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watersheds. Credit for avoidance of flood problems is generally given to the favorable spring weather, which did not produce more than four warm days in a row during the peak of flood season (and no unseasonably hot days). Generally, with high snowpacks such as those experienced this year, a very warm period of 5-7 consecutive days is needed to trigger worrisome flood events. It should also be noted that numerous counties wisely coordinated flood preparation and response planning, with assistance from CWCB staff, months in advance of the runoff season. (Tom Browning) COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM / NFIP UPDATES -Anew statewide Community Rating System (CRS) Committee has been formed by members of the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM). The CRS Program is managed by FEMA and is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum NFIP requirements. As a result, flood insurance premium rates are discounted to reflect the reduced flood risk resulting from the community actions meeting the three goals of the CRS -reduce flood losses; facilitate accurate insurance ratings; and promote awareness of flood insurance. The statewide CRS Committee was formed to help existing CRS communities in Colorado meet these goals and to increase community participation in Colorado by promoting awareness and developing new activities to earn credit points to lower flood insurance premiums. In other news, FEMA and CWCB are pleased to announce an exciting training opportunity for local floodplain administrators statewide. Two CWCB Staff members will help teach the Emergency Management Institute's (EMI) field delivered version of Managing Floodplain Development through the NFIP. The class will be offered August 4-7, 2008 in the Denver area. This course is designed to assist local officials responsible for administering their local floodplain management ordinance. The course will focus on the NFIP and concepts of floodplain management, maps and studies, ordinance administration, and the relationship between floodplain management and flood insurance. The class will be limited to 40 participants. For more information, please contact Thuy Patton at thu~patton(a~,state.co.us. (Tom Browning) TAMARISK CONTROL UPDATE - We completed four mini grant projects ($5000. each) in the Colorado, McElmo, Purgtoire and Arkansas watersheds in part funded by CWCB from this year's allocation of severance tax funds. The Tamarisk Coalition is completed the bulk of its planning services to local watershed groups in the Arkansas and YampalWhite watersheds. An additional $10,000 of Board funds are being made available to complete work in the South and North Platte and Republican watersheds this summer and fall. We expect all basins of the state, except for the Rio Grande where there is no reported problem, to be covered by an effective watershed control plan by the end of 2008. The Board's $1 Million cost-sharing grant program proposed in the 2008 Projects Bill has been authorized and funded. Staff will be presenting preliminary grant eligibility and performance criteria under Agenda Item 18 of this meeting. (Steve Miller) ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT DEBT REPAID - Beginning on May 8th and continuing through May 13th, the Board of Water of Pueblo arranged for Colorado Springs to release a total of ~ 1 ~~: