16J

• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2007
• Description: CF Section - En-bloc Non-Reimbursables - CWCB Flood Response Program Refresh
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Sheet. Room 721
Dem~er, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
v`uu . ccvcU. state. co.us
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Harris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Kevin Houck, P.E.

Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Section Dan McAuliffe
Aoting cwcB Director
DATE: October 31, 2007
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 16j, November 14-15, 2007 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section -CWCB -Flood Response
Program Refresh
Background
At the CWCB November 20-21, 2000 meeting, staff provided the Board with an overview of the
CWCB Flood Response Program. The staff's November 2000 presentation to the Board outlined
the objective, discussion, and benefits that the Program would provide to the State. A $150,000
Flood Response Program was authorized in the 2001 Construction Fund Bill (SB 01-157) and
enacted by the Colorado General Assembly. This amount was increased in the 2007
Construction Fund Bill (SB 07-122) to $300,000 to reflect the additional cost of performing
existing program functions and the addition of newly added services under the program. The
fund was created to give the Flood Protection Section of the CWCB ability to quickly respond
and have program funds in the areas of: flood documentation, flood forecasting and outlooks,
post event floodplain mapping, aerial photography, and flood mitigation.
Discussion
The current request is to to refresh the fund up to $300,000 for FY 08/09 for: 1) preparation of
individual flood documentation reports for actual events in Colorado, 2) contracts with
consulting firms for Colorado Flood Task Force flood forecasting and weather outlooks during
the spring/summer flood season, plus aweb-based daily flood threat bulleting with tailored
regional flood outlook reports, 3) ongoing work and increased demand for evaluating and
producing 100-year flood and debris flow hazards in areas affected by flooding or other natural
hazards, 4) develop scopes of work and projects for flood mitigation activities in communities
where flood loss reduction is needed, and 5) develop on-call services for digital and aerial
photographs and mapping for post-flood documentation and flood hazard identification. In
addition, recently added capabilities include aweb-based Daily Flood Threat Bulletin for
statewide use that enhances National Weather Service products and provides tailored regional
flood outlooks. In addition, there is a continuing need to re-evaluate flood hydrology and
Water Supply Protection • Flood Protection • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development