FLOOD04928

• County: Denver
• County: Jefferson
• Community: Denver, Edgewater, Lakewood, Wheatridge
• Stream Name: Sloans Lake Basin
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning
• Date: 12/1/1977
• Prepared For: Denver / Lakewood
• Prepared By: UDFCD
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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SECTION VI

The drawing on Figure 3 is a preliminary idea of what could be done
with this land.

CONCEPTUAL RECREATION MASTER PLAN

HIKER/BIKER PATH AND GREENBELT

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greenbelts, a sma 11 park which wi 11 also function as a detention
f ac i 1 i ty , and a hiker-biker system that would extend from Wadsworth
Bou 1 eva rd to S loa n s Lake. Al so in this reach the City of Edgewater

There are two potential greenbelt areas. The first runs from Bethlehem
School (Vance Street) to Pierce Street. The second runs from 20th
Avenue to Sloans Lake. In these areas the storm flows are run through
an open channel whose right-of-way provides enough space for a green-
belt and the hiker/biker path.

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Right-of-way for the Sloans Lake Drainage Basin improvements provides

the space and the opportunity to develop much needed recreational

and visual amenities in the area. These amenities could include

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is proposing a park which will be located between Harlan and Gray,

south of 20th Avenue. The right-of-way for the drainage improvements

will go through this park.

In those reaches where the storm flows are run through underground

conduit the hiker/biker path will have to be located along the streets.

There are two instances where this is the case. As the path leaves

the Detention Pond park it will have to follow Vance Street south to

Bethlehem School where it will tie into the first greenbelt. The

second instance occurs as the path leaves the open space south of

Jefferson High School where it will have to rUn south along Pierce

for one block then turn east on 20th Avenue. I t wi 11 follow 20th

Avenue until it reaches the second greenbelt area which will take the

path the remainder of the way to Sloans Lake.

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The drainage right-of-way provides a great opportunity to tie to-

gether the three parks (the detention facility, Edgewater's proposed

park on 19th Avenue and Harlan Street, and Sloans Lake); the green-

belts; and a hike/biker system into one unified recreation resource

which could have a major impact upon the neighborhoods served.

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The Conceptual Recreation Master Plan on Figure 2 shows the location

and relationship of each of the facil ities.

Two basic treatments of the channel/greenbelts are possible:

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THE DETENTION FACILITY PARK

10 Where the channel is sufficiently wide with enough right-of-way

the path could be allowed to meander slightly and be located

on the channel sides. The planting of shrubs and trees should

still serve basically as screen confined to the top of the

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20 As the drainage right-of-way widens out and the cahnnel becomes

more of a swale the path should take full advantage of the space

and allowed to meander more freely in order to create a more

interesting experienceo In these areas the planting of shrubs

and trees should also be loosened up and become more naturalistic.

3. The sketches on Figure 4 are typical examples of these three

basic treatmentso

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The Oetention facility provides 7.1 acreS of right-of-way; enough

space to create a small, neighborhood park. This park would serVe

as the western focal point for the hiker/biker system shown on the

Conceptual Recreation Master Planon Figure 2.

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More study is required before definitive recommendations as to exactly

what type of facilities should be included in this park, but the possi-

bilities are many and could include such things as picnic tables,

playground equipment, skateboard track, tot lot, an area for lawn

games and sporting activities.

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