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<br />;r- <br />r <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY <br /> <br />OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD <br /> <br />INSURANCE PROGRAM <br /> <br />On November 2, 1994, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) identified Special <br /> <br />Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, through <br /> <br />issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), <br /> <br />The Mitigation Directorate has determined that modification of the elevations of the flood having <br /> <br />a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) for certain locations in <br /> <br />the City of Colorado Springs is appropriate, The modified base flood elevations (BFEs) revise the FEMA <br /> <br />FIRM for the community, <br /> <br />The changes are being made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 <br /> <br />(Public Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended <br /> <br />(Title XIII of The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U,S,c. 4001- <br /> <br />4128, and 44 CFR Part 65, <br /> <br />A hydraulic analysis was perfonned to incorporate updated topographic infonnation and culvert <br /> <br />construction and has resulted in a reduction in SFHA and modified BFEs from approximately 1,650 feet <br /> <br />downsTream TO approximately 2,700 feet upstream of Rangewood Drive along Cottonwood Creek, The <br /> <br />table below indicates The modified BFEs for several locations along the affecTed length of Cottonwood <br /> <br />Creek, <br />