Rooney Valley News

    Here are three positions regarding the proposed new Cardel Metro District.   Representative Taggart from Mesa County, Green Mountain Water and Sanitation Board and a citizen.     Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District, which values transparency has commented on one important aspect of the proposed Service Plan – the lack of sanitation […]

      https://youtu.be/JZ-m8cYI2oI   Above is the recording of the meeting yesterday by the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District.     The Board met for about 20 minutes in executive session with District Counsel to discuss the Solterra Litigation.  Monday the Court granted a motion finding they were a necessary party to that […]

  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89533225776   https://files.greenmountainwater.org/Document%20Center/Green%20Mountain%20Water%20&%20Sanitation%20District/Board%20Meetings/2023/Agenda/2023_0628_GMWSD_Board%20Special%20Meeting%20Agenda_Posted.pdf  

    Significant developments and a new majority forming on the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District Board leaning toward settlement?   Question mark.  Coyness and executive sessions make it hard to tell.       Karen Morgan, the new president (well deserved), has been consistently clear and transparent.  So has Dave Wiechman.   Implementing […]

      Cardel Homes applied for a metro district at Indigo in Rooney Valley in 2018.  It was denied.   Based upon the new application it should be denied again.   It is scheduled for a hearing and decision by the Lakewood City Council July 24, 2023 (next month) at 7:00 pm.   Developers […]

    The Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District meeting last night was very productive and successful.   Karen Morgan did an excellent job running the meeting in Jeff’s absence   The board had 4 outstanding candidates to replace Jeff  (who recently moved – but not too far away – and attended the meeting last […]

    A new draft agenda was published yesterday from the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District which added an agenda item “Super Majority Vote”   The past two meetings have involved some discussion about a proposal to require a “super majority vote” before considering a request from a developer outside the district to provide […]

    Brookfield has been busy taking people to court.  Here are updates on:   Brookfield trying to force Green Mountain to  provide more sewer service outside the district in violation of the service plan and without a public hearing.   The 15 year contract Brookfield entered into with Green Mountain under Adam Paul’s leadership […]

    The agenda for this evening’s meeting  emphasizes that –whether or not Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District should provide service to developers outside the district – is still an important issue.   Motion to Amend the Bylaws to require public hearing and a 4 vote majority before even considering to apply to amend […]

  The Colorado Court of Appeals reviewed the District Court’s dismissal of the Big Sky case,  said everyone was wrong and the case needs more facts before it can be decided.   Briefly the legal posture.   Green Mountain made a motion for summary judgment.  Summary judgment says here are the undisputed facts and based […]