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WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency converted said maps to Flood Insurance Rate Maps by letter dated March I, 1986; and WHEREAS, said maps include approximate floodplain delineations for the following storm and floodwater runoff channels and basins withlll the unincorporated portions of Gilpin County, as of June 10, 1977, as listed in Table I: TallIe! Approximate Floodplain Information Within Unincorporated Portions of Gilpin County Arapaho Lakes Baker Gulch Chase Gulch Colorado Creek Elk Creek Gamble Gulch Heart Lake Iceburg Lakes James Peak Lake Karel Park Lake Lake Gulch Little Echo Lake Lump Gulch ;and Lump Gulch Mammoth Gulch ]\forth Clear Creek Pine Creek Ralston Creek Roger Pass Lake Russell Gulch Smith HilI Gulch South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek Thorn Lake Onnamed Lakes Onnamed tributaries to Ralston Creek WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board completed a new report entitled "Floodplain Information Report, Gilpin County, Colorado" dated February 1999 which provides technical and floodplain management information to supplement the floodplain delineations contained on said floodplain maps dated June 10, 1977; and LOCAL REOUEST FOR DESIGNATION WHEREAS, Gilpin County, Colorado bas requested the Colorado Water Conservation Board to designate and approve the floodplaiCl information contained on said Flood Hazard Boundary Maps dated June 10, 1977 with included Floodplain Information Report dated February 1999; and c.R.S AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-1 II, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along 2