BOARD01729

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: Flood Section - Special Purpose Funds - Flood Response Fund - Replacement of Funds
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WWY/.cwcb,state.co. us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

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Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Larry Lang, P.E., Chief, Flood Protection Section
November 14, 2002
Agenda Item 25a, November 25-26, 2002 CWCB Meeting
Special Purpose Funds
Flood Response Fund - Replacement of Funds

Rod Knharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Introduction
The staff requests that the Board consider restoring the CWCB Flood Response Fund to maintain the original
$150,000 funding level for the 2003 flood season.

Backl!roundlDiscussion
At the CWCB November 20-21, 2000 meeting, staff provided the Board with an overview of the CWCB Flood
Response Program. The staffs November 2000 presentation to the Board outlined the objectives of the
Program and the benefits that it would provide to the State. A $150,000 Flood Response Program was
authorized in the 200 I Construction Fund Bill (SB 0 I - I 57) and enacted by the Colorado General Assembly.
This legislative action made funds available for the Flood Response Program on July I, 2001. During its
November 200 I meeting, the Board then approved replacement of funds to the Flood Response Fund in the
amount of $35,000 that were expended by staff during Fiscal Year 200 I -2002.

A total of $135,000 out of the $150,000 is planned to be expended during fiscal year 2003 for the following
pUlposes: I )$50,000 already under contract with ICON engineering for documentation of flood events during
the flood season, and for preparation of a 2002 Colorado Flood Documentation Report, 2) $10,000 already
under contract with John Henz of HDR Engineering, Inc. for participation in the Colorado Flood Task Force
and for flood forecasting activities during the limited spring/summer 2002 flood season, 3) $40,000 currently
being contracted with Ayres Associates for evaluating 100-year flood and debris flow hazards in areas that were
affected by wildfires during the 2002 fire season, and 4) $35,000 to implement the Scope of Work prepared by
staff for flood mitigation activities in the community of Otis, Colorado(the contractor has not been selected
yet).

Therefore staffis requesting the Board to authorize $135,000 to be appropriated to the Flood Response Fund to
replace the completed and planned expenditures during Fiscal Year 2002-2003.

Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board request the General Assembly to authorize $135,000 from the Construction
Fund to be appropriated to the Flood Response Fund for expenditures by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board.

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