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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7. Coordination

A. Why Coordinate?

Experience has shown that mitigation plans get implemented when flood concerns are allied
with other community needs and goals and other agency's programs. Coordination insures that
mitigation activities do not conflict with others' plans for an area. Coordination also facilitates the
sharing oflimited funds and resources to accomplish goals in the plan. There are usually citizens
who want more and better parks in the community. Such funding programs for these activities
might be used to pick up the cost of acquiring flood-prone structures in a community's flood hazard
areas when parks are proposed for these areas. Coordination also helps maintain waning interest in
projects that may take a long time to accomplish. Lastly, funding programs may require applicants
to have their programs coordinated with other agencies. Often, other sources of funding must be
exhausted before other program funding can "kick in". Both of these needs can be met through
coordination among all parties.

B. Community Needs and Goals

A flood hazard mitigation plan must be consistent with, and even supported by, other plans
for the community. Flood hazard mitigation planning should be integrated into existing planning
efforts so that flood issues are incorporated into a community planning staffs regular duties.

C. Other Resource Agencies

There are many agencies which can impact future activities in a community's flood hazard
area. A planner or community official needs to contact these agencies during the hazard inventory
and problem assessment phase of plan development. This will determine if they have information
that can help the planning effort and see if they are interested in participating in the effort.

Coordination with other agencies can be combined with technical assistance. For example,
during the discussions on emergency services, the planner can invite the National Weather Service
(NWS) to the committee meeting. The NWS can advise the planners about flood warning and who
can help establish the system. At the same time, the planner can advise the NWS about the local
flood situation and see if there are any plans for installing warning gages in the area.

D. Review Mitigation Measures

As part of the planning process, all proposed activities should be examined. The simple and
inexpensive mitigation measures should be implemented as soon as possible.