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<br />WHEREAS, previous floodplain infonnation consists of detailed information that has <br />become outdated; and <br /> <br />FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION TO BE DESIGNATED <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Moser & Associates Engineering completed a new report entitled "Flood <br />Hazard Area Delineation, Upper Goldsmith Gulch (Arapahoe County and City of Greenwood <br />Village, Colorado)" dated April, 2005; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said new report contains detailed floodplain and floodway information for <br />Goldsmith Gulch through Arapahoe County and the City of Greenwood Village; and <br /> <br />LOCAL REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the study resulting in the said new report was prepared to provide local <br />jurisdictions with a basis for managing Goldsmith Gulch floodplains and floodways and to minimize <br />threats from flooding to public health and safety; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District transmitted a letter dated April 25, <br />2005 to the CWCB requesting designation and approval of said new study for Goldsmith Gulch; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District Board of Directors also passed a <br />resolution at their April, 2005 meeting to adopt the subject study; and <br /> <br />C.R.S. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that <br />legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any <br />storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(l)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to <br />make such designations available to legislative bodies oflocal jurisdictions; and <br /> <br />CONSISTENCY WITH PREVIOUS FLOODPLAIN STUDIES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain information for Goldsmith Gulch revises and is, therefore, <br />inconsistent with the detailed and approximate floodplain information for Goldsmith Gulch contained <br />in Resolutions No. 61, 277, 345, 353, 354.06, 508, 509, and 538; and <br /> <br />2 <br />