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3. Studies of Dtainaoe 8~eins - The City Man~gar sholl CauSU to bu rnadu u~gineering studius of dc~i~age basins surrounding the City a~d which uither extend i~~ to the City or which ~ffect or m~y affect present or future City terrLtory ~nd dr~i~Bgv thvrein. S~id ~tud- ie6 to be authorized ~s fir>~nces become av~il"ble. These studiee ~nd investigations 5h~11 ehow th~ conduits, ch~n~ele, natur~l drai~~gs oourses, so~etimes called "green belts," retention ressrvoirs, e~semsnts, oulvert.'!, bridgea, and 011 othor facilitiss which are required to provide for the drai~age and control of surface w~turs ~ithin s~id basins and to c~rry such w~ters to designat9d points of outflow or discharge... (radar facsimile) ra~oted to the Weether Servic9 Officee ~t De~ver and Pueblo, provide. contin~o~~ aurveillancp and inforn~tion on pre~ cipitation inte~sit~, storm location, and possible fl~eh flooding. The W8RR-68 i5 also schedui~d for Coloredo Springs. The NOAA Weather ServicB Office loc~tcd at Colorado 4. Bound3ri~a to be Delineated ~ As soon es possibls aftsr the adoption of this part, the boundaries of the drain~g8 basins mentioned i~ thie ordinance will be de_ linoatod upon a map or mapa... Whe~ approv~d by tho Council, these ~aps shall serve ~~ official designations of the reepsctive dr~inage baains concer~sd in thi.'! or~ dinance, but tho naps will be subject to revision from time to timo to oonform with 9xioting conditions. Springe (Petercon field) o~ppliee ~oathcr_foroca.te four timee daily for Colorado Springs a~d vicinity. Th~sa forecasts ~re dis- seminated dir~ctly to local ne~e medi~ by limitod aCce~S t9lephone. In ~dditlon to the routins forec~sts, special forecasts of severe storms or flood w~rnln9s ere issued as required. A Go~munity fla~h flood reporting network of river and rainfail stations end a flood werning progr~m developed ~nd operated in connection with the 24~hour Weather SsrvicB f~cilities could . . . ~iniftize lose of life ~nd movabla property in the event of a major flood. Such a~ arr~n98ment would require that local river ~nd rain~ fall reports be oommunic~ted promptly by responsible ioc~l officials to the Weather Service Forecast Office for eveluatio~ ~nd e~~lysis. lf ,wail"ble, this dat" and "~alysis would be used by tha ~'''athar Ssrvice to OIore accurately forswarn oommunity reprssent"tilfes of potential sto~ and flood conditions. This type of network ia rr"~""tly j~ "YY..d in rnyti(",~ of th.. Jl.6<aM"~ Riv~r bMi" ~~d, to ar> extremely iimited degro9, in other tributary areaS. flood War~inq and foreca9tinn SArvicP5 The N~tional Desantc and Atmosphsric Admi~ietration (NOAA) ~aather Service providoe no ~pcoific flood forec~stc for trib~t~ry ~tre~~~ ~f the Ar~eneas Riv~r in th" Colcr~~ Srrj~~~ ~r~a. The technology of accur~te river ~nd flOOd forecasting is depsndent upon adaqu~te a~d tim~ly rainfell ilnd river stage d~ta, and it is even !nUl'S e~",..nt.iel u".t ~u"h baoic d..t.. be available, p~rticul~rly rainf~ll reports, for ereaS subject to flesh flo~uing. Current funding restrainta prevo~t Weathac Service operetion of the relativsly de~ss ~etworks required. At present, the principal ~ervice the Weather Service Cen provide is e general 21ert to the , flood fiqhtinG and Emnrqnncy Evacuation Pl~n~ Provisions for alertin9 eree residents end coordinating opcration~ of city and county pvblic ~orvice agoncias i~ 0 timo of e,"erg6~cy are presently documented i~ the "Coloredo Springe/El Paso CCc:ntl' Evoc~"tion-Opcr"tiono Pbn (J,,"c:c~l' 1967)." Thc "bn'~ danger of flesh fluoding. Thi~ b done by m~"n~ of fOL'ecasts of approeching storm systems or radar detection of immine~t or occurring I,e~vy raiofeil. The ,,",,a i~ :JJithin the effsctive r"nge of the IiJSR~5'i' radar installation at Limo", Cuion,<.Iu. TI,.i.~ fadlity, .~lth :...SRR-6IJ concept of operations c~lls for disse",i~ation of "h.."vy rein ",a",- ir>g~" dv.ing the edrliest .tagds of 3 flood threat. Subseqv~nt 19 flood fighting. svacuation, and rescus activitiss ~rv coorninated on ~ county~ine b~si9 by the Civil Defense Co~trol r.8nt~r ~hicl, cen request St"~e or f ..de tal a~sistance "hould tho combined ci ty_ cou~ty rOsources prove inodequot",. '"