FLOOD04092

• County: Delta
• Community: Delta
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Pre-Disaster Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 2/1/2002
• Prepared For: Delta
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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5. Future Flood Hazard Mitif!ation Activities

There are five basic mitigation strategies: I) Prevention, 2) Property Protection, 3)
Emergency Services, 4) Flood Control, and 5) Post Flood Activities.

Each strategy has different measures that are appropriate for different conditions as follows:

Preventive Mitigation Measures:

Planning, acquiring, or regulating the development of land use to keep problems
from getting worse. Preventive measures are usually administered by the building, zoning,
planning or code enforcement offices.

Property Protection Mitigation Measures:

Protecting individual buildings or properties from flood damage. Property
protection measures are usually the responsibility of property owners, although govemment
agencies can provide information and technical or financial assistance to the owners.

Emergency Services Mitigation Measures:

Measures that are taken during a flood to minimize the impact. These measures are
the responsibility of emergency management staff and the owners or operators of critical
facilities.

Flood Control Mitigation Measures:

Keeping floodwaters away from an area. Flood control activities are usually
designed by engineers and managed by public works staff. There are basically two types:
structural and non-structural. A community's Pre-Disaster Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
should focus on both.

Post Flood Mitigation Measures:

Long-term and sustained measures/activities that are taken following a flood to eliminate or
reduce future flood damages. These measures are the responsibility of local officials and
staff, private citizens and various state and federal funding agencies.

6. Proposed Mitif!ation Activities For Delta

The activities listed below are those for which Delta seeks funding from FEMA's Flood
Mitigation Assistance Program (FMAP) as well as other funding sources. When implemented, they
should almost totally reduce the community's flood hazard vulnerability. In addition, the natural
and beneficial values of floodplains in the community will be preserved and enhanced.