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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: Flood Section - State Hazard Mitigation Plan - Flood Chapter Update - FEMA Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Il1ltIgation plans were completed between 2004 and 2006, glVll1g the state more
information for the state document update. A worksheet was developed and used by CDEM
to review each local mitigation plan and can be found in Appendix B of the umbrella
document.

Residents and interested parties could access the DEM web site to review the draft plan and
provide comments through email.

In summary, preparation of the Flood Plan involved the following steps:

. Collection and review of the previous plan (NHMP 2004) including all
appendices and annexes, with special attention focused on documents
peIiinent to the development of the Flood Plan. Documents that guided
the development of the Flood Plan included: (a) Multi-Hazard Mitigation
Planning Guidance, Part I-Standard State Mitigation Plans (FEMA,
November 2006); and (b) Standard State Hazard Mitigation Plan Review
Crosswalk (FEMA, November 2006). The data collection effort involved
information obtained from all levels of government (municipal, county,
state, federal). In particular, local and regional pre-disaster mitigation
plans were collected and reviewed along with updated planning
information provided by the local and county governments.

. Comments from the FEMA review of the NHMP 2004 document were
reviewed and scrutinized. Areas that were identified as being deficient
were noted along with the specific information that would be necessary to
address the comment.

. Based on the review of the eXIstll1g plans, guidance documents, and
review comments provided by FEMA, new requirements necessary for
inclusion in the NHMP were identified, deficiencies in the NHMP 2004
document noted, and data needs/gaps earmarked.

. Coordination was conducted with several local, state and federal agencies
along with representatives of the SHMT to collect data and information
pertinent to the update of the NHMP.

. All pertinent data and information collected as part of the planning
process was integrated to update the NHMP. To facilitate the ease of
review, the presentation of the information in the NHMP and Flood Plan

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