Fremont Sanitation District and the Fremont County Commissioners host a public meeting on February 26th to update residents and landowners on the North Canon Sewer Improvement District.
The Board of Commissioners voted to approve creation of the local improvement district following a public hearing on November 12th. The district area is generally described as that area between York Avenue on the west, Lawrence Avenue on the east, Washington Street and the western most properties of Josie Bell Street on the south, and about 1,000 feet north of Colvin Street on the northern side. 176 homes in the area would be connected to sanitary sewer service. The area has been plagued with failing septic systems and raw sewage surfacing on the ground for a number of years. The decision by the Commissioners to create the improvement district came after they were assured that over fifty percent of the property owners had signed contracts committing to support the project.
Fremont Sanitation District Manager George Medaris recently received confirmation from the Colorado Rural Water Development Power Authority for a $2 million zero percent interest loan to help finance the project. Another $1.3 million has been received from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs in the form of a Community Development Block Grant. Residents will have to repay the loan through their monthly billings. The debt service is not to exceed $45 a month in addition to the sanitation district's regular monthly service fees.
Topics to be discussed at the meeting include a description of the project work and alternatives, the cost recent projected costs, funding sources, the construction timetable, and the projected environmental impacts. Sanitation District officials say it is important that residents within the local improvement district try to attend the meeting.
The meeting is set for Thursday evening, February 26th, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Skyline Elementary School at 9th and Washington in Canon City.
The Board of Commissioners voted to approve creation of the local improvement district following a public hearing on November 12th. The district area is generally described as that area between York Avenue on the west, Lawrence Avenue on the east, Washington Street and the western most properties of Josie Bell Street on the south, and about 1,000 feet north of Colvin Street on the northern side. 176 homes in the area would be connected to sanitary sewer service. The area has been plagued with failing septic systems and raw sewage surfacing on the ground for a number of years. The decision by the Commissioners to create the improvement district came after they were assured that over fifty percent of the property owners had signed contracts committing to support the project.
Fremont Sanitation District Manager George Medaris recently received confirmation from the Colorado Rural Water Development Power Authority for a $2 million zero percent interest loan to help finance the project. Another $1.3 million has been received from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs in the form of a Community Development Block Grant. Residents will have to repay the loan through their monthly billings. The debt service is not to exceed $45 a month in addition to the sanitation district's regular monthly service fees.
Topics to be discussed at the meeting include a description of the project work and alternatives, the cost recent projected costs, funding sources, the construction timetable, and the projected environmental impacts. Sanitation District officials say it is important that residents within the local improvement district try to attend the meeting.
The meeting is set for Thursday evening, February 26th, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Skyline Elementary School at 9th and Washington in Canon City.