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Home My WebLink About20170065.tiffLETTER OF CONCERN RESPONSE FORM DEPARTMENT: Public Works DEPARTMENT HEAD: Jay McDonald DATE LETTER RECEIVED: December 16, 2016 LETTER RECEIVED FROM: Dennis J. Hoshiko: Hoshiko Land. LLC LETTER RECEIVED VIA: Email EMAIUMAILING ADDRESS: dhoshikoC vahoo.com * * * PLEASE RESPOND WITHIN THREE DAYS. IF RESPONSE WILL BE DELAYED, PLEASE NOTIFY "CTB GROUP" BY E-MAIL. * * * RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please see the attached email sent by Elizabeth Relford with the Department of Public Works. METHOD OF RESPONSE: Board Action Work Session Letter (Attached) X Email Telephone Call No Response (Explain) Department Head Signature: Lj Yr1 M Ll P'l i G ca. ion O ( /O4 Ci M:1CTBILETTERS OF CONCERN1Forms12016 cc1 PLACER/Sm.) (G, 2016-3854 Hoshiko Land, LLC Post Office Box 119 Kersey, Colorado 80644 December 16, 2016 Mr. Jay McDonald, Director Public Works Department Weld County, Colorado P.O.B. 758 Greeley, CO 80632 SENT BY EMAIL ONLY Re: Foiuial objection to proposed acquisition of private lands for storm water detention purposes. Dear Mr. McDonald, I have been informed that the Weld County Public Works Department ("County") is planning to acquire land from Hoshiko Land, LLC ("HLLLC") in addition to what is needed for the expansion of CR 47, for the purpose creating detention ponds to contain storm water flow originating from the future Weld County Parkway ("Project"). If this is, in fact, true, then this letter constitutes formal, written notification that HLLLC strenuously objects to such plans on the basis that HLLLC will already be required to contribute more than its fair share of land for the benefit of the Project. All of land to be taken for the Project will come from the west side of CR 47 between CR 62 and CR 64, the majority of which is owned by HLLLC, instead of being taken equally from both sides of the road. In summary, for the County to propose taking additional land from IILLLC for storm water detention purposes instead of piping it directly back to the S. Platte River, as it legally should be, is unacceptable. Sincerely, HOSHIKO LAND, LLC Dennis J. Hoshiko General Manager Esther Gesick From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Commissioners, Elizabeth Relford Monday, December 19, 2016 2:11 PM Commissioners Don Warden; Jay McDonald; Don Dunker; Mike Bedell; Cinde Wright; Rebecca Dixon; Tiffane Johnson; Bruce Barker; Esther Gesick FW: Formal objection to proposed acquisition of private lands for storm water detention purposes Letter to Jay McDonald from HLLLC (12-16-16).pdf I am going to respond to Dennis' email and let him know we would be happy to meet with him to further discuss his concerns. However, I am sending you a more detailed email should you speak with him separately, since we have not met since our last work session on November 14th. As you know, staff has been meeting with the individual landowners to discuss the WCR 47 design along with their current irrigation practices. The meetings have been going very well and until we received Dennis' letter, we had no idea there was any issue related to the project. Staff has gone above and beyond to be readily available to discuss any and all concerns with the land owners along the corridor. Dennis did not attend last week's irrigation landowner meeting, but sent Hunter. So I cannot guarantee what information Hunter communicated back to Dennis. Here is what staff has been communicating: 1. Facts about WCR 47 ROW, which the arterial minimum requirement is 140'. There are some locations where additional ROW is needed to accommodate the existing irrigation, field stormwater drainage, and the newly anticipated road runoff. Based on our current design, here is a table showing proposed ROW amounts. For H Properties on the West Side of WCR 47 Existing ROW Proposed TOTAL ROW ROW to be acquired Total ROW width (existing 30' P Hoshiko 60 165 105 13 Hoshiko 60 150 90 12 Lyster 60 175 115 14 Hungenberg 60 180 120 15 Feit 60 160 100 13 2. The roadway stormwater flows are approximately 13% of the overall flows on the west side of the road. Most of the drainage flowing to the western swale is coming from the farm fields and airport. 3. The only retention area on the project is on the east side of WCR 47 north of WCR 66, for roadside drainage only. These areas can't drain anywhere now because of the topography. Currently, the drainage goes into the adjacent farm fields, which we didn't want to do, especially with increased runoff from our widened road section. In areas where we can't send the drainage south, we identified these small retention swales which are shoehorned in between the road and the ROW. Hoshiko is located south of WCR 64 on the west side, so these facilities do not affect his property. The small retention pond on the east side of WCR 66 primarily affects Lutz (also discussed at the meeting). 4. There is also a larger retention area north of WCR 66 on Feit's property, which has always drained to a low point on Feit's field (the design is based on historic drainage patterns). The water level never got high enough to overtop the road, so it's always been a retention area. The plan is to dig an actual pond in our ROW, so the water can get off his field during storm events. 1 5. There are no detention or retention area south of WCR 66, except for a small roadside swale on the East side of WCR 47, which affects Lutz and was discussed with him at the meeting. 6. All the stormwater flows south toward the Poudre River; however, these flows are intersected by the Ogilvy irrigation ditch and then to the S. Platte River. If the flows are not intercepted by the Ogilvy Ditch, there is an overflow west of the intersection in the Ogilvy that will discharge to the Poudre River. 7. The existing roadside ditch parallel to Hoshiko's property is flat. Therefore, the stormwater runoff from his farm overloads the existing roadside ditch, which typically would handle stormwater within a 140' ROW. In previous meetings, Dennis told staff his field floods when it rains because water cannot run out of his field fast enough. Staff has taken this into account and are trying to keep the stormwater flowing towards the river by conveying the water in a roadside ditch and not on his farmland. To make this happen the roadside ditch needs to be wider in this area. However, this widened area along Hoshiko's property is NOT a detention or retention pond, but is widened due to the flat longitudinal roadside ditch slope, so we can ensure the historic flows return to the S. Platte River. As we get closer to the river, the land gets flatter. 