BOARD02487

• Board Meeting Date: 9/7/1995
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
721 State Centennial Building
I3 I3 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

September 7, 1995

WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has a duty "to devise and formulate
methods, means, and plans for bringing about the greater utilization of the waters of the state
and the prevention of flood damages therefrom"; and

WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has a duty "to cooperate with the
United States and the agencies thereof, and with other states for the purpose of bringing about
the greater utilization of the waters of the state of Colorado and the prevention of flood damages;
and

WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board is the designated state coordinating
agency for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the implements many of its
objectives; and

WHEREAS, the Clinton Administration has announced a change in the management of
the federal government under the theme of "Reinvention of the Federal Government (and its
agencies)"; and

WHEREAS, many of the proposed changes in individual agencies are being made without
discussions with states and local governments (CLOSED DOOR APPROACH), and may
adversely impact the operations of state and local govemment programs and projects; and

WHEREAS, the new policies within many of the federal agencies would limit federal
participation in important state projects; and

WHEREAS, the Administration has announced a substantial change with respect to the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control Md flood protection policies; and

WHEREAS, the new Corps of Engineer's policy would limit federal participation to
projects where more than 50% of the floodwaters originated from outside the boundaries of a
state and would require projects to have a benefit/cost ratio of greater than two-to-one; and

WHEREAS, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly the Soil Conservation
Service, has restructured many of its programs, thereby greatly reducing the assistance which they
previously provided to communities, farmers, and ranchers; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Management Emergency Service ( FEMA) has recent drafted new
agency guidelines which include changes in the administration of the National Flood Insurance
Program; and