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<br />SECTIO.POUR <br /> <br />Problems and Needs <br /> <br />3. Planning needs in developed or undeveloped areas. Floodplains and/or improvements need <br />to be identined to coordinate with other infrastructure improvements such as roads, adjacent <br />drainage improvements, irrigation ditches, and/or to deal with multi-jurisdictional issues such <br />as cost allocations. <br /> <br />There is little coordination or consistency among the four municipalities in terms of subdivision <br />drainage plan review and review of plans for municipal projects such as street construction. <br />Engineers review the plans to check for proper design and location of drainage facilities, and the <br />municipalities also participate in some drainage basin planning studies. Coordination of the <br />review of subdivision and municipal project plans with the drainage basin planning study is very <br />important, however, the basin planning studies, capital programs, and maintenance programs all <br />are quite different between the entities. <br /> <br />This jurisdictional fragmentation of the review process, combined with the lack of drainage basin <br />planning studies, creates an inconsistent, poorly coordinated approach to stormwater <br />management. An effective multi-jurisdictional approach necessarily requires: <br /> <br />. Coordination among the five entities and/or a broader, regional authority such as a Drainage <br />Authority that can address basin-wide problems that transcend jurisdictional boundaries. <br /> <br />. Clarification of the roles of the municipalities, the District, the US Army Corps of Engineers, <br />the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, irrigation companies and <br />others. That is, identification of which entities are responsible for each of the many aspects <br />of storm water management in the valley including planning, construction, maintenance, and <br />administration. <br /> <br />Another common problem of all of the entities is the lack of adequate funding for both <br />construction of needed improvements and for completion of deferred maintenance on the natural <br />washes. The washes are currently in need of attention, but only a small percentage of the <br />necessary funding has been available. The lack of adequate funding is a problem for both local <br />and regional proj ects. <br /> <br />4.3 LOCAL VERSUS REGIONAL SERVICES <br /> <br />The Steering Committee determined that the five entities are very good at providing services <br />(even though they may be at a lower Level of Service than desired) that are limited to inside their <br />jurisdictions. There is consensus among the Steering Committee that these activities remain the <br />responsibility of local entities. However, it was also found that services that involve <br />coordination with the other jurisdictions could be provided more efficiently by a valley-wide <br />effort. That is, there is considerable overlap of services that could be eliminated (or at least <br />limited) by a regional approach. <br /> <br />4.4 LEVEL OF SERVICE VERSUS LEVEL OF FUNDING <br /> <br />Following a review of all the services provided by the five entities, it was determined that the <br />Level of Service provided in the valley was inadequate. A higher Level of Service is needed to <br />provide better protection of property, to increase the safety of residents, or to address federal <br />regulations. <br /> <br />URS <br /> <br />T:\PRQJECTS\22236022_GRAND_VALLEY\SU8_00\6.0 _PROJ_DEllV\FIN.AL REPORT\FINAL REPT REV 4.DOC\9~JUl-03\\ 4-3 <br />