Castle Rock Water Commission

Meeting Minutes - Draft

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

6:00 PM

Castle Rock Water

175 Kellogg Ct., Bldg. 183

Castle Rock, CO 80109

This meeting is open to the public and will be held in a hybrid format in accordance with

Town Council Electronic Participation, Connected, and Hybrid Meeting Policy. The

in-person meeting will be held at 171 Kellogg Ct. Castle Rock CO 80109 or this meeting

can be accessed https://crgov.webex.com/crgov/j.php?

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(27926845 from video systems) or phone in by calling (720) 650-7664, meeting code 2497

499 7972. One or more Council members may also attend this meeting, during which the

items listed herein will be discussed.

CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL

5 -

Present

Chair David Hammelman, Vice Chair Tony Rathbun, Brian Gaddie, Melanie Penoyar-Perez,

and Ole Gjerde

7 -

Attendance

Mark Marlowe, Nichol Bussey , Paul Rementer, Erin Evans, Josh Hansen, Mark Henderson,

and Emily Huth

COUNCIL UPDATE

Time was allowed for Mr. Marlowe to share a council update.

COMMISSION COMMENTS

Time was allowed for Commissioner Comments.

ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS

WC 2025-044

Approval of the April 23, 2025 Meeting Minutes

Town Council Agenda Date: NA

I move to approve the Minutes as presented.

4 - Chair Hammelman, Vice Chair Rathbun, Penoyar-Perez, and Gjerde

1 - Gaddie

Yes:

Abstain:

WC 2025-045

Update on the Interview Process and Selection of New

Commission Members

Town Council Agenda Date: May 20, 2025

Mr. Marlowe shared that the interview committee met and interviewed eleven

individuals who applied to the Water Commission. The committee recommended

David Hammelman, Brian Gaddie, and Melanie Penoyar-Perez to be re-appointed

and that Kevin Snow and Edward Egnatios be appointed as new Commission

members.

Chair Hammelman welcomed Kevin Snow and Edward Egnatios as guests and

looks forward to having them on the Commission.

ACTION ITEMS (HIGH PRIORITY / TIME CRITICAL)

WC 2025-046

Resolution Approving the Second Amendment to the

Service Agreement between the Town of Castle Rock and

Burns & McDonnell Engineering for the Front Street

Downtown Connection, RWRWTC Pump Upgrades and

Liggett Road Pipe Upsize Projects [Located in various

locations throughout Castle Rock, CO]

Town Council Agenda Date: June 3, 2025

Ms. Huth explained that this agreement is for three different projects.

The first project is to construct a new 12” transmission main from the Briscoe

PRV to Wilcox Street. Currently, there is only one 12” main to support the

Downtown area. This transmission main will be an additional line to create

redundancy for that area.

Burns & McDonnell submitted 90% Design in February 2025. The additional funds

will be to complete the design in the CDOT easement area.

The second project is for the Ray Waterman Regional Water Treatment Facility

(RWRWTC). This pump station currently pumps into the Red and Green Pressure

zones and has a capacity of 8 million gallons per day (MGD). With the increase in

population and growth staff plan to increase the pumping capacity to 15 MGD.

Burns & McDonnell will evaluate the electrical, pumps, and piping needed to

increase the capacity.

The third project is for the Liggett Road Pipe Upsize project. With the upgrades

currently being done at PCWPF the existing 16” main leaving the facility is

undersized and needs to be increased to a 24” main. The original alignment ended

up having some challenges and so Burns & McDonnell is looking at different

alignment options

The original agreement including contingency was $446,050. CRW staff are

requesting an additional $149,178 for a project total of $595,228.

Commissioner Brown asked if Reuter Hess water would come through Ray

Waterman? Mr. Marlowe explained that yes, at some point, the water from RHR

and the PVWP would come through this facility.

I move to recommend Town Council approval of the Resolution as presented.

5 - Chair Hammelman, Vice Chair Rathbun, Gaddie, Penoyar-Perez, and Gjerde

Yes:

WC 2025-047

Resolution Approving a Design Agreement between Castle

Rock Water and Dewberry for the Plum Creek Diversion

Town Council Agenda Date: June 17, 2025

Ms. Evans shared that this item will be to design an upgrade for the Plum Creek

Diversion. CRW purchased the diversion in 2019 from United Water. Since that

time the diversion has continued to be unreliable due to the high sediment loading.

In times of high-water staff have had to spend a lot of hours at the diversion trying

to keep it running which often has caused long shut down periods. This diversion

is part of the critical infrastructure needed to ensure long-term water.

CRW staff have looked at many alternatives and decided that downstream

channel narrowing, in-line sloped screen, infiltration galley, lowering of wet well,

and sediment sluicing would be the best options to fix the issues.

CRW staff is ready to bring on a company to design the options selected. Through

a competitive bid process Dewberry was selected. The budget request is

$470,867 plus a 10% contingency for a total request of $517,954.

The current schedule is to have design/permitting from June 2025 to November

2026 with construction during winter 2026/2027.

I move to recommend Town Council approval of the Resolution as presented.

5 - Chair Hammelman, Vice Chair Rathbun, Gaddie, Penoyar-Perez, and Gjerde

Yes:

DIRECTOR FOLLOW-UP AND INFORMATIONAL / UPDATE ITEMS

WC 2025-048

WC 2025-049

WC 2025-050

Customer Characteristics

Town Council Agenda Date: NA

Mr. Rementer shared a presentation on the Current Customer Characteristics.

Update: Platte Valley Water Partnership

Town Council Agenda Date: NA

Mr. Marlowe shared an update on the Platte Valley Water Partnership

Update: Douglas County Water Commission Meeting

Town Council Agenda Date: NA

Mr. Marlowe explained that he gave a presentation on Castle Rock Water to the

Douglas County Water Commission at their May meeting. Mr. Marlowe will share

the presentation with the Water Commission.

WC 2025-051

Upcoming Town Council Items

Town Council Agenda Date: NA

This is a standing item that will be used to share information about projects that

are being worked on at the time of the meeting but that staff doesn’t have

information ready yet.

Mr. Marlowe shared that Dakan Ranch LLC reached out and is interested in

leasing additional water so an amendment to the agreement that Water

Commission saw in April is being presented to Town Council on June 3rd.

COMMISSIONER MEETING COMMENTS

Time was allowed for Commissioner Comments.