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<br />STATE OF CC:)LORADC <br />o <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX 1303} 866~2115 <br /> <br />July 24, 1992 <br /> <br />Rov Roml" <br />Governor <br /> <br />Ms. Virginia Motoyama <br />Chief, Flood Branch <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Region VIII <br />Denver Federal Center <br />P.O, Box 25267 <br />Denver, CO 80225-0267. <br /> <br />,\~ <br />Dear Ms. ~yama: <br /> <br />S,Jf,l D\.I[)C,lfl <br />Oepulv Dirf:"ctor <br /> <br />We are transmitting to you the recommendations of the State of Colorado regarding <br />current Flood Insurance Study restudy needs. You will note that there are many pages of <br />attachments, That is because we began by considering all 329 communities in the state, We <br />feel that such a comprehensive process is essential to avoid simply pulling a priority list off <br />the top of someone's head. We have made a major effort to avoid the more simplistic <br />prioritizing process used in the past, <br /> <br />Of those 329 communities there are 176 communities that have not been assigned <br />to a priority category, They will be examined in more detail in the future. Every one of the <br />remaining 153 communities has been assigned to a priority category. The remainder of this <br />letter and the attachments will discuss how we moved from a list with 329 communities to <br />one with 153 communities, then one with 90 communities, and finally to one with 37 <br />communities, Those 37 communities are listed in the final recommendations, later in this <br />letter. We do feel that it is important that you follow with us the process of arriving at the <br />final recommendations. <br /> <br />Initial Prioritizing <br /> <br />As we began the process, we divided the state into discrete geographic regions. We <br />are aware that Mr. Fred Metzler of your staff requested that we not make such divisions. <br />Because we feel that it is essential that we examine what is going on and what is needed in <br />each part of the state, and because some clear patterns emerge, we have maintained our <br />geographic divisions anyway. Once the initial list of communities organized into the 12 <br />geographic regions ( See Attachment I) had been made, the prioritizing began. Attachment <br />2 is a summary of the process of placing communities into one of three categories: <br /> <br />NO PRIORITY ASSIGNED <br />LOW PRIORITY <br />MEDIUM PRIORITY <br /> <br />(176 communities) <br />(29 communities) <br />(34 communities) <br />