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<br />"~----- "" <br /> <br />-'-) <br /> <br />~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />0,,'.:: <br />" , <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />phone, (303) 866-344, <br /> <br />~eptember 8, 1986 <br /> <br />Richard D. lamm <br />Governor <br />j. William McDonald <br />Director <br />David W. Walker <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />Dear <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board at its regUlar <br />meeting on September 4, 1986, a~proved the enclosed resolution <br />designaLing floodplain areas SUbject to a 100-year flood or one <br />percent chance flood (intermedi~te regional flood) in your <br />jurisdiction. The floodplain i~ described in Section <br />24-65.1-103(7), Colorado Reviseli Statutes, as "an area adjacent <br />to a stream which area is subje~t to flooding as a result of <br />the occurrence of an intermediate regional flood." <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board coordinates the flood <br />control and floodplain managemeht activities and programs for <br />the State and is the State Coorliinator for the National Flood <br />Insurance Program. The Board C4n assist on the implementation <br />of a floodplain management program for lessening flood losses. <br />The Board staff is knowledgeable in federal and state flood- <br />related programs. structural and nonstructural practices, and <br />flood mitigation measures. We Urge local jurisdictions to <br />adopt flOOdplain zoning and land use regulations in accord with <br />federal and state guidelines and under the authority granted by <br />the enclosed resolution. <br /> <br />If you have any questions Or if we can be of further <br />assistance, please contact our office. <br /> <br />sincerely, <br /> <br />Larry F. Lang, P.E. <br />Chief, Flood Control and <br />Floodplain Management section <br /> <br />LFL/gI <br />Enclosure <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />0181E <br />