Agenda Date: 05/06/2025
Subject:
Title
Resolution 49-2025: Approving a third amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with Mile High Flood District, regarding design and construction of drainage and flood control improvements for Lee Gulch at Broadway
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities
Sarah White, Water Resources Manager
Presentations:
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PURPOSE:
Does city council approve amending the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Littleton and the Mile High Flood District regarding the design and construction of drainage and flood control improvements for Lee Gulch at Broadway, including the construction of a pedestrian underpass?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; Financial Sustainability; High-Quality Governance; Sustainable Community with Natural Beauty
DISCUSSION:
The City of Littleton and key stakeholders identify and evaluate roadway and trail locations, that would benefit from crossing safety improvements including pedestrian underpasses. Pedestrian underpasses provide trail users with infrastructure to cross under and separate from activities along the roadway, removing safety and conflict issues between trail users and motorists that are typically presented at at-grade crossings. While pedestrian underpasses provide one of the most ideal safety and operational improvements for all modes of transportation by completely removing conflicts between motorists and trails users, underpass infrastructure and associated construction unfortunately present at a higher cost and are not feasible to implement at all desirable locations without adequate funding resources.
City Staff is currently evaluating emergency repair options for a failing culvert that conveys Lee Gulch under South Broadway. During this analysis, it was recognized that there is a unique opportunity to install a pedestrian underpass beneath South Broadway incidental to the culvert repair and ...
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