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<br />WHEREAS, the study partners for completion of technical data that led up to the publication of <br />said new report include the u.s. Army Corps of Engineers, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the <br />City of Florence, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said study partners conducted joint progress meetings as well as independent <br />reviews of said technical information generated for said new report, and were in general agreement that <br />the information is reasonable and acceptable; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has elected to designate said new report <br />by Board initiative with the knowledge that the City of Florence and other study partners have reviewed <br />and supported said new report; and <br /> <br />eR.s. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(I)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that <br />legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any <br />storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(I)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to <br />make such designations available to legislative bodies oflocal jurisdictions; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detailed 100-year floodplain information for Oak Creek in the vicinity of <br />Florence, as presented in said new report meets the requirements listed under the Board's "Rules and <br />Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff <br />Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a letter dated December 2, 2002 from FEMA to Fremont County indicates that the <br />effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) are being revised to show <br />the effects of improved hydrologic and hydraulic modeling that incorporated more detailed topographic <br />information along Oak Creek from approximately 100 feet upstream of the AT &SF railroad bridge <br />crossing upstream approximately 4,300 feet to the Town of Williamsburg corporate boundary; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, additional modeling was performed within the Town of Williamsburg along Oak <br />Creek for an additional 3,000 feet of stream length up to Quincy Street; and <br />WHEREAS, the flood hazard data for Williamsburg on the FIRM and FIS is shown for <br />informational purposes only; and <br /> <br />2 <br />