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CWCB staff performs technical reviews on the following types of reports and maps for approval and designation by the Board: ' . "Flood Insurance Study" (FIS), which is produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and used for floodplain management, regulation, and insurance purposes. . "Flood Insurance Rate Map" (FIRM), which is produced by FEMA and used for floodplain management, regulation, and insurance purposes. A- FIRM may be published with or without an' associated hydrologic and hydraulic report. . "Flood Hazard Boundary Map" (FHBM), which was produced by the Federal Insurance Administration and are used for floodplain manag~ment, regulation, and insurance purposes. An FHBM usually depicts approximate floodplain i boundaries only, and does not have an accompanying report. Note: For all FHBM designations, the CWCB staffwill perform (in-house or by contract with a consultant) hydrologic analyses. . "Floodplain Information Reports", which are produced by local governments, state and federal agencies, special districts, or the private sector, and: are used for floodplain management purposes and usually adopted by FEMA for use in Flood Insurance Rate Map revisions. . Various hydrology studies and related floodplain studies (cornmunity-wide or site specific) that depict 100-year floodplain information that is usefu1'for floodplain management purposes. . "Floodplain Information" is a generic term used to describe any of the above types of reports and/or maps in the CWCB's "rules and regulations..." . "Floodplain Resolution" is a formal document prepared by CWCB staff describing the Floodplain Information that is to be designated and approved by the Board. 1) Consent Aeenda Item 2 Floodplain resolution number: FPR 02-565 Affected communities: Town of Fraser Name of study to be formally acted on: "Approximate Floodplain Mapping, Town of Fraser, Colorado" dated July 2000 - prepared by the Colorado Water Cons€ilrvation Board. Studied streams: Fraser River, Leland Creek, Elk Creek, and St. Louis Creek Technical issues: Presently, the only regulatory floodp1ron information for the Town of Fraser is a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) dated March 26, 1976. ISince the publication of that map, the Town has annexed substantial additional territory, including land along the additional floodplains. In the fall of 1999, an engineering firm, prepar~d an application for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) relating to a portion of the Fraser River witliin the town. The LOMR application provides detailed floodplain information for the studied stream reach and it is proposed that the information would supercede or supplement the existing information. The LOMR does not, however, address flood hazards on three main tributary streams within the current corporate limit of Fraser. Those three streams are Leland Creek, Elk Creek, and St. Louis Creek. The purpose of the CWCB study presented h€ilre for designation is to provid€il floodplain information for th~ unstudied reach of the Fraser River and for all three tributary streams. It is recomm€ilnded that the information in the LOMR and in the CWCB report for Fraser b€il incorporat€ild into a new Flood InsuranC€il Study!(FIS) for th€il Town. Community response: The CWCB staff transmitted a: letter dat€ild September 3, 2002 to the Town of Fras€ilr's floodplain administrator as notification of the proposed designation action for the subject Approximate Floodplain Mapping report. The Town has not Y€ilt transmitt€ild a lett€ilr to the CWCB requesting formal Board action on th€ilir floodplain infonnation, however previous contact with the Town has indicted th€ilir willingness to work with CWCB staff \md they are receptive to the new floodplain study and the proposed action. Further communications and.{or a meeting will be held with the Town in the Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Fin~cing . Stream and Lake Protection 2 Water Supply Protection. Cdnservation Planning " . , . . .