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Non-Reimbursable Project Investment Application-CWCB Construction Fund <br /> Form Revised November 2011 <br /> • <br /> 3. Provide a brief description of your organization below: <br /> The Watershed Protection and Flood Mitigation Section of the CWCB has evolved over time and <br /> expanded its operations to include watershed protection and flood-related activities that assist in the <br /> prevention of loss of life and damage to property caused by flooding events. <br /> Part B.-Description of the Project or Study <br /> 1. Name of the study or project: Colorado Floodplain Map Modernization and Risk Map Program <br /> 2. What is the purpose of this grant application? Check one. <br /> x Study <br /> Demonstration project. <br /> Rehabilitation or <br /> replacement of existing <br /> • <br /> Other(Please describe) <br /> 3. General location of the study or demonstration project. (Please include county, and approximate distance <br /> and direction from the nearest town): <br /> This is a statewide program eventually affecting most or all counties and communities throughout Colorado. <br /> 4. Please provide a brief narrative description of the proposed study or demonstration project including <br /> purpose, need, and service area. (Attach scope of study, if available) <br /> This request is for a non-reimbursable investment from the Construction Fund to the CWCB's Floodplain Map Modernization fund. <br /> The original investment in the 2003 Construction Fund Bill was$500,000 and these dollars are used to leverage against federal grant <br /> dollars and local matching dollars for Map Modernization and Risk Map activities in Colorado. So far,the CWCB has encumbered <br /> or pledged matching dollars for new digital floodplain maps in Douglas,Boulder,Larimer,Fremont,Clear Creek,Montezuma, <br /> Mesa,Garfield,Pueblo,Teller,LaPlata,Weld,Archuleta,Summit,Delta,Elbert,Montrose,Rio Grande,Park,Gunnison,Morgan, <br /> Prowers,Pitkin,Chaffee,and El Paso Counties,as well as Clear Creek,St.Vrain,Purgatoire,and Cache La Poudre Watersheds. <br /> FEMA has granted about$11.0 million thus far for Colorado floodplain map modernization projects.We anticipate an excellent <br /> • <br /> chance for continued substantial FEMA funding in Colorado during the next several years and beyond,with total allocations <br /> expected to surpass$15 million in the next few years. <br /> 2 <br />