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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Executive Summary ~! Colorado's Business Plan at a Glance ./ Expanding Colorado's Current Program - Partnering with FEMA and communities to create an enhanced product for a larger percentage of the public. ,/ Being an Innovator for FEMA - Expanding our role in the NFIP through partnership with FEMA to become a national leader in the industry. ./ Colorado Specific Prioritization Ranking - Accounting for both FEMA performance measures and Coloradoans' concerns. ./ Outreach Prior to Contracting to Perform Mapping - Initial Coordination Meetings in counties prior to contracting with FEMA. ./ Integrated Outreach Approach During and After Performance of DFIRM Studies - Cooperative meetings and coordination for every DFIRM study; training and workshops in addition to DFIRM efforts. ../' Full, Medium, Low, and Current Funding Levels - This Plan is weighed against these four funding options. ,/ Hiring a Mapping Coordinator - Using FEMA funding, hire a state mapping coordinator ($100,000 per year) to assist with overall program management. ,/ Consistency with State Technical Standards - Technical floodplain data to be consistent with ewCB Statewide Drainage Criteria Manual. ../' Disseminating Data to End Users - Using the Internet and other tools to provide static ("read-only'') images and interactive flood data to end users. ../' Site-Specific Engineering - Recommending new hydrologic and hydraulic analyses where existing data is unavailable or in need of update. ,/ Promote Digital Mapping and Eliminate Paper Products- Migrating as quickly as possible away from a paper environment to a digital environment. ,/ Active Participation in Map Maintenance - Expanding our roles; working toward in-state processing of PMRs, LOMRs, and CLOMRs. ../' Maintain Current CTP Status in Colorado - FEMA is discouraged from signing CTP agreements in Colorado outside of the eweB and UDFCD to maximize efficiency in meeting goals for Map Modernization. ,/ And of course, In-State DFIRM Production... ..I Using eweB and UDFCD contractors (only through CTP agreements; no IAA or IDIQ contracts) ,./ Full cycle DFIRM production (from preliminary maps to GPO deliverables) "' Focus funding.on communities participating in the NFIP ,./ Emphasize technical quality o Best available base maps for planimetrics: Local GIS is preferred! o Hydrology that has been approved by the State and Locals o Hydraulics that match highest quality existing topography ./ In compliance with eweB Rules and Regulations for designated floodplains. ./ High-priority hydrology and hydraulics takes precedence over low priority tountrvwinp DFlRM conVPr!'iion work Colorado Bu<,in('ss Case Plan - 'larch ZOU-f ES.5