(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 LAKE, COLORADO 80133 719-481-2953 NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES TOWN OF PALMER LAKE EL PASO …
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(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 presents a chart of the eight legal methods for filling the lake, the most prominent being …
(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 opting out.
(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 The Lake Committee installs 150 engraved pavers at the north end of the lake. The fund-raiser …
(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 the Glen area just south of Palmer Lake for about 30 years, until 1910. At that …
(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 to include, but not limited to, the payment of debt and the hiring of personnel. A …
(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 acre feet of water has been pumped into the lake.
(June 2005) Awake The Lake Committee meets with Monument Mayor Bryon Glenn to gather information on how the Town of Monument filled Monument Lake. Awake The Lake Committee Project Manager Greg Cook sponsors the first Palmer Lake “Kids Fishing Derby.” Awake The Lake Committee Chair, Jeff Hulsmann meets with a group of private individuals to …
(May 2006) Awake The Lake Committee researches the legal obstacles to drilling a well for the lake.
(May 2005) (May 4th) El Paso County Commissioners provide the Town of Palmer Lake with the requested $20,000 disbursement from the County’s Conservation Trust Fund. Awake The Lake Committee Chair, Jeff Hulsmann, contacts Josh Figgs, producer of the “Three Wishes” television program requesting they fulfill the Hulsmann daughter’s wish for water in the lake. The …