FLOOD01392

• County: Costilla
• Community: San Luis
• Stream Name: Rito Seco Creek, Culebra Creek
• Title: Reconnaissance Report Surface and Subsurface Flood for San Luis
• Date: 8/20/1987
• Prepared For: San Luis
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

5,0 RECOMMENDATIONS

The following are a list of possibl.? actions that need to be
taken by both the Town officials and UJe Master Drainaqe Study
Contractor:

5,1 rown:

1.

Pursue funding for
Department of Local
1987.

the Master Drainage Study with the
Affairs at Grand Junction on Auqust 20,

2,

Submit the August 10,1987. San
Emergency to the Colorado Division
Services for Governor Romer's action.

Luis Declaration of
of Disaster Emerqency

3, Coordinate the efforts of the Soil Conservation Service and
the Colorado Department of Hiqhways efforts to correct the
bridge vs. culvert problem alonq Hi to Seco and Highl~ay 159,

4 ,

If the Emergency
immediately apply
Drain Project.

Funding option fails, the Town should
for impact funds to complete the Tile

5, Coordinate the efforts of the San Luis Water and Sanitation
District in answering to the Colorado Department of Health
(CDH) letters and request, The Town should prepare a
letter to CDH, through the District. indicating UIE~ Town's
plan of action to alleviate the high discharqe at the
sewage lagoons and request their support

6,

Facilitate
requesting
assistance
contractor.

the $25,000 Master Drainage Study contract by
the Colorado Water Conservation Board's
in a Scope-of-Work and selection of the study

7. Request the Corps of Engineel:s to provide t,echnical
assistance in certification of the levee system, Also
request a set of drawings and specifications (as-.built) of
the levee system for use by the Master Drainage Study
Contractor,

8, Prepare a Master Drainage Study for the community by a
qualified study contractor under contracl; to the Town in
cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and
the Department of Local Affairs.

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