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CRDINANCE NO. 3 7
SERIES OF 198_2 __
BY AlJl'HORl'l'Y
COUNCIL BILL NO . 38
IN'J'ROOUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER NEAL
AN CRDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT WI'l'H '!'HE GEOLCX;ICAL SURVEY , ll-H'l'ED S'l'A'l'ES
DEPAR™ENI' OF IN'l'ER IOR AND 'l't!E CI'l'Y 01,' Ll'rru:roo , srA'l'E OF COLORAOO , 'l'O
;)£FINE AND UNDERSTAN D HYDRAULIC CONDITIOOS OF THE SOlJl'H PLA"rrE RIVER .
WHERFAS , the Cities of Engle.ood and Little ton o"'1 a nd operate t he
Bi -City Sewage Treat ment Plant wtiich d i schar ges into the So uth Platte River ;
and
Wlll:.'RFAS, t he State of Colo r ado exercises ce r tain governmental authority
ove , the So uth Platte River ; a nd
WHERFAS , in orde r to prope r ly manage the Bi·-City Treatment Plant and
govern the South Platte River, it is necessar y for additional information
concerning the So uth Platte Ri ver ; and
\'IIIEREAS , the Geological St:;vey, United States l)'.)partment of Interior is
technically capable of studying t he Sou th Platte River.
N0.-1 , THEREFORE , BE !'I' ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF '!'HE CI'l'Y OF
ENGLE.WOOD :
Se ction 1. An agreement with the Geo logical ~rvey , United Stat es Department
of Inte rio r , the City of Littleton , Co lorado , a nd the Ci ty of Engle-..:,od ,
Co l o rado , dated August l , 198 2 titled "Department of Interior Geological
survey Joint Fundi ng ~reement for Wate r Resou rces Invest i gation", consisting
o f 15 pages , is hereby ratified and approved , a copy of wtiich is attached
he re to and inco rporated he re in by refe re nce as Exhibit "A".
Section 2. The ag r eement described in Section l generally provides as
fol lows:
a . The Geological Survey shall pe rform a study to def ine and understand
hyd raulic cond iti ons and processes Ylhi ch i nfluence reaeration rates and waste
assimilative capacity of the So th Platte Rive r during steady-state low-flow
cvnditions .
b. The Cit i es of Engl e 1,QOd and Litt leton shall pay a t ota l combined
amo11nt of $104 ,850 . The Geo lo.,ical Su rvey also shall pay $104 ,850 for the
study.
c . Approxima t ely 14 pages of technical informati on rela ting to the
"lfl thodology are found in the agreement. Field measureme nts shall be made ,
reaeration rates shall be stud i ed , river t rave l time measured , mixing zone
determined , benthic demand information co llected . Weekly ciata of t he State
of Colorado and the Bi-City Plant will be used to dete rmin e s,,asonal
variation . The data will be analyzed , includ ing 450 mod . sim ilation r ur.~.
The re sults of the study shall be made kno"'1 in r eports .c' the Ci ties o f
Engl e.ood a nd Littleton and the State of Colorado .
Sec tion 3. That the City Counc il o f the City of Eng le...,od he r e by autho r !,:es
the mayor to sign for and in behalf of the Ci t\' of Eng l e...,od and authori ze.,
t he City Clerk-'l'r easure r to attes t the same .
Sec ti on 4, A copy of the fo r eg o ing o rdinance and agreement a r e on f ile in
the C1 ty Cl e r k 's o ff i ce at 3400 S. Ela ti Street, Eng le""'°d , Co l o rado ,
ava ila ble for inspection during normal busi ness ho ur s.
I nt roduced , r ead in full, an d pa ssed on fir st reading on the 2nd day o f
Aug ust , 1982
Pllbl i s hed as a Bi ll fo r an Ordinance on the 11th da y of Aug ust , 1982 ,
Read by t itle antl c•ssed on final reading on the 7..ih_ day of
~tember , 1982 .
P\J blished by t i tle as Ord inance No .
~ day o f Se ptember, 1962 .
Attest:
/s / Gary R. Hi gbee
ex off i c io City Clerk -Treasure r
37 Se ri es of 1982 , on t he
/s / Eu ge ne L. Otis
Euge ne L. Oti s , Mayor
I , Ga r y R. Hi gbee , ex o f f i cio Ci t y Cl e rk-Treasure r o f the City o f
Engle...,od , Colo r ado , he r eby ce rtify that the above and fo regoi ng is a true ,
acc ur ate and complete copy of the Ordinance passed on final readi ng and
pub li s hed by title as Ordi nance No ._3_7 __ , Se ri es of 1982 ,
/s / Gary R. Higbee
Ga r y R. Hi gbee
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