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<br />Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan - 1999
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<br />Due to the limijs on the staff, the CWCB no longer
<br />provides site specific engineering and technical
<br />assistance required by individuals, local communijies,
<br />and private entities (e,g" bankers, realtors, insurance
<br />agents, appraisers, etc.) on malleI's for which they are
<br />responsible in the flood, stormwater, and drainage
<br />areas.
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<br />In FY 81-82 at the request of the Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board, the state engineer identified 34
<br />high priority (unsafe) dams in need of rehabilitation.
<br />They were included in the governor's proposal for a
<br />five-year Capijallnvestment Plan. The owner of each
<br />facility listed was notified that dam rehabilitation funds
<br />may be available.
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<br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board, and later the
<br />Legislature, set a goal of using about one-third of the
<br />CWCB Construction Fund for dam rehabilijation.
<br />Funds for the rehabilitation of unsafe dams could be
<br />advanced to dam owners from the CWCB Construction
<br />Fund upon the Board's recommendation to the
<br />Legislature, The general rules for obtaining funds from
<br />this source are:
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<br />1, The state will only advance 50% of the estimated
<br />project cost to the owners, The remaining 50%
<br />have to be obtained by the owner from another
<br />source.
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<br />2. The current interest charge for state funds is a
<br />minimum of 5%.
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<br />3, The maximum payback period for these funds is
<br />40 years.
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<br />In 1995, the Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />directed staff to utilize and make available to eligible
<br />applicants, 5% of the annual revenue to the
<br />construction fund for flood control projects and
<br />associated activities, The 5% loan funding is subject to
<br />the standard requirements of the construction fund. In
<br />1995 and 1996 the total funding available was
<br />$600,000 each year. Both years, the City of Fort
<br />Collins borrowed a total of $900,000 ($400,000 and
<br />$500,000, respectively) for proposed flood control
<br />activities. In 1998, the Cijy of Sterling requested a loan
<br />for flood control improvements.
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<br />The board also responds to state or federal flood
<br />disasters at the request of the Colorado Office of
<br />Emergency Management and local governments
<br />including preparation of required post-disaster
<br />drainage surveys and flood hazard mitigation plans, A
<br />minimal amount of funding is available each year for
<br />planning grants to develop local flood hazard
<br />mitigation plans, The funding is made available from
<br />the Federal Emergency Management Agency through
<br />the CWCB-administered Flood Mitigation Assistance
<br />(FMA) program, The board is also the primary
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<br />planning agency for flood hazard mitigation activities.
<br />By Executive Order 8504 dated October 1, 1977, the
<br />board is the designated state agency for the
<br />coordination ofthe National Flood Insurance Program.
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<br />In recent years, the staff of the Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board has met periodically with selected
<br />state agencies whose work included aspects of flood
<br />hazard mitigation, One purpose of those meetings is
<br />to determine how these state agencies are
<br />implementing the Governor's Executive Orders on
<br />floodplain management and on the National Flood
<br />Insurance Program,
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<br />As Colorado state government moves toward the 21~
<br />Century, the CWCB is taking a leadership role in flood
<br />hazard mitigation, Such leadership is embodied by
<br />current initiatives to, 1) develop a statewide stream
<br />corridor stewardship program; 2) develop hydrology
<br />guidelines for estimating 100-year flood flows for
<br />approximate floodplains; 3) integrate multi-objective
<br />management and watershed approaches to flood-
<br />related activities; and 4) formulate policy and direction
<br />for flood hazard rnijigation through involvement in
<br />several state and national professional organizations
<br />such as the Association of State Roodplain Managers
<br />and the Colorado Association of Stormwater and
<br />Floodplain Managers.
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<br />3.2.1.2.1.1 Colorado Water Conservation
<br />Soard (CWCS) . FMA Eligible
<br />Project(s) Grants
<br />Pre-disaster flood mitigation planning and
<br />implementation funds are now available under the
<br />FEMA-funded Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
<br />program, The Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />(CWCB) administers the program, In Federal FY99
<br />(October 1,1998 - September 30,1999), the program
<br />provided: (1) $110,270 in project funds to implement
<br />measures to reduce flood losses; and (2) $11,900 in
<br />planning funds for developing or updating local flood
<br />hazard mitigation plans,
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<br />In Federal FY99, the fund provided $9,900 to the Town
<br />of Wellington and $2,000 to the Town of Basali for the
<br />development of local flood hazard mitigation plans,
<br />Also, in 1999, 110, 270 in project funds were allocated
<br />to Georgetown for a channel improvement project.
<br />Additionally in 1999, project funds were allocated to
<br />North La Junta for the flood recovery and property
<br />acquismon efforts, These amounts represent the 75
<br />percent federal share. Interested entities must provide
<br />a 25 percent match, One-half of the 25% (12,5%) must
<br />be cash, The other half may be in-kind, Any city, town,
<br />or county that participates, in good standing, in the
<br />National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is eligible to
<br />compete for these funds,
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