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<br />) <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.: 96-08-023P <br /> <br />The Honorable Dennis Reynolds <br />Mayor, City of Littleton <br />2255 West Berry Avenue <br />Littleton, Colorado 80165 <br /> <br />Cominunity: City of Littleton, Colorado <br />Community No.: 080017 <br />Panels Affected: 0005 D and 0010 D <br />Effective Date of <br />This Revision: <br />FEB 0 6 1996 <br /> <br />102-I-A-C <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Reynolds: <br /> <br />This is in response to a request for a revision to the effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) <br />map for your community. Specifically, this responds to a letter dated January 22, 1996, from <br />Mr. David J. Love, P.E., Love & Associates, Inc., regarding the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map <br />(FIRM) for the City of Littleton, Colorado. With his letter, Mr. Love provided additional data to support <br />an October 25, 1995, request for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) from Ms. Nancy B. Love, Chief <br />Executive Officer, Love & Associates, Inc. Ms. Love requested that the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency (FEMA) revise the effective FIRM to show the effects of revised hydrologic and hydraulic <br />analyses of Drainageway D and Drainageway E from South Platte Canyon Road to the South Platte River. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with Ms. Love's October 25 <br />letter; Mr. Love's January 22 letter; letters dated December 15 and December 26, 1995, from <br />Mr. Michael Command, Water Resources Engineer, Love & Associates, Inc.; and a letter dated <br />December 27, 1995, from Mr. David W. Lloyd, P.E., Chief, Design & Construction, Urban Drainage <br />and Flood Control District. Because this LOMR solely incorporates more detailed information, fees were, <br />not assessed for the review. <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM, <br />and have revised the FIRM to modify the elevations and zone designations of a flood having a I-percent <br />chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Drainageway D and <br />Drainageway E from South Platte Canyon Road to the South Platte River. The revised area includes <br />property in both the City of Littleton and the Town of Columbine Valley, Colorado, The FIRM shows <br />the effects of the revision on both communities. <br /> <br />Changes to the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) are a reflection of the more detailed hydrologic and <br />hydraulic analyses, which indicate that the base flood would result in average flood depths of less than <br />I foot along Drainageway D and Drainageway E from South Platte Canyon Road to West Bowles Avenue <br />and in an area north of West Bowles Avenue and west of South Federal Boulevard. The SFHA <br />designation has been removed from the area along Drainageway E in the Town of Columbine Valley from <br />just downstream of South Platte Canyon Road to approximately 1,500 feet east of the intersection of <br />Middlefield Road and Niblick Lane. An area north of West Bowles Avenue and east of South Federal <br />Boulevard will be subject to ponding during the base flood and has been designated as an SFHA. The <br />maximum increase in SFHA width in this area is approximately 1,300 feel. All property owners affected <br />by the increase in SFHA width have been notified. <br />