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<br />. <br /> <br />,1#~~ <br />V"/{ <br /> <br />CITY <br />OF <br />BOULDER . <br /> <br />SPENSER W. HAVLfCK, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER <br /> <br />September 16, 1983 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Mr. Larry F. Lang <br />Chief of Flood Control & Flood <br />Plain Management Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO ?Q203 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Lang: <br /> <br />On behalf of the City of Boulder, I am delighted to participate in <br />the forthcoming Flood Plain Management Workshop on September 21st <br />and 22nd, 1983. The SUlllllary of remarks which follow will be <br />punctuated by sl ides from various non-structural flood pl ain <br />management pol icies that the City of Boulder has implemented in <br />recent years. Nevertheless, in compliance with your request for an <br />outline set of remarks, let me proceed with the following sunmary <br />presentation for whatever purposes your office wishes to make of <br />them. <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Boulder, Colorado u A Di,saster WaitinlJ. To Happen.,..-. And What. Proper <br />Land Use Management Planning HasProvlded As An Insurance To Flood <br />Mitigation . <br /> <br />Boulder, Colorado, is truly one of the most dangerous potential <br />sites for flood plain catastrophe in the entire State of Colorado. <br />Numerous studies, particularly in recent years since the Big <br />Thompson tragedy, and more recently, the Estes Park Long Lake <br />disaster, have reminded communities along the Front Range that <br />peculiarities in meteorlogic patterns and disintegration of old high <br />mountain dams pose greater threats than ever previously believed <br />possible along Front Range cOl11llUnities located at the outwash of <br />Front Range canyons. Most studies have indicated that Boulder, <br />Colorado, with a population of approximately 82,000 people, poses <br />one of the most serious potential disaster sites in the State of <br />Colorado. Not only do we have a large reservoir located 16 miles up <br />the canyon, but 'lie possess a number of tri butary streams in the <br />Boulder Creek watershed, including our own water supply reservoirs <br />which could act in a domino effect to accelerate an even naturally <br /> <br />P.O. BOX 791 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BOULDER. COLORADO 80302 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HOME: (303)494-0664 OFFICE: 492-7711 <br />