Finance Committee Meeting 2013

• Board Meeting Date: 9/26/2013
• Description: Finance Committee Meeting September 26, 2013
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

STATE OF COLORADO
• Colorado Water Conservation Board 49c°N.94
Department of Natural Resources
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John W.Hickenlooper
Governor
TO: Finance Committee Mike King
DNR Executive Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board
James Eklund
CWCB Director
FROM: Thuy Patton, Floodplain Mapping Coordinator
Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Section
DATE: September 13,2013
SUBJECT: Non-Reimbursable Investments Item#3
Colorado Floodplain Map Modernization Program
• Introduction and Discussion
In early 2003, Congress approved a substantial funding package to provide updated floodplain mapping
nationwide. Similar funding levels have been allocated by Congress in subsequent years. The CWCB
approved and the General Assembly authorized a non-reimbursable investment of$500,000 in the 2003
Construction Fund Bill with annual funding amounts in all subsequent Bills. Staff is now requesting a
total of$500,000 for program funding.
Colorado has received over$11 million in federal grant dollars for floodplain mapping activities since
2003 as part of the floodplain Map Modernization program initiated by FEMA.The FEMA funds are
being matched by CWCB and local cost-share dollars to implement the map update work that includes
engineering and GIS to create new digital countywide maps. The funds authorized in the 2003 and all
subsequent Construction Fund Bills have provided the required non-federal matching dollars. The State
funds are further leveraged by local cost share dollars and in-kind services from many communities thus
far.
Staff Request
The staff of the Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Section is requesting approval by the Board
for a non-reimbursable investment from the CWCB Construction Fund in the amount up to $500,000
to provide matching dollars and related study funds in order to take advantage of the federal grant
funds from FEMA for modernized floodplain maps in Colorado.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request that the General assembly authorize up to $500,000 from
the Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for technical
activities related to the Colorado Floodplain Map Modernization Program.
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