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<br />Floodplain
<br />Resol. No. 167
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<br />COLORADO'WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
<br />823 State cent.ennial Building
<br />1313 She~man Street
<br />Denver, coLorado 80203
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<br />Decembe~ 2, 1980
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<br />R I S 0, L U T ION
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<br />'WHEREAS, ,a report entitled "Flood Insurance' Study Summit
<br />County, colorado, UnincorporateClAreas," which ,includes detailed
<br />floodpli1in information and data for the Blue River, Willow creek,
<br />Straight Creek,Ten Mile creek,West Ten Mile Creek, Snake River,
<br />Soda Creek, and Meadow Creek, da.tedJuneI980, has been prepared
<br />by Gingery Associates, Inc., unCler contract with the Federa'l
<br />Insurance Administration; and
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<br />WHEREAS, said report describes andoutliries the floodplain
<br />data and, information for, thest()rm and floodwater runoff channels
<br />or basins .of the, study area; ,ami, '
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<br />WHEREAS, said report also includesflood~prone areas' (Zane A),
<br />which are approximate ' 100-year, f-loodplains fOr, the' following s,trearns:
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<br />Blue River
<br />Slate Creel<
<br />Big Gulch
<br />North ROck Creek
<br />Pebble Creek
<br />Salt Lick,Gulch
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<br />Meadaw Cre6'k
<br />North Ten ~ile Creek
<br />Ten Mile Cr' eek
<br />Soda Creek
<br />Snake Rive:r
<br />, South ,Barton Gulch
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<br />Middle BartanGulch
<br />NOrth Bartan Gulch
<br />,Swan River
<br />, Illinois Gulch
<br />French .Gulch
<br />Sa~ill, Gulch
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<br />and other unnarnedtributaries; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Baard .ofCoun'tYCOrninissianersafsummit caunty'
<br />has ,requested, the Colorado Water ,Conservation Baard to designate
<br />andapprave theflaodplain and flood-prone areas 'as set fOrth in
<br />the aforesaid report; and
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<br />WHEREAS, section 37~60-106(1), COlorado Revised Statutes
<br />1973, requires the calOr ado Water, Conservation Board, to assist in
<br />the preventioriof floods and flood dainagestherefrom; and
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<br />WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-201 and 30-28-111, Colarada Revised
<br />Statutes 1973, provide that such legislative bodies of local juris-
<br />dictions may provide zoning regulations fOr land uses on Or along
<br />any storm .or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designa-
<br />tion and approval by the ColoradO Water Canservation Board; and
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<br />WHEREAS,' the Board of Commissianers .of Sunimit county have
<br />stated that they will regulate the storm and floodwater runoff
<br />channels (zone A) on a case-by-case basis subject taa detailed
<br />hydrologic and hydraulic analysis by a professional engineer; and
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