motions filed by the parties. A meeting was held with the new judge in the case, Judge Timbreza, late last month and a trial date was set for early June, 2017. S.The legal challenge to the Grand Valley Drainage District fee by the Chamber and Mesa County continues to wind its way through the court system.587: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act 1777: Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009 3123, Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2009 1321: Water Accountability Tax Efficiency Reinvestment Act of 2009 1215: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act Reneweble Water Resources to Front Range project.Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2009.Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP).Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District.Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District.6462: Water and Agriculture Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012 5892: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012 3680: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012 3481: Lower Colorado Protection Act of 2009 2842: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011 2288: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010 2018: The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 Colorado Wyoming Cooperative Water Supply Project.Colorado Water Quality Control Commission.Colorado River Water Conservation District.Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.Central Colorado Water Conservancy District.Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority.51st State Initiative (North Colorado Secession).The bills are expected to go out at the end of March.Ģ007 Shortage Sharing Agreement Animas River Watershed Arkansas Basin Blue River Watershed Bureau of Reclamation Colorado-Big Thompson Project Colorado River Basin Colorado River Compact Colorado Water Plan Conservation CWCB Denver Basin Aquifer System Denver Water Dolores River Watershed Drought Contingency Plans (DCP) Education Endangered/Threatened Species Energy Policy Environmental Protection Agency Fountain Creek Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Fryingpan Watershed General Interest Green River Basin Groundwater Gunnison River Basin Hydroelectric/Hydropower IBCC - Basin Roundtables Instream flow Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Nuclear Oil and Methane Gas Pipeline Projects Poudre River Watershed Prior appropriation Restoration/reclamation Rio Grande Basin Roaring Fork Watershed San Juan Basin South Platte Basin Stormwater Transmountain/transbasin diversions Uncategorized Wastewater Water Education Colorado Water Law Water Pollution Water Treatment Whitewater Yampa River Basin Coyote Gulch Archives Businesses, government buildings, nonprofits and others will be charged $36 a year, per 2,500 feet of impervious surface. Most homeowners will receive bills for $36 a year. The district in the meantime is proceeding with plans to bill property owners within its boundaries for storm-water improvements. “There’s a direct correlation between building permits and demand for drainage services,” Ryan said. Under the framework approved by the Drainage District board, the fee will remain at $125 per unit - or 2,500 square feet of impervious surface - until the pace of development picks up.įor every 10 percent increase in the value of building permits, the development fee will increase 25 percent, Ryan said. “I appreciate the district’s recognition of the fragility of the economy, but this isn’t doing away with the impact fee, which is what the chamber originally asked for,” said Diane Schwenke, president and chief executive officer of the chamber. The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce said they would be burdensome during an economic downturn. The development-impact fees were a sticking point between the district and critics of the fees. Some businesses in the district already have paid fees based on the $500-per-equivalent-residential unit, and any fees over $125 per unit will be repaid by the end of April, General Manager Tim Ryan said. The district approved the reduction of the fee from $500 to $125 per equivalent-residential unit but also left open a way to increase the fee as economic times improve. The Grand Valley Drainage District has slashed a fee it planned to levy on new construction to pay for storm-water improvements. From The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (Gary Harmon):
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