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SECTIONTWO Program Plan 2.1 PROGRAM PLAN - OBJECTIVES The State of Colorado's Business Case Plan supports the following objectives. Perform a 2-phased statewide needs assessment on a yearly basis in order to determine the upcoming year's restudy and map update priorities. The first phase of this needs assessment process will be quantitative and will identify the top 25 percent of counties eligible for funding. (For FY '08 the top 50% of counties will be identified.) The second phase will be a qualitative analysis of only those counties within the top 25 percent (the top 50% for FY '08). Conduct community outreach activities, with the culmination being Initial Coordination Meetings. Counties being considered for possible floodplain studies and map updates, including municipalities in those counties, will be visited for two purposes. The first purpose will be to provide them with information about the work involved in preparing floodplain studies in their communities. The second purpose will be to determine preliminarily the local mapping needs, the available resources for map updates, and the general readiness of local officials to play their part in the preparation of a countywide DFIRM study. • Perform Scoping Meetings in coordination with FEMA, the engineering consultants, and impacted communities within each county that is to be studied. This process will conclude with the completion of a Scope of Work for each county that is being mapped. Work with the engineering consultants and local officials to produce maps that meet FEMA's technical and graphical requirements within the agreed upon timeframe, while simultaneously utilizing local resources and meeting local needs. • Establish and manage an Internet-enabled distribution system that will allow users to both view and access the digital data used to produce the Digital FIRM. Ultimately this system should support the submittal of new data to be reviewed and considered for future map upates and revisions, including the processing of LOMRs. In addition to the yearly production goals mentioned above, the CWCB seeks to achieve the following goals as Map Modernization progresses. • Assume responsibility for long-term, periodic maintenance of Colorado DFIRMs. • Continue and enhance outreach to the public and communities (counties and municipalities). • Update the Business Case Plan on a yearly basis. • Produce data in a consistent statewide format (NAVD 88, NAD 83, UTM) that can be used to produce a statewide base map and scoping tool to facilitate flood hazard mapping in the future. • Produce and publish multi-hazard data (primarily flood hazards and debris flows) in support of FEMA's multi-hazard objective. This includes the creation and maintenance of a statewide GIS environment that will support and encourage mapping of other hazard data such as erosion risk, stream instability and channel migration, landslides, avalanche Colorado Business Case Plan (Final Draft) 2-1