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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Larimer County Plan for Public Process The Larimer County Engineering Department, in cooperation with the Utilities Division of the City of Fort Collins is planning a citizen participation process with at least two rounds of public meetings, presentations, and discussions. The first round, to begin during fall 2000, will consist of presenting the problem and working through alternative solutions. The problem will be presented in terms of the need for local drainage and flood hazard solutions on Dry Creek. Discussions will address how a Dry Creek flood would affect the northeast area. Other areas of discussion will be how the existing floodplain hazard and land use restrictions affect regional land values, and the need for economic revitalization of the North College Avenue and East Mulberry Corridors. The following Alternative Flood Control Solutions will be presented: I. Diversion of floodwater from Willox Lane south into the Cache La Poudre River, or 2. upstream detention storage of the entire flood flow, or 3. a combination of detention storage and downstream diversion of the residual flow or 4. continue to rely on floodplain land use regulations and flood insurance This represents a thought process of problem and alternative solutions. Invitees will include about 1500 property owners in a corridor from the river upstream to north of Douglas Reservoir as well as more than 40 "interested" groups. The objective will be to get "buy off' on the problem, and an alternative solution. Taking into account citizen comments developed in the first round, engineering consultants will work through to "fine tune" the selected alternative solution with a focus on innovative solutions such as the potential for wetlands creation, mitigation of visual obstruction, and the potential for farmland rehabilitation/development. A preferred alternative will not be designated, but rather, tradeoffs among the alternatives will be presented to the participating citizens and discussed. A second round of citizen participation is planned to begin in February, 2001. It will be an interactive process with "what if' exercises seeking to get "buy off' on specific solutions, taking into account the additional information generated by the consultants. Same group of in vi tees, although perhaps the number of active participants will decline. Participation by the consultants is planned. Finally, special interest groups will be contacted. Presentations will be made to those groups requesting more information or more discussion. Special Interest Contacts For Dry Creek Public Process Lindenmeier Lake HOA (southside) Lindenmeier Lake HOA (northside) Country Club HOA 20