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Holyoke is doing a poor job of administering the requirements of the NFIP and its local floodplain management program. One new residence was constructed in the floodplain during the past year without the requirements of the local floodplain ordinance being required. The Building Official has been instructed to retroactively issue the permit. During the community's last CA V (2 years ago), a subdivision was being constucted in the floodplain in the unincorporated portion of Phillips County irrunediately adjacent to the town limits. Phillips County does not participate in the NFIP. The new residences were built below bfe. Recently, the subdivision has been annexed into the town. There is a least one lot remaining to be built upon. The Building Official has indicated he will require elevation above bfe for this lot. The Findings The community's primary flood hazard results from overbank flooding from the Frenchman Creek. One instance of development has occurred in the community's identified 1 DO-year floodplain during the past 12 months. When ordinance requirements are properly applied, the floodplain development permit process is initiated by the Building Official who determines whether or not a proposed project is located within the town's identified 100-year floodplain. If the proposed project is located in the floodplain, the Building Official implements the regulatory requirements of the community's floodplain ordinance. The applicant is required to provide elevation and/or floodproofing certifications when applicable. Enforcement actions and detection of unpermitted activity in the community's floodplain is undertaken by the building department. Holyoke was selected for a CA V because of current potential due to a new prison being constructed in Sterling. growth, floodplain development Background Holyoke, Colorado Community No. 080141 CA V conducted: 412/97 CA V conducted by Mark Matulik Colorado Water Conservation Board >i '\ r" ^ "\ T lI.. T ~_~":H~ D ~~~.... v~ v l'laUallVv 1'-v1JU1L Colorado Water Conservation Board Department of Natural Resources 721 Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3441 FAX: (303) 866-4474 Roy Romer Governor James 5, Lochhead Executive Director, DNR Daries C. Life, PE. Director, eWeB STATE OF COLORADO .