BOARD00043 ‎(3)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: CF Section - Finance Subcommittee Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Water Supply Finance and Construction Program - Project Data

Grantee: Colorado Water Conservation Board County: Statewide

Project Name: Colorado Flood Response Program Fund (revised)

I)roject T)'pe: Program Funds for post event floodplain mapping. flood forecasting. aerial
photography, flood mitigation and flood documentation

Drainagr Basin: All River Basins in Colorado 'Vater Source: N/A

To.all'roject Co,t: $300,000
T)'pe- of Grantee: State Government

Funding Source: eWeB Const. Fund
l\1edian Household income: N/A

CWCR :-;oo.Reimbursablc Inv.: $300,000 (up tn) Int..est Rate: N/A Term: N/A

S1T:\"1ARY
At the eWeR November 20-21. 2000 meeting, staff provided the Board with an oveIView of the eWeB Flood
Response Program. The staff's November 2000 presentation to the Board outlined the objective, discussion. and
benefits that the Program would provide to the State. A 5150,000 F]ood Response Program was authori?..ed in
the 2001 Construction Fund Bill (SB 01-157) and enacted by the Colorado General Assembly. The fund was
created to bTive the Flood Protection Section of the CWCB ability to quickly respond and have program funds in
the areas of: llood documentation, flood forecasting and outlooks. post event lloodplain mapping, aerial
photography, and flood mitigation.

The current request is to revise and increase the fund to 5300,000 from the original S150,OOO to refresh the fund
is due to the fact that CWCB is using these funds as planned during FY 07108 for: I) preparation of individual
1100d documentation rcpons for actual events in Colorado, 2) contracts with consulting finns for Colorado Flood
Task Force flood forecasting and weather outlooks during the spring/summer flood season, plus a web-based
daily flood threat bullt:'ting with tailored regional flood outlook repons. 3) ongoing work and increased demand
for evaluating and producing lOa-year flood and debris flow hazards in areas atTected by flooding or other
natural hazards, 4) develop scopes of work and projects for flood mitigation activities in communities where
flood loss reduction is needed, and 5) develop on-call services for digital and aerial photographs and mapping
for post-flood documentation and tlood hazard identification. The justification for extending the previously
authorized S 150,000 up to the rt:'quested 5300,000 is due in part to increasing costs of doing business since the
fund was first authorized over 5 years ago. More importantly, additional capabilities have been added to the
program including a web-based Daily Flood Threat Bulletin for statewide use that enhances National Weather
Service products and provides tailored regional llood outlooks. We have also seen an increased need to re-
evaluate flood hydrology and hydraulics for use in floodplain studies that become part of Colorado's Map
Modernization program.

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