BOARD01663

• Board Meeting Date: 8/6/1969
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

the South Platte River basin under these
continuing authorities.

Under provisions of Section 14 of the
1946 Flood Control Act, the Chief of Engi-
neers has authority to construct measures
to protect public works from erosion.
Municipal water and sewage facilities,
farm-to-market roads, and highways are
eligible for protection under this classi-
fication. Federal expenditures are limited,
under Section 14, to $50,000 in anyone
locality during a fiscal year. The city of
Aurora requested an investigation, under
this authority, for protection of its water
supply line, which crosses Plum Creek in
Douglas County. The report will be for-
warded to higher authority as soon as the
city of Aurora furnishes assurances it will
provide the necessary local cooperation.

Under provisions of Section 205 of
the 1948 Flood Control Act, as amended,
the Chief of Engineers has authority to
construct local flood protection projects.
Federal expenditures under this authority
are limited to $1,000,000 in anyone local-
ity. Investigations under authority of
Section 205 are either under way or have
been completed at Elizabeth, Fort Collins,
Deer Trail, Jamestown and Roggen. The
investigations at Elizabeth found that
local flood protection measures would be
infeasible. Along Spring Creek at Fort
Collins the investigation found that flood
plain zoning was the most practicable solu-
tion to the flood problem. At Deer Trail,
a levee appears to be feasible, but local
interests indicated a desire for upstream
storage. The investigations at Jamestown
and Roggen are under way.

Under provisions of Section 204 of
the 1954 Flood Control Act, the Chief of
Engineers has authority to clear channels

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