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<br />LOCAL REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado has requested the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to designate and approve the floodplain information contained in said new <br />report with included mapping; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado has specifically requested the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board to not designate and approve the Zone A floodplain area located just <br />south of Interstate Highway 76 along Sherman Street as contained in said new report with included <br />mapping; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado, has not requested the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to rescind any of the approximate floodplain information contained in <br />Resolution No, 392; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado, has requested that the FEMA floodplain <br />mapping for their community be updated to reflect the latest corporate limits and to reflect the <br />previously designated approximate floodplain information for the South Platte River as presented in <br />the 1977 Special Flood Hazard Information Report (Resolution No, 392); and <br /> <br />C.R.S AUTHORITY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado <br />Water 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 <br />any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(l)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins <br />and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of local jurisdictions; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the floodplain information in said new report with included mapping for the <br />South Platte River in the City of Fort Morgan meets the requirements for approximate information <br />listed under the Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains <br />and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1), <br /> <br />3 <br />