FLOOD10262

• County: Alamosa
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Title: Report on Governor's Emergency Funding 1987 Rio Grande Flooding
• Date: 7/15/1987
• Prepared For: Alamosa County
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

EXHIBIT A

RESOLUTION

BOARD OF DI RECTORS
RIO GRANDE WATER CONSERVATION

POTENTIAL FLOOD EMERGENCY -
SAN LUIS VALLEY - 1987

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Rio Grande
Water Conservation Di3trict met in Alarnosa, Colorado, on
April 21, 1987, in regular session, and again on May 4,
1987, in special session, at which times a quorum was
present, and

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WHEREAS, the Board is responsible for the direction
and management of the District, and

WHEREAS, the Board is, among other powers, responsible
for determining the best manner of utilizing the water
resources of the District, and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of its specific duties, the
Board has reviewed hydrologic information which establishes
that there is a strong likelihood that the communities of
Del Norte, Monte Vista, and Alamosa, together with the
buildings and crop lands lying between them, will be
threatened by flooding this year from the Rio Grande, and

WHEREAS, the facts which have led to this conclusion
include the following:

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1. The snowpack on portions of the Rio Grande
watershed exceeds 200% of normal,

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2. This is the third year of unusually high
precipitation and runoff in the Rio Grande drainage,
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3. All currently avai1able reservoirs are full,

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4. The soil conditions in the irri~ated portion
of the San Luis Valley are already saturated and additional
irrigation will lead to loss of crop production which will
limit the ability of the irrigation ditches to divert water
during high runoff, and

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5. The Rio Grande Reservoir is undergoing
extensive repair and rehabilitation and is capable of
performing only limited flood control operations, and

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WHEREAS, any period of extended warm weather or rain
will result in river flows above the capacity of the river
channel, and

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