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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />vital importance.' <br /> <br />Floods do happen, as we so unfortunately learned <br /> <br />in 1976 in the Big Thompson Flood. And when a flood is of <br /> <br />the dimensions that it qualifies as a federal disaster, <br /> <br />local government does receive certain kinds of assistance <br /> <br />and victims do receive assistance. But in that experience, <br /> <br />we needed action by the state Assembly to really get part <br /> <br />of the assistance and the long~term pUblic benefits of <br /> <br />flood control going. <br /> <br />One thing that we had to do was get through the <br />, , <br /> <br />General Assembly some money for an acquisition program. <br /> <br />That acquisition program then enabled us to acquire publicly <br /> <br />land in the floodway:and, particularly, properties that were <br /> <br />more than 50 percent destroyed were not rebuilt, and it was <br /> <br />only humane and right that those people were compensated. <br /> <br />To get that program going, we needed an appropria- <br /> <br />tion through the General Assembly. We were fortunate to hav <br /> <br />a Larimer County Senator as President of the Senate, who <br /> <br />championed this cause, and he was able to,get the General <br /> <br />Assembly to appropriate something over 600,000 along with <br /> <br />the county contribution. And then we used State and Water <br /> <br />Conservation funds that are administered by the State Parks <br /> <br />Board and also money from the Secretary of the Interior's <br /> <br />CHARLINE K. SCOGGIN <br /> <br />CERTIFIE.O SHORTHAND REPORTER <br />2455 UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS t,VENUE <br />BOUl.DER. COLORADO 50302 <br />