BOARD01289

• Board Meeting Date: 3/24/2003
• Description: Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Product Produced: A complete floodplain management and drainage criteria manual (Manual) with
technical criteria and stormwater related policies that can be applied consistently and equitably
throughout the state. The Manual will include chapters on flood history, drainage law, storm
characteristics, hydrology, hydraulics, debris flows & erosion, and numerous other flood related
chapters,

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Water Planning Relationship: This Manual involves statewide floodplain guidelines that could
eventually become policy through official rulemaking and is not related to a specific watershed or
geographic location, The project is intended to lead to a comprehensive revision to the "Rules and
Regulations for Designation and Approval of Floodplains. " in Colorado" of the CWCB. This Manual is
of statewide concern and will assist state and local officials appropriate technical guidance for
development, designation and approval of regulatory floodplain information,

Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation for funding of this project because of the need
for creating a statewide drainage criteria manual and for updating and revising the IS-year old current
"Rules and regulations", The project has statewide importance and is necessary because of new
methods, models and technologies used for floodplain determinations,

2. Multi-Objective Stream Restoration Projects

Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor: CWCB, Various
Amount of Request: $50,000

Ranking:

High

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Product Produced: Continued CWCB program to provide state support for locally derived studies
and proj ects sponsored or partnered by interested government agencies, water districts, or other
interested parties, The purpose is to pursue studies and/or design and construction projects to
understand sources of watershed and river problems, to develop alternative strategies for dealing with
those problems, and to design and implement mitigation features to lessen or eliminate the problems,
The result is a healthier stream corridor environment for multi-use benefits to water supply, reduced
flood hazards, enhanced habitat and recreation, and perhaps improved aesthetics and water quality,

Water Planning Relationship: This program is statewide in nature and is intended to assist in
meeting stream restoration needs throughout Colorado. Representative study areas include the San
Miguel River, the Conejos River, and the S1. Vrain River,

Recommendation: Staff gives a high recommendation for funding of this project since it is another
high priority within the CWCB Flood Protection Section, Much success has already been achieved in the
past few years on river restoration projects (Roaring Fork River, Rio Grande, and others) with similar
projects,

3. Post-Wildfire Hazard Mapping Studies

Beneficiary/Grantee/Contractor:
Amount of Request:

CWCB, Local Governments
$50,000

Ranking:

High

Product Produced: The project will produce engineering reports that will demonstrate the flood and
debris flow hazards within and downstream ofwiJdfire bum areas throughout Colorado, The purpose of
this project is to supplement efforts that are already underway by FEMA, USGS, and CWCB to identify
post-wildfire hazard information and to assist Colorado citizens and at-risk property owners via local
government land use decisions, flood warning plans, evacuation plans and recovery operations,

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Water Planning Relationship: Post-wildfire assessments are generally derived from a
combination cjf local requests along with CWCB initiatives based on needs assessments performed by

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