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<br />00214 7 <br /> <br />'l <br />I <br /> <br />i.~ <br />" <br /> <br />2.2 <br /> <br />Alamosa County <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The Alamosa County Commissioners have identified five <br />sites, all in the vicinity of the Town of Alamosa, for <br />consideration of technical and financial assistance from the <br />state. These sites, listed in downstream order, are: <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />Site No. 1 - Anderson Subdivision Levee <br /> <br />Site No. 2 - Golf Course Levee <br /> <br />Site No. 3 - Cole Park Levee <br /> <br />Site No. 4 - Levee and diversion structure for West Side <br />Ditch <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />f <br /> <br />Site No. 5 - Levee protecting East Alamosa <br /> <br />In addition, the team reviewed certain costs related to <br />flood fight operations, Those costs that qualified for <br />emergency assistance are included in the summary. <br /> <br />Inspection of the Alamosa levee system revealed a <br />serious lack of maintenance. This fact, coupled with recent <br />decisions regarding land development northwest of the city and <br />a housing rehabilitation project in East Alamosa, raises <br />serious and perplexing questions about the safety of the <br />present and future citizens of Alamosa. The flood of 1985 was <br />only one small indication of what the damages might be, say, if <br />a 30- or 50-year flood were to occur, even if the levees held. <br />A lOO-year flood would indeed be a disaster. There is a 1 in 4 <br />chance that a loO-year flood will occur in the next (or any) <br />3D-year period. <br /> <br />59 <br />