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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />When the Mount Sopris Board of Supervisors discussed projects that would <br />fit the guidelines for requesting H.B. 1041 funds State of Colorado, they <br />decided an inventory of costs from various mud and debris flows in the Glenwood <br />Springs area would be information of use to many agencies. <br />They felt it would assist the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service in erosion <br />control recommendations, the Cooperative Extension in tree planting suggestions, <br />and the City of Glenwood Springs Public Works Department, Planning Department, <br />and Parks and Cemetery Department in technical assistance on control measures of <br />various types. <br />With grants and money for assistance in flood control measures being <br />limited, the Mt. Sopris Board felt a study with costs would be a value when <br />cost/benefit ratio is a deciding factor in outside funding. <br />While this inventory is not complete, it does include costs of losses of <br />numerous individual homeowners, as well as costs to governmental entities. <br />Unfortunately, some severely damaged by the flooding in 1977 and 1981 sold the <br />property affected and left the area. Because this was at the time of a real <br />estate boom caused by the activity in oil shale in the area, accurate figures on <br />the loss they may have taken on the resale of property are not available. Some <br />will say it did not cause a lowered figure on their property, others state it <br />did. <br /> <br />While compiling the inventory of damages, costs not normally considered <br /> <br /> <br />were mentioned, and these show the "every day, ordinary" losses, rather than the <br /> <br /> <br />spectacular ones. Figures for both types are included in the inventory, <br /> <br /> <br />however, <br />