(Lyn's note: Please feel free to send us any pictures you'd like included. Here's the link to this week's Pictures of the Week.)
http://carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-the-week-21021.html
http://carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-the-week-21021.html
Photo by Noah D'Aliesio
Here are your bonus rounds from Herbert.
http://aneyeonyouproduction.com/11821-sunset.html
Here are your bonus rounds from Herbert.
http://aneyeonyouproduction.com/11821-sunset.html
Photos by Herbert Hitchon
Here is the link to the Maricopa County & Rural/Metro emergency
preparedness presentation from 6/27/19. This is good info to keep saved
on your computer.
Emergency Preparedness Presentation by R/M & County: 6/27/19
http://carefreetruth2.com/carefree-truth-763.html
Correction:
Carefree began it's town-wide fire protection contract with Rural/Metro in 2007, not 2012. My memory of the number of 5 year contracts was faulty. The time flies!
Thanks for including William’s pics! He loves that park!
Paulie Fabian
(Lyn's note: Paulie is the mom of the cute little boy in the Carefree Gardens playground featured in last week's pics of the week.)
I have been following Carefree's ongoing water saga and very strongly support all that is being done to bring the "westside users" into the Carefree system. Being very familiar with the efforts of many administrations to correct the basic shortcomings of the original water company, I believe the current efforts must succeed.
Hope you and Herb are doing well, and Carefree is very fortunate that you
continue to provide the citizens of the town with thoughtful and accurate information.
Best,
Wayne Fulcher
(Lyn's note: Wayne is a past Mayor of Carefree.)
Hi Lyn,
Can you please post this on Carefree Truth? We just sent this out on COINS.
Thank you,
Alex Orozco
Communications Coordinator
Town of Carefree
COINS
Important Water Meeting
Water Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
On February 9th at 4 PM a public meeting of the Carefree Utility Community Facility District (UCFD) will be held via Zoom to provide an update to our citizens on Carefree’s acquisition of those neighborhoods served potable water by the Town of Cave Creek. A discussion on the scope of the project, next steps, costs, benefits and impacts on water rates will be included. The overarching goal of this water integration will be to ensure that all Carefree residents have representation over their water resources while providing for the greatest public good.
Here’s the access to the UCFD meeting at 4 PM on February 9th.
Please copy and paste the link provided below into your web browser to attend:
Here is the link to the Maricopa County & Rural/Metro emergency
preparedness presentation from 6/27/19. This is good info to keep saved
on your computer.
Emergency Preparedness Presentation by R/M & County: 6/27/19
http://carefreetruth2.com/carefree-truth-763.html
Correction:
Carefree began it's town-wide fire protection contract with Rural/Metro in 2007, not 2012. My memory of the number of 5 year contracts was faulty. The time flies!
Thanks for including William’s pics! He loves that park!
Paulie Fabian
(Lyn's note: Paulie is the mom of the cute little boy in the Carefree Gardens playground featured in last week's pics of the week.)
I have been following Carefree's ongoing water saga and very strongly support all that is being done to bring the "westside users" into the Carefree system. Being very familiar with the efforts of many administrations to correct the basic shortcomings of the original water company, I believe the current efforts must succeed.
Hope you and Herb are doing well, and Carefree is very fortunate that you
continue to provide the citizens of the town with thoughtful and accurate information.
Best,
Wayne Fulcher
(Lyn's note: Wayne is a past Mayor of Carefree.)
Hi Lyn,
Can you please post this on Carefree Truth? We just sent this out on COINS.
Thank you,
Alex Orozco
Communications Coordinator
Town of Carefree
COINS
Important Water Meeting
Water Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
On February 9th at 4 PM a public meeting of the Carefree Utility Community Facility District (UCFD) will be held via Zoom to provide an update to our citizens on Carefree’s acquisition of those neighborhoods served potable water by the Town of Cave Creek. A discussion on the scope of the project, next steps, costs, benefits and impacts on water rates will be included. The overarching goal of this water integration will be to ensure that all Carefree residents have representation over their water resources while providing for the greatest public good.
Here’s the access to the UCFD meeting at 4 PM on February 9th.
Please copy and paste the link provided below into your web browser to attend:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86921484437?pwd=emlKUDdCMS9wOWM5WjIzTDh5OUdTdz09
Below is a more detailed discussion and some background on this topic.
