FLOOD05286

• Designation Number: 272
• County: Larimer
• Community: Unincorporated Larimer County
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Agreement - FIS - Larimer County, Colorado, Unincorporated Areas, Volumes I - III
• Date: 3/21/1987
• Designation Date: 3/1/1987
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Ar.REEfIENT
REGAROIIIG THE INTENT TO ASSURE THE FLOOD
ROUTING CAPABILITY OF STANDLEY LAKE RESERVOIR

(Agreement No. 86,10,04)

THISAGREEMENT,madethis .lIS+- dayof Jrp(';/

. 1987 by

and between the UR8AN DRAINAGE AtlD .FLOOD COIITROL DISTRICT (hereinafter called

"DISTRICT") the CITY OF WESTMINSTER (herainafter called "CITY"), also both are

collectively referred to as "PARTIES."

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS. several of the major draindge~ays within, or flowing into, the

DISTRICT have w.ter supply or other non,flood control reservoirs located on

them! and

WHEREAS. some af these reservoirs, by virtue of thefr size and/or their

emb.nkment and spillw.y'configur.tion, provide significant but inadvertent flood

routing capabilities which reduce the IOO-year flood discharge downstream from

the reservoirs: and

WHEREAS, House 8ill 1185, which w.s signed Into l.w by Governor Rich.rd

L.mm on M.y 16, 1986 (copy .tt.ched), st.tes, fn paragraph 37-87-104(2), that

"No such (entity or person who owns. controls, or operdtes. a water storage

reservoir) shall be liable for allowing the inflow to such reservoir to pass

through it into the natural stream below such r~servojr."; and

WHEREAS, the owners of such reservoirs can, and on occasion do. ~~Ke

changes to their embankment and spillway configurations. up to and including

removal of the structurei and

IIflEREAS. the above langu.ge from House Bill 1185 clearly indicatas that it

would be unwise public policy to rely upon these non-flood control reservoirs

for any flood protection; and

WHEREAS, the DISTRICT has previously adopted. "Policy for Dalineation of

Floodpl.ins Below Water Supply .nd Other Non-Flooo Control Reservofrs"

(Resolution No. 36, Series of 1986); and

l~EREAS, the Policy requires that nan-flood control reservoirs not be

considered in the drainageway hydrology unl~ss adequate assurances have been

obtained by the Executive Director to preserve the flood routing capability of

the reservoirs; and