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<br />LOCAL REOUEST FOR DESIGNATION <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the staff members from CWCB and Montgomery Watson met with the Town of <br />Rico regarding floodplain management activities and the CWCB's designation and approval process <br />for floodplain information, and the Town concurred with the proposed designation action by the Board; <br />and <br /> <br />C.R.S. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that <br />legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any <br />storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to <br />make such designations available to legislative bodies oflocal jurisdictions; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain information for the Dolores River as presented on said <br />flood hazard map by Wilbur Engineering, Inc. dated 1998 and referred to in said new Floodplain <br />Information Report dated September 2000 meets all of the requirements listed under the Board's "Rules <br />and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff <br />Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the approximate floodplain information for Silver Creek as presented on said <br />flood hazard boundary map by Wilbur Engineering, Inc. dated 1998 and referred to in said new <br />Floodplain Information Report dated September 2000 meets all of the requirements listed under the <br />Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or <br />Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 100-year peak discharges within Town of Rico for Silver Creek were developed <br />by the consulting firm of Montgomery Watson utilizing the latest available CWCB regional regression <br />equations entitled "Guidelines for Determining 100-year Flood Flows for Approximate Floodplain in <br />Colorado"; and <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2 <br />