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Non-Reimbursable Investment Application- CWCB Construction Fund Form Revised July 17,2008 (c) Current Assessment per share$ (d)Number of shares Part B.-Description of the Project 1. Name of the project or study: Colorado Floodplain Map Modernization Program 2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one. _Demonstration project X Study Rehabilitation or replacement of existing facility _Other(describe) 3. General location of the project or study. (Please include county and approximate distance and direction from nearest town, as well as legal description): This is a statewide program eventually affecting most or all counties and communities throughout Colorado. 4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed project or study including purpose,need, facilities, and service area: Response: This request is for a non- S reimbursable investment from the Construction Fund to the CWCB's Floodplain Map Modernization fund. The original investment in the 2003 Construction Fund Bill was $500,000 and these dollars are used to leverage against federal grant dollars and local matching dollars for Map Modernization activities in Colorado. So far,the CWCB has encumbered or pledged matching dollars for new digital floodplain maps in Douglas, Boulder,Latimer,Fremont, Clear Creek, Montezuma,Mesa, Garfield, Pueblo, Teller, LaPlata, Weld, Archuleta, Summit,Delta, Elbert, Montrose,Rio Grande,Park, Gunnison, Morgan,Prowers and El Paso Counties and the City of Boulder. FEMA has granted well over$8 million thus far for Colorado floodplain map modernization projects. We anticipate an excellent chance for continued substantial FEMA funding in Colorado during the next several years and beyond,with total allocations expected to exceed$10 million in the next year. 5. Please explain why you are requesting a non-reimbursable, instead of a loan. (The Construction Fund exists primarily to provide low interest loans for the construction or • 2