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. employees, has gone into the preparation of the plan in order <br /> to meet tight federal deadlines . <br /> Mr . Stanton reported on the status of the Flood Hazard <br /> Mitigation Plan for Colorado. With the use of an overhead <br /> projector, he reviewed the plan contents and provided a brief <br /> overview. Next, he discussed the central issues addressed in <br /> the plan, consisting of floodplain management, geologic hazard <br /> management, dam safety, and emergency preparedness . The <br /> problems concerning debris removal were used as an example to <br /> show how the 37 recommendations in the plan are structured. <br /> The plan has been approved by the Governor and is being printed <br /> in the State print shop. Copies of the plan will be furnished <br /> to the Board members in the near future. <br /> Mr . Stanton then reported on his study tour of flood <br /> control practices in New Zealand and Australia, undertaken in <br /> February and March of 1985 . The tour was funded through a <br /> Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowship, sponsored by the <br /> English Speaking Union of the United States . Mr . Stanton plans <br /> to prepare a report on the tour over the next several months . <br /> Mr . Larry Lang advised the Board members that on May 1, <br /> 1985, the Colorado Water Conservation Board was the recipient <br /> of a national award for excellence in the field of floodplain <br /> management by the Association of State Floodplain Managers <br /> (ASFPM) , with membership from all 50 States . The honor was <br /> bestowed this year by the ASFPM at its annual conference in New <br /> Orleans, Louisiana . The award resulted from the Flood Control <br /> and Floodplain Management Section' s development of a State <br /> procedure and manual for the assessment of the effectiveness of <br /> floodplain management programs and activities as administered <br /> by State and local entities . <br /> Agenda Item 11 - Review of Litigation <br /> ( in executive session over lunch) <br /> a. Riverside v. Andrews <br /> b. Sierra Club v. Block <br /> c . Federal Reserved Water Rights Cases <br /> Agenda Item 12 - Arkansas River Compact Issues <br /> ( in executive session over lunch) <br /> Mr . McDonald briefly discussed items 11 and 12, after which <br /> he recommended that these two items be considered by the Board <br /> in an executive session during the lunch hour . <br /> First Assistant Attorney General Wendy Weiss advised that <br /> consideration of Items 11 and 12 during executive session was <br /> appropriate. <br /> -9- <br />