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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FLOOD HAZARD ON PAINT PONY GULCH IN THE VICINITY OF KELLEY ROAD WOODLAND PARK. COLORADO INTRODUCTION Backqround On June 4, 1986. portions of Woodland Park experienced 1/2 inch to 2 inches of rain which resulted in some flooding. One stream which flooded was Paint Pony Gulch. One of the flooded areas on Paint Pony Gulch was downstream of Kelley Road. about 1 mile north of downtown Woodland Park. Just downstream of Kelley Road. along Paint Pony Gulch. are the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John Kirvelevicius and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Awtrey, who are residents of Teller County. Their homes, built about 1975, have experienced flood damage several times, including the night of June 4-5. 1986. The Kirvelevicius's have repeatedly asked Teller County and the City of Woodland Park to remedy the situation and to see that new development above Kelley Road would not aggravate the flood problem. On July 17, 1986. the city. in cooperation with the county, proposed to remedy the situation and submitted a draft agreement to the homeowners. However, this agreement was not accepted by the homeowners. Apparently it was their feeling that neither Teller County, the City of Woodland Park. nor the developer of the Mountain View Park sUbdivision immediately upstream of Kelley Road were doing anything significant to address the flood problem downstream of Kelley Road. The Kirvelevicius's next wrote a letter Governor Richard Lamm on September 8. 1986. subsequently referred to the CWCB and other a response. complaining to This letter was state agencies for Authori tv The CWCB is the agency of state government responsible for floodplain management and is the coordinator for the National Flood Insurance Program. 2732E