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<br />any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the approximate floodplain information shown on said map dated May 17, <br />1974 in the Town of Ault is not consistent with the requirements for approximate floodplain <br />information listed under the Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of <br />Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Town of Ault recognize that <br />there are local stormwater drainage problems within specific geographic areas of the community, <br />but that these drainage problems are a result of inadequate conveyance facilities that carry flood <br />runoff water from watershed areas that are less than 1 square mile in size; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the flooding problems within the Town of Ault are due to minor tributary <br />flooding sources that can be appropriately dealt with at the local level through prudent land use, <br />regulations, planning, and future stormwater capacity improvements. <br /> <br />DESIGNATION AND APPROVAL ACTION <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conservation Board in <br />regular meeting assembled in La Junta, Colorado, this 21 st day of September 1998, that it does <br />hereby recognize that there are local storm drainage problems within the community of Ault and <br />agrees with FEMA's previous determination that there are No Special Flood Hazard Areas within <br />the community for the purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, and does hereby <br />recommend to the community that prudent land use decisions, regulations, planning, and <br />stormwater capacity improvements be implemented at the local level; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Colorado Water Conservation Board does hereby <br />caution Ault officials that certain portions of the community, especially those areas located to the <br />east of the existing railroad embankment, may be subject to flooding during extreme storm events <br />due to inadequate storm conveyance facilities and development in low lying areas; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Colorado Water Conservation Board, after careful <br />review, has chosen to not designate as approximate floodplain information the storm or floodwater <br />runoff channels or basins within the Town of Ault described by approximate information on said <br />map dated May 17, 1974 because oflack of technical backup information to support said map; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Board is directed to send a <br />certified copy of this resolution to the Town of Ault; the Board of County Commissioners of Weld <br />CoUnty; the Colorado Office of Emergency Management; and the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency, Region 8. <br /> <br />2 <br />