8. Piping the storm water, irrigation, and roadway stormwater flows to the river will not work as well as the designed open channel flow. All of the flows have been comingled prior to the project and as designed will remain comingled afterward. Technically, the county would only have to pipe the widened roadway flows, which is nominal. Currently, our roadside ditch receives at least three quarters of a mile of this farmland runoff and tail water from his irrigation. As we have discussed with the Commissioners, it is not our plan to install a stormwater pipe for this project. If the BOCC wants staff to consider this option, I would recommend we have a follow up work session to discuss in more detail as soon as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Thanks, Elizabeth Elizabeth Belford Transportation Manager Weld County Public Works 1111 H Street PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632-0758 Email: erelford@co.weld.co.us Office: (970) 304-6496 Ext. 3748 Mobile: (970) 673-5836 Web: http://www.co.weld.co.us Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. From: Dennis Hoshiko [mailto:dhoshiko@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 6:44 PM 2 Esther Gesick From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hi Dennis, Elizabeth Relford Monday, December 19, 2016 2:21 PM Dennis Hoshiko; Jay McDonald Don Dunker; Mike Bedell; Cinde Wright; Rebecca Dixon; Tiffane Johnson; Mike Freeman; Barbara Kirkmeyer; Sean Conway; Steve Moreno; Julie Cozad; Bruce Barker; Esther Gesick RE: Formal objection to proposed acquisition of private lands for storm water detention purposes As you know, it is Weld County's practice to work with the landowners on the minimum ROW needed to construct a project. There are no detention ponds proposed along your property for storm water conveyance. I know you were unable to attend last week's meeting, but I think it would be best for us to meet with you and explain the design, so we can ensure we are all on the same page. Please let me know what day and time works best for you, so we can get something scheduled as soon as possible. Thanks, Elizabeth Elizabeth Relford Transportation Manager Weld County Public Works 1111 H Street PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632-0758 Email: erelford@co.weld.co.us Office: (970) 304-6496 Ext..3748 Mobile: (970) 673-5836 Web: http://www.co.weld.co.us Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachments by anyone other than the named recipient is strictly prohibited. From: Dennis Hoshiko [mailto:dhoshiko@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 6:44 PM To: Jay McDonald <jmcdonald@co.weld.co.us> Cc: Don Dunker <ddunker@co.weld.co.us>; Mike Bedell <MBedell@co.weld.co.us>; Cinde Wright <cwright@co.weld.co.us>; Elizabeth Relford <erelford@co.weld.co.us>; Rebecca Dixon <rdixon@co.weld.co.us>; Tiffane Johnson <tvjohnson@co.weld.co.us>; Mike Freeman <mfreeman@co.weld.co.us>; Barbara Kirkmeyer <bkirkmeyer@co.weld.co.us>; Sean Conway <sconway@co.weld.co.us>; Steve Moreno <smoreno@co.weld.co.us>; Julie Cozad <jcozad@co.weld.co.us>; Bruce Barker <bbarker@co.weld.co.us>; Esther Gesick <egesick@co.weld.co.us> Subject: Formal objection to proposed acquisition of private lands for storm water detention purposes 1 December 21, 2016 CLERK TO THE BOARD PHONE: (970) 336-7215, Ext. 5226 FAX: (970) 336-7233 1150 O STREET P. O. BOX 758 GREELEY, COLORADO 80632 Hoshiko Land, LLC Attention: Dennis J. Hoshiko P.O. Box 119 Kersey, CO 80644 RE: RESPONSE TO FORMAL OBJECTION TO PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE LANDS FOR STORM WATER DETENTION PURPOSES To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for contacting the Weld County Clerk to the Board's Office in service of the Weld County Board of Commissioners. We have received your letter of concern and are processing it. The issue you raised is under the jurisdiction of the Weld County Department of Public Works. The department head, Jay McDonald, is directly accountable to the Weld County Board of Commissioners. Your letter has been forwarded to both the County Commissioners and the Department of Public Works. Your letter has been reviewed by Elizabeth Relford within the Department of Public Works, and she has sent an email response suggesting a meeting to discuss the County's design. Now that your letter of concern has been reviewed, the letter itself and the Weld County response will be listed on the Weld County Board of Commissioner's agenda as a communications item. You can reach the Department of Public Works at (970) 356-4000, extension 3750. If you have questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (970) 400-4225. Very truly yours, Chloe A. Rempel Deputy Clerk to the Board crempel@weldgov.com cc: PW (JM/ER) BOCC Chloe Rempel From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Jay McDonald Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:08 AM Chloe Rempel Elizabeth Relford Re: LETTER OF CONCERN - Dennis Hoshiko - Detention Ponds Chloe, I am out of state and will not return until next week. Elizabeth and her team is working on this issue. Thank you. Jay McDonald Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Chloe Rempel <crempel@co.weld.co.us>wrote: Hello Jay, Please see the attached Letter of Concern Response Form, sign it, and return it to me via email at your earliest convenience. This packet of information has been submitted to the Board for final review before it will be listed as an item of communications on the BOCC agenda. Thank you! Chloe A. Rempel Deputy Clerk to the Board Weld County 1150 O Street Greeley, CO 80631 tel: 970-400-4225 Confidentiality Notice: This electronic transmission and any attached documents or other writings are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify sender by return e-mail and destroy the communication. 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