(July 2007) Awake The Lake Committee notifies Ronnie Sperling to discontinue any work she may be doing in regards to storage rights for the lake.

(June 2007) Awake The Lake Committee hires its own attorney, Hank Worley, as a result of a lack of communications from the Town of Palmer Lake’s attorney, Ronnie Sperling.

(May 2007) Palmer Lake Mayor Jeff Parker receives a letter from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW). DOW states the Town of Palmer Lake signed a contract in 1997 with the State of Colorado that required the Town to...

(November 7, 2006) Ballot Question 21 asking to build a pipeline from the Town of Palmer Lake’s D-3 well is presented to the voters: TOWN OF PALMER LAKE QUESTION 21 DESIGNATED ELECTED OFFICIAL DELLA GRAY 42 VALLEY CRESCENT PALMER...

(October 2006) Awake The Lake Committee member, Kim Makower, creates a spreadsheet with eight possible legal methods for accessing water for the lake. At the October meeting of the Palmer Lake Town Council, Awake The Lake Committee member Makower...

(September 2006) Palmer Lake Mayor Jeff Parker proposes building a pipeline from the town’s D-3 well to the lake. The estimated cost of the project is $450,000. Awake The Lake Committee members split evenly on endorsing the project or...

(July 2006) The lake is losing an inch of water a week due to evaporation. It is only two feet deep at its deepest point. Awake The Lake Committee continues its fund-raising efforts, selling T-shirts and engraved pavers. Awake...

(June 2006) Palmer Lake historian Jim Sawatzki tells the Town of Palmer Lake board he is producing a half-hour show for the Denver Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate on the history of summer Chautauqua meetings that were held in...

(April 2006) Voters of the Town of Palmer Lake approve a sales tax increase of approximately $75,000 annually, increasing sales taxes from 2% to 2.5%, commencing in 2007 and concluding 2017, for the exclusive use for essential fire services...

(July 2005) The pipeline from the D-2 well is turned off by the Town of Palmer Lake. Water Supervisor, Steve Orcutt states the quality of the town’s drinking water is getting “murky” as a result of non-stop pumping. Twenty-seven...