<br />receive a total of 600 points (100 weight factors times a rank of6). The factorsu~...'<.lto establish the
<br />projeclprior;li7.ationJi~tat1dtheirrcJativeweigh(sarediscussedbelow:
<br />
<br /> FACTOR:: ",'C,. . .". -,.. " "DE q~Ir_l ONO AT. R~AN' .~IGI ';"",;j~"--jl\fi";.ir~~'-
<br /> .....,-,,"-.--
<br /> "OF" "".,'"""~~-''',', .,.".,-,.,..,....---.'.
<br /> I L I Does the projecf provid~ imm~diale flood cOnlrol be"efits to Ihe City of Slerlil1g? A weight of
<br /> 15oUloflOO i. a..;gned to this factor. Thi, is an important factor;n thaI the majority of the
<br /> Wcighl impacted population re.ides in Sterling, An estimaTed 414 homes sustained tlood damage as a
<br /> re.ultoflheI997stonn,
<br /> "
<br /> I 2 I Doe.' Ihe projecl provide immediale flood cOl1lrol benefil., It! farmland adjac~n1 In Paw"ee
<br /> Creek? A weight of 10 out of 100;, a";gn~d to this factor ,ince it was e,l;rnaled thai as mueh
<br /> \\,'eight as 13,000 aeres of crop land were damaged from the 1997 Slonn wilh erop damage and damage
<br /> to fanning property of$2.5 millioll,
<br /> 10
<br /> I 3, I Does lhe project provide ;mmedi(ue flood conlral bel1efils 10 the Towl1 of AlWood' This
<br /> consideration draws n weigh! of 10 out of 100 since such a significant porlion of the town was
<br /> Weight inundmedduringthel997stonn.
<br /> '"
<br /> I 4, I DoeJ thiJ altemmive have <,""'mul1ity support? A weigh! of J5 out of 100 is assigned to this
<br /> t:~ctor,
<br /> Weigh!
<br /> 15
<br /> I j I Ral1king (!!jm'j"ct wi,h r~,'!,~ct /I) pm(' "f ('nvirr"'mfnfllll',.rmilfil1g!iml"rm~n'lIIi'!I1 Thi,factN
<br /> i, w,'ighled 10 oUl l,f 100_ No poinls given ;n the event thai regulatory requ;remel\~< would
<br /> Weighl likely nOl be oblained. Points assigned based on rela!iveco.tofmitigati,,",
<br /> to
<br />I 6, I &mkil1g of project with I'esl'c,'/ to estimated casts .-ersus benefit.,_ A we;ght of 15 out ot lOuis
<br /> giventothisfaetot.
<br /> Wei!fht
<br /> 15
<br />! 7, I fs Ihae .\'uffid""l fimdil1g avai/ah/e 10 C()mf'l~lc the project? Thi, t"clOr is weighted relatively
<br /> high (15 oUlof lUO) because of grant r"'lu;remenr.that thc projeC!rnU'1 be affordable and
<br /> Weight impicmcnlOOaSaslandalonoproJCCt.
<br /> 15
<br />I 8, I Jfiscdlal1eous !mpac/., al1d (jnknowflS, A weight of 15 ou! of' 100 i. as.ign~d tt> this faclor.
<br /> Theprojectoonefilsareconsidoredseparntcly.
<br /> WeIght
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<br />
<br />TahlclO AlternativeE...alulltion Fll~t(lrs
<br />
<br />The followin~ tahle t)re~e!lts a matrix which was prepared in order t" "v"llIMe the nl1ernmiw< Tl",
<br />mmrix includes a brief statement r..-:1ated I,) <:ach of the ra.:t{Jr~ J;s.:",,~J "!,,,ve fur th~ ~ntlre alternlltive
<br />"''''Id key ;!nd eomp(JflCrltS. The matrix was prcsclllcd to the C'o!orllJo Waler CullServation District, Cil}
<br />of Sterling and Logan Count)' for initial relnking. Rcsult, llf thi~ ranking were UlCn prescnk'll "I 1I
<br />public forum on January 16. 1997. Input from the public a! large ""liS received an adJ"d to the table,
<br />for the tinal ranking,
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