27j

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2008
• Description: CF Section – En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments - Flood Response Program Refreshed
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
FROM: Kevin Houck, P.E., Engineer
Harris D. Sherman
Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigation Section
DNR Executive Director
Jennifer L. Gimbel
DATE: November 7, 2008
CWCB Director
Dan McAuliffe
Agenda Item 27j, November 18-19, 2008 Board Meeting
SUBJECT:
CWCB Deputy Director
Watershed Protection and Fl ood Mitigation Section –
En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments
Flood Response Program Refreshed
Background
A $150,000 Flood Response Program was authorized in the 2001 Construction Fund Bill (SB 01-
157) and enacted by the Colora do General Assembly, and incr eased in the 2007 Construction
Fund Bill (SB 07-122) to $300,000. The fund was crea ted to give the Flood Protection Section
of the CWCB ability to quick ly respond and have program f unds 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 09/10 for: 1) preparation of
individual flood documentation reports for actu al events in Colorado, 2) contracts with
consulting firms for Colorado Flood Task For ce flood forecasting and weather outlooks during
the spring/summer flood season, plus a web-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 proj ects for flood mitigation activities in communities
where flood loss reduction is needed, and 5) de velop on-call services fo r digital and aerial
photographs and mapping for post-flood documen tation and flood hazard identification.
Staff Request
The CWCB Staff requests that the Board c onsider restoring up to $300,000 to the Flood
Response Fund to refresh it to the original $300,000 funding level for Fiscal Year 2009/10.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to restore up to $300,000 from
the Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for the
Flood Response Program.
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