Laserfiche WebLink
<br />. FEMA's "Best Build" video and a local floodplain video are telecast on the local <br />Cable channel annually. These are shown in conjunction with Flood Awareness <br />Week. <br /> <br />. A mailing to the members of the Board of Realtors publicizing the map <br />information services provided by the City (ex. map determinstions, elevation data). <br /> <br />. In addition, the City offers training classes to local realtors on how to read Flood <br />Insurance Maps because the realtors are required to detern1ine if the property is in a <br />floodplain before it is listed. <br /> <br />. Flood safety section published in the yellow pages. <br /> <br />. "City Line" phone system with flood safety and hazard information recordings. <br /> <br />. Educational programs for schools. <br /> <br />. Informational brocI1ures are available at the Stormwater Utility Office. <br /> <br />. The City provides flood assistance site visits to advise property owners of <br />mitigation and property protection measures. <br /> <br />. A flood resource collection was established at the public library. <br /> <br />OPEN SPACE <br /> <br />. Of the approximately 2,823 acres of floodplain in the City of Ft. Collins (including <br />both FEMA regulatory floodplains and locally designated floodplains), <br />approximately 958 acres are preserved as Open Space. More open space is <br />continually being acquired. <br /> <br />. On Spring Creek, there is 313 acres of floodplain and 97 acres are open space. This <br />includes several parks and a bike trail along the entire length of the steam. <br /> <br />HIGHER REGULATORY STANDARDS <br /> <br />. Gass 6 rating Community Rating System (CRS) October 1996, entered into CRS in <br />1990 <br /> <br />. Administer floodplain regulations for all floodplains within the City, including <br />those not studied in detail by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), <br />to standards exceeding those of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFlP) <br />minlmum requirements. For example, hydrology standards are based on fully <br />developed conditions instead of existing conditions, the floodway standard is more <br />restrictive with a 0.5 foot rise instead of a 1.0 foot rise, and on one stream the <br />floodplain is administered as the floodway. <br /> <br />. Maintain higher regulatory standards for Freeboard, Cumulative Substantial <br />Improvements, Lower Substantial Improvements Threshold, Protection of Critical <br />Facilities. <br /> <br />. Maintain Floodplain Use Permits, Floodproofing Certificates, and Elevation <br />Certificates <br /> <br />LAND-USE PLANNING <br /> <br />. Conducts studies on channel stability and delineation of erosion buffer zones <br />along certain channels. The purpose of these studies is to: 1) characterize the stability <br />of the stream on the basis of evaluation of hydrologic, hydraulic, geomorphic, and <br />sedin1ent transport characteristics of the stream basin and develop practical <br />Improvements for mitigating adverse in1pacts on the strean1S; 2) develop design <br />criteria and construction standards for Improvements in drainageways, with regard <br />to reach stability, within the City of Fort Co1lins; and 3) establish erosion buller zones <br />