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Board approves temporary construction easements for City Ditch Reach 2A piping work
Summary
The Water and Sewer Board approved two temporary construction easements to allow fall construction of City Ditch Reach 2A piping, including access from Saint Mary’s property and a staging area from Littleton Cemetery Association; staff said Reach 2 is being built in two phases due to alignment and stormwater coordination challenges.
The Water and Sewer Board voted to approve two temporary construction easements for the City Ditch Reach 2A piping project during its meeting.
Stephanie Ellis, an engineer with Inglewood Utilities, told the board the work will allow the pipeline to be installed within existing city ditch easements or on Littleton-owned property and that Reach 2 has been the project’s most challenging segment. “Reach 2 is within the city of Littleton…our initially proposed alignment was through BNSF property, and we were unable to get a permanent easement for that,” Ellis said, adding that the reach also requires rerouting three stormwater inlets in coordination with the city of Littleton.
Because the permanent alignment is not finalized and Littleton needs additional time to decide on stormwater outfalls, Ellis said staff has split Reach 2 into two phases. “We have decided to break Reach 2 into 2 phases of construction. Reach 2A will be under construction this fall, and that’s the focus of these agreements today,” she said. The board considered two temporary agreements tonight: a construction access easement with Saint Mary’s to gain additional working space where the ditch runs through that property, and a staging easement with the Littleton Cemetery Association to store equipment and materials near the ditch.
Ellis said the cemetery association asked that the city erect a chain-link fence around the staging perimeter during construction and that the city would level the grade on the cemetery site after construction to benefit future development of the property.
A board member asked whether separate work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — a temporary shutoff to repair a leak near the Chatfield Reservoir dam — was related to the piping project. Ellis said that Corps work is unrelated, noting the leak is on a portion of the ditch not owned by the city and is being handled by the Army Corps.
The board moved and approved the easement agreements by voice vote. Ellis told members the utilities department will return next month with a temporary occupancy permit request for BNSF Railway and that Reach 2B remains under design coordination with the city of Littleton for construction next fall.
