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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study . The purpose of this Flood Insurance study is to investigate the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- tion Act of 1973. Initial use of this information "will be to con- vert Lafayette to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the information will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain development. 1.2 Coordination A meeting was held on February 18, 1977, with representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration, the City Manager, and Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff to discuss areas to be studied and methods to be used. The u.s. Soil Conservation Service, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Boulder County Courthouse, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the State Historical Society were contacted for available data. .The results of this study were reviewed at a final community coordi- nation meeting held on July 18, 1978. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration, the study contractor, and the city. This study incorporates all appropriate comments, and all problems have been resolved. 1.3 Authority and ACknowledgments The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract No. H-4016. This work, which was completed in September 1977, covered all significant flooding sources affecting the City of Lafayette. ,