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<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 />TECHNICAL MAPPING ISSUES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Montgomery Watson concluded that several errors and omissions exist in said <br />Flood Insurance Study with included Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and a description of those problems <br />are described in a memorandum to the CWCB dated August 10, 2000 and on a review checklist that is <br />contained in the CWCB's project file; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain information, as listed in Table 1, in said new Flood <br />Insurance Study and Hydrology Addendum meets all of the requirements listed under the Board's <br />"Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater <br />Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 100-year peak discharges within Adams County for the streams listed in Table 4 <br />were developed by the consulting firm of Montgomery Watson utilizing the latest available CWCB <br />regional regression equations entitled "Guidelines for Determining 100-year Flood Flows for <br />Approximate Floodplain in Colorado": <br /> <br />Table 4 <br />Approximate (Zone A) floodplains within incorporated communities in Adams County for which <br />100-year peak flows were developed utilizing CWCB hydrology guidelines <br /> <br />;and <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />