FLOOD00067

• County: Alamosa
• Community: Alamosa
• Stream Name: Rio Grande River
• Title: Flood Control Status Report for Alamosa County and City
• Date: 7/1/1987
• Prepared For: Alamosa County
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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Alamosa City, Alamosa County and State officials discussed the
most practical means by which the two local governments could
deal with the potential for flooding posed by the existing
levees should the Rio Grande continue to have high flows. The
CWCB and DOH suggested that the City and County consider using
the CDBG grant to begin a flood control project and ask for
further assistance from the State and Federal governments. The
City and County officials agreed to the idea of a flood control
project and a second meeting was set up to invite the
Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and the Army Corps of
Engineers to discuss the feasibility of a project and how to
finance it.

On September 25, 1985, a follow up to the August 23rd meeting
was conducted in Alamosa to discuss the direction the City and
County would take in regards to the flooding potential within
and around the City.

Alamosa City and County officials indicated they were prepared
to divert their CDBG project funds if the State and Federal
officials would ~~sist in financing future portions of the
project. DOLA indicated that they would assist in the
administrative procedures for Shifting the funds to the flood
project.

The Corps of Engineers r~presentative stated that their
involvement at the beginning would be technical assistance and
perhaps some preliminary studies to evaluate the potential for
a future Corps project. FOllowing this meeting, elected
officials of Alamosa City and Alamosa County pooled their
resources and in a joint effort authorized a number of positive
action items to alleviate the future flood threat. The CWCB was
asked to assist in the selection of a firm to conduct a
reconnaissance study of the Alamosa flood project.

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Reconnaissance Report, Muller Engineering 1985

On September 30, 1985, the Colorado Water Conservation Board
assisted Alamosa City and County officials in selecting Muller
Engineering Company, Inc., to conduct a reconnaissance level
investigation and develop viable structural measures to lessen
the erosion and flooding problems along the Rio Grande at
Alamosa and surrounding areas. The study included the
following work scope:

a. Visit the site to become familiar with the current
conditions of the existing levee system and the community.

b. Identify and record the flood history and hydrology of the
area.

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