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<br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY
<br />OF LONGMONT, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD
<br />INSURANCE PROGRAM
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<br />On June 2, 1995, the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified Special Flood Hazard Areas
<br />(SFHAs) in the City of Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, through issuance of a Flood Insurance
<br />Rate Map (FIRM), The Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration has determined that
<br />modification of the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any
<br />given year (base flood) for certain locations in this community is appropriate, The modified Base Flood
<br />Elevations (BFEs) revise the FIRM for the community,
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<br />The changes are being made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public
<br />Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
<br />(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 US,c.
<br />4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65,
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<br />A hydraulic analysis was performed to incorporate updated topographic information for Dry Creek No, 1
<br />and Clover Basin Tributary; realignment and channelization along Dry Creek No, 1 from approximately
<br />1,450 feet downstream to just downstream of a private road (renamed Grandview Meadows Drive);
<br />construction of a new bicycle path bridge across Dry Creek No, 1 approximately 800 feet downstream of
<br />Grandview Meadows Drive; replacement of an existing culvert under the Grandview Meadows Drive
<br />crossing of ~ Creek No, 1 with an 11-foot by 10-foot concrete box culvert and a 9-foot by 8-foot
<br />concrete box culvert; construction of a flood-detention basin along Dry Creek No, 1 approximately
<br />600 feet upstream of Grandview Meadows Drive; and channelization along Clover Basin Tributary from
<br />just upstream to approximately 400 feet upstream of its confluence with Dry Creek No, 1. This has
<br />resulted in the establishment of a regulatory floodway for Dry Creek No, 1 from approximately 1,450 feet
<br />downstream to approximately 1,650 feet upstream of Grandview Meadows Drive and from approximately
<br />4,000 feet upstream to approximately 5,300 feet upstream of Grandview Meadows Drive, This has also
<br />resulted in increases and decreases in SFHA width and increased BFEs for Dry Creek No, 1 from
<br />approximately 2,200 feet downstream to approximately 1,650 feet upstream of Grandview Meadows
<br />Drive and from approximately 4,000 feet upstream to approximately 6,000 feet upstream of Grandview
<br />Meadows Drive, The aforementioned channelized portions of Dry Creek No, 1 and Clover Basin
<br />Tributary contain the base flood, The table below indicates existing and modified BFEs for selected
<br />locations along the affected lengths of the flooding source(s) cited above,
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<br />Location
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<br />Existing BFE
<br />(feet) *
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<br />Modified BFE
<br />(feet) *
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<br />Dry Creek No, 1:
<br />Approximately 1,250feet downstream of
<br />Grandview Meadows Drive
<br />Approximately 5,550 feet upstream of
<br />Grandview Meadows Drive
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<br />5,025
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<br />5,026
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<br />5,046
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<br />5,047
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<br />*National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to nearest whole foot
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<br />Under the above-mentioned Acts of 1968 and 1973, the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
<br />must develop criteria for floodplain management To participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
<br />(NFIP), the community must use the modified BFEs to administer the floodplain management measures
<br />of the NFIP, These modified BFEs will also be used to calculatethe appropriate flood insurance premium
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