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SERIES OF 2009 --
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A RESOLUT ION Al'PR OV ING AN APPLI ATIO FOR A GRANT FO R A CITY DITCH
IMPR OVEMEN T PROJECT.
WII EREAS, th e origi nal it y Dit ch was bui lt in th e I 60's to co nvey w:it cr for irrigation and
later 10 suppl y raw ,v:11 er to Englewood's Al len Fil ter Pl ant. tl1 e Cit y of Denver and ~thcr
custom ers: and
WHEREA S, Eng lewood too k over th e portion of Cit y Uit ch tliat serves Englewood fro m
Chatfield Reservoir to Harva rd Gulch ; and
WHEREAS, th e Cit y of Denver no longer uses Wat !r north of Ha rvard G ulch an d the dit ch
end s at that loca l ion: an d
WHEREAS , Eng lewood ha < :pai red or piped nume rous areas along thi s sec ti on 1>ft hc
dit ch but th ere arc open area s of th , Cit y Di tch that are leakin g or erodi ng nnd need to be repaired
or encased : and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamati on has fund s ava il ab le under a program called "W,rter
fo r America : Ex pand , Protect , and Co nserve Our Notion 's Water Res ource s" whi ch is n mat r.hing
grant progr,m to pro vide funds for projects fo r irrigation dit ches ; and
WHEREAS , the Englewood Water Board approved th e lu ri ng of Boy le En:;ineering to
prepare an applicati on fo r th ese matc hin g fonds and recommends approval of thi s appli ca tion ru1d
grant ab'l'eement to repair or encase City Dit ch to stop th e loss of water; to p rovide add it iona l
prc:ection for improved wat er quality; and to provide funds for needed bank repairs thereby
preventin g fl ood ing , propert y damage and loss of raw water.
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COU NCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , COLOR.ADO , TH AT:
Section I City Co uncil of the City of Englewood hereby ap pro ves the a ppli ca ti on for a gran t
fo r th e City Ditch Efficiency Imp rovement Project to stop th e loss of water and provid e additio nal
prot ec tion for imp roved water qualit y and bank re pai rs to prev ent flooding, propert y damage and
loss of ra w waler.
ADOPTED AND Al'PROVED thi s 20 th day of Janu ary, 2009 .
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Louc nshia A. Ell rs, City '!er k
• I, Loucrishin A. Elli s, City Clr.rk fo r th e City of Engl ewood, Col ,,d o. hereby certify th e
above is n tru e copy ofReso lution No . _6_, Serie s of 2009
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COUNCI L COMMUNICATIO N
Date: Agenda Item: Subject :
January 20, 2009 11 Ci G ·anl Applica tion for Ci ty Ditch Effici ency
lmp rove m~r.t Pr oje ct
I nitiat ed By: I Staff liource:
U tilities Departm ent Stewart H . Fonda , Direc tor of U tiliti es
PREV IOUS COUNCI L ACTION
None
RE CO MMEN DED ACTION
The En glewood Water and Sewer Boa rd , at th eir Dece mber 9, 2008 m eeting approved the hirin g of
Bovie Engineering to p repare a grant appl ica ti on f,,r the United Stat es Burea u of Recl ama tion
Pr ogram fo r a va ri ety of City Ditch projects . Staff ·ecommends Counc il approve a reso lution
authorizing th e City of Englewood to enter into ar ag reement with the Bureau of Reclamation for a
matchi ng grant fo r a va ri ety of City Ditch projects
BACK GR OUND, ANA LYS IS, AN D ALTERNATIVES ID ENTIF IED
The ori gin al City Ditc h was built in the 1860s to convey wa ter fo r ir •;~a ti on . It was later used to
su pply raw water to Englewood 's All en Filter Pl an, th e City of D, , and other cus tomers. In
19 70, En glewood took over the portion of th e Ci ty Ditch fro m Chatfield Rese rvoir to Harva rd Gulch
that serv es Englewood . The City of Denver no longer uses water n orth of Harvard Gul ch and th e
ditch currently ends at that location. Over the years, Englewood has rep ai red or piped numerous
areas along this secti or ~f ditch.
The Bu reau of Reclamati on has fund s ava ilabl e under a program ca ll ed, "Wa ter for America·
Expand, Pro tec t, and Conserve O ur Na ti on's Water Resources." This is a matchin g gran t program
to provide funds for projects for irrigation di tches. The Englewood Water Board approved the
hi rin g of Boyle Engine eri ng to prepa re an appiication for th ese fu nds .
Open areas of the City Di tch are leaking or eroding and need to b e repa ired or encased. This
program woul d provide funds to repai r or encas, · the City D itch to st op the loss of wa ter and
provide additiona l protec ti on for improved wate, quality and provide funds for needed bank
repairs . Enclosi ng the di tch w ill prov ide a ba rri er from surface run off including storm water runoff.
Ba nk stability projects would repai r leaking ba nk:, and pr eve nt flooding, property damage and loss
of rawwa1er.
Th ese 1rojects would result in w aler savings , preven t bank sediment from slo ughing, redu ce
maint enance and impr ove wa ter quality.
FIN ANCIAL IMPACT
The Bureau ot Recla m ation Fun din g Opportu nity Grant would be for a total of $600,000 -
$300,000 l o be re cei ved from th e Bur eau of Recla mati on an d $3 00,000 fund ed by the City of
Englewood. U nder th is pr ogra m, Englewood would re ceive $100,0 00 per yea r for three yea rs .
Englewood has b ud geted $100,000 p er year fo r 2009, 2010 and 20 11 for City Ditch
Imp rovements.
In-kind serv ices ma y be su bstituted for m onetary funding to met·. the obligation . This program
would, th erefore, double the amoun t of work tha t co uld be accom plis hed by the City of Figlewood
for the sa me r,, Jney.
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