BOARD02414

• Board Meeting Date: 9/25/2000
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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5 - General technical assistance, primarily floodplain information inquiries (approximately 700/year).
6 - Continue to develop a statewide flood hazard risk assessment - three phases, three years, and building
on statistics developed in the 1999 Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan.
7 - Continue to assist FEMA in removing Colorado's repetitive loss structures from the flood insurance
rolls.
8 - Assist Colorado in implementing its risk hazard mitigation plan.
9 - Attend the following conferences - Association of State Floodplain Managers annual conference,
FEMA All Hazards (NFIP/SHMO) conference, two (2) FEMAlASFPMlNEMA policy committee
workshops, annual Region 8 Community Assistance Program conference, Boulder Natural Hazards
conference.
10 - Continued support for Colorado's two- (2) open presidential disaster declarations as State Disaster
Mitigation Officer.

Each year the cWcB receives approximately $135,000 to fund the Flood Mitigation Assistance
(FMA) program. $122,000 of these funds is passed through the cWcB to local governments, by
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), for flood mitigation plans and projects. These activities serve to
reduce future flood losses in Colorado and create disaster resistant communities. The remaining $13,000 is
available to the CWCB for administrative purposes related to grant administration.

Cooperating Technical Community agreement with FEMA: The cWcB has become a
partner with FEMA by entering into a memorandum of agreement as a "Cooperating Technical
Community" (CTC). The CTc partnership is an innovative approach by FEMA to help keep community
floodplain mapping as current and accurate as possible. At this time, the cWcB is entering into
individual task order agreements with FEMA to perform two specific floodplain studies in Colorado.
The first study is for Spring Creek within the Town of Pierce and portions of unincorporated Weld
County. The second study is for the Cache la Poudre River within the City of Greeley. If the
agreements come to fruition, FEMA will be providing a funding package for the two studies totaling
$60,000. CWcB staff will act as project managers, however no state or local matching funds are
required for these studies.

Floodplain Review and Designation Contract: Montgomery Watson is currently under
contract with the cWCB to assist in the review and designation process for existing floodplain studies
that are within the backlog of undesignated studies. This contract was made possible by a grant from
FEMA, combined with 25% matching contribution from the CWcB in the form of cash and in-kind
services. The September Board meeting is the first cWcB meeting where studies reviewed by the
contractor will be presented to the Board as part of the consent agenda. The work performed under this
contract will expedite the elimination of the backlog. Montgomery Watson will assist with the
completion of 30-floodplain study reviews. In January 1999, the backlog consisted of 57 undesignated
studies, which will be reduced to about 40 as of the September 2000.

Formulation of Multi-Objective Stream Corridor Program: In order to better manage and
coordinate the various individual multi-objective projects currently overseen by the staff of the Flood
Protection Section, we are formulating a Multi-Objective Stream Corridor Program. While this program
will continue to be housed in the Flood Protection Section, it will not be limited to flood considerations.
The program will be designed to address a variety of stream issues (stream rehabilitation, compacts,
irrigation water supply and distribution, transbasin diversions and their impacts. water quality, riparian
habitat, recreation and open space, erosion and deposition, flood protection, etc.) in a comprehensive
manner. The program will include both planning studies and projects involving final design and
construction.

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