Water Acquisition Update
As both the Town of Carefree and Carefree Water Company have done throughout the water acquisition process, incremental updates are being provided to keep Carefree residents and businesses informed as to developments as they occur. If you are new to this discussion, the “Background” and “Importance of Acquisition” sections below, will provide you with the necessary contextual information.
Current Status
As called for in an Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”), Carefree initiated a condemnation case in Superior Court in January 2019 to acquire the Cave Creek water assets serving Carefree residents, known as the “Carefree Service Area.” The IGA provided that if the parties could not agree on the compensation Carefree would pay Cave Creek for the acquisition, the matter would be submitted to a panel of Arbitrators who would decide the amount of compensation, amongst other related issues. The arbitration hearing began the last week of October, 2020 and concluded the first week of November, 2020, and the process was completed after extensive pre- and post-hearing briefings on both sides.
On Friday, December 4th, the Arbitration Panel (the “Panel”) released its “Arbitrators’ Decision on the Merits” indicating that the just compensation due to Cave Creek for the condemned assets would be $1,464,593.00, equal to Carefree’s appraisal of the assets. Following additional briefing, the Panel issued its Partial Final Award on January 14, 2021, in which a determination on attorney fees, expert fees, litigation expenses, and other costs was rendered in favor of Carefree which will be deducted from the just compensation of $1,464,593.00
Prior to the issuance of the Partial Final Award and since that time, both communities have been working on a settlement agreement designed to achieve finality, cooperation between the communities moving forward, and expeditious integration of the Carefree Service Area into the Carefree Water system. Ultimately, once both parties confirm the terms of the settlement agreement, the final amount of the payment will be determined.
Background
In 2005, Cave Creek wanted to condemn the privately owned water company servicing portions of both the Towns of Carefree and Cave Creek. As a cooperative neighboring community, Carefree agreed to permit Cave Creek to include the Carefree portion of the service territory as part of that condemnation. Without this permission, Cave Creek would not have been able to condemn the water assets located within Carefree. In return, Carefree and Cave Creek entered into a contractual arrangement called an Intergovernmental Agreement which permitted Carefree to subsequently acquire those water assets servicing portions of Carefree. In January 2019, Carefree’s acquisition process was initiated after hundreds of Carefree residents raised concerns about the water service being provided by the Cave Creek system.
Importance of Acquisition
Water resources in the Desert Southwest are critical to a community’s vitality and sustainability. This is why all local communities seek to maintain control and have representation over this limited natural resource. The 2005 Intergovernmental Agreement between Carefree and Cave Creek allowed Cave Creek to acquire the water utility system from a private water provider while also preserving Carefree’s right to later acquire the water assets serving properties within Carefree.
Today, the Carefree residents that are served by the Cave Creek system do not have a voice in the representation that controls their water resources. This acquisition will ensure that all Carefree residents have the same high quality water, that they share in the election of representatives that control these limited resources, and that Carefree’s economic and community interests are not impacted by external entities.
Aquifers do not limit themselves to artificial boundaries. Therefore the question is what long term “rights” are contained within the RVFDWID district. The report below does not provide that explanation.
John Nimsky
(Lyn's note: I referred John's question to Greg Crossman.)
There is a definite divide between the two groundwater basins in the location shown on the map. Groundwater east of the red line flows east toward the Verde River. Groundwater west of the line flows west toward Cave Creek. Consolidated crystalline and sedimentary rocks also serve as a boundary in the area of the red line. More information about groundwater basins and subbasins can be obtained from the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
No water rights per se are associated with the formation of this DWID. Those have to be established in the future. The RVFDWID formation committee indicated that they are actively pursuing the purchase of groundwater rights outside the Phoenix AMA (Active Management Area) to the west of the Phoenix metro area. That groundwater would then be “wheeled” to Scottsdale via the CAP canal for treatment and transportation to the RVFDWID’s “standpipe” for water hauling to their members/residents.
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- By phone: 669-900-6833
Below is a more detailed discussion and some background on this topic.
Water Acquisition Update
As both the Town of Carefree and Carefree Water Company have done throughout the water acquisition process, incremental updates are being provided to keep Carefree residents and businesses informed as to developments as they occur. If you are new to this discussion, the “Background” and “Importance of Acquisition” sections below, will provide you with the necessary contextual information.
Current Status
As called for in an Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”), Carefree initiated a condemnation case in Superior Court in January 2019 to acquire the Cave Creek water assets serving Carefree residents, known as the “Carefree Service Area.” The IGA provided that if the parties could not agree on the compensation Carefree would pay Cave Creek for the acquisition, the matter would be submitted to a panel of Arbitrators who would decide the amount of compensation, amongst other related issues. The arbitration hearing began the last week of October, 2020 and concluded the first week of November, 2020, and the process was completed after extensive pre- and post-hearing briefings on both sides.
