Transparency Notice
Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District
Pursuant to section 32-1-809, Colorado Revised Statutes for Transparency Notices may be filed with Special District Association of Colorado. This information must be provided annually to the eligible electors of the district no later than January 15 of each year.
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District's Principal Business Office
Company
Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District,
Contact
Andrew George
Address
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO, Colorado 80227-2912
Phone
303-986-3442
District's Physical Location
Counties
Jefferson
Regular Board Meeting Information
Location
Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District Office
Address
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227-2912, Colorado
Day(s)
2nd Monday of each month
Time
7:00 p.m.
Posting Place for Meeting Notice
Location
District Website at www.bearcreekwater.org and front entryway of District Office
Address
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227-2912, Colorado 80227
Notice of Proposed Action to Fix or Increase Fees, Rates, Tolls, Penalties or Charges for Domestic Water or Sanitary Sewer Services
Location
www.bearcreekwater.org and Front Entryway of District Office
Address
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227-2912, Colorado 80227
Date
10/12/2025
Notice
Public Notice
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET AND INCREASE OF FEES AND CHARGES, INCLUDING SANITARY SEWER UTILITY RATES OF THE BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed Budget for 2026 will be submitted to the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District on October 27, 2025. The proposed Budget and discussion of increasing fees and charges, including water and sanitary sewer utility rates will be considered at a regular meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District to be held at on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM. at the District office at 2517 S. Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227. To attend and participate by telephone, please contact Andrew George, by telephone at 303-986-3442 prior to November 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM to receive the meeting to receive a link and password for the meeting.
Copies of the proposed 2026 Budget are on file in the office of the District at 2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80227, where they are open for public inspection. Any elector within the District may at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 Budget inspect the Budgets and file or register any objections thereto.
Dated: October 10, 2025
BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION
DISTRICT
By: Dale L. Miller, Chairman
Publication Date: October 10, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET AND INCREASE OF FEES AND CHARGES, INCLUDING SANITARY SEWER UTILITY RATES OF THE BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed Budget for 2026 will be submitted to the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District on October 27, 2025. The proposed Budget and discussion of increasing fees and charges, including water and sanitary sewer utility rates will be considered at a regular meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District to be held at on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM. at the District office at 2517 S. Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227. To attend and participate by telephone, please contact Andrew George, by telephone at 303-986-3442 prior to November 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM to receive the meeting to receive a link and password for the meeting.
Copies of the proposed 2026 Budget are on file in the office of the District at 2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80227, where they are open for public inspection. Any elector within the District may at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 Budget inspect the Budgets and file or register any objections thereto.
Dated: October 10, 2025
BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION
DISTRICT
By: Dale L. Miller, Chairman
Publication Date: October 10, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Current District Mill Levy
Mills
4.159
Ad Valorem Tax Revenue
Revenue reported may be incomplete or unaudited as of the date this Notice was posted.
Amount ($)
$1,017,932 (this figure is estimated and unaudited)
Date of Next Regular Election
Date
05/04/2027
Pursuant to 24-72-205 C.R.S.
The district's research and retrieval fee is $41.37 per hour
District Policy
BEAR CREEK WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT- RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AN OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS AND ADOPTING A POLICY ON RESPONDING TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS- RESOLUTION R-19-071
www.bearcreekwater.org
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COLORADO SPECIAL DISTRICT RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE, APPOINTING AN OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN, AND ADOPTING POLICIES AND FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE HANDLING OF RECORD REQUESTS UNDER THE COLORADO OPEN RECORDS ACT (“CORA”)
WHEREAS, the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District of the City of Lakewood, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (the “District”) is a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 32-1-1001(1)(h-i), C.R.S., the Board of Directors of the District (the “Board”) is responsible for the management, control and supervision of all business and affairs of the District and has the authority to appoint, hire, and retain agents; and the District is authorized pursuant to C.R.S. § 32-1-1001(1)(j)(I) to fix and from time to time to increase or decrease fees, rates, tolls, penalties, or charges for services, programs, or facilities furnished by the District; and
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes a need for a comprehensive records retention schedule for the District’s non-permanent records and the retention of those records that have long-term administrative, fiscal and historical value; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to designate an official custodian of the District’s records for the purpose of storing, maintaining, and protecting such records in accordance with state statute and to permit their inspection in an orderly and timely fashion; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-80-101 et seq., the Colorado State Archives has developed a statewide records retention schedule in cooperation with the Special District Association, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the State Auditor’s Office for special districts and other governmental entities to use and follow; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to adopt the model special district retention schedule, unless modified by Section 4 below; and
WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 24-72-200.1 et seq., (Colorado Open Records Act or CORA) requires that public documents and records be made available upon request to members of the public unless protected by an exception and allows for public entities such as special districts to charge a reasonable fee for copying such documents and for any extra work that is required to research and retrieve requested documents; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to adopt policies regarding CORA requests for documents and a fee schedule for the copying and retrieval of such documents.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Board designates the Board Secretary as the Official Custodian of public records as such term is used in C.R.S. § 24-72-202. The Official Custodian is authorized to develop such procedures as may be reasonably required for the protection of such records. On behalf of the District, the Official Custodian may charge the maximum fees allowed by law for the development of a privilege log, copies, a printout or photograph, and such other services as are authorized by law.
The Board hereby sets a charge of $33.58 per hour for research and retrieval of documents. The first hour of time spent for research and retrieval will be without charge.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all such fees and charges shall be increased or decreased for changes in the maximum rates allowed by law.
Section 2. The Official Custodian shall have the authority to designate such persons and/or organizations as it shall determine appropriate to perform any and all acts necessary to the maintenance, care, and keeping of the District’s records. This may include, and shall not be limited to, the temporary, off-site storage of such records.
Section 3. The Board hereby adopts the 2008 Colorado Special District Records Retention Schedule (“Schedule”) and all subsequent amendment, modification, and revisions.
Section 4. Unless otherwise prescribed by Statute, all District records shall be retained in accordance with the Schedule and the Board authorizes the District Secretary or the Official Custodian to submit a request to the Colorado State Archivist to adopt the Schedule. Approval from the State Archivist is legal authority for the destruction and preservation of District records. This Schedule may be amended from time to time as required by the Official Custodian or by the State Archivist.
Section 5. All District records are public records and shall be available for public inspection, unless prohibited by the exceptions of Part 2 of Title 24, Article 72, C.R.S. Inspection shall be permitted during normal hours, Monday through Friday, except on holidays, at a time set by the official custodian.
Section 6. No person shall be permitted to inspect or copy any records of the District, if, in the opinion of the Official Custodian after consultation with the District’s general counsel, such inspection or copying would be prohibited by one or more exceptions set forth in the Colorado Open Records Act.
Section 7. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, by July 1 of every five-year period after July 1, 2019, the Official Custodian shall adjust the maximum hourly fee specified in this Resolution in accordance with the percentage change over the period of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, All Items, All Urban Consumers, or its successor index as posted by the Director of Research of the Legislative Council on the website of the General Assembly.
Section 8. If any provision of this Resolution is adjudged to be unenforceable or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Resolution, it being the Board’s intension the various provisions hereof are severable.
Section 9. All acts, orders, and resolutions or parts thereof of the District’s Board which are inconsistent with or in conflict with this Resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent only of such consistency or conflict.
Section 10. The provisions of this Resolution shall take effect as of the date set forth below.
Approved and adopted this 11th day of November, 2019.
BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
By
ATTEST: Dale L. Miller, President
Jan C. Walker, Secretary
www.bearcreekwater.org
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COLORADO SPECIAL DISTRICT RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE, APPOINTING AN OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN, AND ADOPTING POLICIES AND FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE HANDLING OF RECORD REQUESTS UNDER THE COLORADO OPEN RECORDS ACT (“CORA”)
WHEREAS, the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District of the City of Lakewood, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (the “District”) is a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 32-1-1001(1)(h-i), C.R.S., the Board of Directors of the District (the “Board”) is responsible for the management, control and supervision of all business and affairs of the District and has the authority to appoint, hire, and retain agents; and the District is authorized pursuant to C.R.S. § 32-1-1001(1)(j)(I) to fix and from time to time to increase or decrease fees, rates, tolls, penalties, or charges for services, programs, or facilities furnished by the District; and
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes a need for a comprehensive records retention schedule for the District’s non-permanent records and the retention of those records that have long-term administrative, fiscal and historical value; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to designate an official custodian of the District’s records for the purpose of storing, maintaining, and protecting such records in accordance with state statute and to permit their inspection in an orderly and timely fashion; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-80-101 et seq., the Colorado State Archives has developed a statewide records retention schedule in cooperation with the Special District Association, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the State Auditor’s Office for special districts and other governmental entities to use and follow; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to adopt the model special district retention schedule, unless modified by Section 4 below; and
WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 24-72-200.1 et seq., (Colorado Open Records Act or CORA) requires that public documents and records be made available upon request to members of the public unless protected by an exception and allows for public entities such as special districts to charge a reasonable fee for copying such documents and for any extra work that is required to research and retrieve requested documents; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to adopt policies regarding CORA requests for documents and a fee schedule for the copying and retrieval of such documents.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Board designates the Board Secretary as the Official Custodian of public records as such term is used in C.R.S. § 24-72-202. The Official Custodian is authorized to develop such procedures as may be reasonably required for the protection of such records. On behalf of the District, the Official Custodian may charge the maximum fees allowed by law for the development of a privilege log, copies, a printout or photograph, and such other services as are authorized by law.
