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��iz�y� c.4;y cc�,rra <br /> Floodmplain maps in err r <br /> More than 33% <br /> of FI - ,, _ r <br /> atiron land �z F <br /> may be in plain <br /> By CAROL ROWS <br /> Camera Stall Writer <br /> Consultants lured by Lhe Universi. <br /> ty of Colorado confirmed that Feder- <br /> al Emergency Management Agency <br /> • maps are incorrect and more than <br /> one Uurd of the Flatiron Gateway <br /> property in southeast Boulder could <br /> be in a IGO year Good plain. <br /> Their analysis also found that <br /> 100-vear floodwaters would Gow <br /> frurn the Flatiron site along the <br /> Denver Boulder Turnpike and inun- <br /> date parts of the Keewayden Mead. —I <br /> n ows neighborhood, previously not <br /> thought to be at risk <br /> CU has a preliminary contract to <br /> buy the 308 acre property near Ta- ea"aaa <br /> ble Irlesa Drive and the Turnpike. o� <br /> Inaccuracies and incomplete inform. <br /> abon to previous Good-plain studies <br /> were discovered once it was learned <br /> CU had its eye on the site. Higher <br /> Good insurance rates are likely with- _ <br /> in the flood plain. <br /> e Affected portions of the Keeway. <br /> • den Meadows neighborhood areto <br /> Ln I north of the Turnpike and west of <br /> m Foothills Parkway, but a specific <br /> •o map of the area liar not been done. <br /> m I The condition has existed since the <br /> M Turnpike was built in the 1950s, con <br /> sullanl Dave Love said. <br /> Deputy City Manager Stan Zemler <br /> Lr) said the newly revealed neighbor- <br /> ctac GrussMicttt t>air rya <br /> hood Good risk from South Boulder . . . <br /> Creek "is a serious concern of ours DISPUTED BUILDING SITE: <br /> There's a :cal issue for the city of me Flat;ton Gateway property, CU LAND HOLDINGS <br /> Lo Bailees hereal <br /> City staff members, who learned shown from above, is located <br /> about the risk Thursday, plan to do south of Table Mesa Drive and <br /> It the UeJ08!y of Colorado pus- t..1 :}',; i '•. _ .4,r„�y a ' <br /> u� more research. the Boulder-Deriver Turnpike. chases the JOB-+ore Flatiron Gate- _ <br /> .� Ir Love, a Good consultant with near- <br /> way property h would increase Ine s <br /> m ly 30 years' experience who often is amount of land CLI or vru in to: <br /> hued by the city of Boulder, said an It was unclear whether the find- to 9M acres. <br /> "opportunity' exists to build a levee ings would have any affect. on CU's Here is a breakdwm d the <br /> across city open space from an intention to buy thn nnw.+v eustuq 597 acres the univwcrtv . <br />