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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I RECOMMENDATIONS The used for a include: findings of the hydrologic and hydraulic investigations can be number of floodplain management activities. These activities Implementation of floodplain zoning. Floodproofing structures. Sizing stream crossings and bridges. Preparation of a flood control feasibility analysis. Public awareness of flood problems. Flood Fight Operations. By authority vested in Section 30-28-111 of the Colorado Revised Statutes for county governments and Section 31-23-201 for municipal governments , the cities, towns, and counties within the study area may enact certain flood-related controls and regulations ... " . . . to establish, regulate, restrict, and limit such uses on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin, as such storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin has been designated and approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in order to lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation of storm or floodwaters ..." Therefore, upon official approval of this report by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the areas described as being innundated by the 100-year flood can be designated as, flood hazard areas and their use regulated accordingly by the local agencies. It is recommended that such regulation be enacted upon such designation. Following acceptance of this study, the Town of Georgetown may request to be converted from the Emergency Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to the Regular Phase through the "special conversion provision" of the program using results of this study. It is recommended that the results of this study be incorporated into any new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM's) put out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration for this area. Specifically, the "Flooded Area Maps" in this report could be used to replace the flood hazard boundary as shown in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Hazard Boundary Map of January 2, 1980. Upon Georgetown's conversion to the regular phase of the National Flood . Insurance Program, additional amounts of flood insurance coverage will be available to dwellings within the 100-year floodplain. Exhibit 4 gives some information on National Flood Insurance Program coverage available. 12