Ongoing Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Water Utilities - The Engineering Department manages the water utilities, including water tap fees, water service charges, drainage ways, lakes and irrigation ditches. A large effort has been undertaken to reconcile and continue to monitor development with single-family equivalents (SFEs) and water rights. The Engineering Department is currently developing a program in conjunction with the Village at Avon to improve the Nottingham-Puder Irrigation Ditch.
- Water Rights - The Engineering Department continues to monitor water rights as they relate to existing and future development and to investigate opportunities for the acquisition of additional water rights.
- Traffic Counts - The Engineering Department coordinates traffic counts at twenty locations within the town limits every July, including the Village at Avon.
- Town Center Plan - Implement the Town Center Plan with the design and construction of Lake Street, Main Street, Lettuce Shed Lane and other related improvements.
- Floodplain Management - Issue permits and regulate activities within the floodplain.
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