BOARD00619

• Board Meeting Date: 11/23/1998
• Description: Flood Section - South Platte River Floodplain Project - Right-of-Way Action
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
, 313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADO

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MEMORANDUM

Roy Romer
Governor
James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, DNR
Daries C. lite, P.E.
Director, eWeB
Peter H. Evans
Acting Director, eweB

TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM: Larry Lang

DATE: November 23,1998

SUBJECT: Agenda Items 4.1., November 23-24, 1998 Board Meeting --
South Platte River Floodplain Project, Right-of-Way Actions

INTRODUCTION

At the November 6-7, 1995, Board Meeting, approval was given to grant requests for
easements in CWCB's Right-of-Way along the Chatfield Downstream Channel Improvement
Project on a case-by-case basis. The Board has received a request from the Colorado Department
of Transportation for a permanent easement or real estate agreement. This request is for the
construction of stormwater drainage systems, and a segment of roadway across the CWCB's project
right-of-way (ROW).

DISCUSSION

THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CDOT) request - The CDOT
request (Sub acct. No. 91051) is for the construction of a segment of the new Santa Fe Drive -
Prince Street intersection on the CWCB Project ROW. This proposed phase of construction is
located downstream of the existing Prince Street interchange in the right overbank areas. The re-
alignment design for the frontage road for the Santa Fe Drive project will require approximately 9
acres of CWCB lands.

The CDOT request dated September 10, 1998 and the site map are attached.

There is much re-construction for the Prince and Santa Fe intersection. The Board staff has visited
the project on a nwnber of inspections. On November 20, 1998, the Board staff reviewed the
CDOT request. The staff findings from the inspection are as follows:

. 1. The Prince Street intersection project is constructed within the CDOT right-of-way;