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Commissioners ratify CWCB grant to pipe Orchard Mesa channel, enabling 38 Road bike-and-ped project
Summary
The board ratified a Colorado Water Conservation Board grant read aloud as $11,786,007.36 to pipe the Orchard Mesa check channel, which staff said would enable construction of a bike-and-pedestrian path on 38 Road; Laura Page said the grant would pay up to half the piping cost and, with an earlier TAP grant, yields roughly $2.6 million toward a project staff estimated at about $6 million; vote 3-0.
Mesa County commissioners on Jan. 27 ratified the county's acceptance of a Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) grant for the Orchard Mesa check piping that county staff said is necessary to build a bike-and-pedestrian path alongside 38 Road.
"This grant is from the Colorado Water Conservation Board that will pay for up to half of the cost to pipe the Orchard Mesa check channel that runs parallel to 38 Road," said Laura Page, engineering director (Speaker 7). Page said piping the channel would allow the county to construct the bike path above the pipe and would also improve irrigation hydraulics for Orchard Mesa Irrigation District.
Page told commissioners that, together with a previously awarded Transportation Alternatives Program grant, the county currently has "total grants of a little over $2,600,000, towards the cost of this project, which is roughly right now about $6,000,000." The transcript also records the CWCB grant amount as read into the record earlier in the item (read as $11,786,007.36); county staff did not reconcile those figures on the record.
Chair (Speaker 1) described the 38 Road corridor as a critical connection on the fruit and wine byway and said the improvements will increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists during festivals and other high-use periods.
Commissioner (Speaker 4) moved to approve the item as published; Commissioner (Speaker 6) seconded. The motion carried 3 to 0.
Next steps: staff will finalize the grant acceptance paperwork and proceed with coordination with Orchard Mesa Irrigation District and project engineering, subject to the terms of the CWCB award and easement agreements.
