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The City of
7500 WEST 29TH AVENUE
WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80215-6713
(303) 234-5900
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City Admin. Fax # 234-5924
October 30, 2002
Police Dept. Fax # 235-2949
Mr.David Mallory, Senior Project Engineer
Urban Drainage Flood Control District
2480 W. 26th Avenue, Suite 156B
Denver, Colorado 80211-5304
RE: 4505 Everett Drive, Flood plain Documents Discrepancy
Dear Mr. Mallory,
Accompanying this letter, you will find the supporting materials to exernpliJ)' a discrepancy between the two
official flood plain documents utilized by the City of Wheat Ridge. A building permit application was
submitted at 4505 Everett to build an attached garage on October 10,2002. This property is in the vicinity
of the flood plain. As City staffbegan processing the permit, it was discovered the flood plain limits differ,
at the subject property, when comparing the two documents. The two official documents are the current
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated F ebruary4, 1988 and The Clear Creek: Flood Hazard Area
Delineation Report, prepared by Gingery Associates for Urban Drainage Flood Control District,
November, 1979.
Specifically, Everett Dr. cul-de-sac is shown to be in the 100-year flood limit per the FIRM map, while
the engineering report by Gingery & Associates does not indicate such. We also referenced the Maj or
Drainageway Planning for Lower Clear Creek: Phase B, prepared by Wright McLaughlin Engineers for
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, October 1981, and it was found to closely follow the Gingery
study.
We believe that the discrepancy is significant enough that it could have major impact on the City's decision
whether to issue or deny the permit. Therefore, we are seeking input from UDFCD in terms of addressing
which study should be used to evaluate the building permit and whether a map revision is warranted.
Please feel free to contact me at 303-235-2862 if you have any questions regarding this letter. I want to
thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Steve Nguyen,
Interim City Engineer
c: Meredith Reckert, Flood Plain Coordinator
Mike Garcia, Development Review Engineer/Interim Traffic Engineer
Daren Morgan, Chief Building Official
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