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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 M E M <br /> <br />-., <br /> <br />...- <br />. <br /> <br />OPJrff -~1(,~ <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />- <br />'.. <br />-' ~ <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />U <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />Richard D. lamm <br />Governor <br /> <br />J. William McDonald <br />Director <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Bill McDonald <br />Larry Lang <br /> <br />David W. Walker <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Stanton, Hyde, & Matulik <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 19, 1984 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Request for Federal Disaster Declaration <br />Following the 1984 Spring Floods <br /> <br />Summary: <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Arguments For: <br /> <br />This memo discusses some of the pros and cons <br />which should be considered prior to deciding <br />if a request for' a presidential disaster <br />declaration should be made following the 1984 <br />spring snowmelt runoff. Some CWCB staff <br />members are not convinced that a federal <br />disaster declaration would be in the best <br />interests of the state or local governments. <br /> <br />During June, 1984, a decision was made to <br />systematically assess the damages following <br />the spring 1984 snowmelt runoff. The data <br />gathered from this assessment would form the <br />basis for a decision about requesting federal <br />relief. During the week of June 25, 1984, 14 <br />two-man teams surveyed the damages in 13 <br />western slope counties. The joint <br />federal-state damage assessment is reported to <br />have uncovered about $16 million in damage to <br />public facilities and less than $4 million in <br />individual losses. About $12 million in <br />Agricultural losses had been identified <br />earlier. <br /> <br />The popular conception is that "the <br />designation would make low-interest loans <br />available to individuals and would allow <br />direct financial and low interest loans to <br />counties. II <br /> <br />304 <br />req/dis <br /> <br />Herbert H. Vandemoer, Chairman - Richard W. Johnston, Jr., Vice Chairman <br />CM. Furneaux,.Floyd l. Getz, RobertA. Jackson, Frederick V. Kroeger, James S. lochhead, David W. Robbins. David H. Smith <br />