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Don Eddy Don Hataway Reg Keirnes Adam Miller Bev Harburton Dwight Bower Norman Carlson John Rold Larry Simpson t~i 11 i am Lopez Nona Thayer
Also present were:
Jerry Bowser Willard Quirk Steve McMillan Curt Smith Marilyn Stokes Logan Rappe'
General William Weller Ed Nesselroad
Lester Fields
FCO/FDAA
City of Loveland
Big Thompson Canyon Representative Big Thompson.Canyon Representative Colorado Land Use Commission
Colorado Highway Department Weld County Commissioner Colorado Geological Survey Larimer County - At-Large Larimer County Commissioner Larimer County Commissioner
U. S. Forest Service Council Coordinator Assistant Corrdinator Toups Corporation
Ken Wright Engineering Office
Division of Disaster Emergency Services Adj. General, Colorado ArmY National Guard Congressman Johnson's Office
Big Thompson Recovery Office
Marilyn Stokes gave the report from Ken Wright's office, commencing with reading a message to the Council from Governor Lamm and expressing the Governor's regrets that he was unable to attend the final Council meeting. A copy of the Governor's Message is attached to the original of these Minutes. Ms. Stokes reported on assistance given by the Wright office to Larimer County in monitoring the Land and Water Conservation Fund Application to Secretary Andrus and of meetings held with the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation regarding implementation of the Application and on assistance given to the James Gray well application. In concluding her report, Ms. Stokes noted that their contract with the State will end on December 31st. Thereafter, inquiries to the State from citizens should be directed to the ombudsman's office in care of Mrs. r·1argie Major, Citizens Advocate Office, State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado 80203 (839-2885). Other business can continue to be conducted through Logan Rappe' of the Disaster Emergency Ser-vices Office (279-2511- Golden) or Lee White of the Governor's office (839-2471.) At the conclusion of Ms. Stokes' report, Chairman Lopez expressed his appreciation to Governor Lamm and all the State and Federal representatives who joined in the recovery effort, and noted that he would write to the Governor thanking him for the consideration shown to Larimer County and the Canyon residents in their time of great need.
Willard Quirk gave a comprehensive report of the work of the Recovery Planning Office. He noted that his tenure as Council Coordinator was drawing to a close as of the end of December, and that the office would continue under the super-vision of his assistant, Steve McMillan. He updated the work going on in the Canyon as follows:
Bridges - The slab is yet to be poured at the Sylvan Dale bridge, the remainder of the bridge is finished and back-filling the south approach has begun. The contract for the bridge at the Loveland Water Treatment Plant has been let to
Flatiron Structures. Work will begin about January lst·and Flatiron has 120 days to complete the project. The County prepared the plans for the six North Fork bridges and 4 or 5 bids have been received which will be submitted to the bridge owners to make the selection of the contractor for the building of the abutments only.
Highway - Work is continuing on drainage structures and riprap east of Drake. A contract for a 3.5 mile section west of Grandpa's Retreat has been let to Peter Kiewit, and work has just gotten underway on this.
Forest Service - Channel work will be finished up today or some time this week. Originally, the Forest Service completed work on 20 sites and added 20 more sites, which are now virtually complete. They also tried to work on side tribu-taries, using small Forest Service equipment. This was unsuccessful, and they are now trying to decide on whether to try using larger equipment or try using hand labor high up on the tributaries. The contract for the quarry work has been awarded to Barker Construction Company of Fort Collins and work will start about the first of the year. This will furnish riprap to Peter Kiewit about February 1st, and it is expected 1000 cubic yards of riprap material per day will be furnished. Barker will be furnishing material to the Highway Department, the Soil Conservation Service, and the Forest Service. The Forest Service contemplates advertising for the contract for riprap work in the Big Thompson channel about the first of the year and anticipates actual riprap work will commence about February 20th
Well Permits - Mr. Quirk thanked Marilyn Stokes and the Wright office for the excellent cooperation received relative to the issuance of well permits. The latest group of permits have been approved in less than two weeks, where earlier it was taking up to a month or more.
216 Supplemental Request - Has passed the House and the Senate will act upon it after they return on January 19. The President has 10 days in which to approve it. As it looks now, the entire amount requested may not be needed.
SBA Payment Reduction - The SBA Denver office sent two loan officers to Loveland for 2-1/2 days. They visited with 72 people, most of whom seemed satisfied. If a request for reduction is not made, payments will not be reduced, as payment
reduction is not automatic and the borrower must write a letter requesting reduction in payment. Those making the request should hear something in 90 to 120 days. In the interim, they are expected to make the higher payment. SBA will furnish print-outs to all borrowers showing amount of principal and interest paid for each pay-ment. The deadline for making application for a SBA loan or increasing present loan is December 30th. However, our Senators and Jim Johnson are trying to get an extension on this. Mr. Quirk emphasized that his personal advice was "if you think you need a loan, make application immediately."
-2-Toups Planning Report - The -2-Toups Report was approved by the Larimer County Planning Commission. In essence, the report confirms that zoning conditions
~hich existed prior to the flood are the same - status quo - in that the zoning is still 11011 open. Residential property continues as residential, and
com-mercially developed properties continue as non-conforming uses. A major advantage of the report is that this area now has better information than almost any other area in the State regarding geologic hazards, slopes, the flood plain, and access. At almost a glance the Larimer County Planning Department can advise a prospective buyer or builder on the advisability of building on any site in the Canyon. Also, an in-depth report on water and sewer has been completed and everyone has been made aware that water availability and sewage disposal qre the major factors that will dictate future development in the Canyon.
