FLOOD02129

• Designation Number: 534
• County: San Miguel
• Community: Unincorporated San Miguel County
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - San Miguel County and Incorporated Areas
• Date: 9/1/1992
• Designation Date: 11/1/2000
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Correspondence

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LOCAL REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION

WHEREAS, staff members from the CWCB and Montgomery Watson met with the San
Miguel County officials regarding floodplain management activities and the CWCB's designation and
approval process for floodplain information, and the County concurred with the proposed designation
action and transmitted a letter to the CWCB staff requesting designation by the Board; and

WHEREAS, staff members from the CWCB and Montgomery Watson met with Town of
Telluride officials regarding floodplain management activities and the CWCB's designation 'and
approval process for floodplain information, and the Town concurred with the proposed designation
action and agreed to transmit a letter to the CWC!3 staff requesting designation by the Board; and

WHEREAS, Montgomery Watson staff telephoned the Town of Sawpit regarding floodplain
management activities and the CWCB's designation and approval process for floodplain information,
and the Town was not overly concerned with floodplain problems in their community and therefore did
not reject the CWCB's proposed designation action, however a request letter has not been received
from the Town; and

WHEREAS, floodplain information for tile Town of Norwood has been designated separately
by the Board under Resolution No. 00-533; and

WHEREAS, the Towns of Ophir and Mountain Village do not contain mapped floodplain
information within said Flood Insurance Study dated September 30, 1992 and were therefore not
contacted by Montgomery Watson staff; 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 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that
legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any
storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the Colorado Water
Conservation Board; and

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado Water
Conservation Board to designate and approve stOrm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to
make such designations available to legislative booies of local jurisdictions; and

COMPLIANCE WITH CWCR TECHNICAL STANDARDS

WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain infonnation, as listed in Table 1, in said new Floodplain
Information Report and Hydrology Addendum with included maps, meets all of the requirements listed

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