To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Gini Pingenot, Director, Open Spaces Department
Prepared By:
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Glen Poole, Operations Manager, Open Spaces Department
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Subject:
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High Line Canal Trail, Stormwater Transition and Management Plan Funding
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The Open Spaces Department requests the Board of County Commissioners adopt a resolution authorizing the use of $150,000 of Open Space Joint Project funds to support the High Line Canal Stormwater Transition and Management Plan (STAMP Plan).
On September 23, 2024, Open Spaces and Mile High Flood District (MHFD) staff presented a joint project request to support the STAMP Plan to the Board of County Commissioners. The Board unanimously supported moving the joint project request forward to public hearing for final approval.
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Background and Discussion: The High Line Canal is a 71-mile historic irrigation canal, recreational trail, and linear natural area. In addition to serving as a regional recreational amenity and ecological resource, many sections of the High Line Canal receive inflows of stormwater and provide stormwater conveyance capacity as part of the regions stormwater management system.
The MHFD, Denver Water, the High Line Canal Conservancy, and local agency partners have worked together since 2014 to formalize the Canal's use for stormwater management and conveyance. Given the recent transfer of ownership of significant portions of the High Line Canal to Arapahoe County, the County and the Canal Collaborative jointly determined the need to complete a canal-wide model refinement and jurisdiction-specific planning effort to support current and future management of the stormwater functions of the High Line Canal.
The STAMP planning effort will be led by the MHFD in cooperation with local agency partners. The STAMP planning process will engage the following stormwater managers within Arapahoe County, the City of Littleton, South East ...
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