[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: FW: South Boulder Creek Flood Protection

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Sender: Jones, Suzanne

Dear All—

Am forwarding this message to all of you that I received from the Chair of WRAB, which is relevant to tonight’s discussion.

Cheers,
Zan

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From: Johnson, Dan L (Denver)<mailto:dan.johnson at aecom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 9:22 AM
To: Jones, Suzanne<mailto:JonesS at bouldercolorado.gov>; John Gerstle<mailto:johnhgerstle at gmail.com>
Cc: Arthur, Jeff<mailto:ArthurJ at bouldercolorado.gov>
Subject: South Boulder Creek Flood Protection

Dear Suzanne and John,

I understand that this evening’s BVCP Joint Study Session Part 3 includes the South Boulder Creek Flood Mitigation Project. This project was reviewed, deliberated, and passed by the WRAB over the period December 2009 to July 2015.

At our regular January meeting (last evening) the WRAB discussed concerns about Option D expressed in recent public meetings and in a memorandum (01/17/17) by Save South Boulder Now. The conclusion of the discussion was unanimous agreement that our six-year evaluation process and selection of Option D is still valid. We recommend that the project be included in the BVCP.
The WRAB understands that the current design was sufficient only to select a general concept and initiate negotiations with CDOT and CU and further studies. We envision modifications to Option D will occur as the property negotiations, impact studies, environmental evaluations, permitting activities, and preliminary designs progress.

The WRAB is aware of the property damage and risk to human life that can be mitigated by completion of the project before the next flood - we are not aware of when the next flood will occur.

Sincerely,
Dan Johnson
Chairperson of WRAB