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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

The mechanism for providing comments to the draft plan, including notification to all
groups and the general public was presented in the previous section of this document
("Description of Planning Process").

C. Changes in Coordination

Recognizing the impOliant aspect of the insurance industry in this business and that most
of our disaster recovery is handled through the insurance and risk-sharing industry in
Colorado, DEM has increasingly requested more participation and involvement from
those entities.

PROGRAM INTEGRATION

A. Integration of Mitigation Planning with other State Planning Efforts

Mitigation planning has been closely integrated with the planning effOlis related to the
following programs:

. Flood Management Assistance (FMA) Program,
. Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program
. Flood Map Modernization Program

In addition, the CWCB recently completed and approved the "State of Colorado
Floodplain and Stormwater Criteria Manual". This planning document provides
guidance to local communities on issues related to flood and stoflnwater management
within the state.

B. Integration of Mitigation Planning with FEMA Mitigation Programs
and Initiatives

Mitigation planning associated with this document has strived to include the integration
of other FEMA mitigation programs and initiatives. Specifically, the goals of the NFIP
Repetitive Loss Program have been integrated into the evaluation of mitigation projects
identified through this planning process. Repetitive loss properties will be included as a
criteria during the evaluation process. Furthermore, a discussion of repetitive loss

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