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, IV. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAI'tf Approximately 1.990 re!pooles ~rc rclurrn:d to tbe City, In general. it appea's that those ,esponding do perccive that Iloodlog is a concern within the City bUl not 3 serious problem. To Summar;,. the "'sponse informalion, WRC COnstrucled a map idenlif)'ing the locations of noodleg complaints. 'The summary indicated that the public perccives tbe area along Main Slreet between 91h Avenue and Mounuin View Avenue to have tbe wOrslllooding problem, in the City, Also, Ihe area bdwccn 9th aod 11th Avent"" between Loomillcr Lakc and Main Street was nOlcd by resi<lcm, lO be a problcm are", This area is IKlled to lay alonglbelowpoioloflhewe<l braochoflhc Spring Gulch drainage, With re'pect 10 location,l. concerns of the respondem, were nolcd 10 generally coincide with the City', perception ofslOrm drainagc problems. As part of the effort to idenhfy drainage problem areas and "-S&OCialoo ConcernS and to obtain the collaboration of interested partics. inform.tion was ,olicited from local residents. business OwOCrS .nd relevant a~cneie'. Thi, ouue""h pro~,"m was performed through correspondence. community rneetin~s and. maitedquestionnaire 10 local re,idems and busincssownen, A. CORRESPONDENCE Leners wcre scm to v.rious ageneies to solicit any commenl,or input to the Master Plan, Thesc agencies included Boulder Counl)l. the Federal Emergency Marutgemcm Agency, the Colorndo Water Consc!'lalionBo.rd .nd other local. statcand federal .gencies. In.ummary, oonc of!he agencies cont""tedexpressed a desire to partieipatcdirectly in the development oft he Master Plan. Summary graphs were produced for two of Ihe questions contained in the mailing (Figures 2 and 3), The gr.ph,indicatcd thai the public pen:elve, tbe !lCriousness of flooding i n Longmont to be medium lO low. tending to the iower end of this range. Also. Ihe adequacy of stonn sewers in the Cil)l was perceived 10 be moderately adC<juate and betlcr. B COMMUNITY MEETINGS ! Two communily meetings, open to the public. were held for which Ictte," of invilation were mailed to approximately 30 local groups and individuals, The invitation, were sent 10 variom homeowner gr()\lps. development companies. ditch companies and other persons with a poIential interest in ,!ormwater management policy 10 be recommended aoo approved by the City. The City and WRC ~onsider the sU!'Iey respon'es to provide a good mea"ut>: of local ,to,mwaler concerns and suppon fo, the currem capital improvement pi"". of the City (see Chapter VIII). The responses !lave aho identified areas of potential concerlllocalCd away from the central Longmont busine,,:!rca, The meetings were held on April 13. 1993 and Augu.sl 30. 1993. Little participation of the public or invited parlies was received aleithcr meeting. Due 00 the low .tteooances.the meetings did 001 produce new information for we in the Master Plan but se!'led as a review of the project for !hose that we,e pre,ent. C MAILED QUESTIONNAIRE A4ueSllonnairecontainingninequestionsregardingflOO<.iingaootheadequacyofCitysoormdrairutge facHities was distribuled to residcms and busi"".s oWners. The CilY mailed out appro\imatcly ~2.000 "f these quest;(tnnaires as enclosure' to ~tililY billings, " "