To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development Department
Prepared By:
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Ryan Seacrist, CIP Program Manager
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Subject:
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Replacement of the fence adjacent to Iliff Avenue (2229 S. Alton Way, Huntington Estates)
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Purpose and Request:
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The purpose of this action is to obtain signature from the Board of County Commissioners on the "Construction License and Ownership Agreement" with the property owner at 2229 S. Alton Way, Denver, CO 80231 for the County's replacement of the existing wooden fence along Huntington Estate's frontage with Iliff Avenue with a new concrete panel wall.
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Background and Discussion: The existing wooden fence along the frontage of Huntington Estates on lliff Avenue is in a state of disrepair and needs significant maintenance. As a result, the County has been approached by Huntington Estates Homeowners Association (HOA) to perform this work. The County's initial response to the HOA was that this is the responsibility of the HOA. The County does not typically own and maintain fences within the County, but after further research PWD staff has found that the County could have some responsibility in this location. After consulting archived project files, the history of the wooden fence has become more clear. The existing wooden fence was built in the mid 80's as part of a federally funded project to widen Iliff Avenue from Quebec Street to Parker Road from the original 2-lanes to the current 4-lane configuration. The existing wooden fence was built to address impacts from the Iliff Ave. project on Huntington Estates.
The documents show that the County then accepted the constructed wooden fence. The fence was constructed in County right-of-way along six residential properties directly abutting Iliff and on the private land of one residential property, the subject property, where Iliff and the High Line Canal intersect. The existing fence ...
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