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• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: The City of Colorado/Springs/El Paso County Drainage Criteria Manual
• Date: 11/1/1986
• Prepared By: Colorado Springs
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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2) Obtain three (3) sealed bids for constructing the facilities. If the
lowest bid exceeds the Engineer's estimated costs as indicated in the
drainage report, the City/County Engineer must review and give
approval (or disapproval) before proceeding.

3) If it is not possible to receive three bids, the developer must
obtain the City/County Engineer's approval before proceeding with
construction, and the cost and credits shall be determined at that
time.

4) The developer proceeds with construction according to the approved
plans and any changes during construction shall be discussed with the
City/County Engineer.

5) Upon completion of the construction of facilities, the developer
shall obtain a certification from a Colorado Registered Professional
Engineer that the facilities inspected are constructed in accordance
with the approved plans.

6) The developer then submits this certification along with records of
the cost of construction, i.e., a copy of the bid, as-paid bills, and
a request for probationary inspection and reimbursement credit to the
City/County Engineer.

7) The City/County Engineer wi 11 review the request, inspect the
facilities and after verification of the costs, will place the
request on the Drainage Board Agenda for formal review. The request
must be submitted to the Drainage Board two weeks before the
scheduled meeting. The letter of credit for drainage facilities may
be released at this point.

8) The Drainage Board meets on the third Thursday of each month and
reviews the requests for reimbursement after hearing from both the
City/County and the developer.

9) If the request is approved, the item is then forwarded to City
Council or the County COlTlllissioners for final approval of
reimbursement of monies from the drainage fund account.

10) If the reques tis not approved, the Dra i nage Board will set the
amount of reimbursement and developer has the right to appeal to the
City/County.

11) Reimbursements are made twice a year: on the first of June and the
first of December. Items to be heard for June disbursement must be
approved by the Drainage Board by April 1. Items to be heard for
December disbursement must be approved by the Drainage Board no later
than October 1.

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