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Cost Estimate: $160,000, or $8,500 each. In kind labor is available through the communities to help defray the construction costs and meet the "match" requirements of most grants. In addition, some existing buildings may have areas suitable for providing protection, such as basements in the city center. would be worth the loss of life or serious injury from wind or other hazards Cost-Effectiveness Explanation: Preventing one expense. Tornado hazards are very frequent. Carson should reconsider joining the NFIP. Issue Statement: Due to their lack of participation in the NFIP, people in Kit Carson cannot obtain flood insurance, even if they wanted to. Not participating in the NFIP also makes Kit Carson ineligible for PDM, FMA and some HMGP $ from FEMA The Town of Kit Action Item #4 Carson through their Town Councilor Manager should invite the to the City Council. Council will then make a deci si on regarding joining Implementation Manager and Strategy: The Town of Kit CWCB to explain the "pros and cons" of joining the NFIP the NFIP. Medium Cost Estimate: No new expenses. Someone will need to verify that new construction in floodplain is properly constructed. The easiest method of implementation would be to not allow new buildings, or substantial improvements to existing buildings, within the mapped floodplain of Kit Carson Priority who choose to insure There is no increased cost to the Town. The benefits are to building owners who no longer would have to subsidize those losses Cost- Effectiveness Explanation flood losses, and to taxpayers against Action Item #5: Implement a Countywide Emergency Management Public Education Program. Issue Statement The Cheyenne County CPS identified two areas of concern that can be effectively addressed through an Emergency Management Public Education program. The information that needs to be disseminated includes The largest hazard losses each year in Cheyenne County are agricultural. Crop to those that chose to invest in it. The agricultural community would have an 63 Promoting continued crop insurance coverage. insurance claims have returned more than 4-to-l interest in these statistics. .