Acquisition - Secretary Andrus approved the needed funds from his discretionary fund. This will allow the full purchase of all lands which were proposed to the Colorado Legislature just after the first of the year. We have yet to receive the $150,000 from the Four Corners Commission. In talking with the Governor's office, it was stated that this is on the Agenda to be acted upon by the Board at their January 18th meeting. The Governor will speak in our behalf.
Mr. Quirk called on Steve McMillan to review the current status of the acquisition and relocation program. Steve reported that 50% of the appraisals have been completed and reviewed by our office and have been forwarded to the Denver office of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation for further review and approval, where we are encountering some difficulty in obtaining this approval, due in part to the inability of some bureaucratsto make decisions. The contract for the second group of
ap-praisals will be awarded this week, and we hope to start the actual apap-praisals around January 3rd and complete them by the end of February. He noted he hopes to be able to close out the entire program by June 1st. Some difficulty has been encountered in getting the contract between the State and the County finalized, and we are presently in contact with the State Controller's office regarding this. We continue to coordinate with the Forest Service in the acquisition program. Following Mr. McMillan's review, Mr. Quirk requested Jerry Bowser of the Forest bring the group up to date on the Forest Service's acquisition program. Jerry noted that the Forest Service was not moving quite as quickly as the County in this area. 750 property owners in the area were contacted relative to selling their land, with 285 negative interest replies being received, 143 replies
received indicating interest in selling, 43 of which properties had already been identified in the County program. 66 respondents proved to be non-qualifying in that their properties were not suitable for the Forest Service's needs, and 34 property owners met the Forest Service criteria and they hope to be underway by January 15th putting together appraisal contracts for these and possibly be able to have offers available to the people some time in April.
After the conclusion of Mr. Bowser's report, one of the Canyon residents posed the yet-unsolved and oft-repeated question to the group - 11What wi 11 be done about the structures which were bull-dozed out of existence, but were proveably less than 50% damaged?11 This enigma continues to be of prime importance to those
affected victims. There was considerable discussion about this, and Mr. Lopez stated that the only thing the County could do would be to be their advocate and assist in making an inventory to determine how many properties would be involved, then make a decision regarding local involvement, perhaps in the area of using State and local matching funds to help provide some restitution.
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Rehabilitation Program.- Mr. Quirk continued with his report by briefly outlining the Rehabilitation Program. He asked Lester Fields, Rehabilitation Coordinator in the Recovery Office, to bring the group up to date on progress in this area, noting that Mr. Fields came to our office from a similar job and stating that he has done an outstandin~ job for us. Mr. Fields reported that the rehabilitation staff was hired on August 8th and since that time have received 97 applications for rehabilitation work, which included 26 requests for deep wells and 5 requests for well accessories (pumps, etc.) As of this date, 28 rehabilitation contracts have been signed, 11 of which have been completed - this includes 5 wells. The average grant cost per rehabilitation unit at this time. is $3,972. Of the 97 original applications, about 30 units will be rehabilitated on a priority basis -those requiring wells or septic systems, electrical services, heating, plumbing, etc. He expects the rehabilitation program to reach its conclusion some time in May of next year.
Old Business - Under the heading of old business, Mr. Quirk reminded 1he group that the Council had· agreed to establish a memorial to Sgt. Purdy of the Colorado State Patrol, who lost his life the night of July 31, 1976.
Concluding his last report, Mr. Quirk expressed his appreciation to the Council, all the governmental agencies involved, and the press for their cooperation and assistance in bringing to fruition the objectives set early in the Council's
existence and which developed over the months. He noted that almost without excep-tion, the reporting of the press has been extremely accurate. He commended his staff, and was pleased to be able to say that almost every one of the goals which we set out to attain over a year ago had been reached.
Reporting for the Canyon residents, Adam Miller expressed for residents and him-self their sincere thanks to the Council and all those involved in the recovery effort, pointing out that each person in the Canyon was in a different position, that they were all grateful, but that there was still much to be done.
Reg Keirnes added his thanks to that of Adam, stressing that unless Canyon resi-dents have attended the Council meetings, there is no way they can realize the amount of work and assistance that has gone on, and especially commended Willard and Steve for their monumental efforts in keeping the program moving and accom-plishing nearly unattainable goals. He reported that during the November 14th meeting of the Big Thompson Action Group the matter of an adequate hazard warning system for the Big Thompson Canyon was thoroughly discussed and proposed a
Resolution that:
"Milepost markers be installed along U. S. Highway #34 beginning with mile 0 designated at the western terminus of the 4 lane section of High-way #34 west of Loveland with a mile marker to be installed at each 1 mile interval VJesterly to a point immediately west of the Olympus Dam at Lake Estes. Such mile post markers to be readily readable by day or night from an auto or truck traveling at posted highway speeds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such mile markers in areas known to be in flood or other hazardous areas shall carry reflective red numerals and mile markers known to be in safe areas shall carry reflective green numera 1 s.
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Be it further resolved that several large relfective signs be erected at strategic points along Highway #34 explaining the mile marker hazard alert plan, and that printed information describing how to tale self protective action to properly take advantage of all danger. alert warning devices be available. 11
Considerable discussion followed Mr. Keirnes proposed Resolution, with the entire group agreeing that the need for an adequate warning system was of paramount importance. Deficiencies in the Resolution as proposed were discussed, such as a system is already being used by the High\'/ay Department for marking each mile, and that mile markers might not serve the purpose, since there could be a flood-safe area as well as a flood-hazard area within less than a mile. r~r. Keirnes acknowledged the problems and said the proposed resolution was not intended to spell out the mechanics of a mark1ng system, but to insist that some sort of hazard-safety marking system be initiated and .be used in conjuncti .. on with a Canyon flood warning system. He submitted the following Resolution:
11BE IT RESOLVED that the intent of the foregoing suggested Resolution
be adopted and modified to assure that a program will be worked out that addresses itself to orienting people entering the Canyon to the existence and identification of hazardous areas and safe areas in the Canyon and printed information regarding self-protective action to properly take advantage of all danger alert warning devices be made available.11
The Motion was put before the group, seconded, and unanimously adopted.
