BOARD01343

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2001
• Description: Flood Section - Review Proposed Easement Guidelines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

To;

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Prom;

Larry Lang, P.E., Chief, Flood Protection Section

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Direccor

Date:

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

July 11, 2001

Re:

Agenda Item 19b. - July 23-24, 2001, Board Meeting - Review Proposed
Easement Guidelines

Backeround
At the November 6-7, 1995 Broad Meeting, approval was given to grant requests for easements
in CWCB' right-of-way along the Chatfield Downstream Channellmprovement Project on a case
-by-case basis. At the May 22,2001 Broad Meeting, staff was requested to formalize the
operating guidelines for the administration of the lands within the Chatfield Downstream
Channellmprovement Project right-of-way,

Discnssion
Since November 1995, the staff has been performing technical reviews and providing the Board
with recommendations for easement requests under general guidelines. These guidelines
addressed the CWCB and Corps of Engineers project objectives for maintaining the design intent
for the project and the design flood conveyance of the improved flood channel. In addition,
Board is partnering with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District to provide a quality
recreational program and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District to provide an annual
maintenance program within the Board's project right-of-way. All of the Board's actions have
been perfOlmed under the operating requirements as outlined in the project "operation and
maintenance manual" by the Corps of Engineers, Omaha District dated 1990,

On June 12\h, the Board staff conducted a field tour with representatives from the South
Suburban Parks and Recreation District, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, and Corps
of Engineers to view and observe the developments on CWCB Project lands. The purpose ofthe
trip was to gather field data to assist in drafting the attached guidelines,

Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board review and comment on the attached Easement Guidelines
prepared by the Flood Protection Section dated 2001 with acceptance and approval at the
September 2001 Board Meeting,

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning