FLOOD04414

• Designation Number: 306
• County: Morgan
• Community: Wiggins
• Stream Name: Kiowa Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Kiowa Creek at Wiggins, Colorado
• Date: 5/1/1990
• Designation Date: 9/1/1990
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

February 11, 1988
Contract for Phase II of Kiowa Creek Flood Control .
Project Approved . .

The Wiggins Town Council
approved a $269,000 contract with
Rocky Mountain Constructors, Inc.,
of Englewood for Phase II of the
Kiowa Creek flood control project
Wednesday evening, February 3rd.
Phase II consists of the continuation
of the dike north of Wiggins to
highway 76. The completion date of
this part of the project is April l.
Burlington Northern Railroad
officials have requested additional
work consisting of soil cement
around the piers under the BNR
bridge and in two sections of the
track area to eliminate extreme
pressure against the bridge.
Originally the engineers on the
project estimated the soil cement
work to cost about $35,000, but
Rocky Mountain Constructors of
Englewood estimated' $70,000 would
be needed to do the additional
work. . .
The improvements requested by
BNR were not inlcuded in the
Phase II contract as additional
funds will need to 00 located.
Some opuons the town lIaS for
seeking funds include contacting the
state to see if any funding would be
available and approaching BNR
officials to see if the railroad would
help with part of the projects cost.
The town council signed an
agreement with the BNR that the
reinforcements would be completed
this year.
Also, the town agreed to look into
the cost of seeding the first phase
of the dike, scheduled for this
spring.
In other business the town council
agreed to continue the lease of the
ball park to the school district.
During the discussion of the lease it
was noted the control timers for the
sprinklers on the field will be in the
plwnbing chase . of the new
concession building.

Also it was noted lit the town
meeting that Lynn Johnson of
.Evergreen who had proposed
installing a cable tE~levision system
in Wiggins did not attend the
meeting.
HOWE!Ver Town attorney Eric
,Jorgenson told the ,cow1cil that the
15 ye<ir agreement which J olmson
proposed "Looks pretty .
reasoTUible." The agreement caJIs
for JO.tmson to pa:~ the Town .of
Wiggins a franchsie fee. of three
percent of revenue.
Mayor Forsha announced the
schedlLle of the Feb. 12 public
hearing, slated for Ft. Morgan High
School, by the U.S Department of
Energy to scope th,~ environmental
impacts of the superconducting
super collider. Mayor Forsha will
speak at the hllaring. Forsha
expre.'ised the feE:ling that the
infornl8.tion gathered by DOE
officials during the meeting will
have a lot of impact on the
selection of the site for the $4.4
billion project.
In other matters the council:
Signed a letter of intent to have
Anderson Doty and Co. of !<'t.
Morgall audit the 19117 finances.
Discussed having the annual dog
dinic in late March; possible .dates
being March 22 or J\llarch 29.
Discussed plans fCIl" the upcoming
April municipal election. The seats
are Mayor, 2 y~.ar term, and 3
trustees, four year tern1S ~ach.
Tenns expiring are Mayor, Phyllis
Forsha and 3 trustees, Mike Bates,
Bonnie Hauger and Billy Vance.
Febmuy 15 is the first day
nominating petitions can be
circulated. March 4 is the last day
someone can move into Wiggins
and become a resident for the
purpose ,ofvQti1)g. and is also the
last dll:Y to. file nominating' Petitions.
'!'he . last day to register to vote is
March 11.

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