FLOOD00689

• Designation Number: 136
• County: Arapahoe
• Community: Littleton
• Stream Name: Slaughterhouse Gulch
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning - Slaughterhouse Gulch, Littleton
• Date: 5/1/1974
• Designation Date: 5/1/1979
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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A third possible funding source is the Colorado Water Conser-
vation Board. The Board is presently considering means of
assisting cities with reducing flood damages. Under considera-
tion is a policy of financial support towards the prevention
and abatement of floods through (a) direct financial assistance
for the delineation of flood hazard areas in an amount not to
exceed 50% of any required local costs and (b) direct financial
assistance in an amount not to exceed 25% of the total local
cost of the construction of flood prevention works. Such a
program, if approved, would recommend that all requests for
assistanee be submitted to the Board not later than May 31 of
each year so they can be considered by the Board at a meeting
to be held in June of each year. The budgetary system would
require a lead time of approximately one year before any funds
could be made available. If such a program is adopted, it
would appear that such funds could be utilized for both struc-
tural improvements as well as open space acquisition.

In conjunction with open space and recreational uses, consis-
tent with flood plain uses, parks and recreational districts
should be considered as possible sources of funding for land
acquisition.

The City should also consider the possibility of allocating a
certain percentage of existing sales taxes for drainage and
flood control improvements and construction and maintenance.

An additional funding source that should be considered is the
Colorado Highway Department, which is generally in agreement
with the upgrading of drainage facilities as they might affect
state highways. Participation could be considered in this
project, to bear part or all of the cost of the improved cul-
vert on S. Santa Fe Drive.

It appears that proper financing could be found to completely
implement the project plan. The various programs proposed to
be supplementary to the master plan would, by necessity, be
developed and coordinated through the city staff in cooperation
with various metropolitan and state agencies. Since such pro-
grams are relatively new and in the formative stages, various
federal grants might also be available to assist the city with
funding to develop these plans and dissiminate the program
information.

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