Agenda Date: 10/20/2026
Subject:
Title
Resolution 77-2026: Approving the Intergovernmental Agreement with Urban Drainage and Flood Control District D/B/A Mile High Flood District regarding development of a district-wide flood risk assessment
Body
From: James L. Becklenberg, City Manager Prepared by: Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities Sarah White, Water Resources Manager Presentations: N/A
PURPOSE:
Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District D/B/A with Mile High Flood District (MHFD) to develop a district-wide flood risk assessment.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High-Quality Governance; Sustainable Community with Natural Beauty
DISCUSSION:
Floodplain management promotes public health, safety, and welfare by permitting the movement of water during storm events, minimizing flood loss and damage. Watershed planning is an important way to help protect people and property against flooding, erosion, and stormwater quality problems. These plans contain a strategy and work plan to identify flood risk management projects, guide new land development projects and identify high risk areas. The City of Littleton has adopted 13 major drainageway master plans and a flood management program to provide regulation for their implementation.
Floodplain regulations are currently established with a binary description “in or out” of the special flood hazard area (SFHA aka 1% annual chance flood or “100-year floodplain”). Properties within the SFHA are required to comply with certain floodplain regulations as established by FEMA and the Colorado Water Conservation Board and further adopted by the City of Littleton Municipal Code. However, flood risk is not that simple, making it difficult to communicate risk and prioritize flood mitigation projects. While prioritization can already be challenging within a single watershed, it becomes even more difficult acros...
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