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<br />,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mr. Dan Bunting, Floodplain Administrator <br />El Paso County <br />101 West Costilla <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80903 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Bunting: <br /> <br />I would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) <br />Floodplain Designation and technical assistance programs. Designation and approval of the existing floodplain <br />mapping for your community would enhance your ability to regulate the 100-year floodplains more effectively. <br />State enabling law for local zoning and subdivision regulation requires that technical information used for <br />regulation of floodprone areas be designated and approved by the CWCB. Designation and approval of the <br />floodplain mapping by the CWCB would provide benefits by helping the community to exercise its zoning <br />powers and to help reduce flood risks to new development in the identified floodplain. <br /> <br />The documents entitled "Flood Insurance Study, EI Paso County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas, <br />March 17, 1997" and "Flood Insurance Study, EI Paso County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas, <br />August 23, 1999" that were prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency include approximate <br />andfor detailed floodplain information for one or more streams within unincorporated portions of the county, <br />Fountain and Green Mountain Falls. On your behalf, the CWCB is proposing possible designation and <br />approval of the Flood Insurance Studies at its Board meeting on January 23,d and 24'", 2001. <br /> <br />The CWCB may consider the designation and approval of floodplain information either by request of a <br />community or by acting on its own initiative. The first method, which is preferable, requires that we receive a <br />letter of request from you prior to the scheduled Board meeting. We would appreciate it if you could send us a <br />request letter using the attached "sample request letter" as a guide. <br /> <br />The engineering consulting firm of Montgomery Watson in Denver will be assisting CWCB with the floodplain <br />designation process. Either I or an engineer with Montgomery Watson will be calling you soon to talk about <br />the designation process and to answer any questions you may have about your floodplain information. Please <br />call me at (303) 866-3441 if you have any immediate concerns regarding this issue. Thank you. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Thomas W. Browning, P.E. <br />Flood Control and Floodplain Management Section <br />