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<br />CHAPTEIi l <br /> <br />INTI\ODrCIOI~ <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, 1974. <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,u, Fiver ne,,' Brighton Road and <br /> <br /> <br />112th Avenue in Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 67 West. First Creek <br /> <br /> <br />Basia is located within the boundaries ()-E thE City of Aur()ra, City of <br /> <br /> <br />Denver, Adams County and Arapahoe Cou.ty. 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) \:n'''''l'tcd In Volume II. <br /> <br />? ro -,i~~~!=----_~~,:~I:~~E') <br /> <br />The Firsl Creek Drainage Study is divided into t.wo phases~ Phase A <br /> <br /> <br />and Phase B. The Phase A report, "\o/ate'( arid Drainage at First Creekll, <br /> <br />was submitted to the Urban Drain;lge al'd :7l_20d Control Dis1~rict 1n .lllly, <br /> <br />1974. The report recommended the adoptioIl of Plan A for further study <br /> <br />ill Phase B. <br /> <br />Plan A called [or tIle (O~st(u(tion of a dam in the confines <br /> <br />of the Rocky )'lounlai_1l Arsenal in ScrlJou 3J, TO\"IlShip 2 South, Eange 66 <br /> <br /> <br />West. The P,lan also ~alled for _impro~(~IG(~nl elf l_he drainage facili1~ies <br /> <br />]-1 <br />