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<br />Mapping Plan for Colorado <br /> <br />5.0 Collection of Community Data <br /> <br />The CWCB felt that it was important for Colorado communities to participate directly in identifying their <br />own floodplain mapping needs rather than simply relying on data available at the state or federal level. <br />To accomplish local participation, CWCB staff and the MMIP consultants developed the Community <br />Questionnaire and the Mapping Needs Worksheet. A blank version of each is provided in Appendix A-I. <br />In addition, the instructions that were given to community officials and the sample information to help in <br />filling out the worksheets are included in the Appendix. A detailed transmittal memorandum also <br />included in the Appendix, accompanied the mailing to each of Colorado's 332 communities. <br /> <br />CWCB staff believed that it would be helpful to communities to hold workshops at which staff members <br />and consultant staff would be available to explain the purpose of Colorado's MMIP and the need for the <br />data in the two forms and to provide direct assistance in filling out the forms. The dates and locations of <br />the workshops are listed below: <br /> <br />. Monday, June 10,2002 - Greeley (Northeastern Colorado) <br /> <br />. Tuesday, June 11,2002 - Pueblo (Southeastern Colorado) <br />. Wednesday, June 12,2002 - Parker (Denver Metro area) <br />. Monday, June 17,2002 - Glenwood Springs (Western Colorado) <br /> <br />Appendix A-I provides a table listing all 332 communities in Colorado, arranged alphabetically by <br />county, and shows whether they were represented at a workshop, whether they filled out a questionnaire, <br />and whether they filled out a worksheet. <br /> <br />The participation rates for the three activities are shown below. 189 communities out of the 332 in the <br />state did not participate at all. Follow-up contacts by the CWCB will continue in an effort to raise the rate <br />of participation. <br /> <br />Table 5.1 - Community Participation <br /> <br />Activity # of Communities # of Communities Not <br />Participating Participating <br />Attended Workshop 83 249 <br />Completed Questionnaire 141 191 <br />Completed Worksheet 130 202 <br /> <br />Note: There are 332 total communities in Colorado <br /> <br />Once the questionnaires and worksheets had been collected by the MMIP consultants, the results were <br />entered into a database. Summaries were prepared for each of the responding communities. Those <br />summaries were aggregated by community and county in Appendix A-2. <br /> <br />12/26/2002 <br /> <br />Page 14 of 38 <br />