Chairman Lopez called for other matters of interest. Dwight Bower of the Colo-rado Highway Department remarked, 11I think for a bunch of rookies, we've done
a pretty good job. I hope we don't have to do it again.11 Don Eddy of the FDAA
supported the formation and activities of the Council, noting that it was a very effective device for making sure disaster assistance is received, pointing out the difference in this disaster as compared to the more common, so-called
11Urban disaster,11 and emphasizing the increased difficulties encountered in
dealing with a disaster of the type that occurred on July 31, 1976. Logan Rappe' introduced General Weller, who commended the Council on its effectiveness in dealing with the situation and noting they might be called on in the future in assessing procedures and criteria which might be useful in coping with future similar disasters. Rev. Bob Schelling added his thanks to the group, expressing his appreciation for the closeness of working relations with the Recovery Office, the Forest Service, the County personnel and many, many others.
Chairman Lopez, noting the Council was subject to recall upon 2 weeks' written notice should the necessity arise in the future, thanked everyone once again and adjourned the meeting 11Sine die. 11
Respectfully submitted,
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BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL Meeting December 20, 1977 - 9:00 a.m. Conservancy District Office, Loveland
·AGENDA
1. Opening of Meeting and Roll Call - Chairman Lopez 2. Report from Ken Wright Office, State Coordinator 3. Report from Big Thompson Recovery Planning Office 4. Canyon Residents' Report
6. r~atters of Interest Questions and Comments -Recovery Council Members
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BL· '?ho''ipson Cn.nyo11 'N::l:.-:; thorour~hly eli. sc:usRccl.
The near unanimous conccnsus of the group v~s that a readily
ident.ifyablc si _'!n system was. needed to suppleme.nt any other warning sys ter1 or systemO! which nd.vht be ini t:i.a ted. r.f spec ia1 cone ern is the urE'ent· need to assist the visitor V.'ho j r.; not 2c:r:fuaint::;d with the canvon to orient hinself r:.md to asf::i ~ t tlw:''O who· Rre
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f'oreover, the recornnended mile T~ost w8.rn5nr syr-::terq 'NouJd be a most valuable aid in .obtaining quick err.ergc~ncy aid in case of fire, crime alerts or ambulance service.
••rww therefore, be i t resolved that: f''ilepost markers be in:-stallcd along U.s. Highway (LJL~ beginninr· with rrtile 0 dcsi~:ma t()d at the western ter·minus of the h lane scctj on ·of ~Ii.rhwav "ll·l· west of Io·rela.nc'l vd.th 2 mile F!arkcr to be hu:~:te.llen at.e8ch
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Such mile post marlccrs to be readily readable by QR~.r o~ 1iigf1t from an auto or true}-;: traveling at posted hir_h'.?:::t.Y s:r>r::eds . ;
Be it further resolved that su.ch mile rnarl-~.1?-rf:l in are8.f:> lmown to be in flood or other hazardous areas shall c~rry reflective re0
numerals and mile n~arkers kno·,.m to .be in nafe ::.=t.roaG ~:;h;:l.ll carry rcfl'ec ti ve r-re.r·il llUJ)lcrals.
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REPORT OF WRIGHT-McLAUGHLIN ENGINEERS December 20, 1977BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL Activities from November 30th to date
• Assistance to Larimer County in monitoring L&WCF application to the Secretary of Interior. Meeting with the State Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation on implementation of the application.
• Assistance to Mr. Gray in well application.
• Summarizing data for final report to the Governor of Colorado.
WME1s contract with the State will end on December 31st. Thereafter, inquiries to.the state from citizens should be directed to the
ombudsman's office in care of Mrs. Margie Major, Citizens Advocate Office, State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado 80203 (839-2885). Other business can continue to be conducted through Logan Rappe of DODES or Lee White of the Governor's office.
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A G E N D A
1. Opening of Meeting and Roll Call - Chairman Lopez
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2. Discussion of Amendments to HUD grants - Steve McMillan 3. Report from Ken Wright Office, State Coordinator
4. Report from Big Thompson Recovery Planning Office 5. Canyon Residents• R~port
6. Matters of Interest Questions and Comments -Recovery Council Members
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Notice: Following adjournment, Toups Corporation (Curt Smith) will hold public review of final Big Thompson Disaster Recovery Plan with the Larimer County Commissioners. Interested·persons are invited to remain for this review.
REPORT OF WRIGHT-McLAUGHLIN ENGINEERS 11 I 15/77
BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER 18TH TO DATE
Item 1. Monitored and provided support for the 11216 Program•• supplemental legislation. Formal letters of request for support were sent to Senators Hart and Haskell. To date, both the Senate and the House have approved H.R. 93-75, which bill authorized $903,000 to the Soil Conservation Service. The Conference Committee has cleared the way for approval of the measure as well.
Item 2. Discussions with Senator Hart•s office regarding their support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund application.
