BOARD02337

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/2004
• Description: Flood Section - Easement Request for Semper Development Ltd. ‎(South Platte River in Littleton, CO)‎
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

~.
J
.

.

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natura! Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WWw.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:

Russell George
Executive Director

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Larry Lang, P .E., Chief, Flood Protection Section
January 15,2004
Agenda Item 6, January 27-28,2004 Board Meeting--
Easement Request for Semper Development Ltd.
(South Platte River in Littleton)

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Introduction
At the November 6-7, 1995 Board Meeting, approval was given by the Board to grant requests for
easements in CWCB's right-of-way along the Chatfield Downstream Channel Improvement Project
(Project) on a case-by-case basis. In addition, at the November 21, 2001 Board Meeting, the Board
adopted the "Easement Guidelines for the Chatfield Downstream Channel Improvement Project" dated
November 2001. The Staff has received a request from Semper Development Ltd. of Minneapolis,
Minnesota dated November 24, 2003. Semper Development Ltd. has submitted a complete CWCB
easement application. This request, if approved, will provide Semper Development Ltd. 821 Marquette
Avenue South, Suite 600, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55042 the ability to construct a 6-foot wide
sidewalk across CWCB right-of-way for a connection to the Mary Carter Greenway Trail system. This
sidewalk connection is a requirement by the City of Littleton, Colorado in the Semper Development
site/construction permit. The proposed site is north of West Belleview Avenue, on the left overbank,
on the South Platte River floodplain and outside of the limits of the 100- year floodplain.

Discussion
Semper Development Ltd. has requested a sidewalk (path) easement for a permanent access to the
South Platte River Trail (Mary Carter) System. This sidewalk is a project feature for the Semper
Development Project, which is the construction of a Walgreen Complex. During the City of Littleton
site and project permit review of the development proposal; the sidewalk (path) access was a
requirement by the City. The development does not impact any of the CWCB, Corps of Engineers, and
South Suburban Parks and Recreation District's recreational and other channel project features. The
Semper Development sidewalk project is in the CWCB right-of-way limits. CWCB staff conducted a
field inspection of the Semper Development Ltd. request on December 2, 2003.

Use for the Requested Area
The use for the CWCB land is for the construction of a 6- foot sidewalk project, which is located in left
overbank the South Platte River Floodplain. The project is a sidewalk connection to the Mary Carter
Trail system for the general public access to the proposal Walgreen Development Project. The
easement area is 6 foot wide by 63 feet long more or less. (See attached map). The proposed project will
be designed and constructed by Semper Development Ltd. The staff finds that the proposed use will
work in harmony within the CWCB project right-of-way with certain subordination requirements stated
in the easement agreement.

Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning