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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br /> <br />1. 0 ~NT..RO.!2\JCTIOl:l <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />The purpose of this Flood Insurance study is to investigate the <br />existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Greenwood, <br />Village, Arapahoe County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration <br />of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br />Protection Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to <br />convert Greenwood Village to the regular program of flood insurance <br />by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the infor- <br />mation will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts <br />to promote sound land use and flood plain development. <br /> <br />1.2 Coordination <br /> <br />Community base map selection and the identification of streams <br />requiring detailed study were performed in a meeting attended by <br />personnel of Gingery Associates, Inc., the Federal Insurance Admin- <br />istration, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, and offi- <br />cials of the City of Greenwood Village on February 13, 1976, <br /> <br />The final community coordination meeting was held on January 17, <br />1977, The study was presented by Gingery Associates, Inc., and the <br />Federal Insurance Administration to the Greenwood Village City <br />Council, a representative of the Urban Drainage and Flood COntrol <br />District, and residents of the community. The study was accepted by <br />the city. <br /> <br />1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed <br />by Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Insurance Administra- <br />tion, under Contract No. H-37l6. This work, which was completed in <br />September 1976, covered all significant flooding sources affecting <br />the City of Greenwood Village, <br /> <br />2.0 A.EElLS,TUDI!lO <br /> <br />2,1 Scope of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated area of the City <br />of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, Colorado. The area of study <br />is shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1), <br />