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<br />Policy Implementation Objectives <br /> <br />Flood Protection Section <br /> <br />Floodplain Desilmation - Produce and review upda~es and revisions to current mapping <br />for CWCB and local governments to designate floodplains, using Geographical <br />Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), digital floodplain <br />mapping, LIDAR, and two-dimensional modeling. <br /> <br />Floodplain Identification - Produce and review floodplain studies to identify floodplains <br />and clarify flood-related issues for CWCB and other state, federal, and local entities. <br /> <br />Prepare for and Respond to Flood Events - Prepa~e for and respond to flood events <br />including conducting field and technical activities (e.g., documentation of the flood, <br />providing technical guidance and support) in response to significant floods in Colorado. <br />Staff the CWCB mitigation officer position during declared disasters. <br /> <br />Recover from and Mitilmte Flood Hazards - Provide technical services to support <br />recovery from and mitigation to flood and flood hazards. Includes providing post-flood <br />technical guidance for immediate and future decision making under emergency <br />conditions (including providing GPS, survey, and technical support) to aid the State and <br />its citizens. <br /> <br />Partnership with Federal. State. and Local Entities - Participate in partnering with <br />federal, state, and local entities for the management, marketing, and administration of <br />flood and flood related programs. <br /> <br />Multi-obiective PIannine: and Proiects - Participate with partners to plan and undertake <br />mnlti-objective projects designed to reduce flood hazards, stabilize stream channels, <br />provide habitat, reduce erosion, and increase the (iapacity to utilize water. <br /> <br />Statewide Outreach and Education - Each Section shall perform outreach and education <br />including participating in public awareness aud program advocacy activities to increase <br />public and organizational understanding of CWC;B and develop opportunities for each <br />Section to achieve their goals. <br /> <br />Water Information - Make information assessabl~ to CWCB's customers including <br />maintaining and updating the floodplain Information Support System and CWCB flood <br />web site, as well as general information related to ,the Section, through publications, the <br />Internet, databases, and the imaging of documents. <br /> <br />1/14/2002 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />