Board Meeting 05/03/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 5/3/1985
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums May 3, 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

APPENDIX F
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
i 721 State Centennial Building \ •■
1313 Sherman Street 1
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Richard D.Lamm
M E M O R A N D U M Governor
— — — J.William McDonald
Director
David W.Walker
Deputy Director
TO: Members, CWCB
FROM: Bill McDonald
DATE: April 23, 1985
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 17, May 3, 1985, Board Meeting--
Flood Hazard Mitigation Report
Introduction
Following the 1981 Lawn Lake dam failure and the 1984 spring
floods, presidential disaster declarations were made at the
request of Governor Lamm. In order to obtain the benefits of
federal disaster relief and recovery programs which are available
411 under such declarations, the state was required to prepare a
flood hazard mitigation plan in 1981 and to update this plan in
1984. -
Colorado was the first state to have to prepare such a plan
under new federal laws which took effect prior to the Lawn Lake
disaster. Colorado 's plan has served as a model throughout the
nation.
At the request of the Colorado Division of Disaster
Emergency Services, the CWCB staff was placed in charge of
preparation of the state 's flood hazard mitigation plan, with
Bill Stanton designated as the state 's flood hazard mitigation
officer. An enormous amount of effort, at considerable personal
sacrifice on the part of many state employees, has gone into the
preparation of the plan in order to meet tight federal deadlines .
The purpose of this agenda item is to provide the Board with
an overview of the flood hazard mitigation plan. We will also
brief the Board on the steps which we are taking to obtain
assistance from the Corps of Engineers and Soil Conservation
Service to address flood hazards identified in 1983 and 1984.
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