1. Request for Sewer Service - Cottonwood EstatesCOTTONWOOD ESTATES LLC
250 SECOND s . EAST
WHITEFISH, M. 53
-253- 225
November 21, 2005
James atr'ck-City Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
RE: Request for Sewage Treatment for Cottonwood Estates
Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council members,
Cottonwood Estates LLC would lice to formally request consideration to allow Cottonwood
Estates to utifitze the Kalispell Waste dater Treatment Plant for sewage treatment purposes as
per the Interlocal agent between the City of Kalispell and Flathead Counter Water and
Sewer District No. 1 — Evergreen.
This Interlocal Agreement, dated July 25, 1990, allows the Evergreen Sewer District to ask the
City of Kalispell for additional capacity above and beyond the allocation designated for the RSID
(The subject proper is adjacent to the boundary of the RSID, but not whin the District).
Transmission of the sewage will be ut*11'0*ng the Evergreen fines, with treatment by the Kalispell
Wastewater plant.
Cottonwood Estates LLC proposes to install a new sewer main along Helena Flats Road
(beginning in front of Cottonwood Estates) and continuing to the intersection of Highway 35,
where they can connect to mains capable of delivering the necessary volume of sewage down
to the treatment facile. Cottonwood Estates subdivision VA'11 remain within Flathead coin
jurisdiction. It will be built to a County Urban Standard, complete with curb, gutter and
sidewalks. Residents of this subdivision will expect to receive County services, which include
Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department and the Flathead county Sheriffs Department.
Construction of extensions, upgrades and possible lift stations *11 all be coordinated ated with the
Sewer District's engineer and the Kalispell Public Works Department. New construction will be
built to specifications desirable by both the city and the Sewer District. The residents o
Cottonwood Estates wolf pay hook-up fees and monthly transmission tees directly to the
Evergreen Sewer District.
Please feel free to call should you have any additional concerns or questions regarding this
request_ We appreciate your consideration of this request and the lengths to which the City
Council has taken to resolve this complex issue.
Sincerely:
Wally Wi " - on
Member
C: Evergreen Sewer and Water District, Roberta Struck
Flathead County Planning and Zoning ice, Jeff Hams
Mayor Kennedy and Kalispell City Council