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7 (/ STATE OF COLORADO . Colorado Water Conservation Board Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3441 FAX: (303) 866-4474 www.cwcb.state.co.us . . Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor MEMORANDUM Harris D. Sherman Executive Director TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Kevin HO~~ P .E., Flood Protection Section Rod Kuharich Director FROM: Dan McAuliffe Deputy Director DATE: May 10, 2007 SUBJECT: Consent Agenda Item 3 May 22-23, 2007 Board Meeting Designation and Approval of 100-year Floodplain Information SUMMARY Consent Agenda Item 3 includes a series of 31 floodplain map revisions proposed for CWCB action. Staff is requesting Board designation and approval for these items. Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) applications that are submitted to FEMA undergo a rigorous technical review by FEMA and its national contractor for completeness and accuracy. Legally speaking, Letters of Map Revision effectively become incorporated into the regulatory floodplains, by letter, upon completion of this review process and public notification. In general, CWCB staff performs technical reviews of floodplain information to assure the Board that the information is in compliance with the requirements of the CWCB's "Rules and Regulations for Regulatory Floodplains in Colorado," 2 CCR 408-1 (Rules). Furthermore, Sections 31-23-301 and 30- 28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, state that legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the CWCB. In addition, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the CWCB to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of local jurisdictions. Rule 13D of the recently updated Rules states: -.;