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<br />FLOOD I~SURANCE STUDY <br />CITY OF GUNNISON, COLORADO <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1 I Purpose of Study <br /> <br />The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the <br />existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Gunnison, <br />Gunnison County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br />Protection Act of 1973, Initial use of this information will be to <br />convert Gunnison to the regular program of flood insurance by the <br />Office of Federal Insurance Administration (FIA). Further use of <br />the information will be made by local and regional planners in <br />their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain <br />development. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, flood plain management criteria or <br />regulations may exist that are more restricitve or comprehensiv.' <br />than those on which these Federally-supported studies are based. <br />These criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria <br />for purposes of regulating development in the flood plain, as set <br />forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 24 CFR, 1910.1(d). In <br />such cases, however, it shall be understood that the state (or <br />other jurisdictional agency) shall be able to explain these <br />requirements and criteria. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood <br />Disaster Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The hydrol ogi c and hydrauli c ana lyses for thi s study were performed <br />by Engineering Consultants, Inc, and reviewed by Camp Dresser & <br />McKee Inc. for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract <br />No. EMW-C-0046. This study was completed in August, 1980. <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />An initial coordination meeting was held on June 25, 1979, attended <br />by the city and county officials, representatives of the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB), acting as the State Coordination Agency, and Camp <br />Dresser & McKee Inc., the study contractor. The purpose of this <br />meeting was to discuss the nature of the study, the scope and <br />limits of work, and flood information currently available <br />concerning the community. <br /> <br />A second coordination meeting was held on October 24, 1979, <br />attended by Gunnison's City Engineer and Public Works Director and <br />the study contractor, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc, Camp Dresser & <br /> <br />1 <br />