Agenda Date: 04/01/2025
Subject:
Title
Resolution 33-2025: Approving an amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Littleton and the Colorado Department of Transportation for reimbursement of costs associated with the South Windermere Street over High Line Canal bridge
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities
Kimberly Dall, Assistant City Engineer
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
Does city council support amending the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) for reimbursement of costs associated with the South Windermere Street over High Line Canal bridge to terminate the current IGA?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The Windermere bridge crossing the High Line Canal was determined to need replacement based on condition assessments performed in 2021. In 2022, Littleton was awarded a federally funded grant to replace the bridge. An IGA with CDOT was approved by Resolution 54-2021 authorizing the grant funding. City staff solicited the services of Theorem Design Group, (TDG) for design services for the Windermere Street Bridge Replacement Project.
TDG proceeded with the preliminary design of the structure and preparation of the structural selection report for CDOT review. As the project progressed from preliminary to final design, the project team encountered challenges with Historic Preservation review, as well as utility conflicts and potential private property impacts.
Historic Preservation had supported the three-cell structure proposed in the preliminary design. Several months later, Historic Preservation withdrew their support of the three-cell structure, stating the new structure caused an adverse impact to the High Line Canal. The options to proceed with the project were:
1. Work with CDOT staff on an alternatives analysis to determine ...
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