FLOOD02901 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Floodplain Resolution NO. ~~ COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 823 state centennail Building 1313 Sherman Street Den~er, colorado 80203 September 23,1977 RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, a floodplain information report entitled "'Flood Insurance Study, Town of Rangely, " which includes the White River and Dragoon Wash, dated December, 1977, has been prepared by the united states Army corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, under contract with the Federal Insurance Administration; and WHEREAS, said report describes and outlines the floodplain data and information for the storm ahd floodwater runoff ,channels or basins of the study area; and WHEREAS, the Town of Rangely has requested the Colorado Water Conservation Board to designate and approve the floodplain areas set forth in the aforesaid report; and WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1), Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, requires the Colorado Water Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-201 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, provide that such legislative bOdies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulation for land uses on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designa- tion and appro~al by the Colorado Water Conservation Board; and WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, 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 of local juris- dictions; and "WHEREAS, the staff of the Board has reviewed said report and has recommended'to theC6lorado'Water-Conservation Board_that the Board designate and approve as floodplain areas those areas inundated by a 100-year flood (intermediate regional flood) as des- cribed by the floodwater surface elevations and profiles in said report;