FLOOD09316 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

SECTIO~ VIII CAPITAL I:vIPROVE:vlENTS PlA~ A. Bl1d~et The City of Cripple ereek will be funding improvement~ to its existing storm drainage system by use of revenue transfers from its General Fund to its Capital Improvements Fund. In November of 1990, with the approval of limited stakes gaming, the citizens of Cripple Creek began to actively assess the condition of their existing infrastructure and what improvements would be necessary to meet minimum standards. To fund these improvements, the city established an annual fee on gaming devices which is presently $1,200 per device. In addition, the city has heen rel;eiving various other gaming industry related revcnues. Gaming revenues and device fees are entered into the city's General Fund and then transferred to the various city depanments for required capital improvements. , I , I I For fiscal year 1992, the City of Cripple Creek has budgeted $300,000 for drainage system improvements. Of that fee, a portion has been used for preparation of this master plan. The remaining funds will be used for design and construction of that portion of the priority no. I drainage improvements which can be completed this year. Itis anticiputed that funds uvailablewill be adequute to cons tructtheSel;ond Stn:et tributary outfall from Warren Avenue to Bcnnett Avenue and construct the majority of storm sewer improvements on Bennett Avenue within the Second Street tributary. Upon completion of the first project in 1992, approximately 1.9 million dollars in recommended improvements will remain. It is recommended that the city budget between S400,OOO and $500,000 over a four'year period hcginning in 1993, such that all drainage system improvements can be completed by L\I\lb. VIIl.j B. Flood Plain Desi~nations and Revisions As previously indicated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service is presently preparing a Flood Plain Management Study for the City of eripple Creek. This study will include mapping indicating the limits of the various flood plains within the city's corporate limits. This mapping will account for all drainage facility improvement> made during the 1992 cOll!;truction season but will nol acrount for any other improvements recommended by this report. In addition, SCS has agreed to map the flood plains based on all improvements recommended by this report. Mapping associated with future improvements will be provided only for comparison of what impacts the recommended improvements will have on the limits of the flood plain. The flood plain mapping associated with rec()mmended improvements will not be available for public use. Once completed, the Flood Plain Management Study and associated flood plain information will be provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for puhlicalion of a new Flood Insuranl;e Rate Map (FIRM). Once FEMA has accepted thc Flood Plain Management Study prepared by SCS and published their flood insurance mapping, changing the infurmation containe dthereinrequires a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR). A community must reque,t a conditional flood plain revision hefore permitting any encroachment into a regulatory floodway. A map revision is required whencver actions increase or decrease the base flood elevations published by FEMA. A community's base flood elevations may increase or decrease resulting from physical changes affecting flood conditiolls, lherefore "as soon as practical bul not later lhan six monlh, after the dale such data I'lecomes available, a community shall notify the Administrator of the change, by submitting technical or scientific data in accordance with this pan." The map revision process clearly places responsibility on commanities for submitting technical data necessary lomaintaintheaccura~"yoltheflo()dinsurance ,tudy if local actions change llooding VIll-2