Board Meeting 03/29/1999

• Board Meeting Date: 3/29/1999
• Description: Flood Section - Floodplain Designation and Approvals
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ATTAClIMENT 9

FPR 99-490
Floodplain Information Report, Town of Kiowa, dated March 1999, including
Flood Hazard Boundary Map, Town of Kiowa, Elbert County, Colorado, dated
February 27, 1976.

KEY ISSUES:
· The Town of Kiowa has never and does not currently participate in the NFIP; nevertheless, the Federal
Insurance Administration prepared an FHBM for Kiowa dated February 27, 1976.

· Elbert County and the CWCB prepared detailed floodplain information for Kiowa Creek in and around
Kiowa (as well as Kiowa Creek in and around Elbert) in 1976; the county and the CWCB also prepared
some approximate floodplain mapping for the northwestern portion of the county in 1981.

· Because of recent and ongoing growth, Kiowa is facing pressure in its floodprone areas and is
considering both a general program of floodplain management and, more specifically, entry into the
NFIP; for example, a storm drainage review (not a floodplain review) of a new subdivision, which is
located along a tributary to Kiowa Creek, performed by the town's independent drainage consultant,
identified 10 drainage shortcomings needing cOlrection, further underscoring the need to appropriately
manage drainage problem areas and floodplains.

· Another tribuUUy to Kiowa Creek flows through the parking lot of the high school in Kiowa and then
through a trailer park, before it enters the county lairgrounds.

COMMUNITY RESPONSE:
The Town of Kiowa sent a letter to the CWeB requesting designation and approval of the
March 1999 report after a technical review of the February 27, 1976 map. A meeting was
held with representatives of the Town to discuss the designation process and answer
floodplain-related questions. A site visit was also performed to review the streams in Kiowa.
The town is supportive of the Board's proposed designation action. In addition, the town
would like to work with the CWCB on possible entry into the NFIP and the development of
a local floodplain management program.

SUMMARY:
The staff recommends Board approval of the floodplain resolution for the Town of Kiowa
designating the Floodplain Information Report dated March 1999, including the new approximate
floodplain mapping which revises the 1976 Flood Hazard Boundary Map. The approximate
floodplain information contained in the FIR meets the Board's "Floodplain Designation and
Approval Rules". The designation action will assure that the most current floodplain information
for the Town of Kiowa is explicitly approved by the state, thereby complying with state statutory
requirements.

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