Council also directed that meetings of the institutional partners need to be open to the public and allow for written public comment. They have agreed to Council's request concerning public participation. FEMA would like to wait for results of this effort before revising existing NFIP flood hazard maps for South Boulder Creek. Wetlands are and were present on the Flatirons site. The federal Clean Water Act, Section 404, will protect any which remain after reclamation is completed.
Lakes are present, although the Regents have caused three to be filled.
An artesian spring fed one of these. The ground water table is at or near the land surface. The entire valley is part of a large alluvial fan. Not surprisingly, geologic maps show the terraced area on the west as an active land slide. Neighbors have observed a prairie dog colony on the south west part of the site.