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<br />CHAPTEli l <br /> <br />INTI\ODrCIOl~ <br /> <br />Authorization <br /> <br />This st_udy of drainage prahl.ems ~[l ':h~ }'ir-st Creek Basin was <br /> <br />auUlJrized under the terms of a contr<lct cl.3tf'd :3ept_embcr 2/+, 1973, <br /> <br /> <br />bet'i',"~en <br /> <br />Engiaeering Consultants, Inc., Denver. Cl)].uradoi and the {]rban Drainage <br /> <br />and Flood Control District; the City c,f Aurora, Colorado; Adams County, <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado; and Arapahoe County, Colorado. ~ot.jce to proceed with this <br /> <br /> <br />phase of the study was given in a letter from the District, dated <br /> <br /> <br />Decenber 26, 1974c <br /> <br />~lc\JdL!\r~a <br /> <br />First Creek is located in tile no].thj~asterr part of tile Denver <br /> <br /> <br />MetrJpolitan area as seen in FiglJre 1-1. E'irst Creek originates ill Sec- <br /> <br /> <br />tion 25, Township 4 South, Range 65 \\-Iest, rlew Yale Avenue and flows in a <br /> <br />northwesterly direction to the South Pla,uc Fiver ne,,' Brighton Roar! and <br /> <br /> <br />l12th Avenue in Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 67 Westc First Creek <br /> <br /> <br />Basirr is located within the boundaries ()-E thE City of Aur()ra, City of <br /> <br /> <br />Denver, Adams County and Arapahoe County. A mar showing the boundaries <br /> <br />of the basin is presented in Drawings 3 ilIld L of Volume II of this re- <br /> <br /> <br />port. The basin area is about 44.2 S{lU;l-~e milEs. Major waterways stud- <br /> <br /> <br />ied in detail include First Creek maill s-~enl (Dr.lwings 8 through 26) and <br /> <br /> <br />Tributary T (Drawings 27 through 32) j:n'''<'l'tcd In Volume IL <br /> <br />? ro -,i~~~!=---_~~,:~l:~~E') <br /> <br />The First Creek Drainage Study is divided into t.wo phases~ Phase A <br /> <br /> <br />and Phase B. The Phase A report, ll\o/ate-( arid Drainage at First Creekll, <br /> <br />was submitted to the Urban Drain;lge 31'd :7],20d Control Dis1~rict 1n .lllly, <br /> <br />1974. The report recommended the adoptioIl of Plan A for further study <br /> <br />ill Phase Be <br /> <br />Plan A called [or tIle (o~stru(tion of a dam in the confines <br /> <br />of the Rocky )'lounlai.1l Arsenal in SE'clJOU 3J, TO\"IlShip 2 South, Eange 66 <br /> <br /> <br />West. The P,lan also ~alled for .imprO~[~IG(~nl (If l.he drainage facili1~ies <br /> <br />]-1 <br />