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<br /> <br />Policy Implementation Obiectives <br /> <br />Flood Protection Section <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FloodDlain Desi!!nation - Review and ADDrove new maDS and updates and revisions to <br />current map!.to designate floodplains, using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), <br />Global Positioning Systems (GPS), digital floodplain mapping, LIDAR, two-dimensional <br />modeling and feasible and Dractical "state-of-the-art" techniQues. <br /> <br />FloodDlain 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 />PreDare for and ResDond to Flood Events - Prepare 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 Miti!!ate 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 en!!ineerin!!. GPS, survey, and technical support) to aid <br />the State and its citizens and helDin!! imDIement "state-of-the-art" techniQues that are <br />feasible and Dractical. <br /> <br />PartnershiD with Federal. State. and Local Entities -Participate in partnering with <br />. f1lderaI,-state,-anu-IocaI1lntities-fm-themanllgement;pt1ll'k1lting,lInd-administi'lltion of. <br />flood and flood related programs. Identifv and make recommendations re!!ardin!! <br />"Homeland Securitv" needs that corresDond to other hazard reduction duties and <br />existin!! relationshiDs with the Federal Emer!!encv Mana!!ement Administration and the <br />state Office of Emer!!encv Mana!!ement. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Multi-obiective Plannin!! and Proiects - Participate with partners to plan and undertake <br />multi-objective projects designed to reduce flood hazards, stabilize and restore stream <br />channels, provide habitat, reduce erosion, and increase the capacity to utilize water, <br /> <br />Statewide Outreach and Education - Each Section shall perform outreach and education <br />including participating in public awareness and program advocacy activities to increase <br />public and organizational understanding of CWCBand develop opportunities for each <br />Section to achieve their goals. <br /> <br />Water Information - Make information accessible to CWCB's customers and the public <br />including maintaining and updating the floodplain Information Support System and <br />CWCB flood web site, as well as general information related to the Section, through <br />publications, the Internet, databases, and the imagipg of documents. <br /> <br />Weather Modification - Permit and monitor weather modification oDerations to increase <br />the amount of water available from annual snow Dack. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 5 of 10 <br /> <br />