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developed in a manner that will enable CWCB staff to easily acquire, analyze, and <br />format the data for a variety of purposes. Features may include the ability to query <br />information by specific categories such as by local region /area, quantitative and <br />statistical analyses capabilities, and ability to display selected information in formatted <br />matrices and figures. Additional discussion will be needed with CWCB to determine the <br />appropriate level of effort and complexity of features anticipated for this element of the <br />State Plan update. A key component of this system will be the ability to track the status <br />of local drought plans. The inventory will include municipal, regional, and county -level <br />drought plans, as well as multi- hazard mitigation plans. AMEC is aware that not many <br />communities in Colorado have drought plans. This tool will enable the State to track the <br />progress of local plan development over time. <br />AMEC is teaming with Riverside for this project in order to enhance our team's ability to <br />deliver a mechanism and tool to integrate and track key information. Riverside recently <br />implemented the Identified Projects and Processes (IP &P) database and website for the <br />CWCB Intrastate Water Management and Development Section, and will be working on <br />Phase II of this project in 2010 (now named Basin Needs DSS). This system was <br />initially populated with data collected during the SWSI and is envisioned to be a tool that <br />the CWCB uses to track and evaluate projects that address the increasing water supply <br />gap. The system contains data about projects that can be somewhat speculative, <br />whereas HydroBase contains data about projects that have been constructed (although <br />HydroBase also contains information about abandoned structures and conditional water <br />rights). The IP &P database also contains basic information about conservation plans <br />linked to water providers. The Flood DSS development effort, which is currently being <br />performed by Riverside and AMEC, includes information about communities that <br />participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. This is an example of another DSS <br />data "layer" that illustrates community data connectivity. <br />Riverside and AMEC's involvement in the Colorado Drought Plan Update project, the <br />DSS projects, and the IP &P database project have allowed us to formulate a vision and <br />help the State make progress in integrating a variety of data and tools to meet the <br />CWCB's business needs. Specific to drought mitigation, the following general activities <br />could occur to build on the Basin Needs DSS development. Existing momentum with <br />the projects described above provides several cost effective opportunities, and AMEC <br />recommends the project team scope these with CWCB to select the preferred <br />alternative(s). Suggestions include: <br />* Addition of drought mitigation plans, linked to providers (communities). Core <br />metadata about the plans would be added (e.g., date of initiation, contact <br />information). Information collected from local providers could initially be entered <br />into spreadsheets or other template documents and would be loaded into the <br />system to facilitate tracking and analysis. <br />* Utilize the development invested in the Basin Needs DSS database to extend <br />this to Drought Plan and Drought Information data organization and tracking. At <br />this stage drought data collected and organized for this project will not be <br />integrated with the Basin Needs DSS, but should (i) leverage the same Basin <br />Needs DSS database technologies and development effort to date, and (ii) <br />provide a tool for the CWCB drought team that has the potential to be integrated <br />