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<br />Local Agencies <br /> <br />Urban Drainage and Floc)d Control District (UD & FCD) <br />The District was established by the Co orado General Ass"mbly in 1969 to assist the 34 cities and counties in the <br />Denver Metropolitan area in the solutiol1 of multi-jurisdictional draina(je and flood control problems, <br /> <br />Programs of Interest to Floodplain Managers <br />1) Preparation of drainage and flood control master plans and flood hazard delineation reports for major streams. <br />gulches, and other multi-jurisdictional drainage problems, design and construction of drainage and flood control <br />facilities <br />2) Assistance to local governments with the maintenanc" of 1'I00d control faciliti"s which w"re constructed wifh <br />District funding assistance <br />3) Coordination of the collection and dissemination of drainage information <br />4) Assistance to local governments in the formulation of floQ(jplain management programs including the adoption <br />and "nforcement of adequate floodplain regulations <br />5) ColI"ction and documentation of flood events and ralOfall <br />6) Dissemination of information to local officials and engineering consultants throu9h conferences and seminars <br />7) Assistance to local governments ir the formulation and impl"m"ntation of flood warning plans <br />UD&FCD coordinates flood studies with the CWCB and FEMA. <br />For More Information Contact: <br />Urban Drainage and Flood Control o;"trict <br />2860 West 26th Av"nue <br />Denver. Colorado 80222 <br />(303) 455.6277 <br /> <br />Local Jurisdictional Bodlies <br />In Colorado, towns, cities, and countien have many of the legislative authorities of State agencies. In flood control <br />and floodplain manag"ment, they are tre only units of governm"nts, "xcept the UD&FCD, which can regulate the use <br />of lands. For floodplain lands, their regulatory authority carries a stipulation requiring the State to review and approve <br />the base information and data to delineate floodplains, <br /> <br />FOOTNOTES <br /> <br />1. George R. Phippen, "On a Flood Plain. Can a Right Go Wrong?" Vol. 6, No, 1, 1974, "Water Spectrum," U,S. Army <br />Corps of Engineers, <br />2, Kusler, Jon A, and Rutherford H, Platt, The Law of Floodplains and Wellands: Cases and Materials, Draft pre- <br />pared for the American Bar Association Special Committee on Housing and Urban Development Law, Jan. 1, <br />1982, <br /> <br />Ei1 <br />