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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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floodplains to replace the existing Zone D floodplains should go preliminary this year.
Grand County should have effective maps in January of 2008. Fremont County is
currently in the 6 month compliance phase prior to effective maps.

FY07 Counties: Scopes of Work (SOW) are being created by the two contracted
consultants for Delta, Summit and EI Paso Counties. Some work is still being done to
research costs and gather cost share funding for upgrading the Fountain Creek hydraulics
within EI Paso County. The MAS has been submitted to FEMA for a digiatal converstion
project for Park County with hopeful funding this year or next.

Work has begun on the proposed scope of work for the Map Modernization web site with
will host information regarding the in progress projects throughout the state. Once a
countywide project is complete the data will be linked to the Flood DSS web site which is
in development as well.

F 06 Counties: Archuleta County, Weld County, and LaPlata County detailed study
work continues to progress. Some problems have been encountered in the remapping of
the Zone A floodplains in Teller and Archuleta Counties, FEMA has been contacted to
discuss the appropriate approach is taken to digitize these Zone A floodplains.
Finalization of the Fremont County and Clear Creek County detailed studies continue to
begin integration into the DFIRM as a Physical Map Revisions (PMR). The Pueblo
County Arkansas River Levee floodplain study has begun, but can not be completed until
Pueblo County finalizes two detailed studies that are needed to complete the Arkansas
River analysis. From the Arkansas River analysis it can be determined which sections of
the Arkansas River levee need to be recertified.

FY05 Counties: Most of the Mesa, Fremont, Clear Creek and Garfield Counties detailed
studies have been submitted to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (FEMA's NSP) for a QA/QC
review. Once the review and QC resolution period is complete for these studies the
studies will be integrated into the maps to be released for preliminary review. The
Montezuma County DFIRM went preliminary in early July, the community comment
meeting was held at the end of August and the 90 public review period will begin in
September.

FY04/03 Counties: Larimer County went effective December 2006, work continues
toward finalizing the DFIRM database for the maps. Boulder County base map work has
been completed and accepted by FEMA. The effective date has been delayed by FEMA
due to existing levees which are shown as providing protection within the City of
Boulder. FEMA's NSP, Michael Baker Jr., is working through these issues with the City
of Boulder.

Arapahoe County (also within the Urban Drainage District) will be entering the appeal
period soon. The Fremont County DFIRM (being completed by Michael Baker Jr.,
FEMA's contractor) will go effective September 19,2007.

JOINT FRONT RANGE CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY STUDY BEING
CONTEMPLATED: Recently a group of Front Range water providers including Denver Water,
Colorado Springs Utilities, City of Boulder, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and
Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Sn-eam and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning