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<br />[ <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />[ <br />I <br /> <br />SECTION! <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The preliminafyengineering design and the Master Plao for the Sou thPlatte <br />River and its corridor are presented in this report. The design aod plan <br />provides d road map for the corridor development for the next twenty years. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />f <br /> <br />The river frorn Chatfield Reservoir to the City of Brighton, 40 miles down- <br />stream, is the area represented by the work of this report. This40mile <br />reach of the South Platte River involves the land of I? local governm ental <br />jurisdictions plus thedornain of the Greenway Foundation and the State of <br />ColoradO. Thariver is the focal pointOlaterwayfor a metropolitan area <br />containing 1.8mi11ionpeople in 19i15. <br /> <br />Thisplanprovidesfortheoptimizationofthemanyconflidingusesofthe <br />South Platte River as it flows through the metropolitan area. The major <br />use of the river is drai~ag~ a~d flood cont~ol. This plan prMides a <br />desig1 w~ich will el imi~ate, or reduce the flood hazards, while enhanci~g <br />the other importa~t funct io~s of the river. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Wright Water E~gineers acknowledges the project directio~ received from Hen <br />UrbQna, and the guida~ce and helpful suggestions from Messrs. Scott Tucker, <br />Mark Hunter, Bob HofflTIaSdter, and Bill DeGroot of the Urban Drainage & <br />Flood ContrOl District. 10 add it io~. the following ind Iv iduals directed <br />the efforts for their cOOl11u~ities: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Jim Considine <br />Mr. Gary Davis <br />C011l!lissio~er O\Jllcan <br />Mr. ErnestH<noilton <br />Ms. Jeannie Rossillon <br />Mr. ~id Skifalides <br />Mr. De! Preheim <br /> <br />Adams County <br />Mams County <br />Dougl as Cou~ty <br />IIraoahof' County <br />Jefferson County <br />Ci t y an<1 County of Den~er <br />TO'1I'I1 of Co I LIllb i ~e '1~ 11 ey <br /> <br />1-1 <br /> <br />1-!r. Larry Wye~o City of Brighton <br />". Jerry Nery COll"l11erceCtty <br />". Kells Waqgo~er City of Englewood <br />w. Charlie Blosten City of LittletQ~ <br />". Eric Pahlke City of Thornton <br />". JoeShoernaker Gr-ee~way Foundat ion <br /> <br />The <br />ood <br /> <br />following i~dividuals assi sted by providing informat ion, coordinat ion <br />review during the planning process: <br /> <br />Mr. Roger Bardsley <br />r-tr. D1ckMarino <br />Mr. MinqYeh <br />Ms. Crystal Gray <br />Mr. JonCalt <br />Mr. Gary Davis <br />Mr. Dave Falconieri <br />Mr. Bruce Le1ser <br /> <br />Adlfl1sCounty <br />Adams County <br />AdiJl1sCounty <br />Adams County <br />IIrl~s County <br />Adams County <br />Adil1lsCounty <br />City Md County of Denver <br />C1ty and County of Den~er <br />City and County of Denver <br />City a~d County of Denver <br />City and County of Denver <br />COImlerceCity <br />Commerce City <br />Comnerce City <br />City of Thornton <br />Gr-ee~way Foundat ion <br />Denver Regional Council of Governments <br />DeoverRegional Council of Governments <br />Denver Regional Council of Governrnents <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Colorado Water Conse~vation Board <br />ColoradO Wate~ Co~se~vation ~ard <br />So. SllburbanMetrooolitanRecreJtion <br />drtd Par~ District <br /> <br />~. Tom ~Iel~on <br /> <br />Mr. Biil L<moot <br />"Ir. Gordon Appell <br />Mr.Bill Bates <br />Mr. Todd Teachout <br />Mr. Jonathan Stein <br />Mr. Jerry Hittlf'l11an <br />Mr. RohertP"resley <br />Mr. Jeff Shoemaker <br />Mr. Dave Meh~ <br />Mr. Gary "last <br />Mr.Larry11Jgler <br />Mr. Mark Mdtulik <br />Mr. L~rry Lang <br />Mr. Brian Hyde <br />Ms. MaryCJrter <br />