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" -~_. .- . "' -. ''"''.....,~",... .-~-_.- ~.~...,....~ .- "" - .' A V . , SPKED-T 26 October 1976 MEMO FOR FILE SUBJECT: Intermediate Coordination Meeting, Mesa County Flood Insurance Study 1. An Intermediate Coordination Meeting to discuss the Mesa County Flood Insurance Study was held in the Mesa County Commissioners Room, Mesa County Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado at 4:00 p.m. on 19th of October 1976. A list of those in attendance is attached. 2. As a result of the large attendance, it was necessary to give some detail on the background of the study and its purpose. Following the background information the technical effort was explained in detail. The principle behind development of a floodway in the detailed study portion and the requirement that the local people would have to adopt acceptable flood plain management measures was.given. 3. Preliminary indications from Mr. Jim Kyle, Mesa County Land-use Administrator were that the county intended to pass land-use regulations based on the Colorado Water Conservation Board model ordinance. It was requested that the county ~~ite a letter to the District indicating their intent to regulate in this manner. Since this form of regulation is more conservative than that required by the Flood Insurance Law, there should be no problem with the Federal Insurance Administration. However, there is considerable difficulty in delineating such an ordinance on the map. It will be necessary to formulate some policy by informal contact with the Federal Insurance Administration in Denver - as to how these data should be shown. Suggestions have been made to the Section Chief to show the l-foot rise as the maximum encroachment and refer in the text to the effect that the community will regulate to Colorado standards that are more conservative. 4. There were questions concerning the developrr~nt of the flood plain data in areas flooded and the topography that was utilized. It was explained that the Bureau of Reclamation topography with 2-foot contour interval, one inch = 200' scale, was utilized. TIlere were no questions raised at the meeting indicating that the technical data was not correct and adequate. Informal advice from the land-use administrator was that adverse comment would be unlikely. Mesa County officials were asked to send any comments they may have within two weeks, so that we can submit the report to our Division office for our review. ~-'~ 1 Incl M. A. CHERNICH as Civil Engineer FPM Sec cc: ;;>FPM Sec (Great Basin Unit) (Org) FPM Sec (Sibilsky) SPDPD-F