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Colorado Water Conservation Board Flood Protection Section Easement Guidelines July 2001 Backl!round . The Colorado Water Conservation Board has been receiv~ng and acting on requests for easements on land owned by the CWCB as part of the South Platte River Channelization Project. The Board requested that staff develop guidelines to assist with the administration of easement requests for the property owned by CWCB, In the 1980's, the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") constructed the South Platte River Channelization Project, consisting of improvements to tl1e flow of water in the channel of the South Platte River in Arapahoe County to provide drainage, fldod control and water flow regulation known as ("Channelization Project"), As part of its participation in the Channelization Project, the CWCB currently owns and controls approximately 7 miles on the South Platte River floodplain in Littleton, Colorado, The CWCB's management of this land is subject to the terms ofthe September 7,1977 and January 29,1980 Agreements ("Corps Agreements") between the CWCB and the Corps, which obligate the CWCB to operate and maintain the improv~ments, The Board has received easement requests from utility companies, special districts, developers, engineers, municipalities, environmental and recreation(ll groups and individuals, In evaluating such easement requests, the CWCB shall use the following guidelines, 1. No easement shall be granted except by action of the CWCB at a regularly scheduled board meeting, . 2. The CWCB shall evaluate all easement requests in light of its obligations under the Corps Agreements, with the top priority being flood proteption and public safety. No easement may interfere with flood protection and public safety, 3, For all easement requests, the CWCB shall consider impacts to the South Platte River conveyance lands as part of its obligation to maintain the flood ponveyance of the enlarged channel under the Corps Agreements, Exhibit A shows the Project R~creation Lands and Flood Conveyance lands, The CWCB has granted an easement for certain re~reational activities to the South Suburban Park and Recreation District, Littleton, Colorado, 4, Formal easement requests submitted to the CWCB must include: .. t e e a) Full name, address and contact information ()fthe grantee, and information regarding all interested parties and affiliates of the grantee, . e b) A detailed explanation of the proposed purposb and users) of the easement.