Agenda Date: 04/22/2025
Subject:
Title
City Ditch Flume Structure Discussion
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities
Ryan Germeroth, Deputy Director of Public Works & Utilities
Presentations:
Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities
Ryan Germeroth, Deputy Director of Public Works & Utilities
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this item is to provide Council with an overview of the assessments done for the City Ditch flume structures owned by the City of Englewood in Lee Gulch and Slaughterhouse Gulch. In addition, a staff recommendation and options will be provided for Council input and direction.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The City of Englewood is planning to pipe the open channel City Ditch in both Slaughterhouse Gulch Park in 2025 and in Lee Gulch in a future year. Once piped, the existing flume structures that carry water in both parks will no longer be function or needed and could be abandoned and / or removed. Due to the potential removal of the flume structures, a request was made by representatives of the Littleton Historic Preservation Commission to consider keeping the flume structures. Currently neither the ditch nor the flume structures have historic designations.
City staff hired a consultant to assess the condition of the existing structures and provide scenarios on what could be done with the flumes. The scenarios analyzed include costs to repair in place, costs to maintain in place, and the costs to remove and relocate part or most of the flumes to another location. Based on the condition assessments both flume structures are leaking, have corroded steel, have spalled concrete, are missing anchor bolts, and have exposed or undermined foundations. Most of these deficiencies are rated as "serious" or "high" need in the assessment reports. The full inspection reports have been included with this summary memo...
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