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D. Project Approach <br />Note: the following approach has been revised from the orizinal submittal per meetings with <br />the CWCB on 8 -17 and 9 -4 -2009. <br />Protect Approach <br />a. Describe your approach to the project. <br />This project will result in a revised Drought Mitigation and Response Plan for the State of <br />Colorado. The following work plan describes how we propose to accomplish the <br />development of the drought plan update within 6 major tasks. Excerpts of specific <br />points taken from the RFP are noted where they coincide with the scope of work. <br />AMEC's approach will be to produce a fully integrated, updated mitigation and response <br />plan. The 2007 update was a companion report. Our approach will consolidate and <br />update the previously related, but separate, documents. Our approach is also based on <br />a strong and proactive planning process, which will result in a plan that is action - <br />oriented and includes buy -in from stakeholders and the public. Another value -added <br />element of our approach is the integration of a table top exercise designed to test and <br />refine the plan's updated response procedures. Interim deliverables and timeframes are <br />identified at the end of each task. <br />3.1 Insuring that the plan is in compliance with all FEMA and EMAP guidelines, criteria and <br />standards, if not, why compliance is not necessary <br />FEMA compliance: To ensure that the plan is updated according to FEMA Disaster <br />Mitigation Act (DMA) guidelines, AMEC will follow the 4 -phase mitigation planning <br />process recommended by FEMA. AMEC has successfully utilized this process in the <br />more than 60 mitigation plans we have developed. AMEC is very familiar with FEMA's <br />Standard State Plan Update Guidance and will follow this in order to ensure the update <br />meets mitigation planning requirements. <br />EMAP compliance: The RFP describes that the updated drought plan shall be in <br />compliance with the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) <br />Emergency Management Standard. EMAP is a voluntary national accreditation process <br />for state governments that wish to evaluate their emergency management program <br />amongst national standards of excellence. The Drought Mitigation and Response Plan <br />is an element of becoming EMAP compliant. AMEC will coordinate with the Colorado <br />Division of Emergency Management on EMAP. Our understanding is that the State of <br />Colorado's Emergency Management Program has recently been granted baseline <br />accreditation. The updated drought plan will include a discussion on how the plan <br />helps meet various elements of EMAP compliance. This can be accomplished through <br />a matrix or table that crosswalks the elements of the drought plan with the related <br />EMAP standards such as Standards 4.3 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and <br />4.4 Hazard Mitigation. AMEC successfully utilized this approach to make the State of <br />Missouri's Hazard Mitigation Plan EMAP compliant. AMEC will follow the latest EMAP <br />Standard (September 2007) for EMAP requirements. <br />ameO 2 <br />