BOARD00961

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: Flood Section - Probable Maximum Precipitation Site-Specific Study for the Cherry Creek Reservoir-Study Findings and Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Executive Summary

The Daily Sentinel, 9-14-2001
1 70 Exit 42, Palisade

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PROBLEMS AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY COMMITTEE

1. Additional funding to meet flooding problems and federal stormwater permit
requirements.

a. Capital improvement projects to move stormwater through the community with
minimal flood risk.

b. Compliance with federal regulations. Four of the five entities in the valley
submitted permit applications for control of stormwater on March 10, 2003. This
is the beginning of a long-term state and federal regulatory program that will
require valley-wide coordination and management.

c. Maintenance of overgrown channels to allow space for floodwaters and to reduce
blocked bridges and culverts during floods, which can cause dangerous flooding
on adj acent property and roads

d. Coordinated floodplain mapping and drainage basin planning studies to identify
and prioritize needs and projects.

e. Determination of an appropriate Level of Service for street and other flooding. In
many areas streets flood too frequently with very little rain.

2. Coordinated representation to involve federal and state agencies in problem solutions.
This is aimed primarily at the federal agencies that control the upper portions of the
basins that flow into the Valley.

3. Implementation priorities:

a. Do not create another level of bureaucracy,

b. Keep it simple (to implement), and

c. Seek public acceptance.

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