Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village High Line Canal Footbridge at Hampden Joint Project Application City of Cherry Hills Village Emily Black [email protected] Printed On: 10 October 2018 Joint Project Application 1 Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village Application Form Application Summary Grant Category* Select One: Joint Project Primary Contact Information* Please provide information for the primary contact for this project in the following format. Agency: Name: Title: Telephone: Email: Agency: City of Cherry Hills Village Name: Emily Black Title: Parks and Recreation Coordinator Telephone: (303) 783-2742 Email: [email protected] Project Type* Select One: Trail Project: Trail/trailhead construction or improvement, including stream/road crossings and trailhead amenities (such as parking, restrooms or shelters) Site Improvement Project: New construction, improvement, repair, or replacement of passive outdoor recreation amenities Acquisition Project: Eligible projects include fee simple acquisition of land for public open space or trails; acquisition of buffer land; acquisition of a conservation easement; and/or acquisition of water rights Other Project: Other allowable projects include stream/habitat restoration, natural re-vegetation, and water quality improvement Trail Project Project Title* High Line Canal Footbridge at Hampden Printed On: 10 October 2018 Joint Project Application 2 Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village Project Address 3800 E. Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Project Location* Select all that apply: Cherry Hills Village GPS Coordinates (Latitude in Decimal Degrees)* Example: Dove Valley Regional Park Latitude: 39.577303 39.652809 GPS Coordinates (Longitude in Decimal Degrees)* Example: Dove Valley Regional Park Longitude: -104.828850 -104.946846 Grant Request Amount* $225,000.00 Cash Match Amount* $257,215.00 Total Project Amount* Total project amount includes grant request and cash match only. Please do not include in-kind match. $522,215.00 Cash Match Percentage* Calculate cash match as % of total project cost. 49 Printed On: 10 October 2018 Joint Project Application 3 Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village Project Partners List partner agencies if applicable. Denver Water Executive Summary* Highlight key points of your proposal, such as project description, components, deliverables, need, goals, beneficiaries, planning, etc. The City of Cherry Hills Village is applying for a Joint Project Application grant to provide needed funding for the design and construction of a prefabricated footbridge and associated bridge abutment supports over the High Line Canal just south of Hampden Avenue. This bridge will connect the existing High Line Canal Trail to a new section of trail and an underpass being constructed under Hampden Avenue in 2019-2020. The underpass project is being completed in collaboration with CDOT, Arapahoe County, and the City and County of Denver, and planning began in 2013. Recently, Denver has determined that it is more cost effective to shift the planned underpass eastward from its original location. By moving the underpass farther to the east, the impacts created by the High Line Canal are minimized, and the tunnel construction costs can be reduced. The City of Cherry Hills Village had already planned to create a new trail connection to meet the new underpass. The City applied for and received an Arapahoe County Open Spaces grant in 2016 for $40,000, and a Colorado Parks and Wildlife grant for $130,000 to create the new trail, and matching funds were budgeted and carried forward each year. Due to the underpass relocation, the project will require a new configuration of this trail that includes a footbridge to cross the High Line Canal. The proposed work under this grant request consists of installing a prefabricated footbridge across the canal and includes all necessary bridge abutment work and minor trail work leading up to and exiting the footbridge. Without this footbridge, trail users will not be able to reach the new section of trail leading to the underpass. One of the goals in the City’s mission statement is to protect, maintain and enhance the network created by the park, trail and open space areas that are a major element of the Village’s environment. The proposed footbridge directly contributes to this objective, as connecting the existing path to the underpass will enhance the City’s network and improve regional connectivity. Hundreds of thousands of individuals use the High Line Canal trail on a regular basis as a recreational amenity. The trail is used for activities like walking, jogging, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and equestrian practice. However, Hampden and Colorado, two high-speed state highways, create a substantial barrier for users. Currently the High Line Canal continues north from Cherry Hills Village into Denver, but the trail bypasses the area. Users are forced to cross the south and east legs of the Hampden and Colorado intersection to reconnect to the trail in Denver. The underpass at Hampden (and another planned beneath Colorado) will provide an alternative route for users to cross and avoid motor vehicle traffic beneath the roadways. If the footbridge is not installed, the regional network will remain incomplete. Authorized Signature Certification and Authorized Signature Form* Please attach completed Certification and Authorized Signature Form as a PDF document. Form must be signed by highest authority in agency or authorized individual. Staff will email you the form. Please name your file as follows: Applicant_CertificationandAuthorizedSignatureForm.pdf City of Cherry Hills Village_CertificationandAuthorizedSignatureForm.pdf Printed On: 10 October 2018 Joint Project Application 4 Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village Project Timeline Project Timeline Form* Please attach completed Project Timeline Form as a PDF document. Staff will email you the form. Please name your file as follows: Applicant_TimelineForm.pdf City of Cherry Hills Village_TimelineForm .pdf Project Budget Budget Forms* Please attach completed Summary Budget Form and Detailed Expense Budget Form as a single PDF document. Staff will email you the form. Please name your file as follows: Applicant_BudgetForms.pdf City of Cherry Hills Village_BudgetForms.pdf Project Narrative Question 1* Describe the project goals, scope, expected results, and deliverables. Discuss the current condition of the project site and what improvements, if any, are proposed and why. Discuss how this project preserves open space, improves access to the outdoors, creates connectivity, and/or provides educational opportunities. Background - High Line Canal The High Line Canal was completed in 1883 to deliver irrigation water throughout the Denver Metro area. Denver Water acquired the High Line Canal in 1924 and in 1970 opened the High Line Canal to the public as a result of a series of local municipal agreements to maintain and safeguard the facility for recreational purposes. Today it serves as a major outdoor amenity for hundreds of thousands of users and a habitat for many different kinds of trees, plants and wildlife species, including: ducks, geese, turtles, herons, raccoons, foxes and other animals. The High Line Canal trail is a unique facility in which users can experience a rural environment in an urban setting. It is currently one of the longest continuous urban trails in the country. Background - Existing Plans to Improve Connectivity In 2010, the City joined the High Line Canal Working Group (HLCWG), a collection of representatives from several municipal and county governments, which was established to ensure and protect the unique recreation experience that the High Line Canal provides. In 2013, the HLCWG completed a feasibility study to evaluate alternative improvements to the roadway crossings of the High Line Canal at nine locations Printed On: 10 October 2018 Joint Project Application 5 Emily Black City of Cherry Hills Village throughout Arapahoe County. One of the proposed improvements was the installation of two underpasses to avoid the Hampden and Colorado intersection crossing. Hampden and Colorado are two high-speed state highways that create a substantial barrier for High Line Canal trail users. Trail users are currently required to leave the High Line Canal trail and follow Jefferson Ave. to reach the intersection at Hampden and Colorado. After crossing the south and east legs of this intersection, users then travel north along Colorado and reconnect to the trail going east in Denver. In 2015, DRCOG and CDOT approved funding for two underpasses through the transportation improvement program with a local match from Cherry Hills Village, Denver and Arapahoe County. The underpasses will provide an alternative for pedestrians and cyclists to cross and avoid motor vehicle traffic at the intersection, creating a safe, continuous routing of the trail. In 2016, the City was awarded a $40,000 grant from Arapahoe County and a $130,000 grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to build a new section of trail to connect to the Hampden Underpass. (This connection was not included in the scope of work for the transportation improvement program.) The City has budgeted an additional $127,215.00 for the acquisition of a lease and construction of the trail connecting the new underpass on the south side of Hampden Avenue. Need & Scope of Work As engineering work for the Hampden underpass has progressed over the past two years, issues were discovered