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. . . Table 1 Detailed riverine floodplains within the City of Durango Animas River Gulch Creek Junction Creek Li htner Creek ; and LOCAL REOUEST FOR DESIGNATION WHEREAS, CWCB staff members contacted City of Durango officials regarding the CWCB's designation and approval process for floodplain information, and the City concurred with the proposed designation action and agreed to transmit a letter to the CWCB staff requesting designation by the Board; 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 bodies oflocal jurisdictions; and COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain information, as listed in Table 1, in said new Floodplain Information Report and Hydrology Addendum with included maps, meets all of the requirements listed under the Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and WHEREAS, said study was revised to incorporate detailed flood hazard information along the Animas River from approximately 0.67 mile downstream of U.S. Highway 550/160 to approximately 0.39 mile upstream of La Posta Road and from approximately 0.58 mile upstream of 32nd Street to approximately 3.56 miles upstream of 32nd Street; and 2