Item 3. Provided assistance to Mr. and Mrs. James Gray in processing their
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The meeting was called to order by Chairman William Lopez, who called the ro 11. The fo 11 owing Counci 1 r~embers were present:
Don Eddy Don Hataway Reg Keirnes Adam Miller Bev Warburton Al Chotvacs Nona Thayer William Lopez David Weitzel Also present were:
Wi 11 ard Quirk Steve McMillan Curt Smith Ann Wellck FCO/FDAA City of Loveland
Big Thompson Canyon Representative Big Thompson Canyon Representative Colorado Land Use Commission
Colorado Highway Department Larimer County Commissioner Larimer County Commissioner Larimer. County Commissioner
Council Coordinator Assistant Coordinator Toups Corp.
Ken Wright Engineering Office A number of interested Canyon residents.
Chairman Lopez announced that the October 18th Minutes erroneously stated that the December meeting was scheduled for December lOth, rather than the correct date of December 20th and asked the members to note the correct next meeting date on their calendars.
Steve McMillan discussed the amendments to the HUD grants. On November 7th the Recovery Office submitted amendments to the CDBG Disaster grant and to the CDBG discretionary grant. The following portions of the applications were amended: (1) CD Statement of Needs; (2) CD Short-Term Objectives; (3) Com-munity Development Program; and (4) ComCom-munity Development Budget. The
discretionary amendment requests $133,000 for relocation with no monies being allocated for rehabilitation or administration, these latter two being covered by the Community Development Block Gra·nt Disaster Grant. Submittal of the amendment will enable us channel these funds originally approved for rehabili-tation only to relocation. The disaster grant amendment just re-allocates the funds from rehabilitation to rehabilitation and relocation, pursuant to our original request. Upon approval of the amendments we will be able to start processing applicants for relocation. We should have a determination on our amendments within a week.
Ann Wellck of Ken Wright's office gave the report for that office. The Wright office has monitored and provided suppo.rt for the 216 Program supplemental legislation, which requests the authorization of an additional $903,000 to
the Soil Conservation Service· for that program. Formal letters of request for support were sent to Senators Hart and Haske 11. To date both the Senate and the House have approved the bill and the Conference Committee has cleared the way for approval of the measure as well. The Wright office had discussions with Senator Hart's office regarding support of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund application (BOR). It also provided assistance to Mr. and Mrs. James Gray in processing their well permit application.
Willard Quirk reported on the activities of the Recovery Office during the past month.
U. S. 34 - The Highway.work is continuing east of Drake for 2-3 miles.
Bridges - The Cedar Cove bridge is complete. The Colorado Highway Department bridge at Drake is complete and now opened and being used. At Sylvan Dale work is being done on the second abutment, with two piers and one abutment being completed. The work on this bridge is expected to be finished by the end of the year. One bid was received on the bridge to be located near the Loveland Water Treatment Plant, and the bid was rejected. Bids for this bridge have
been re-advertised and the bid opening is scheduled for November 25th. Apparently the original set of plans contained too much rock excavation, and with the revised plans we expect 4 or 5 bids with a resulting price reduction.
Forest Service Work - The National Construction Co. was the low bidder of four on the next phase of the river rehabilitation work. They expect to start work some time between November 18th and 21st. The Forest Service is now working on the side gulches at Noel's Draw and the lower end of Piper Meadows. Bid opening on the quarry is scheduled for December 5th, and work will start about December 20th. The rip-rap work in the river will start about February 1st. 216 Program- As reported by Ms. Wellck, the request for additional funds under the Department of Agriculture program is wending its way through the legislative processes.
Bridges for North Fork Residents - The County has prepared plans for bridges at six sites on the North Fork. We are now getting bids for the concrete work, and the various owners will install their own wood decks, which will be 18-foot spans as contrasted to the 50-foot spans on the Big Thompson River bridges. BOR Application - It will be another month before Secretary Andrus will make a decision on this application for additional Land and Water Conservation funds for purchase of land in the flood plain.
Recreation District - This district as required by S.B. 419 was formally formed yesterday {November 14th.) It is an overlapping district and includes 61 sections of land east of Glade Road to just east of Estes Park, encompassing the Big
Thompson and the North Fork areas.
Acquisition - Appraisals have been made on 17 properties and the total appraisals amounted to a little bit below our estimate. These appraisals have been sub-mitted to the BOR for approval. We are prepared to go to the people with options to buy as soon as we receive the BOR approval .. These contracts are contingent upon receiving the funding and it will be 7 or 8 weeks minimum before the money flow begins (payments can be made. ) 34 more appra i sa 1 s wi 11 be ready today and
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the first phase of the acquisition program. Advertising for the Phase 2 appraisals will commence upon approval of the above 17. A flow-chart has been prepared and it is expected we can wrap up the acquisition program some time between May 15 and June 1st, if funds are forthcoming.
Rehabilitation Program - 35 rehabilitation contracts are now in process, with work on one having been completed, and four more on which the work has been completed with the paperwork nearing completion. Of 54 other contacts made, we expect to work on about half of them which will qualify, which will make a total of about 60 rehabilitation projects. 18 projects are currently now being worked on. We anticipate this program should be wrapped up some time in April, assuming things progress as planned.
Mr. Quirk urged attendance of all Council Members and interested citizens at the December 20th meeting, which will be the last formal meeting of the Council. He has asked Governor Lamm to attend this meeting if possible to express the thanks of the State of Colorado to the participating members.
Following Mr. Quirk's report, Chairman Lopez called for questions or comments from the floor. The matter of a Canyon warning system was brought up. Mr. Quirk stated that he has received two reports from the Denver area regarding warning systems, one covering the Boulder Canyon, and stated that these reports would provide an excellent base from which to start. The Commissioners were asked if a committee had yet been formed to initiate a study of a warning system for the Canyon. Commissioner Thayer noted that next year's County budget
contained funds for the hiring of personnel to staff an emergency services department and they hoped to hire an individual who can engineer a study of the matter and come up with a feasible system.
