(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 32-11-533 and 32-11-534, the district also has the following powers:
(a) To accept contributions or loans from the federal government for the
purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment,
maintenance, and operation of any enterprise in which the district is authorized to
engage, and to enter into contracts and cooperate with, and accept cooperation
from, the federal government in the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment,
maintenance, and operation, and in financing the planning, acquisition,
improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of any such enterprise in
accordance with any legislation which congress may adopt, under which aid,
assistance, and cooperation may be furnished by the federal government in the
planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation, or in
financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, and
operation of any such enterprise, including without limitation costs of engineering,
architectural, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans,
working drawings, specifications, procedures, and other action preliminary to the
acquisition, improvement, or equipment of any project, and to do all things
necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and cooperation under any
federal legislation;
(b) To enter without any election into joint operating or service contracts and
agreements; acquisition, improvement, equipment, or disposal contracts; or other
arrangements for any term not exceeding fifty years with the federal government
and any public body (or any combination thereof), concerning the facilities and any
project or property pertaining thereto, whether acquired by the district, by the
federal government, or by any public body; and to accept grants and contributions
from the federal government, any public body, or any other person in connection
therewith;
(c) To enter into and perform without any election, when determined by the
board to be in the public interest, contracts and agreements, for any term not
exceeding fifty years, with the federal government, any public body, or any other
person for the provision and operation by the district of any drainage and flood
control facilities pertaining to such facilities of the district or any project relating
thereto and the payment periodically thereby to the district of amounts at least
sufficient, if any, in the determination of the board, to compensate the district for
the cost of providing, operating, and maintaining such facilities serving the federal
government, such public body, or such other person, or otherwise;
(d) To enter into and perform without any election contracts and agreements
with the federal government, any public body, or any other person for or concerning
the planning, construction, lease or other acquisition, improvement, equipment,
operation, maintenance, disposal, and the financing of any property pertaining to
the facilities of the district or to any project of the district, including but not
necessarily limited to any contract or agreement for any term not exceeding fifty
years;
(e) To cooperate with and act in conjunction with the federal government or
any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, or departments, or with the
state or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, or departments, or with
any other public body or any other person in the acquisition, improvement, or
equipment of any facilities or any project authorized for the district or for any other
works, acts, or purposes provided for in this article, and to adopt and carry out any
definite plan or system of work for any such purpose;
(f) To cooperate with the federal government or any public body by an
agreement therewith by which the district may:
(I) Acquire and provide, without cost to the cooperating entity, the land,
easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the acquisition, improvement, or
equipment of any project;
(II) Hold the cooperating entity free from and save it harmless from any claim
for damages arising from the acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance,
and operation of any facilities;
(III) Maintain and operate any facilities in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the cooperating entity;
(IV) Establish and enforce regulations, if any, concerning the facilities and
satisfactory to the cooperating entity;
(g) To provide by any contract for any term not exceeding fifty years, or
otherwise, without an election:
(I) For the joint use of personnel, equipment, and facilities of the district and
any public body, including without limitation public buildings constructed by or
under the supervision of the board or the governing body of the public body
concerned, upon such terms and agreements and within such areas within the
district as may be determined, for the promotion and protection of health, comfort,
safety, life, welfare, and property of the inhabitants of the district and any such
public body and any other persons of interest;
(II) For the joint employment of clerks, stenographers, and other employees
pertaining to the facilities or any project established in the district, upon such terms
and conditions as may be determined for the equitable apportionment of the
expenses resulting therefrom.
(2) The board shall provide for comprehensive planning and, where possible,
coordinate operations with all regional special purpose districts, regional
multipurpose public agencies, and regional planning commissions and any political
subdivision that is multijurisdictional in nature and functions wholly or partly within
the urban district.
(3) If a single multipurpose service authority is subsequently created in the
Denver metropolitan area, the powers, functions, and facilities of the district
created by this article shall be transferred to such service authority; except that the
general assembly may provide for the transfer to other political subdivisions of any
facilities outside the boundaries of such service authority.
(4) The board, wherever and however possible and feasible, shall promote
and cooperate with park and recreation districts, municipalities, and other
governmental agencies for the development and use of drainageways for
recreational and park purposes.