BIG
SKY – After the Big Sky Resort Area District Board of Directors unanimously approved
a resolution to put community infrastructure projects up for community vote in
order to receive funding, the board will next present a ballot with an option
to levy an additional 1 percent resort tax to be distributed between two
proposed projects.
Both
projects are proposed by the Big Sky County Water and Sewer District, the first
being an upgrade to BSCWSD Water Resource Recovery Facility, which would
increase the average day rated treatment capacity from 600,000 gallons to
910,000 gallons. Upon completion of this expansion, the water and sewer
district has made a commitment of 500 Single Family Equivalents to alleviate a
portion of the notorious workforce housing shortage.
The
second project proposal is to construct a lift station near the intersection of
highways 191 and 64 to transport wastewater from the canyon area to the WRRF. The
water and sewer district has requested up to $27 million for the first project
and $12 million for the second.
The following dates that correspond with this issue have been identified by BSRAD: