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Committee advances several routine items: Metro board appointment recommendation, E‑470 lease, and a CPW farm lease
Summary
The committee supported forwarding a Metro Water Recovery board appointment, an E‑470 reclaimed‑water lease estimated to bring ~$268,000 over five years, and a small Colorado Parks & Wildlife lease tied to Aurora’s Arkansas Basin farm (staff said $31,547 cost will be passed to the farming partner).
The committee moved several smaller but formal items forward during the Nov. 20 meeting.
Appointment: The committee considered a council appointment to the Metro Water Recovery District Board to replace long‑tenured representative Greg Baker; staff recommended Marshall Brown to complete the existing term and the committee indicated support to forward the appointment to council without opposition.
E‑470 reclaimed water agreement: John Murphy presented a renewal of a prior augmentation lease for a gravel pit adjacent to E‑470. Staff said the new agreement would bring in roughly $268,000 in revenue over five years and includes an option to extend year‑to‑year by letter if the site remains unfinished; the committee approved advancing the item to study session.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife lease: Staff described an IGA for CPW tied to Aurora’s Arkansas Basin farm near Rocky Ford; staff listed discrete cost components totaling approximately $31,547 and said those costs will be passed to Aurora’s farming partner, Swink Rocky Ford Farms, through the farm lease. The committee supported moving the item to council for consideration.
Minutes and procedural items: The committee approved the minutes at the start of the meeting and had no substantive consent objections other than pulling the water supply item for discussion.
