BOARD02207

• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1998
• Description: Flood Section - Statewide River Rehabilitation and Floodplain Management Needs Inventory
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
131 3 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLOR;\OO

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Roy Romer
Governor

MEMORANDUM

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, ONR

Oaries e. lile, P.E.
Director, eWeB

TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM: Larry Lang

DATE: January 20,1998

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 4c., January 28-29, 1998 Board Meeting-
Statewide River Rehabilitation and Floodplain Management Needs
Inventory

Backl!round

At your November 1996 meeting, you requested that we draft a proposal to "inventory the
State's river rehabilitation and floodplain management needs and recommend funding
opportunities. "

At your January 1997 meeting, I presented a proposal that had the foiIowing'objectives:
. To address the current statewide level of unmet floodplain management needs;
. To develop a comprehensive approach to enhance and better manage flood-related
activities within the state's stream corridors;
. To evaluate a wide range of alternatives for the lessening of flood risks and their
economic impacts, with a focus on stream channel rehabilitation and maintenance;
. To provide a multi-objective management program which will address:
· Floodplain management issues
. Flood hazard mitigation measures
. Streambnk and channel erosion problems
. Channel conveyance and floodplain capacity
. Loss of fish and wildlife habitat areas
. Preservation and restoration of natural areas
. Participation in open space and land acquisition programs;
. To evaluate the need for a state-wide stormwater detention policy; and
. To authorize and implement funding opportunities/strategies for studies and projects.