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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said Flood Insurance Study and Hydrology Addendum, with included maps, <br />contains detailed floodplain information for the Uncompahgre River from County Road 24 to 3'd <br />Avenue in the Town of Ouray (Town of Ridgway not included); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said Flood Insurance Study and Hydrology Addendum with included maps <br />contains approximate floodplain information for the following streams, as listed in Table 2, within <br />unincorporated Ouray County: <br /> <br />Table 2 <br />Approximate (Zone A) floodplains within unincorporated Ouray County <br /> <br />Uncom ah e River <br />Cow Creek <br />Pleasant Valle Creek <br />Dallas Creek <br /> <br />LOCAL REOUEST FOR DESIGNATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Ouray County officials were contacted by letter and by telephone regarding <br />floodplain management activities and the CWCl3's designation and approval process for floodplain <br />information, and the County provided feedback to Montgomery Watson conceming specific issues <br />with their floodplain maps; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Ouray County did not transmit a letter to the CWCB staff requesting designation <br />of said Flood Insurance Study by the Board, the County reviewed said Flood Insurance Study and is <br />aware of the designation action by the Board; and <br /> <br />WHERAS, Ouray County believes that said Flood Insurance Study is outdated and needs to be <br />revised; and <br /> <br />C.R.S. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and <br /> <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(1)(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 />2 <br />