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• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2008
• Description: Director's Report - CWCB Director
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

SLOPING OF FEMA FY08 PROJECTS The CWCB is planning on the pre-scoping of the
county MASS that will be submitted to FEMA for funding in FY08. These counties include
Morgan, Otero, Elbert, Rio Grande, Montrose and Gunnison.
NON-CWCB MAP MODERNIZATION PROJECTS IN THE STATE: Grand County went
effective January 2, 2008. It is being discussed that the La Plata County new Zone A floodplains
will be integrated into the State's countywide project due to the correlation of schedules. Eagle
County went effective December 4, 2007, Fremont County went effective September 19, 2007.
The following is additional statewide information of map modernization activities:
FY07 COUNTIES: State contracting is underway for the counties that have received funding for
FY07. The counties that have contracts being reviewed are Park, Delta, Summit and El Paso
Counties.
FY 06 COUNTIES: Weld County and LaPlata County detailed study work continues to
progress. The Teller and Archuleta County Zone A floodplains have been completed. Teller
and Archuleta Counties will be going preliminary early in 2008. Finalization of the Fremont
County and Clear- Creek County detailed studies continue to begin integration into the DFIRM as
a Physical Map Revisions (PMR). It was found with Clear Creek County that a Master Drainage
plan 100-year flows significantly exceed that of the effective FEMA flows and that Idaho Springs
may not be mapped showing accurate risk. The State and FEMA are going to be meeting with
Idaho Springs and the County to discuss what was found and how the locals wish to proceed.
The Pueblo County Arkansas River Levee floodplain study has begun, but is waiting on the City
of Pueblo detailed studies to be completed. From the Arkansas River analysis it can be
determined which sections of the Arkansas River levee need to be recertified.
FY 0_5 COUNTIES: All detailed studies for Mesa County have been completed, reviewed and
accepted by FEMA except for Lewis Wash. Lewis Wash is a perched channel with several
irrigation crossings and very flat surrounding terrain. As a result, the Lewis Wash study in Mesa
County is being discussed with FEMA as to the best approach for the floodplain delineation and
Zone determination. The Fremont and Clear Creek studies need some additional survey for the
last study to be completed. The Garfield Counties are completed and the Countywide project is
delayed due to a USGS study that has been reviewed by Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (FEMA's NSP)
and we are waiting for comment resolution. The Montezuma County DFIRM is currently in the
public review period which will end late February/early March 2008.
FY 04/03 COUNTIES: All of the Boulder County levees have been identified; FEMA and the
State have met with the City of Boulder and the County to determine the interest in a PAL
(Provisionally Accredited Levee) agreement and/or certification. The effective date is still
unknown.
FRONT RANGE DROUGHT RESPONSE TASK FORCE WEBPAGE: Peter Mayer of
Aquacraft and Liz Gardener of Denver Water invited OWCDP staff and several water providers along the
Front Range/ Denver media-shed to meet on December 18, 2007 to discuss and coordinate in the event
there is a drought in 2008. It was determined that the OWCDP would create a new webpage posting the
various Drought Response Plans of the Front Range water providers for public and media outlets.
Attendees to the meeting included Denver Water, Highlands Ranch, Thornton, Boulder, Aurora Water,
Centennial Water, Superior, Greeley, and Fort Collins, Colorado Springs Utilities, & Northglenn.
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