SUBJECT: STAFF REPORT
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Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD)
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Gary Behlen, Public Works Director
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: NA
Balance Available: NA
Fund NA
Budget Line Item Number: NA
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: NA
Recommendation
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) was established by the Colorado legislature in 1969, for the purpose of assisting local governments in the Denver metropolitan area with multi-jurisdictional drainage and flood control problems. The Boulder County portion of Erie is within UDFCD boundaries. The Weld County portion currently is not included.
UDFCD funding comes from a property tax mill levy which funds four programs:
? Master Planning
? Design, Construction and Maintenance
? Floodplain Management
? Information Services and Flood Warning
Since 1981 an annual maintenance work program has been developed within each county based on the funds available and a prioritized list of maintenance requests from each local government. Maintenance work is divided into two types of activities, routine and restoration.
Routine maintenance consists of limited mowing of native vegetation, trash and debris cleanup, trash rack cleaning, control of weeds and noxious vegetation, tree thinning, sediment removal, revegetation, and other minor drainage way maintenance activities. Routine maintenance in Erie will begin in May and end in September. The attached map and maintenance schedule identifies the drainage facility locations and frequency for maintenance.
Restoration work involves site specific activities intended to rebuild structures, major sediment removal or significant vegetation removal to reestablish existing drainage facilities which have been neglected or damaged such that the capacity of the facility has be...
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