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<br />e <br /> <br />The Boulder Valley School District's (BVSD) Boulder High School <br />was located in the high hazard area of the 100-year floodplain of Boulder <br />Creek. BVSD wanted to expand the high school while at the same time <br />reducing the flood hazard. In 1990 the City of Boulder and BVSD <br />entered into a cooperative agreement, with funding assistance from the <br />District's Design and Construction Program, for a Joint Use Project <br />(project). The Project included the purchase and removal of certain flood <br />prone structures upstream from the high school, regrading of school <br />athletic fields between the high school and the creek channel to provide <br />additional conveyance through the Boulder High School property, and <br />construction of a floodproofed addition to the high school. <br /> <br />The Project resulted in the elimination of 44 residential units from <br />the high hazard area; the removal of 224 residential units, 21 non- <br />residential structures, 8 city owned buildings, and the high school from <br />the high hazard area of the Boulder Creek floodplain; and allowed the <br />BVSD to add classroom space and make some much needed changes to <br />their play fields and parking areas. The Project is owned and <br />maintained by the BVSD. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />DeGroot <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Individual Parcels <br /> <br />As noted above the City of Boulder has identified high risk flood <br />prone structures along Boulder Creek and its tributaries. The city then <br />attempts to buy those structures and remove them. The city does not use <br />eminent domain, but annually sends a notice to structure owners offering <br />to buy the structures if the owners are willing to sell. The District has <br />participated with Boulder in the acquisition of three houses along <br />Boulder Creek in this manner since 1983. <br /> <br />In 1997, Boulder Utilities, Boulder Parks and the District Design <br />and construction Program jointly acquired a residential structure along <br />GQose Creek. The lot will be utilized as a pocket park. This fulfilled the <br />requirements for shared costs, public ownership and maintenance <br />funding. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />In 1993 the District and the City of Littleton completed a flood <br />control master plan for Lower Slaughterhouse Gulch, which included the <br />acquisition and removal of four residential structures. Two of the <br />structures have since been acquired from willing sellers utili'T.ing District <br />Design and Construction Program funding matched by Littleton. <br />Littleton owns the properties, which will be utilized as open space along <br />the drainageway. <br />