Operation Fee

The Operations Fee covers a portion of the District’s administrative and maintenance costs. The Amended and Restated Resolution Regarding Imposition of District Fees below will provide further detail regarding general District’s fees.

Maintenance Fee (charged to owners in Filing 3)

This fee is billed quarterly and will cover weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance of single family and duplex styles homes in accordance with the Access and Maintenance Easement Agreement. A summary of these services, maintenance map, and the full maintenance agreement can be viewed in our District Documents page. The Maintenance Fee is $178.00/ quarter for Single Family Detached Lots (Ovation Lots), and Duplex Lots $85.00/quarter(Villa Lots)

 Maintenance Fee Information - Ovation (SFH) & Villa (Duplex)

The Maintenance Fees are assessed on Filing 3 lots specifically described as Ovation Lots 1-16 in Block 2 and Lots 1-24 in Block 4, Barefoot Lakes – Filing No. 3, Weld County Colorado, and Villa Lots 1-28 in Block 1 and Lots 1-24 in Block 3, Barefoot Lakes – Filing No. 3, Weld County Colorado.

A purchase of a home in these areas includes the following services listed below:

All Homes, Ovation (Single-Family) & Villa (Duplex) Landscaping:

• Front yard turf only, no bed or other maintenance.

• One spring fertilization

• One spring aeration.

• Weekly mowing May through September.

• Additional mowing may be done in April and/or October based on need. No more than once every two weeks.

• Once monthly edging May through September.

• All irrigation is the responsibility of the homeowner. Including start up and winterization.

• Tree health and replacement is the responsibility of the homeowner.

Snow Removal- Ovation (Single-Family):

• Front sidewalk: 2” tolerance post storm

• Driveway: 2” tolerance post storm (if a vehicle is in the driveway snow will not be removed)

• Sidewalk to porch: 2” tolerance post storm.

Snow Removal- Villa, (Duplex):

• Front sidewalk only: 2’’ tolerance post storm • Alleys only: plowed at 2” tolerance post storm. No driveways.

• Sidewalk to porch: is the responsibility of the homeowner.

Note: Ice Melt is only used around mailbox areas

Revised: November 2024

What is the Windy Gap Firming Fee?  This is a fee for water infrastructure cost to provide a reliable water source to the Barefoot Community.

WINDY GAP FIRMING PROJECT

A water right is a right to use a portion of the public’s water resources. In Colorado, the system of prior appropriation, known as the Colorado Doctrine, governs all surface and tributary groundwater. As such, the Town of Firestone and Little Thompson Water District required the acquisition and dedication of water rights for the Barefoot community as a condition of providing service. To pay for the water shares an annual fee is charged to the individual homeowner’s lot. Since the average homeowner resides in their home for approximately seven years, this will help to minimize the impact of the cost of water so that the homeowner only pays for the time spent in their home.

What is the Windy Gap Firming Project?

This effort is a collaboration between nine municipalities, two water districts, and a power provider, working together to build Chimney Hollow Reservoir.

What is the Windy Gap Firming Fee?

This is a fee for water infrastructure cost to provide a reliable water source to Barefoot.

• Obligation: Barefoot incurred substantial costs to provide for the delivery of water to the community, including the obligation to fund a portion of infrastructure construction as part of the Windy Gap Firming Project.

• Duration: An incremental fee per lot will be collected annually for 20 years. The total fee per lot may increase for future development based on the cost of water at that time. Once the fee is assessed for your lot, it will be locked in for the duration of 20 years.

• Recipient: The annual fees collected will be remitted to the Little Thompson Water District for payments related to the Windy Gap Firming Project.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why am I paying this fee?

This fee provides the water source for your water tap due to a shortage of reliable water on the front range.

How long do we pay the Firming Fee?

The total cost of the fee per lot is currently $10,000 and it will be assessed $500 annually. You will pay this fee each year for 20 years or as long as you reside in the house. The fee will stay with the home and will transfer with the sale of your property to the new buyer. Your fee will be locked in for 20 years. Total fees assessed per lot in future years may increase based on the cost of water.

Does every homeowner have to pay the Firming Fee?

Yes, either built into the price of their home at the time of house closing or in an annually assessed payment.

What is the total cost of the project and who is paying for it?

The Windy Gap Firming Project estimated total principal cost is $670M. The most current total cost is available at northernwater.org/sf/home.

The project is being paid for by 12 project participants, Broomfield, Platte River Power Authority, Loveland, Greeley, Longmont, Erie, Little Thompson Water District, Superior, Louisville, Fort Lupton, Lafayette, Central Weld County Water District.

Who will collect my fee and how will it be collected?

St. Vrain Lakes Metro District will collect the fee through an annual assessment that will be billed to the homeowner annually. St. Vrain Lakes Metro District will pay the Little Thompson Water District from assessments received.

Can’t water conservation be used instead of an assessment?

Progress has been made through substantial conservation programs, but these measures alone are not able to meet future water demands.

Where can I learn more about the Windy Gap Firming Project?

For more information visit northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/windy-gap-project