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<br />Colorado Springs (see Exhibit 2) has approximately 3,538 <br />residents living in its flood plains. This figure represents <br />37.9% of the regional population. This percentage represents <br />$75,776 of the $200,000 initial warning system cost and $1,894 of <br />the $5,000 annual maintenance cost. <br /> <br />El Paso County has approximately 3,927 residents living in <br />its flood plains. This figure represents 42.0% of the regional <br />population. This percentage represents $84,108 of the $200,000 <br />initial warning system cost and $2,103 of the $5,000 annual <br />maintenance cost. <br /> <br />Manitou Springs (see Exhibit 3) has approximately 725 <br />residents living in its flood plains. This figure represents <br />7.8% of the regional population. This percentage represents <br />$15,528 of the $200,000 initial warning system cost and $388 of <br />the $5,000 annual maintenance cost. <br /> <br />Green Mountain Falls has approximately 216 residents living <br />in its flood plains. This figure represents 2.3% of the regional <br />population. This percentage represents $4,626 of the $200,000 <br />initial warning system cost and $116 of the $5,000 annual <br />maintenance cost. <br /> <br />Fountain has (see Exhibit 4) approximately 799 residents <br />living in its flood plains. This figure represents 8.6% of the <br />regional population. This percentage represents $17,113 of the <br />$200,000 initial warning system cost and $428 of the $5,000 <br />annual maintenance cost. <br /> <br />Palmer Lake (see Exhibit 5) has approximately 133 residents <br />living in its flood plains. This figure represents 1.4% of the <br />regional population. This percentage represents $2,849 of the <br />$200,000 initial warning system cost and $71 of the $5,000 annual <br />maintenance cost. <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />The numbers of structures and people occupying the Region's <br />flood plains are significant in total and in most communities. A <br />flash flood warning system is a necessary component of wise flood <br />plain management within the Region at this time. It would not <br />significantly reduce property damages during a flood, but it <br />could help save hundreds of lives. <br /> <br />The Pikes Peak Flood Hazard Task Force recommended on <br />September 12, 1986 that local jurisdictions cooperatively fund <br />the development, implementation, and operation of the proposed <br />flood warn~ng system. (See Appendix 1.) The formula for cost <br />distribution suggested was based on the residential occupation of <br />the Region's 100 year flood plains as substantiated in this <br /> <br />35 <br />