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Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 OCT 04 2001 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 01-08-262P The Honorable Joan Duncan Mayor, City of Cherry Hills Village 2450 East Quincy Avenue Cherry Hills Village, CO 80110 Community: City of Cherry Hills Village, CO Community No.: 080013 Panel Affected: 08005C0165 J Effective Date of J A N 2 3 2002 This Revision: . .. 102-I-A-C Dear Mayor Duncan: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Arapahoe County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas (the effective FIRM and FIS report for your community), in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated May 16,2001, P.E., William P. Ruzzo, P.E., LLC. requested that FEMA revise the FIRM and FIS report to show the effects of updated topographic information and the following projects along Greenwood Gulch: placement of fill and construction of fences and buildings from approximately 250 feet upstream to approximately 1,250 feet upstream of South University Boulevard; construction of a lake and placement of fill from approximately 1,550 feet upstream to approximately 2,750 feet upstream of South University Boulevard; and construction of two ponds and grading from approximately 3,000 feet upstream to approximately 3,600 feet upstream of South University Boulevard. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM and in the effective FIS report. We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations and floodplain and floodway boundary delineations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Greenwood Gulch from approximately 650 feet downstream to approximately 3,675 feet upstream of South University Boulevard. As a result of the modifications, the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for Greenwood Gulch and the widths of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, and the regulatory flood way increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panel 08005COl65 J, Profile Panel 76P, and affected portions of the Floodway Data Table. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel of the effective FIRM and the affected portions ofthe FIS report, both dated August 16, 1995. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel listed above and as modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community.