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been estimated at well over 500 years. However', tl1e amount; of wat,!r released was a mere 8,000 cfs, as comparee! to a modest estImal;" of 28,~;00 cfs for a 100 year flood In Manitou SprIngs, According to the Inter'governmental Flood lla,zard Mitigation Report .!:.2!:... the Lawn Lake Dam Failure and the Fall River Flood, 17'7 businesses in Estes Park were inundated, Structural damage'-W'as- minimal, but. three t.o four feet of mud and water' was left in most establishments. Clean-up efforts began immediately, and most Shops wer'e open for business wi thin a few days. The Estes Park Chamber of Commerce estimate" the vIsi tor count at 1250 on Wednesday, July 14, the day before the flood" On the day Qf the dam bl'eak, 200 visitors were in the area before the water r'ushed :into town. The next day, Friday, the count rose to 500. I'~ continued to r'ise over the weekend so that by the following Monday, ,TLlly 19, t;he vi si tor count. was back up to its pre-flood level of 1250 (Stumpp, 1985). Retail sales figures for the first t1<O week" of July, 198;" represented an increase of 12.71, over thE! previous July. Figures for the last two weeks of July represented no loss or gain over those from the previous year. Therefore, July 1982 retail sal."s saw a net gain of 12.71, over those for the same month in 1981. Accor'e!i,.I1g to the AmerIcan Automoblle Association, Estes Park was the only canmunity in Colorado to show an increase in touriSlll in 1982 (Stumpp, 19H5). Like the Lawn Lake flood in Estes Park, al 00 year flood in Manitou Springs would inundate most of the downtown bLls:cness district. TI1e amount of tourist dollars that would be lost dUE! to sw)h an event is difficult to estimate, as several factors such as the date of the flood anc! duratior. of clean-up acti vi ties must be taken into consideration. H.owever. much of the ,'etall sales lost in the few days immediat.e::.y after the flood might. be made up as relief personnel and those seeking to satisfy their' cUl"iosity woul d br'ing dollars into 'the area. C. Roles of Governmenta.l Agencies Flood problems are not restricted to munieipal boundaries. Floodplain management efforts should therefore be coordinated betwe.en neIgj1boring municipalities and regional, state, and federall. authorities. 1 . Local It is the responsibility of the local government to .enact and enforce land use regulations for their community and to inform state and federal agencies of their goals and decisions regarding floodplain management. Local government is also generally responsible for applyIng to regional, state, and federal agencies for planning, tecl1nological, and financial assistance in developing and implementing their floodplain management strategies (U.S. Water Resources Council, 1979), -47-