Reg Keirnes gave the Canyon Residents' Report, noting that there was an excellent turn-out the previous night at the Big Thompson Action Group meeting, at which time Curt Smith of Toups presented to the group the Final Report on the Big Thompson Disaster Recove~ Plan. He noted also that the Canyon people and
visitors are concerned and anxious to see the implementation of a warning system for the Canyon, one of their ideas being the installation of signs at specified intervals in the Canyon which would delineate safe and hazardous areas by use of green (safe) and red (hazardous) signs and supplemental signs instructing people of the procedures to follow. In addition, printed material could be made available at the Chamber of Commerce, the Visitor Information Center, and other designated locations to aid in the identification and easy recognition of these areas. He noted the Canyon people are suggesting the foregoing to supplement any warning system that might be developed.
Chairman Lopez called for matters of interest from the Council and the floor. Mr. Quirk announced that Don Eddy had news of an SBA determination on revised loan payment schedules, and asked Mr. Eddy to inform the group. He stated that he had been advised by the SBA that they will have people in Loveland three days a week, at which time they have agreed to meet with individual Canyon resi-dents to discuss reduction of monthly payments on their SBA loans. There was considerable discussion on the matter, with Mr. Eddy assuring those present that the SBA was leaning over backward to cooperate with them in resolving the predicament which has resulted from the SBA determination that the reduction of interest rates on SBA loans will merely result in shortening the length of
-3-time of repayment of the loans, rather than reducing the monthly payments, which the people believed was the intent of Congress in passing the special legislation authorizing the loan interest rates reduction. Many people voiced the opinion that the least the SBA could do would be to contact each individual loan-holder by letter so that everyone would be contacted. Mr. Quirk noted that Senator Haskell had stated in a letter that if the SBA decision is to not reduce loan payment amounts he will go back to Congress and ask that clarifi-cation be made on the intent of the law. The outcome of the discussion resulted in the following Motion by Reg Keirnes, seconded by Don Hataway, and unanimously approved:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Small Business Administration be requested to notify, by letter, each of the concerned parties that has a loan with the SBA, what their alternatives are with regard to their loan as a result of the recently-enacted legislation reducing the interest rates of victims of the July 31, 1976 Big Thompson Flood.
Following the above Motion, Bill Heller of Toups discussed briefly the Water and Wastewater Technical Plan that has been developed by Toups in conjunction with their development of a plan for the Canyon. Mr. Heller noted that this report documents the method used to develop the water and wastewater alterna-tives. The optimum water and wastewater plans are fully evaluated and described in detail, as are associated institutional alternatives and metho.ds of financing. The report may be seen at the Toups office, as well as the Big T Recovery Office. Chairman Lopez announced that following the Council meeting the Commissioners would hold a public hearing, at which time Toups Corporation would present to the Commissioners and interested citizens its Final Report on the Big Thompson Disaster Recovery Planning Report, and urged all present to remain for the hearing.
The next Council meeting will be held on December 20th.
There being no further business to c~me before the group, the meeting was adjourned.
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REPORT OF WRIGHT-McLAUGHLIN ENGINEERS 11/15/77
BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER 18TH TO DATE
Item 1. Monitored and provided support for the 11216 Program•• supp 1 ementa 1 legislation. Formal letters of request for support were sent to Senators Hart and Haskell. To date, both the Senate and the House have approved H.R. 93-75, which bill authorized $903,000 to the Soil Conservation Service. The Conference Committee has cleared the way for approval of the measure as well.
Item 2. Discussions with Senator Hart•s office regarding their support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund application.
Item 3. Provided assistance to Mr. and Mrs. James Gray in processing their
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The meeting was called to order by Chairman Lopez. The following Council Members were present:
Don Eddy Don Hataway Reg Keirnes Bev Warburton John Rold Harry Taylor Also present were:
Ed Nesselrode Marilyn Stokes Willard R. Quirk Steve McMi 11 an Rev. Bob Schelling Rex Burns
Curt Smith Paul Eckman
FCO/FDAA
City of Loveland
Big Thompson Canyon Representative Colorado Land Use Commission
Colorado Geological Survey U. S. Forest Service
Congressman Johnson•s office Wright-Mclaughlin Engineers Council Coordinator
Asst. Coordinator Inter-Faith
Larimer County Planning Toups Corp.
Attorney
A number of interested Canyon residents.
Curt Smith, Project Manager for Toups, gave an update on the Recovery Planning Program. He reported on the hearings which have been held regarding the avail-able alternatives, starting with a presentation to the Big Thompson Action Group meeting, at which time the alternatives were reviewed and there was an opportun-ity for those with questions and suggestions to be heard. This was followed by a public hearing with the Larimer County Commissioners, at which time the alter-natives were again presented. A subsequent hearing was held with the Larimer County Planning Commission, which was followed by a working session. As a result of these meetings, it was determined that Alternative B was the course most widely desired and the Planning Commission directed Toups to prepare a modified version of Alternative B which would indicate where residential development would be suitable, adjacent to existing communities. The area will not include lands east of the Narrows, but will include lands from the east end of the Narrows west through the Canyon, and will conform to existing zoning on 10-acre lots and will have to provide for adequate waste treatment. Areas of less than 10 acres can also be developed in certain instances. A final public hearing leading to adoption of the Plan (modified Alternative B)' will be held at the next Big Thompson Action Group Meeting (November 14th at 7:00p.m.) which will allow the Canyon residents to once more review the process and plans; the final public hearing with the Commissioners is scheduled on Tuesday, November 15th at the conclusion of the next monthly Council meeting; the final hearing before the Planning Commission will take place on November 30th at 2:00 p.m. at the NCWCD hearing room. A final working session will be held between the November 15th and November 30th meetings.
