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<br />; <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />B.9 Install infarmational and directional signs <br /> <br />B. 10 Restore riverbanks at various locations <br /> <br />~ <br />c;> <br />o <br />c:::I <br />f..... <br />00 <br /> <br />Location: Throughout the River corridor. <br /> <br />Benelits: Signs will help people find their way along the River <br />corridor and know about adjacent parts of the City. <br /> <br />Resources: City and County of Denver <br /> <br />Who is responsible lor making this happen: <br />Denver Parks and Recreation (Contact: Neil Sperandeo, <br />964-2536) <br /> <br />Next Steps: <br />Start work in 1995. <br /> <br />Time Irame: Beginning in 1995 and over the nexl several years <br /> <br />Briel description and background: The sile at 8th and <br />Zuni, where there once was a Chevron gas station, was <br />purchased jointly by Urban Drainage and the City and <br />County of Denver in 1993 and is now owned by Denver. <br />The site is 10 be cleaned up, asphalt paving to be <br />removed, river overbank area above the tree line to be <br />sloped back at a 3:1 slope or flatter. existing deteriorated <br />retaining walls 10 be shortened. and the entire site reveg- <br />elaled with nalive grasses. Colorado Departmenl of <br />Transporlalion (COOT) owns properly immediately <br />north of this site. COOT will be asked by Urban <br />Drainage in 1995 to permit similar river bank cleanup <br />and regrading to enhance safety, river accessibility and <br />aesthetics. No cash contribution is expected from COOT, <br />however, the dedication of easement or right-of-access <br />and work licenses will be needed from them. <br /> <br />Time Irame: Begin in 1995. <br /> <br />Briel description and background: Signs that give direction or <br />other i.nformation along the River corridor are largely missing. <br />This project would construct such signs throughout the corri- <br />dor. <br /> <br />An existing natural sand and gravel bar area on the west <br />bank al Rockmont Park is being undermined by Ihe <br />river's annual floods and may be eroded out. The river <br />bank of this sand and gravel bar will be regraded at a <br />flalter slope, lined wilh riprap. riprap will be covered <br />wilh in-silu soils, lopsoil applied, revegetated wilh <br />native grasses and the toe of the slope live-staked with <br />\\!illow. <br /> <br />'''''/It:,-atiIlC '2(J(J(J: A Vi(it'lf (",. tiff: S,mth 'P!attj~ 'Rilll:" <br />