Agenda Date: 01/15/2019
Subject:
Title
A resolution authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement between the city and the Colorado Department of Transportation for reimbursement of costs associated with the engineering design of a permanent water quality facility adjacent to SH 85 (Santa Fe Drive) and north of Main Street also known as Skunk Hollow
Body
Presented By:
Keith Reester, Public Works Director
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION:
Does city council support entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) for engineering design of a permanent water quality facility adjacent to Santa Fe Drive and north of Main Street?
BACKGROUND:
City staff applied for funding of $60,000 from CDOT through its Permanent Water Quality Mitigation Pool for the engineering design of a permanent water quality facility adjacent to Santa Fe Drive and north of Main Street adjacent to the Melting Pot property. CDOT offers funds for local projects that treat storm water from at least a portion of CDOT right of way. City staff has been planning a regional treatment area for the Skunk Hollow property serving the Downtown Littleton area since the 1990's but lacked adequate funding for the engineering design and construction of the facility.
The site for the water quality facility is located on vacant land owned by CDOT and the City of Littleton and no additional land acquisition is anticipated for this project. Since this site was historically used as a garbage disposal area, a cleanup of material on the surface was conducted in 2001 but the nature of potential buried material is unknown. Characterization of any hazardous material or material requiring special handling will be an initial priority of site investigations and may inform the direction of the project.
The drainage basin to the proposed facility is approximately 40 acres of historic development mostly without storm water quality treatment. The adjacent segment of Santa Fe ...
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