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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone, 13031 666-3441 <br />FAX, 13031666-4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />March 30,1999 <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />Mr. Carrol Flemister, Manager <br />Town of Yuma <br />Box 265 <br />221 South Main Street <br />Yuma, Colorado 80759 <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director, DNR <br /> <br />Peter H. Evans <br />Dire<:tor, (WeB <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Flemister: <br /> <br />I would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) <br />floodplain designation and technical assistance programs. Designation and approval of floodplain mapping for <br />your community would enhance your ability to regulate the 100-year floodplains more effectively. It would <br />also provide benefits by helping the community to exercise its zoning powers and to identify flood risks to <br />existing/proposed development in the floodplain. State enabling law for local zoning and subdivision <br />regulation requires that technical information used for regulation of floodprone areas be designated and <br />approved by the CWCB. Technical assistance can also be provided to your community by CWCB staff to <br />evaluate the reasonableness of existing floodplain mapping, and to produce revised floodplain delineations as <br />necessary. Our records indicate that Yuma experienced flooding in 1993. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />The "Flood Hazard Boundary Map, Town of Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado, April 23, 1976" that was <br />prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration includes approximate floodplain information for your <br />community. The Federal Emergency Management Agency subsequently determined, by letter dated November <br />1,1984, that 1976 was inaccurate. The CWCB is now proposing to work with the Town of Yuma to review the <br />existing floodplain information and available flood history. The appropriate floodplain information would then <br />be presented for designation and approval at the CWCB's May 1999 Board meeting. <br /> <br />The CWCB may consider the designation and approval of floodplain information either by request of a <br />community or by acting on its own initiative. The first method, which is more preferable, requires that we <br />receive a letter of request from you by April 20, 1999. We would appreciate it if you could send us a request <br />letter using the attached "sample request letter" as a guide. <br /> <br />I will be calling you in the near future to talk about the designation process and to answer any questions you <br />may have about this letter. In the meantime, please call me at (303) 866-3441 if you have any immediate <br />concerns regarding this issue. Thank you. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />/-" <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />./ <br />// <br />//3- / - <br /> <br />/;homas w. Browning, P.E. <br />Flood Control and Floodplain Management Section <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />c:\seca\resolut\comm-lett\yuma.doc <br />