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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Both Granada and Creede ha~~e received inspection reports which were the result of the inspections
held in April of 2007. The CWCB has sent letters to both communities offering support. Granada
has responded to the offer.
Non-CWCB Map Modernization projects in the State: It is expected that the Eagle County maps
will be effective in December 2007. The LaPlata County new Zone A floodplains to replace the
existing Zone D floodplains should go preliminary this year. Grand County should ha~~e effecti`~e
maps in January of 2008. Fremont County went effecti~~e September 19~' of this year. It is
anticipated that Arapahoe County (also within the Urban Drainage District) will have preliminary
maps by next month.
FY07 Counties: Grant funds were recei`~ed for Park, Summit, El Paso, and Delta County. The
CWCB is currently working on contracting with their consultants for these counties.
F 06 Counties: Archuleta County, Weld County, and LaPlata County detailed study work
continues to progress. Some problems have been encountered in the remapping of the Zone A
floodplains in Teller and Archuleta Counties, FEMA has been contacted to discuss the appropriate
approach is taken to digitize these Zone A floodplains. Finalization of the Fremont County and
Clear Creek County detailed studies continue to begin integration into the DFIRM as a Physical
Map Re~~isions (PMR). The Pueblo County Arkansas Ri`~er Le~~ee floodplain study has begun, but
can not be completed until Pueblo County finalizes two detailed studies that are needed to complete
the Arkansas River analysis. From the Arkansas Ri`~er analysis it can be determined which sections
of the Arkansas Ri~~er le~~ee need to be recertified.
FY05 Counties: Most of the Mesa, Fremont, Clear Creek and Garfield Counties detailed studies
ha~~e been submitted to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (FEMA's NSP) for a QA/QC re~~iew. Once the
review and QC resolution period is complete for these studies the studies will be integrated into the
maps to be released for preliminary review. The Montezuma County DFIRM went preliminary in
early July, two Base Flood Elevation (BFE) will be published in local newspapers the last week one
during the last week in No`~ember and once during the first week in December.
FY04/03 Counties: Lar-imer County went effecti`~e December 2006, the database was completed
and it has been sent to the effected communities for their use. Boulder County base map work has
been completed and accepted by FEMA. The effecti`~e date has been delayed by FEMA due to
existing levees which are shown as providing protection within the City of Boulder. FEMA's NSP,
Michael Baker Jr., has identified all of the le`~ees within Boulder County is now looking through
the data to identify which le`~ees can be shown as protecting on the effecti`~e maps.
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF STORMVVATER AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS HOST
11TH ARID REGIONS CONFERNCE: The 11t1i Arid Regions Conference for the Association of State
Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) was hosted by the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain
Managers (CASFM) on September 11-14, 2007 in Breckenridge. There were 360 attendees from 19
states, which made it the largest arid regions conference to date. 74 attendees participated in four field
trips, and while this was fairly light in attendance, the trips themselves were very highly rated in
feedback. 49 people took the Certified Floodplain Managers exam and all attended a re~~iew session
taught by Kevin Houck of the Flood Protection Section and another consulting engineer; 42 passed the
exam. The Corps of Engineers had a well attended Arid Regions Demonstration Session in which they
focused on flood reduction and channel restoration work performed in the Arid Southwest. A total of 60
presentations were gi`~en in concurrent workshops, a record for the conference. A well attended plenary
session on lessons learned from past floods in the arid regions. The conference featured `eery good
attendance by the Corps of Engineers from se`~eral regions of the country (not just Arid Regions).
Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection • Conservation Plarming