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<br />OTHER FLOOD-RELATED INFORMATION <br />WHEREAS, the "Sedgwick-Sand Draw Watershed Project" was designed and <br />constructed as a means of providing flood control benefits for Ovid, and the specific purpose of said <br />project is to collect surface water runoff along the eastern portion of the community and to divert <br />the runoff directly into the South Platte River through by means of a constructed channel; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said project has been successful to date by providing flood protection for <br />certain residential and commercial properties within the corporate limits of Ovid; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Ovid does not currently participate in the National Flood <br />Insurance Program; and <br /> <br />c.R.S AUTHORITY <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that <br />legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along <br />any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins . <br />and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of local jurisdictions; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCR TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br />WHEREAS, the approximate floodplain information shown on said map dated November <br />21, 1978 in the Town of Ovid is not consistent with the requirements for approximate floodplain <br />information listed under the Board's "Rilles and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of <br />Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 ccR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Ovid should make use of the best available floodpain information <br />in Resolution No. 451 for the South Platte River in order to assess the flood risks for any future <br />activities located on the south, southwest, and southeast sectors of the community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said map dated November 21, 1978 does not depict flood hazard boundaries <br />for the Lodgepole Creek floodplain within the Town of Ovid, and cWcB staff have determined <br />that Lodgepole Creek is a source of flooding potential for the community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the cWcB has reviewed hydrologic and hydraulic information for Lodgepole <br />Creek and has provided approximate information in said new report dated March 2000, but has not <br />perform~ detailed floodplain analyses; and <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2 <br />