Englewood board approves $2.53 million stormwater supplement, recommends water-line design
The supplement allocates $1.19 million to Old Hampden utility work and $1.34 million to stormwater’s share of city-facility improvements; a separate proposal would fund design of a backup water connection and drainage work.
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Englewood’s Water and Sewer Board approved a $2.53 million budget supplement for Old Hampden utility improvements and stormwater-related work at city facilities, and recommended a separate $408,803 design-services agreement for a backup water connection and drainage improvements near the Allen Water Treatment Plant at its Oct. 13 meeting.
The agenda packet allocates $1,188,756 to Old Hampden Utilities Improvements, Phase 2, and $1,343,345 to the stormwater share of improvements at the city’s Service Center and Allen plant. The latter is 12% of the facilities project, calculated according to the share of utility staff assigned to storm drainage.
The Old Hampden allocation covers an approved construction contract and a staff-managed contingency. Staff said the work was underway but delayed by utility conflicts and a sewer-line issue, with roads expected to reopen in another four to six weeks. The allocation is for utility improvements; it does not establish that the separate Complete Streets project has been restored.
The proposed design would add a redundant water connection to Pressure Zone 2, providing another feed if the Bellevue transmission main fails. It would also plan drainage improvements to address recurring flooding near LePan by routing more runoff through a gravity system toward Shenango. Staff said the work should improve conditions in more frequent storms, but would not prevent flooding in every storm.
The board recommended the $408,803 design agreement to City Council, which was scheduled to consider it Oct. 19. The packet lists proposed design milestones of preliminary design in October, 60% design in November, and 90% design and a bid package in December 2026. Staff described construction costs only as “a couple million at least”; the packet says design is expected to produce a more developed estimate and gives no construction schedule.