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<br />I.. INTRODUCTION <br />- _00- <br /> <br />During recent yes,rs a series Clf floods h!l:ve occurred in the <br /> <br />vicinity of Pierce. Weld County. ColoradO. Copy oJ: a map of the vi- <br /> <br />cinity is hereto attaohed.marked Exhi b:t t 1. Shorioly after the most <br /> <br />recent flood of September, 1938, a meeting of prop,~rty owners in the <br /> <br />vioinity was held at Pierce to disoU$S the flood si.tuation. VarioUS <br /> <br />opinions were advanoed as to the causes cjf flood,; and n\lJllel'OUS sug- <br /> <br />gestions were made as to 1'elnedies for the preventiCln of flood damages. <br /> <br />These opinions and suggesti"nB were div€lI1gent and i,n some respeots <br /> <br />were conflicting so that no definite p18J~ of prooedure oould then be <br /> <br />adopted. <br /> <br />One of.' the f'unctic'ns of the Colorado Water Conservation <br /> <br />BoaI'd is to aid citizens of the state in the solution of such problems. <br /> <br />The authority of the Colorado Water ConseMration Board 'With respect to <br /> <br /> <br />the prevention of flood dams,ges is set forth in attMhed Exhibit No.2. <br /> <br />Through its Director, Clifford H. Stone. ;bhe services of the <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board were oft'ered to the property owners <br />of the Pierce vicinity. The Engineering Department of the Board was <br />instruoted to mll1ce a preliminary examination and re!,ort for the as- <br />sistance of a local flood pr'Jtection cOJJll1,tttee consi,sting of: <br /> <br />Moses Smith Ault. Colorado, Chairman <br />J. A. Turner Nunn. Colorado <br />EmU Smith Pie roe>> Colorado <br />Jaoob Hasbrouok Ault. Golorado <br />F. A. Griffen Nunn. Colorado <br /> <br />-1- <br />