Agenda Date: 07/16/2024
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Resolution 80-2024: Approving an agreement with the City of Englewood for the City Ditch Crossing Agreement for Littleton Nichols Avenue Roadway Improvements
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James L. Becklenberg, City Manager |
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Prepared by: |
Brent Soderlin, Interim Director of Public Works & Utilities |
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Brent Thompson, City Engineer |
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Kimberly Dall, Assistant City Engineer |
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PURPOSE:
Does city council support an agreement with the City of Englewood for the City Ditch Crossing Agreement for Littleton Nichols Avenue Roadway Improvements?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The City of Englewood’s City Ditch is a critical component of Englewood’s raw water infrastructure. The City of Englewood requires an agreement for any crossing of the City Ditch to protect the critical infrastructure. The RiverPark development dedicated right of way to the City of Littleton to construct Nichols Avenue as part of the Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue Operational Improvement Project. The Nichols Avenue right of way and roadway improvements will cross the relocated City Ditch, an agreement is needed to allow the crossing of the roadway and piped ditch.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Englewood’s City Ditch is a critical component of Englewood’s raw water infrastructure. The ditch traverses the parcels being developed at the southwest corner of Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue. Both the Santa Fe Park and RiverPark developments proposed to relocate the ditch for better use of the properties.
The Santa Fe Park development is currently under construction; the development has relocated a portion of the City Ditch from an open ditch to a pipe within an exclusive easement adjacent to Santa Fe Drive.
The proposed RiverPark development will also relocate a portion of the City Ditch adjacent to Santa Fe Drive. RiverPark’s recorded plat dedicated an exclusive easement for the relocated ditch, as well as right of way for the proposed operational improvements to Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue. The plat also dedicated right of way for Nichols Avenue and Platte River Parkway for the construction of the quadrant road, which will support the operational improvements to the Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue intersection.
The City of Englewood requires an agreement for any crossing of the City Ditch to protect the critical infrastructure. The Nichols Avenue right of way and roadway improvements will cross the relocated City Ditch, an agreement is needed to allow the crossing of the roadway and piped ditch.
City of Littleton staff and counsel collaborated with Englewood staff and counsel to draft the City Ditch Crossing Agreement for Littleton Nichols Avenue Roadway Improvements. The license agreement authorizes the construction of Nichols Avenue across the City Ditch easement and includes provisions to protect both the ditch and roadway infrastructure.
The agreement was presented to the City of Englewood Water and Sewer Board at the June 11, 2024 meeting and approved. The agreement is now before City of Littleton City Council for consideration.
Prior Actions or Discussions
The Santa Fe Park and RiverPark developments have been presented to council for approval; no prior action has been taken with regards to City Ditch in this location. The City of Littleton has previously entered into agreements with the City of Englewood for the crossing of City Ditch elsewhere.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The agreement does not include a fee. The agreement specifies responsibilities for repairs and costs should they be needed.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the agreement with the City of Englewood.
ALTERNATIVES:
The City Ditch will be located adjacent to Santa Fe Drive from Mineral Avenue south to the Santa Fe Park development. Should the agreement not be approved, no public roadway improvements connecting to Santa Fe Drive would be permitted to be constructed within the RiverPark development, including the quadrant road. Authorization from the City of Englewood would be needed for any work within the exclusive City Ditch easement.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to approve Resolution 80-2024 approving the agreement with the City of Englewood for the City Ditch Crossing Agreement for Littleton Nichols Avenue Roadway Improvements.