FLOOD08468

• County: Boulder
• Stream Name: South Boulder Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: South Boulder Creek/ Flatirons
• Date: 12/5/1997
• Prepared For: Boulder
• Prepared By: Consultants
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Community File

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6. The Board held a public hearing on the matter on November 6,
1997, at the Municipal Service Center at 5050 East Pearl Street.

7. Notice of the hearing was publishod in the Sunday Daily Camera
on November 2, 1997, and was posted as required by law.

8. Staff presented a summary of the project, and members of the
public were given the opportunity to comment and ask questions about the
Project. Four citizens offered comments on the matter, all of which have
been actively involved with the issue for many years, three commenting
within their professional areas of expertise from either an engineering
or scientific background.

9. The Board entered deliberations at the November 6, 1997,
hearing and reached general agreement on the substance of its
recommendation on the matter. The Board chair was instructed to reduce
the Board's sentiments to writing and circulate a draft resolution for
Board comment prior to its regular meeting on December 4. 1997. Board
members were encouraged to offer their suggestions on the working draft
prior to the Board's December meeting.

10. The Board reconvened its deliberation of this matter at its
regular meeting on December 4, 1997, after notice of the hearing was
published in the Sunday Daily Camera on November 30, 1997 and was posted
as required by law.

11. After considering the staff presentation, public input and
comments from the Board, the Board makes the following recommendation on
a flood plain study and development of a flood plain master plan for
South Boulder Creek:

RESOLUTION

The Water Resources Advisory Board hereby:

A. finds that the South Boulder Creek flood plain hazards
constitute a serious threat to the public safety of a large number of
City residents and that City residents deserve to be included in the
process of considering the flood risks and flood riSk management in the
South Boulder Creek flood plain;

B. concludes thllt timely evaluation and analysis of South Boulder
Creek flooding riSks and its management should be a high prioricy for the
City and is a matter that needs to be addressed by the new City Council
without undue delay;

C. recommends that the City participate in a comprehensive and
interdisciplinary analysis of the flooding risks in South Boulder Creek

WlW5 RO'. 97-06
December 4, 1997
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