FLOOD04311

• County: Pueblo
• Community: Pueblo
• Stream Name: Fountain Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Pueblo Fountain Creek Flood Control Community File
• Date: 1/1/2001
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Community File

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Hon~rable Ray Kogovsek
House Office Building
~ashington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Kogovsek:

I ~m happy to respond to the request made by Mr. Mike Lopez for information
on the Fountain Creek project and for Fiscal Year 1983 funding capabilities.

The Water Resources Development Act of 1974 authorized the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to undertake the Phase I design memorandum stage of advanced
en~ineering and design for the Arkansas River and tributaries above John
Martin Dam, Colorado. The first report completed under this authority was
the Phase I General Design Memorandum for Fountain Creek, Pueblo, Colorado.
The report of the Chief of Engineers, dated 23 December 1981, has been
tr~nsmitted to the Office, Secretary of the Army.

TIlf' plan of improvement recommended by the Chief of Engineers consists of
channel modifications and a series of levees along Fountain Creek which would
prutect the City of Pueblo from floods up to 85,000 cubic feet per second.
Floods of this magnitude are expected to occur on the average of once in
every 200 years. A recreation plan, wildlife habitat areas, and open space
are also included in the recommended plan.

Before any construction activity could be initiated, Congress would have to
pr0vide full project authorization. Although the Water Resources Development
Act of 1974 does not provide the necessary construction authority, it does
provide sufficient authority for us to continue our advanced engineering and
design efforts up to the preparation of those documents, plans and specifica-
tions, which would form the basis of the advertising and award of a construc-
tion contract. However, Congress must specifically provide funds before we
can continue with our design effort. Funds for this purpose were not
included in the president's Fiscal Year 1982 Budget, nor did the Congress
appropriate funds for this project in Fiscal Year 1982.

The President is still formulating his Fiscal Year 1983 Budget, and I under-
stand he will present it to the Congress on 8 February. Further, our Fiscal