BOARD02135

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: CF Section - En-Bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments Floodplain Mapping Program: Colorado Map Modernization Implementation Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
13 13 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

From:

Larry Lang, Chief - Flood Protection Program
Tom Browning - Flood Protection Program
Brian Hyde - Flood Protection Program

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Date: November 14,2002

Re: November 25-26, 2002, CWCB Meeting - Agenda Item 21.e.
Water Supply Planning and Finance - En-bloc Non-Reimbursable Investments
Floodplain Mapping Program: Colorado Map Modernization Implementation Program

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Introduction

The CWCB staff is requesting a non-reimbursable investment from the Construction Fund to assist with the
preparation of revised and improved floodplain studies and maps for communities throughout Colorado, The
CWCB dollars would mainly be used as a match against millions of federal dollars (75/25% cost share) that
could be made available to Colorado as early as December 2002 or January 2003. President Bush has
requested $351 million in annual funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's)
proposed Map Modernization program, as compared with the current level of funding for floodplain mapping
of $35 million annually. Congress is currently considering the President's request, and a decision could be
expected in the next two months.

There is no formal funding mechanism currently in place for consistently paying for the preparation of
floodplain maps. The development of up-to-date maps will provide a means to identifY flood risks, guide
appropriate real estate purchase decisions, guide appropriate local land use decisions, and make available the
necessary technical infonnation to plan and design appropriate flood hazard mitigation improvements. These
maps will, therefore, serve individual citizens and businesses in Colorado, local governments, state agencies,
and federal agencies. This is a program having statewide significance.

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Staff has requested funding to establish a long-term statewide program based on the anticipated federal
funding, state funding, and local funding. The proposed funding source for the state share is the CWCB
Construction Fund. The local share would consist oflocal cash and local in-kind funding (e.g. local GIS

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning

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