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Water Supply Planning and Finance Section - P><•oject Data Grantee: Colorado Water Conservation Board County: Statewide Project Name: Colorado Floodplain Map Modernization Program Project Type: Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Flood Protection Program Matching Funds for Federal Grants Drainage Basin: All River Basins in Colorado Total Project Cost: $1,900,000 Type of Grantee: State Government CWCB Non-Reimbursable Inv.: $500,000 Water Source: N/A Funding Source: CWCB Const. Fund Median Household income: N/A Interest Rate: N/A Term: N/A cT r~vrnr e uv Beginning in August 2003, Colorado has received on the over $6.7 million in federal grant dollars for foodplain mapping activities as part of the foodplain Map Modernization program initiated by FEMA. The FEMA funds are being matched by CWCB and local cost-share dollars to implement the map update work that includes engineering and GIS to create new digital countywide maps. The initial Map Modernization Program funds authorized in the 2003 and all subsequent Construction Fund Bills have provided the required non-federal matching dollars (80/20 cost share program). The State funds are further leveraged by local cost share dollars and in-kind services from many communities thus far. The total funding amounts have been instrumental in keeping Colorado as a lead state within FEMA Region 8 and will continue to benefit a variety of Colorado communities in the months and years to come. Without the CWCB matching dollars, Colorado could miss out on millions of dollars in federal grants. It is fully expected that high levels of FEMA funding (millions of $) will stream into Colorado during the next several years and beyond. Additionally, the Map Modernization work will become part of the proposed Flood DSS system to increase data capture and enhance Colorado's decision support tools. The impact area of the Floodplain Map Modernization Program is the entire state, with active project areas shaded below. The Project objective is to develop updated countywide Floodplain maps using current community base map infotYnation within a digital environment. The use of state-of--the-art GIS technology will be employed for all new countywide studies in Colorado for ease of distribution, updating and viewing. Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Supply Protection • Fload Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance Water Conservation .~ Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development J