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Following Curt's presentation, there was a question and answer period, at which time matters of water quality, geologic hazards, waste water treatment systems and related matters were extensively discussed.
Marilyn Stokes gave the report from the Wright-Mclaughlin Engineers office. That office has monitored and provided support for the 216 Program supplemental legislation, and Ms. Stokes reported that Rep. Frank Evans had attached an appropriation·for $903,000 to an omnibus supplemental appropriations bills. $20 mill ion for SCS projects nationwide is authorized by this measure which has passed the House Appropriations Committee. A House floor vote has been scheduled but postponed. Congressman Johnson's office is watching the floor vote, and Senator Hart's office has indicated a willingness to sponsor the measure in the Senate and aid its progress. It has been noted previously that the fatality rate for supplemental appropriations bills is notoriously high, bU.t everyone is
optimistic regarding the passage of this particular request. The Wright-Mclaughlin office has been assisting in the preparation of Larimer County's L&WCF application and the application is nearing final completion for submittal to BOR. Marilyn reiterated the offer of her office to provide assistance in obtaining and process-ing well permit applications.
Willard Quirk reported as follows:
U. S. 34 - The Colorado Highway Department started construction last week, just east of Drake.
Bridges - The contract for additional channel work will be advertised this week. Bids will be opened November 11th, with construction to start about November 18th~ Our office made a tour with Forest Service personnel to review the 16 sites and make minor adjustments to the work program, based on individual ·needs. The Forest Service is engaged in getting the required easements and about two-thirds of the necessary easements have been obtained at this time. The contract for the quarry will be advertised this week also, with the bid opening scheduled for November 18th and work to begin about December 1st.
Planning - Curt Smith pretty well covered this area. Adding to his information, the Final Report will be presented to the COG Governing Board at their meeting on November 2nd.
Meetings - The Recovery Council Office has attended a number of meetings, includ-ing the public hearinclud-ing regardinclud-ing the formation of a Park and Recreational District which must be formed as a requirement of S.B. 419. The Resolution creating the District has not as yet been finalized by the Commissioners. A meeting was held with Dwight Bower and Ralph Finch of the Colorado Highway Department and Drew DeMoss of BOR to review the recreational land use and its effect on
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34 construction. The open exchange of ideas lead to the conclusion that there are no anticipated problems.SBA 11Edict11 - We have been advised that Senator Haskell and the Small Business
Committee have written SBA Administrator Weaver requesting he review the decision made by SBA to reduce the length of time set for repayment of SBA loans rather than the reduction of interest rate, with a resultant lowered monthly payment. Governor Lamm has also sent a letter to the SBA asking for relaxation of the rigid requirements. SBA loan rate for new loans is now 7-1/4% as compared to 6-5/8% which it has been. This rate a~plies to loans in excess of $40,000 for individuals and $250,000 for businesses. The rates of 1% on the first $10,000 and 3% on the
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,.next $30,000 still apply for individuals, as does the 3% rate on the first $250,000 for business loans.
Acquisition Funds - No word has been received from Secretary Andrus relative to our requested additional acquisition funds. However, word is not expected until the Secretary's office acts on an application that has been completed and hope-fully will be forwarded to the BOR very shortly. In this regard, our Application included 166 parcels, of which 31 were full-time residents. The amount required for acquisition only now stands at $2,025,200, resulting in a need for $747,600 from Secretary Andrus's Discretionary Fund as compared to the original request of $1 million. We anticipate an answer from the Secretary by December 1st.
Acquisition and Relocation - One household has qualified thus far for relocation. Phase I of our Acquisition Program constituting appraisals of 73 parcels is under way. As presently scheduled, the Cedar Cove appraisals will be completed Octo-ber 24th; the Drake area NovemOcto-ber 14th; and the balance of the appraisals will be completed by November 21st. As the appraisals are completed, the option phase will be implemented. We have received no word as yet on State apportionment of the funding to buy these properties. By the time of the next Council meeting we should have a fairly good feel for our estimate of value as compared to the appraisal figures. The estimated budget to administer the Acquisition Program is $183,400, which will be 100% funded by Larimer County. In addition, the site specific planning costs are estimated to be between $35-55,000. CSU has offered assistance in this phase, so this amount may be materially reduced. Further, the developmental costs of improvements (to the acquired lands) is estimated at
$150-$250,000 over the next several years. It is possible that these costs could be reduced by cooperation with the Forest Service (216 Program,) the Colorado Highway Department and the State Forester, such reduction being made possible by these agencies' lending a hand to grading, providing fill in areas where there is a need, seeding, fertilizing, and revegetation of sites to be improved. Assuming we receive full funding by the BOR, the acquisition itself should be· completed by July 1, 1978.
