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<br />damages, The CWCB is also the state agency that administers the flood insurance program for the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency. The staff at CWCB maintains a library of floodplain information <br />studies, flood insurance maps and other related reports for flood prone communities throughout Colorado, <br /> <br />The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) was established by the Colorado legislature in <br />1969, to assist local govermnents in the Denver metropolitan area with multi-jurisdictional drainage and <br />flood control problems, Th" District covers an area of I ,608 square miles including Denver, parts of five <br />surrounding counties, and all or parts of33 incorporated cities and towns, A 17-member board comprised <br />of locally elected officials and two registered professional engineers, District funds come from four <br />different property tax mill levies, earmarked for five programs: Master Plalllling, Design and Construction, <br />Maintenance, Floodplain Management, and the South Platte River. All but a small percentage of the 1,600 <br />miles of major drainageways have beer, mapped (for IOC1..year floodplain) by the District, and a complete <br />library of flood hazard delineation studies is maintained at the UDFCD office, The District a,sists local <br />governments in the development of flood warning plans and maintains a special notification program under <br />which over 23,000 informational broch'lres are mailed to addresses in or adjacent to identified floodplains, <br /> <br />Other State and Federal PJ'ograms <br />Another research task was to review and summarite existing state and federal programs regarding flood <br />mitigation and floodplain management, This work was assigned to two subconsultants, Robert Kismer of <br />Kistner and Associates researched existing state programs and Clancy Philips of the Mitigation Assistance <br />Corporation investigated existing federal programs, Appendix A of this report lists each state and federal <br />program, its objective, eligibility requirements, and any partnership opportUnities available, <br /> <br />SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE <br /> <br />Questionnaire Development <br />To assess the floodplain management and stream rehabilitation problems and concerns across Colorado, <br />a detailed questionnaire was developed by MWE, CWCB, and the Steering Committee, The qllestiollllaire <br />solicited data on the following major subjects. <br /> <br />. Community Profile <br />. Floodplain Management <br />o Floodplain Related Issues <br />o Floodplain Mapping Needs <br />o ExistinglPlanned Mitiglltion Measures <br />. Multi-Objective Use of Stream Corridors <br />. Institutional Issues <br /> <br />If-2 <br /> <br />97-060.00] <br />