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<br />. I' ~ <br /> <br />BENJAMIN F. STAPLETON <br />Chairman, Denver <br /> <br />FREDERICK V. KROEGER <br />Vice.Chairman, Durango <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />..~ <br />Sf,,,~:' <br />.'." ;.,....... <br />,. ~ <br /> <br />FELIX L. SPARKS <br />Director <br /> <br />LAREN O. MORRLLL <br />Deputy Oi rector <br /> <br />JOHN T. BENTON <br />Burns <br /> <br />JOHN H. BROWNELL <br />Hooper <br /> <br />JOHN R. FETCHER <br />Steamboat Springs <br />C. M. FURNEAUX <br />Walden <br /> <br />RICHARD D. LAMM <br />Governor <br /> <br />ROBERT A. JACKSON <br />Pueblo <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />HERBERT H. VANOEMOER <br />Sterling <br /> <br />823 STATE CENTENNIAL BUILD.ING <br /> <br />1313 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER. COLORAOO 80203 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE <br />tX)3) B~2.3441 <br /> <br />DAVID LEINSDORF <br />Crested Butte <br /> <br />January 5, 1977 <br /> <br />M E M 0 RAN DUM <br /> <br />TO: Members, Colorado Water Conservation Board and <br />Colorado Water Congress Advisory Committee <br /> <br />FROM: Felix L. Sparks, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Proposed amendments to Land Use Act of 1974 (H.B. 1041) <br /> <br />In a memorandum dated October 20, 1976, staff member Jim Ohi <br />of the Land Use Commission prepared a report on the subject of flood <br />hazard surveys. Contained in that report was the following statement: <br /> <br />"M;iny local planners and land-use administrators perceive <br />a need to consolidate the many floodplain mapping programs <br />sponsored by state and federal agencies. The planners and <br />administrators we have talked with would prefer to be able to <br />work with one agency whenever they must deal with the technical, <br />legal and financial problems of floodplain mapping and regulation. <br />I request that the LUC include in its recommendations to the <br />Governor legislation to designate the Water Conservation Board as <br />the responsible state agency for establishing floodplain mapping <br />criteria and to require all federal, state and local floodplain <br />mapping programs to conform to these criteria. This legislation <br />should consolidate responsibility of all state financial and <br />technical assistance for floodplain mapping and flood hazard <br />regulations in the Colorado Water Conservation Board." <br /> <br />The board staff fully concurs with Mr. Ohi's recommendations. <br />Local planners are indeed having a great deal of trouble in establishing <br />any uniformity in the conduct of floodplain studies. While this board <br />has already issued various publications relating to floodplain iden- <br />tification standards, these publications in many cases are not being <br />used. We have already encountered several ridiculous cases in which <br />duplicating floodplain studies have been accomplished. In one case, <br /> <br />2471 <br />