Agenda Date: 10/06/2026
Subject:
Title
Resolution 69-2026: Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between with the High Line Canal Conservancy for the 2024 grant award for High Line Canal stewardship projects regarding Phase 2 of the High Line Canal Irrigated Tree Planting Pilot Project
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From: James L. Becklenberg, City Manager Prepared by: Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities Mary Danser, City Forester Presentations: N/A
PURPOSE:
To approve a resolution authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and High Line Canal Conservancy for the 2024 grant award for High Line Canal Stewardship Projects related to Phase 2 of the High Line Canal Irrigated Tree Planting Pilot Project.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Sustainable Community with Natural Beauty; High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
Phase 2 Arapahoe County- Installation of 1.5” Irrigation Mainline, 1” PVC laterals and Appurtenances within and across the County’s High Line Canal property, as described on the AS-BUILT drawings 23268-3 Exhibit A (“Licensed Area”).
BACKGROUND:
The City of Littleton and the High Line Canal Conservancy are partnering to design and implement an irrigated tree planting pilot project on the High Line Canal. As Littleton assumes maintenance responsibilities for the Canal, including areas with unhealthy and declining tree populations, one priority is to better understand how to successfully and sustainably establish new trees on the corridor. This project will pilot the installation of permanent irrigation infrastructure within the corridor, The pilot will allow Littleton to evaluate implications for tree establishment and health, water use, and project costs, while also assessing the feasibility of implementing this approach along other segments of Canal in the future.
Prior Actions or Discussions
Arapahoe County Open Spaces Agreement passed Council 9/16/2025 as Resolution 87-2025.
Highline Canal Conservancy Agreement pass...
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