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. .. - e MEMORANDUM COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD DARIES C. LILE DIRECTOR DATE: April 15, 1997 TO: Terry Green - Jefferson County Emergency Management Tom Browning -It- Buffalo Creek Emergency Plan FROM: RE: This memo is in response to your letter dated April II, 1997 regarding the above referenced plan. I am disappointed to learn that Jefferson County will not be endorsing the existing plan. However, the Buffalo Creek Flood Lift-Out in the Jefferson County Emergency Operations Plan sounds like it would be beneficial alternative to the existing document. I am not sure what your schedule is on having the Lift-Out produced, finalized, reviewed, and signed by the County. At this time, we are fast approaching the start of Colorado's spring and summer flood season. It is absolutely imperative that an emergency plan be in the hands of the residents and local officials prior to the start of the flood season. The residents and other affected people need to have an opportunity to review and understand the emergency plan as soon as possible. Therefore, the Colorado Water Conservation Board proposes to work directly with the Buffalo Creek Crisis Committee and Grant Macdonald (as a local resident) to revise and finalize the existing plan that I have included in the CWCB's mitigation document. The revised plan could be named so as not to make reference to the existing plan or to the fact that Jefferson County was involved in its development. This would alleviate the liability concerns for the County, as the mitigation document and emergency plan would be published under State cover as adopted by the local residents. A lot of hard work and effort has been put into developing the emergency plan and the mitigation document by a number of people. The emergency plan was carefully reviewed by Peter Evans (attorney and Deputy Director for the Colorado Water Conservation Board). Some minor changes to specific portions of the language were suggested by Mr. Evans. The overall concept and content was well received, and the plan was given approval for release as soon as the minor changes were made. I feel that the above mentioned proposal represents a workable solution, and would appreciate the support of the County and the Buffalo Creek Crisis Committee. Please discuss this issue at your meeting on April 21, 1997. I may not be able to attend the meeting as I had originally planned due to other workload constraints. cc: Buffalo Creek Crisis Committee <,:__'"-~ . '''0'',,"_ ~. 0'-