BOARD02469

• Board Meeting Date: 7/18/2005
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

ASFPM Annual Conference held in Madison, WI: The Association of State
Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) held their annual conference in Madison, WI on June 12-
17. Tom Browning and Kevin Houck from the Flood Protection Section attended in
order to satisfy the Community Assistance Program grant requirement. Kevin Houck
serves on the ASFPM Regional Director for Region VIII (which includes Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and attended all board
functions while at the conference. The Map Modernization Program was the single
largest topic of the conference, with its successes and shortcomings in states such as
Colorado discussed. Colorado was once again recognized as a national leader in
floodplain management with the following statistics acknowledged during the Board of
Directors' Meeting:
. Second largest state chapter membership (2nd only to Texas)
. lOth nationally in number of registered Certified Floodplain Managers (behind
coastal states, such as Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, and federal-heavy areas
such as Virginia and Maryland)
. 2nd highest-ranked community nationally in the Community Rating System (Fort
Collins), an insurance discount program rewarding communities with well-run
floodplain management programs
. No federally-declared flood disasters for the past six years
. Membership on the Board of Directors of both ASFPM (Kevin Houck) and the
National Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Management Agencies
(NAFSMA) (Bill DeGroot and Scott Tucker from Urban Drainage and Flood
Control District)
. 98.5% participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (by population)
. Excellent performance in the Map Modernization Program's early years

Flood Mitigation Assistance Awards to City of Sterling and Town of Pagosa
Springs: The Colorado Water Conservation Board's Flood Protection Section, as the
Program Administrator of the FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant
Program, is pleased to announce the awarding of federal grant money to the City of
Sterling and the Town of Pagosa Springs. The City of Sterling was awarded $109,260 of
project funds for the improvement of the Pioneer Ditch, a drainage channel on the
northwest side of Sterling which helps drain overflows from Pawnee Creek and Sand
Creek. The Town of Pagosa Springs was awarded $11,800 of planning funds for the
creation of a Flood Mitigation Plan. In addition, the CWCB was given $12,140 of
technical assistance funds for the administration and marketing of the program.

Arkansas River Basin

Kansas v. Colorado: Litigation: The Attorney General will be reporting to the Board on
this ongoing litigation, see agenda item 24.i.

Litigation Account: Work continues on the litigation support activities being funded by
the Board through the litigation account of the construction fund. The required annual
report to the General Assembly is being drafted and will be submitted at the conclusion

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