Finance Committee Meeting 2009

• Board Meeting Date: 9/15/2009
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 15, 2009
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Bill Ritter,Jr.
Governor
FROM: Kevin Houck, Engineer Harris D.Sherman
Watershed Protection&Flood Mitigation Section DNR Executive Director
Jennifer L.Gimbel
DATE: September 1, 2009 CWCB Director
Dan McAuliffe
SUBJECT: Non-Reimbursable Investments CWCB Deputy Director
CWCB Flood Response Program
Background
A $150,000 Flood Response Program was authorized in the 2001 Construction Fund Bill (SB 01-
157) and enacted by the Colorado General Assembly. This amount was increased in the 2007
Construction Fund Bill (SB 07-122)to $300,000 to reflect the additional cost of performing
existing program functions and the addition of newly added services under the program. The
0 fund was created to give the Flood Protection Section of the CWCB ability to quickly respond
and have program funds 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 10/11 for: 1) preparation of
individual flood documentation reports for actual events in Colorado, 2) contracts with
consulting firms for Colorado Flood Task Force 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 projects for flood mitigation activities in communities
where flood loss reduction is needed, and 5) develop on-call services for digital and aerial
photographs and mapping for post-flood documentation and flood hazard identification.
Staff Request
The CWCB Staff requests that the Board consider restoring up to $300,000 to the Flood
Response Fund to refresh it to the original $300,000 funding level for Fiscal Year 2010/11. The
attached document provides further justification to this important fund.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to restore up to $300,000 from
IP the Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for the
Flood Response Program.
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