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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEETING AND FIELD RECONNAISSANCE REPORT Project: CWCB Floodplain Designation Project Site: Town of Granby Date of Visit: March 19,2002 Date of Report: March 20, 2002 Personnel Present: Jerry Gibbens, MWH Tom Browning, CWCB Prepared By: Jerry Gibbens, MWH Notes: The purpose of the meeting and field investigation was to meet with the town, observe general basin and channel characteristics, and to investigate specific issues that arose during the meeting and during the review process. The following summarizes the field review. Selected photographs have also been included. Meeting with the Town . A meeting was held with Tom Hale, Granby Town Manager, Ed Raffety, Mayor, and Ted Wang, Mayor Pro-Tem. The meeting took place between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm at the Town Hall offices in Granby. An agenda, existing FHBM and 11 "xl?" copy of the draft floodplain map were presented to all attendees. . Tom Browning made introductions, explained the purpose of the meeting, reviewed legislation supporting the designation process and described the designation process. . The Town bas recently adopted Drainage and Erosion Control standards for developments over I acre. . Although the north drainage area is out of the Town Limits, we should leave it on the map for their planning purposes. . There was a significant rainfall event on July 19, 2000. Jerry Gibbens indicated that the March 2001 ICON Engineering report entitled "General Drainage Report for Granby High School and Middle School Campus" indicated that the rainfall was 3.5 inches in one hour, which is significantly greater than the 100-year event. . The Town indicated several areas where they have had flooding problems during the 200 event, as well as other minor events. These were marked on the map, and include: ((f)) 10110 granby_fieldrpt.doc March 20, 2002