The Board hereby sets a charge of $33.58 per hour for research and retrieval of documents. The first hour of time spent for research and retrieval will be without charge.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all such fees and charges shall be increased or decreased for changes in the maximum rates allowed by law.
Section 2. The Official Custodian shall have the authority to designate such persons and/or organizations as it shall determine appropriate to perform any and all acts necessary to the maintenance, care, and keeping of the District’s records. This may include, and shall not be limited to, the temporary, off-site storage of such records.
Section 3. The Board hereby adopts the 2008 Colorado Special District Records Retention Schedule (“Schedule”) and all subsequent amendment, modification, and revisions.
Section 4. Unless otherwise prescribed by Statute, all District records shall be retained in accordance with the Schedule and the Board authorizes the District Secretary or the Official Custodian to submit a request to the Colorado State Archivist to adopt the Schedule. Approval from the State Archivist is legal authority for the destruction and preservation of District records. This Schedule may be amended from time to time as required by the Official Custodian or by the State Archivist.
Section 5. All District records are public records and shall be available for public inspection, unless prohibited by the exceptions of Part 2 of Title 24, Article 72, C.R.S. Inspection shall be permitted during normal hours, Monday through Friday, except on holidays, at a time set by the official custodian.
Section 6. No person shall be permitted to inspect or copy any records of the District, if, in the opinion of the Official Custodian after consultation with the District’s general counsel, such inspection or copying would be prohibited by one or more exceptions set forth in the Colorado Open Records Act.
Section 7. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, by July 1 of every five-year period after July 1, 2019, the Official Custodian shall adjust the maximum hourly fee specified in this Resolution in accordance with the percentage change over the period of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, All Items, All Urban Consumers, or its successor index as posted by the Director of Research of the Legislative Council on the website of the General Assembly.
Section 8. If any provision of this Resolution is adjudged to be unenforceable or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Resolution, it being the Board’s intension the various provisions hereof are severable.
Section 9. All acts, orders, and resolutions or parts thereof of the District’s Board which are inconsistent with or in conflict with this Resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent only of such consistency or conflict.
Section 10. The provisions of this Resolution shall take effect as of the date set forth below.
Approved and adopted this 11th day of November, 2019.
BEAR CREEK WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
By
ATTEST: Dale L. Miller, President
Jan C. Walker, Secretary
Records Contact
Andrew George, District Manager
303-986-3442
303-986-3442
Names of District Board Members
Board President
Name
Dale L. Miller, Vice-Chairman
Contact Info
dalemiller@bearcreekwater.org
Election
Yes, this office will be on the next regular election ballot
Board Member 2
Name
J. Barry Ebert
Contact Info
barryebert@bearcreekwater.org
Election
No, this office will not be on the next regular election ballot
Board Member 3
Name
Samuel E. Hundley
Contact Info
bearcreekwater@bearcreekwater.org
Election
Yes, this office will be on the next regular election ballot
Board Member 4
Name
Linda M. Larsson, Director
Contact Info
bearcreekwater@bearcreekwater.org
Election
No, this office will not be on the next regular election ballot
Board Member 5
Name
Neil A. Johnson, Director
Contact Info
bearcreekwater@bearcreekwater.org
Election
No, this office will not be on the next regular election ballot
Board Candidate Self-Nomination Forms
Any eligible elector of the special district who desires to be a candidate for the office of special district director must file a self-nomination and acceptance form or letter with the designated election official.
Deadline for Self-Nomination Forms
Self-nomination and acceptance forms or letters must be filed not less than 67 days before the date of the regular election. For the next regular election, the deadline is 02/26/2027.
District Election Results
The district's current election results will be posted on the website of the Colorado Secretary of State (www.sos.state.co.us) and the website indicated below, if any.
Website
Permanent Mail-In Voter Status
Absentee voting and Permanent absentee voter status (formerly Permanent Mail-In voter status): Where to obtain and return forms.
Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District Office
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227
Applications for absentee voting or for permanent absentee voter status are available from and must be returned to the Designated Election Official.
Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District Office
2517 South Flower Street, Lakewood, CO 80227
Notice Completed By
Name
Becky Johnson
Company/District
Spencer Fane LLP
Title
Paralegal
Email
bjohnson@spencerfane.com
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