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

Section 8

Section 9

Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4

Table 5
Table 6
Table 7

Table 8
Table 9
Table 10

Figure 1
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Figure 6
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Figure 9

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URS

7.2 Funding In Other Communities ....,..""......,,,,..,,............,.....,..,,,,,,,.,......,, 7-1
7.3 Stormwater Utility (Enterprise) Fees ,.."........."........"....."...................... 7-1
7.4 Drainage Impact (Development) Fees, Permit Fees, and Plan

Review Fees ....."..........."..........................".........."........"."............"......7-3
7.5 Water Activity Enterprise Statute ...."...........................".....".........."..".. 7-4

Recommended Alternatives for Organization and Funding........................................8-1

8.1 Recommended Organization- a Drainage Authority........."................".. 8-1
8.2 Setting Up a Drainage Authority......"..."..............................."."............ 8-2
8.3 Recommended Funding Source- a Stormwater Utility....................."..". 8-4

Futu re Tasks ...... ........................... ............ .............................. ......... ............... ............,...9.1

9.1 Near-Term Tasks ."..................."."..."........".........."....."..........."........... 9-1
9.2 Intermediate-Term Tasks ......."............................."............"........"...".... 9-1

9.3 Long-Term Tasks............".......................................................................9-1
Tables

Existing Operations of the Five Entities
Summary of Historic Average Annual Expenditures
Primary Sources of Funds
Summary of How Steering Committee Priorities are Currently
Met by Each Entity
Hazard Ratings for Current Level of Services
Comparison of Unified Valley-Wide Alternatives
Comparison of Stand Alone Grand Junction Drainage District and Drainage
Authority with the Grand Junction Drainage District as an Operational Arm
Example Budgetary Level Estimate for Phase 1
Approximate Monthly Fee Levels for Stormwater Utility
Comparison of Maximum, Historic, and Example Phase 1 Programs Average
Annual Budgets

Figures

Grand Valley Basins and Jurisdictions
Process Flow Chart
Example of Common Maintenance Needs
Example of Common Maintenance Needs
Example of Common Maintenance Need
Utility Crossing and Overgrown Channel
Hindrances to Maintenance Access
Major Flooding along No Thoroughfare Canyon, July 1978
Cunningham Court, Redlands Mesa, July 2001, Drainage Channels Filled in by
Property Owners
Sediment-Laden Flow from the Colorado National Monument
Bank Erosion in Leach Creek just North of F \4 Road (North of Mesa Mall)
Orchard Mesa Drain Full of Irrigation Water, May 2003

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