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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

programs focus on urban flood damage reduction and channel restoration in the arid
and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern United States. The goal of the programs is to
develop and demonstrate innovative technologies to address regional problems. Tom
Browning serves as the Chair of CASFM and Kevin Houck serves as the Vice-Chair.

Levee Seminars in Colorado: During the second week in June the Floodplain
Mapping Coordinator conducted 3 Levee Seminars in Greeley, Colorado Springs and
Glenwood Springs. The seminars were advertised and targeted toward new or
experienced local floodplain administrators, local government personnel involved with
building or maintaining levees, local officials involved in levee construction or funding
decisions, and consultants or others tasked with designing, building or maintaining
levees.

The seminar was to provide information that pertains to the Federal Emergency
management Agency's (FEMA) and the u.s Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) levee
requirements. The seminars addressed FEMA's certification requirements for levees,
levee ownership and maintenance responsibilities, Provisionally Accredited Levees
(PAL), the USACE and levees, the current CWCB and UDFCD policies on levees,
examples of certified levees and future trends in levee certification. These seminars
were well attended and well received by all.

Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers Conference: During
the first week in June, the Floodplain Mapping Coordinator attended the Association of
Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) conference in Norfolk Virginia. This
conference is the largest conference held in the nation for the discussion of floodplain
delineation and policy for the nation. Many presentations discussed the approach to
mapping floodplains in the landward side of levees and what is known of the future of
the Map Modernization Program.

Non-CWCB Map Modernization projects in the State: It is expected that the Eagle
County maps will be effective in December 2007. The LaPlata County new Zone A
floodplains to replace the existing Zone D floodplains will be released for preliminary
review shortly. Grand County should have effective maps in January of 2008.

FY07 Counties: Mapping Activity Statements (MASs) have been created
for Delta, Summit and EI Paso Counties. FEMA is currently reviewing all
MASs in order award grants for digital conversion projects by the end of
June. Coordination efforts continue with Park County to submit an MAS
to FEMA for future funding.

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