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<br />r <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.: 96-08-244P <br /> <br />The Honorable Guillermo A. DeHerrera <br />Chairman, Adams County Board of <br />County Commissioners <br />450 South 4th Avenue <br />Brighton, Colorado 80601 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. DeHerrera: <br /> <br />This responds to a request for a revision to the effective Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and National Flood <br />Insurance Program (NFIP) map for your community. Specifically, this responds to a facsimile dated <br />April 29, 1996, from Mr. Besharah Najjar, P.R., Floodplain Administrator, Public Works Department, <br />Adams County, regarding the effective FIS report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Adams <br />County, Colorado, and Incorporated Areas. Mr. Najjar requested that the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective FIRM to show the effects of levee and channel <br />improvements along West Lake Channel from West I 28th Avenue to approximately 1,600 feet upstream <br />of the intersection of King Circle and Westlake Drive. This request follows up on a Conditional Letter <br />of Map Revision, which was issued on January 23, 1995. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with Mr. Najjar's April 29 <br />facsimile, with a letter dated December 4, 1995, from Mr. Tim Doherty, P.E., Civil Engineer, City of <br />Broomfield, and with a facsimile dated April 2, 1996, from Mr. Gary Behlen, P.E., City Engineer, City <br />of Broomfield. Because this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) shows the effects of a publicly sponsored <br />flood-control project that reduces flooding to existing development, fees were not assessed for the review. <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM, <br />and have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain and floodway boundary delineations of a flood having <br />a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along West Lake Channel <br />from West 128th Avenue to approximately 1,600 feet upstream of the intersection of King Circle and <br />Westlake 'Drive. <br /> <br />From approximately 1,300 feet upstream to approximately 1,600 feet upstream of the intersection of King <br />Circle and Westlake Drive, the revisions lie within the unincorporated areas of Adams County. Along <br />this reach of West Lake Channel, the base flood and floodway are contained in an underground pipe. <br />From West 128th Avenue to approximately 1.300 feet upstream of the intersection of King Circle and <br />Westlake Drive, the revisions lie within the City of Broomfield, Colorado. A separate LOMR was issued <br />on May 16, 1996, to describe the revisions in the City of Broomfield. <br />