Board Meeting 2003 Memoradum

• Board Meeting Date: 9/8/2003
• Description: Non-Reimbursable Investments CWCB Flood Response Program ‎(Refresh)‎
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
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Department of Natural Resources
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MEMORANDUM Governor r
To: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members Greg Walchc
Executive Director
From: Larry Lang, Chief, Flood Protection Section
Date: September 8, 2003 CWCB Dan Director
Re: Non-Reimbursable Investments
Dan McAue
CWCB Flood Response Program (Refresh) Deputy D recttor
Background
At the CWCB November 20-21, 2000 meeting, staff provided the Board with an overview of the
CWCB Flood Response Program. The staff's November 2000 presentation to the Board outlined the
objective, discussion, and benefits that the Program would provide to the State. 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 legislative action made funds available for the Flood Response
Program on July 1, 2001. The 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
A total of$100,000 out of the $150,000 is projected to be spent out of the Flood Response Program by
by June 30, 2004. The $100,000 request to refresh the fund is due to the fact that CWCB will use these
funds in winter 2003-04 for: 1) preparation of the 2003 Colorado Flood Documentation Report, 2) a
contract with John Henz of HDR Engineering, Inc. for Colorado Flood Task Force flood forecasting
activities during the limited spring/summer 2004 flood season, 3) ongoing work evaluating and
producing 100-year flood and debris flow hazards in areas affected by 2002 wildfires and 4) a develop
scopes of work for flood mitigation activities in communities affected by the forest fires.
Staff Request
The CWCB Staff requests that the Board consider restoring $100,000 to the Fund to refresh and
maintain it to the original $150,000 funding level for the 2004 flood season.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to restore $100,000 from the
Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources for allocation to the
CWCB for the Flood Response Program.
Flood Protection•Water Project Planning and Financing•Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection•Conservation Planning