Rehabilitation- Our Rehabilitation Program is progressing nicely. 92 contacts have been made to date, with 13 households under construction, including 4 wells. There have been 5 withdrawals or cancellations of participants in the program as a result of ineligible grant activities. It is estimated 24 wells will be needed
(including th 4 under way,) and a need for 5 well accessories (where the well is in but accessory equipment such as a pump or pressure tank is needed.) It appears that there are still 60-65 households which will qualify for rehabilitation
assistance under the CDBG grants. This program is expected to be completed in early Spring of next year. An artesian well was drilled at 325 feet across from Loveland Heights cottages. It is free flowing at the moment but will probably need the installation of a pump~
Reg Keirnes reported for the Canyon residents. In connection with the bridge construction and chann~l work at Sylvan Dale, Fred Gross, Maurice Jessup and he met with a representative of the Forest Service and the contractor, at which time they reviewed the plans for the extensive channelization work which must be done in the area. Reg reported on the "roast" held for Rev. Schelling of Inter-Faith to express the appreciation of the Canyon residents for the tireless
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efforts of Bob and his staff since the flood Reg also expressed the grati-fication of the Canyon residents (past, present and future) by distributing a sincere letter of thanks to the Recovery Planning Council members. A copy of this letter is attached to the original of these Minutes and for the informa-tion of those who were not present at the meeting a copy is beingattached to the Minutes being distributed by mail.
At the conclusion of Mr. Keirnes• report, Chairman Lopez added the sincere appreciation and thanks of the County Commissioners to Bob Schelling and wished him Godspeed in his next assignement.
Matters of Interest before the Council Members was the final item on the meeting Agenda. Commissioner Lopez stated that a letter from the Commissioners would·be sent to SBA requesting its reconsideration of the procedure the SBA has instituted
regarding the handling of the lowered SBA loan interest matter. ·
Paul Neas requested clarification of a press-release quote attributed to.Com-missioner Weitzel saying he believed the County should take a new look at restrictions on building in the floodway area. · This opened up considerable discussion regarding the County Flood Regulations and the issues of \'lhether or not the County floodplain management is more restrictive than minimum federal . standards. Phyllis Hershaman stated that she had received a letter from the Deputy Federal Insurance Administrator of the FlA, and that his letter stated 11The National Flood Insurance Program does not prohibit construction in flood-prone areas ... •• He also stated that local governments must at least meet mini-mum standards in order to be eligible for the insurance program, but that local government standards can be 11more stringent11 and that Larimer County is one such example. Rev. Schelling called for an investigation into the County flood regulations to determine if they are more restrictive than necessary, and
Commissioner Lopez stated he would direct the County Planning Staff to research flood zone regulations and make a report on their findings.
The next meeting will be November 15th. The December meeting is scheduled for December 10.
There being no further business to come before the group, the meeting was duly adjourned.
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REPORT OF
WRIGHT-MCLAUGHLIN ENGINEERS 10/18/77
MEETING OF BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL, ACTIVITIES FROM October 25, 1977 TO DATE
1. Monitored and provided support for 216 program supplemental legislation. Representative Frank Evans attached an appropriation for $903,000 to an omnibus supplemental appropriations bill. The measure authorizes over $20 million for SCS projects nationwide and passed the House Appropriations Committee three weeks ago. A House floor vote has been scheduled but
postponed. Rep. Jim Johnson's office is watching the floor vote. Sen. Hart's office has indicated a willingness to sponsor the measure in the Senate and aid its progress.
2. Assistance in preparation of Larimer County's L&WCF application; and
conversation with the office of the Assistanct Secretary of Interior about the timetable. for review of the conti:ngency application by the
Secretary.
3. Confirmed ability to provide assistance in well permit applications and processing in response to Mr. Quirk's request of October 25th.
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AGENDA
1. Opening of Meeting and Roll Call - Chairman Lopez
2. Update on Recovery Planning Program - Toups Corporation, Curt Smith
3. Report from Ken Wright, State Coordinator
4. Report from Big Thompson Recovery Planning Office 5. Canyon Residents' Report
6. Matters of Interest Questions and Comments -Recovery Council Members
October 18, 1977
TO DIG THOMPSON RECOVERY 1'1 ANNING COUNCil l•mMBERS:
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REPORT OF WRIGHT-McLAUGHLIN ENGINEERS TO
BIG THOMPSON RECOVERY PLANNING COUNCIL ACTIVITIES FROM AUGUST 30TH TO SEPTEMBER 27TH
L&WCF- Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (BOR) Application
Facilitated meeting with regional BOR representatives, regional representative of the office of the Secretary of lnterior,_Big, Thompson Recove~y Planning office, Larimer County, U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Division of Parks and our office. The purpose of the meeting was to clarify the criteria to be used by BORin processing the grant application. BOR indicated at the meeting that they would assign Drew DeMoss to assist Larimer County in its application. BOR also
indicated that it is bound by statute to expend its monies for land which has recreational value. BOR and the Division of Parks stated they are willing to give special weight to the application because it is a source for flood relief to victims, but they must also insure that the land will be used for public recreation. The concerns of the BOR regarding Larimer County•s application are provided in their letter of June 7, 1977.
This office attended a subsequent meeting with BTRPO, BOR, and the Division of Parks to provide information needed for the application.
216 Program
Representative Frank Evans has agreed to support the supplemental request for $900,000. The Soil Conservation Service presented their request to the House Subcommittee last Friday. We are told that traditionally, however, supple-mental requests are rarely funded. Our office will continue to pursue congres-sional support for this program as per the request by Larimer County.
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September 27t 1977
The meeting \'las called to order by Commissioner Thayer in the absence of both, Chairman Lopez and Commissioner Weitzel. The following Council Members were present:
Don Eddy Don Hataway Reg Kei rnes Adam Miller Dwight Bower Bev Warburton Dave Shelton Larry Simpson , Harry Taylor Nona Thayer Also present were:
Marilyn Stokes Willard R. Quirk Steve McMillan
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City of Loveland
Big Thompson Canyon Representative Big Thompson Canyon Representative Colo. Division of Highways
Colorado Land Use Commission Colorado Geological Survey , Larimer County At-Large U. S. Forest Service
Larimer County Commissioner
Wright-Mclaughlin Engineers Council Coordinator
Asst. Coordinator The August 30th Minutes were approved as mailed out ..
