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I~",-~ leAL..: ~ . . COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 102 Columbine Building 1845 Sherman Street Denver. Colorado 80203 January 18. 1973 ~ E SOL U ~ ~ 0 N WHEREAS. the U. S. Corps of Engineers. Omaha District. completed in January. 1966. for the Denver Metropolitan Region Flood Plain Information Report Volume III. containing a Summary Report and Technical Appendix. Bear Creek and Clear Creek; and WHEREAS. the Colorado Water Conservation Board by resolution adopted December 13, 1967. approved and designated the flood plains described in said Volume Ill; and WHEREAS. the Colorado Water Conservation Board requested the Corps of Engineers. Omaha District. to revise the January. 1966 Flood Plain Information Report. Volume III. insofar as it pertains to Bear Creek because of urban development within the basin which has changed the hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics within the Bear Creek channel and because of additional hydrologic information obtained as results of floods occurring subsequent to the preparation of the original report which indicate that the design floods should be mate- rially increased; and WHEREAS, the staff of the Board believes it is essential that the same methodology and data used for the formulation of the Mount Carbon Project study and flood plain information for Morrison. Colorado be used for the development of flood plain information data for that reach of Bear Creek extending from the Mount Carbon damsite to the confluence of Bear Creek with the South Platte River; and WHEREAS. the Corps of Engineers. Omaha District. has now completed a special flood hazard information report which revises the previous flood plain information report covering Bear Creek. which revised report is dated December. 1972; and WHEREAS. such revised flood plain information report has been reviewed by the staff of the Board and the staff does hereby recommend to the Colorado Water Conservation Board that said Board designate and