On Friday, December 4th, the Arbitration Panel (the “Panel”) released its “Arbitrators’ Decision on the Merits” indicating that the just compensation due to Cave Creek for the condemned assets would be $1,464,593.00, equal to Carefree’s appraisal of the assets. Following additional briefing, the Panel issued its Partial Final Award on January 14, 2021, in which a determination on attorney fees, expert fees, litigation expenses, and other costs was rendered in favor of Carefree which will be deducted from the just compensation of $1,464,593.00
Prior to the issuance of the Partial Final Award and since that time, both communities have been working on a settlement agreement designed to achieve finality, cooperation between the communities moving forward, and expeditious integration of the Carefree Service Area into the Carefree Water system. Ultimately, once both parties confirm the terms of the settlement agreement, the final amount of the payment will be determined.
Background
In 2005, Cave Creek wanted to condemn the privately owned water company servicing portions of both the Towns of Carefree and Cave Creek. As a cooperative neighboring community, Carefree agreed to permit Cave Creek to include the Carefree portion of the service territory as part of that condemnation. Without this permission, Cave Creek would not have been able to condemn the water assets located within Carefree. In return, Carefree and Cave Creek entered into a contractual arrangement called an Intergovernmental Agreement which permitted Carefree to subsequently acquire those water assets servicing portions of Carefree. In January 2019, Carefree’s acquisition process was initiated after hundreds of Carefree residents raised concerns about the water service being provided by the Cave Creek system.
Importance of Acquisition
Water resources in the Desert Southwest are critical to a community’s vitality and sustainability. This is why all local communities seek to maintain control and have representation over this limited natural resource. The 2005 Intergovernmental Agreement between Carefree and Cave Creek allowed Cave Creek to acquire the water utility system from a private water provider while also preserving Carefree’s right to later acquire the water assets serving properties within Carefree.
Today, the Carefree residents that are served by the Cave Creek system do not have a voice in the representation that controls their water resources. This acquisition will ensure that all Carefree residents have the same high quality water, that they share in the election of representatives that control these limited resources, and that Carefree’s economic and community interests are not impacted by external entities.
Aquifers do not limit themselves to artificial boundaries. Therefore the question is what long term “rights” are contained within the RVFDWID district. The report below does not provide that explanation.
John Nimsky
(Lyn's note: I referred John's question to Greg Crossman.)
There is a definite divide between the two groundwater basins in the location shown on the map. Groundwater east of the red line flows east toward the Verde River. Groundwater west of the line flows west toward Cave Creek. Consolidated crystalline and sedimentary rocks also serve as a boundary in the area of the red line. More information about groundwater basins and subbasins can be obtained from the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
No water rights per se are associated with the formation of this DWID. Those have to be established in the future. The RVFDWID formation committee indicated that they are actively pursuing the purchase of groundwater rights outside the Phoenix AMA (Active Management Area) to the west of the Phoenix metro area. That groundwater would then be “wheeled” to Scottsdale via the CAP canal for treatment and transportation to the RVFDWID’s “standpipe” for water hauling to their members/residents.
Non profit Info:
Public event planned for retired Foothills Food Bank executive director Pam DiPietro
Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center will host a public retirement meet-and-greet event for Pam DiPietro, who recently retired as the executive director of Foothills Food Bank after 18 years of service.
The festivities will take place on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 4-6 PM at Buffalo Chip Saloon & Steakhouse, which is located at 6823 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, Ariz.
For more information or to help serve the community, call Foothills Food Bank at 480.488.1145. Foothills Food Bank is located at 6038 E. Hidden Valley Drive in Cave Creek and 34501 Old Black Canyon Highway in Black Canyon City, Ariz.
Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center will host a public retirement meet-and-greet event for Pam DiPietro, who recently retired as the executive director of Foothills Food Bank after 18 years of service.
The festivities will take place on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 4-6 PM at Buffalo Chip Saloon & Steakhouse, which is located at 6823 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, Ariz.
For more information or to help serve the community, call Foothills Food Bank at 480.488.1145. Foothills Food Bank is located at 6038 E. Hidden Valley Drive in Cave Creek and 34501 Old Black Canyon Highway in Black Canyon City, Ariz.
