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08.14.13 Hwy93 disposal entire CITY OF BOULDER OPEN SPACE BOARD OF TRUSTEESAGENDA ITEM MEETING DATE:August 14, 2013 AGENDA TITLE: Consideration of a motion to approve disposal of Open Space and Mountain Parks land described as a permanent easement onapproximately 34,747 square feet,or about 0.798 acres,to Public Service Company of Colorado and CenturyLink to place power poles on the East Ruddproperty for the purpose of facilitating the construction of the planned Community Ditch Trail underpass at State Highway 93.This is a disposal of Open Space land under City Charter Section 177. PRESENTER/S: Michael D. Patton, Director, Open Space and Mountain Parks JamesL. Reeder, Land andVisitor Services Division Manager James S. Schmidt, Property Agent EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Currently,Public Service Company (PSCo) of Colorado has an electric power line and supporting poles that cross the area where the planned Community Ditch Trail underpass at State Highway (SH) 93 will be constructed. There are three poles that need to be relocated onto the Open Space and MountainParks (OSMP) property known as East Rudd. The poles cannot be relocated within Colorado Departmentof Transportation (CDOT) right-of-way (ROW) due to the grade differences and tight layout that will exist between the ditch, trail, underpassand retaining walls.Also, the highway itself will be widened to accommodate bike paths on both sides of the highway. At the present time, CenturyLink has a buried fiber cable in the CDOT ROWon SH93. The building of the trail underpass will require this cable to be realigned andstrung on the new power poles whichPSCo will erect for its power line. AGENDA ITEM 6 PAGE 1 STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff requeststhat the Open Space Board of Trusteespass a motion toapprove, and recommend that City Councilpass a motion approving,the disposal of Open Space land described as a permanenteasement approximately 34,747square feet,or about 0.798acres, onthe East Rudd Open Space propertytoPublic Service Company of Coloradoand CenturyLink forthe placement of power polesfor an electric power line and media cable across the East Ruddproperty in order to facilitatethe construction of the planned Community Ditch Trail underpass at State Highway 93. COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND IMPACTS Economic –This easementwill facilitate the construction of the Community Ditch Trail underpass and widening of SH 93. Both are likely to entice more people to visit and do business in Boulder. Environmental –There are always environmental impacts associated with the construction of infrastructure on OSMP lands. However, OSMP staff continues to work with PSCoand CenturyLink to minimize any potential impacts of this project. These pole relocations add very little impact to thisproject. Social-There are no known negative social impacts associated with this easement. The building of the Community Ditch underpass will greatly benefit the Open Space trail connectivity in this region of the system and greatly increase the safety of trail users. OTHER IMPACTS Fiscal –This easementwill have no fiscal impact on the city. The poles are being relocated at PSCo’s expense. Staff time –The only staff time involved is the time needed to create the easement document and pole relocation monitoring. PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROCESS This item is being heard as part of this public meetingadvertised in the Daily Camera on August 11, 2013.A Notice of Disposal of Open Space lands was published in the Daily Cameraon August 2 and3, 2013 pursuant to Section 177 of the City Charter. BACKGROUND Currently, PSCo of Coloradohas an electric power line and supporting poles that cross the area where the planned Community Ditch Trail underpass at SH 93 will be constructed. There are three poles supporting the line that are presently in CDOT ROWthat need to be relocated to allow for the construction of the planned trail underpass and the widening of the highway.The wider highway will accommodate multi-modal traffic (bikes) in a much safer manner than is possible today. The affectedOSMP property is known as East Rudd. In addition, CenturyLinkhas a buried fiber cable in the CDOT ROW in this same area. The building of the trail underpass will require this cable to be realigned and strung on the new power poles which PSCo will erect for its power line. 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