FLOOD07889

• County: Mesa
• Community: Palisade, Grand Junction, Fruita, Mesa County
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Grand Valley Stormwater Unification Feasibility Prjoect
• Date: 6/27/2003
• Prepared For: Palisade, Grand Junction, Fruita, Mesa County
• Prepared By: Grand Junction Drainage District, CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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TABlE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... ES-1

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section S

Section 6

Section 7

Introduction and Background........................................................................................1-1

Existing Conditions Of Stormwater Management........................................................2-1

2.1 Hydrology and Drainage System .............................................................2-1
2.2 Operational Conditions ............................................................................ 2-4
2.3 Current Expenditures and Sources of Funds............................................ 2-5

Steeri ng Com m iltee Process .......... .................... ....... .................................. .................. 3-1

3.1 Introduction..............................................................................................3-1
3.2 Composition of Committee...................................................................... 3-1
3.3 Technical Memorandums.........................................................................3-1
3.4 Meetings/Presentations .................. .......................................................... 3-2
3.5 Consensus Building for Alternatives ....................................................... 3-2

Problems and Needs ......................................................................................................4-1

4.1 Steering Committee Priorities..................................................................4-1
4.2 Problems With Planning, Coordination and Funding .............................. 4-2
4.3 Local Versus Regional Services .............................................................. 4-3
4.4 Level of Service Versus Level of Funding .............................................. 4-3
4.5 Photographic lllustration of Drainage Problems In the Grand

Valley................................... ....................................................................4-4

Alternatives for Improved Stormwater Management...................................................S-1

5.1 General Issues .......................................................................................... 5-1
5.1.1 What Activities Would a Valley-Wide Solution Address?.......... 5-1
5.1.2 What Activities Would Local Communities Give Up or

Keep? ........................................................................................... 5-1
5.1.3 Overall Theme for Valley-Wide Efforts...................................... 5-2
5.2 Preliminary Organizational Alternatives ................................................. 5-2

Final Two Organizational Alternatives .......................................................................... 6-1

6.1 Major Activities ....................................................................................... 6-1

6.2 Tabor Issues .............................................................................................6-3
6.3 Comparison of Two Final Organizational Alternatives........................... 6-4

Funding Alternatives ...................................................................................................... 7-1

7.1

Introduction.............................................................................................. 7-1

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