BOARD00721

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2001
• Description: Flood Section - Special Purpose Funds: Flood Response Fund - Replacement of Funds
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation BOaId
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver! Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]!
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

To:

Colorado W ater Consemti~'ard Members

Larry Lang, P ,E., dfielf, F'lo'od Protection Section

Greg E. W.]Cher
Executive Director

From:

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Date:

November 9, 2001

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Re:

Agenda Item 27b, November 19-20, 2001 CWCB Meeting
Special Purpose Funds
Flood Response Fund - Replacement of Funds

Introduction
The Staff requests that the Board consider restoring $35,000 to the Flood Response Fund to
maintain the original $150,000 funding level for the 2002 flood season.

Backe:round/Discussion
At the CWCB November 20-21,2000 meeting, staff provided the Board with an overview of
the CWCB Flood Response Program. The staffs 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 ftmds available for the Flood Response
Program on July 1, 2001.

A total of $35,000 out of the $150,000 wi1l be expended during fiscal year 2002 for the
following purposes: 1)$25,000 to contract with a consultant to prepare a 2001 Colorado Flood
Docmnentation Report. 2) $10,000 to John Henz of HDR Engineering, Inc, for participation in the
Colorado Flood Task Force and for flood forecasting activities during the limited springlsmnmer 2001
flood season,

The staff advises the Board that the 2001 flood season was not significant and therefore did not
_ cr.eat.e_alargen~e_d fOL flQodrespDnsfLdollars... Cons.equently.,...the.Jiemandon the ftmdw.asJimited. to
only two requests as discussed above,

Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to authorize $35,000 from the
Construction Fund to be appropriated to the Flood Response Fund for expenditures by the Colorado
Water Conservation Board.

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning

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