Marilyn Stokes reported for Ken Wright. Regarding the preparation of the BOR Re-Applicationt a meeting was held with regional BOR representatives, regional representative of the Secretary of Interior office, Larimer County, U. S. Forest Servicet Colorado Division of Parkst the Big Thompson Recovery Office, and the Wright office, to clarify the criteria to-be used by BOR in processing the grant application. BOR indicated at that meeting that they would assign Drew DeMoss to assist the County in its application. BOR also indicated that it is bound by statute to expend its monies for land which has recreational value. Both BOR and Division of Parks stated they are willing to give special weight to the appli-cation because it is a source for,flood relief to victims, but they must also insure that the land will be used for public recreation. The Wright office also attended a subsequent meeting with the Big Thompson Recovery office, BOR, and the Division of Parks to provide information needed for the application. Ms. Stokes reported that Representative Frank Evans had agreed to support the supplemental request for $900,000 needed to continue the 216 Program. The Soil Conservation Service has presented its request to the House Subcommittee.
Although traditionally supplemental requests are rarely funded, the Wright office will continue to pursue congressional support for this program.
Willard Quirk reported on the activities of the Recovery Planning Office.
New Bridge Construction - The bridge at Drake to the Highway Maintenance Garage being constructed by the Highway Department is now under way. The bridge at Sylvan Dale was started after Labor Day, as previously agreed. The first pier
has been formed and poured, and the footings are in place for the second pier. The bridge at Cedar Cove is not yet started. It will be necessary to get an easement from the Colorado Division of Highways for access to the site of the bridge.
Easements - Easements have been signed for access to the quarry site located above Tuckaway. The Forest Service has its contracts prepared, and will be adver-tising for contractors soon. The agreement between the State of Colorado and the Forest Service is not yet signed, but must and will be signed before any contracts are 1 et.
Toups Land Use Alternatives Hearings - The hearings have been held by Toups, with one meeting with residents of the Canyon only; one public meeting with the Com-missioners; a public meeting with the Larimer County Planning Commission; and a work session with the Planning Commission and the Commissioners. As a result of these hearings, the Planoipg Commission has recommended to the Commissioners that Alternative B be selected for imp1emenfation.
Formation of Recreation District - In order to purchase land from the disaster v1ctims, it is a requ1rement of the law that a Recreation District be formed. There will be a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. on October 5th to form the district, with the meeting to be held at the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District hearing room.
S.B.A. Loan Interest Reduction - S.B.A. •s latest 11edict11 regarding the reduced interest rate has resulted 1n an ironical twist. Instead of the monthly payments by an individual being reduced as a result of the lowered interest rate, S.B.A. has determined that the monthly payments will remain the same but payment will be made over a shorter period of time. Staff people from offices of Senator Haskell and Representative Johnson have vehemently declared they do not believe this is the intent of the law, and so the law will have to be researched to reach a determination. This will; of course, take time. The S.B.A. has indicated that they would be happy to review cases individually. However, this would seem to be merely a panacea for a very bad situation.
216 Program - The Forest Service has tentatively scheduled additional work in the Canyon, encompassing 16 more sites. It is estimated that they will spend another month, starting in early November. As reported by Marilyn Stokes, addi-tional funding is being pursued.
Land Acquisition - The Forest Service has sent out approximately 750 letters to Canyon residents in an attempt to contact 11everyone in the Canyon .. regarding
acquisition, requesting a response by October 15th. Following this, the responses will be evaluated in an effort to determine the necessary procedures in its land acquisition program.
Rehabilitation Progress - Our office has had contact with 85 families requiring rehabilitation, with rehabilitation construction actively under way on 3. Of the 85 contacted, 32 need wells. In some cases, a well is all they need. Lester Fields, who heads our Rehab program, reports that 60 to 65 of the 85 contacts will probably qualify for assistance. There is a problem regarding the 32 needed wells, that being the fact that there are not many well drillers available in the area, and thus there is a backlog of wells to be drilled, causing trouble in getting a drilling schedule. Procedures and forms are now being developed for use in obtaining 312 Loans, which is a 3% loan that runs parallel with the $5,000 rehabilitation grant. 10 to 15 applicants will probably gualify for these loans. In addition, ex1sting s.B.A. loans can also run parallel w1th the grant program.
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Acquisition - Steve McMillan reported on this phase of Recovery work in progress. He reported that the acquisition of parcels has been reduced from 288 parcels to 153, with a requirement of approximately $665,000 from Secretary Andrus•s discretionary fund instead of the anticipated $1 million. One reason for the reduction is that some of the resjdents ha1w decided to rebuild. and Ofners-fiave-dec1Cfed not to
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The appraisal contract has been let, and the appraisers are working on the first' 72 parcels.Following Mr. Quirk•s report, Reg Keirnes reported for the Canyon residents, elaborating on the shock and anger reflected by the residents on rece1v1ng the news that the lowered SBA interest rate would merely mean a reduction in the length of time of payments, rather than a lowering of monthly payments. He summed up the feelings of Canyon residents with these few words of wisdom,
11A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion sti11.11
There was general discussion, at which time it was pointed out that Big Thompson Canyon residents may be placing unwarranted hope in a flood plain restudy which they think may get their properties out of restricted areas. Steve McMillan said that it is the opinion of flood recovery officials that the alterations resulting from a restudy will affect an· insignificant number of properties in the Canyon. The changing river channel will necessitate a restudy of the flood plain, which could be up to two years away.
The next Council meeting will be held on October 17th. There being no further business, the neeting was adjourned.
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Willard R. Quirk
