FLOOD04763

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Statewide River Rehabilitation and Floodplain Needs Inventory, Related Stream Rehabilitation Information
• Date: 1/1/1997
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Consultants
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Community File

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An Action Plan for Reducing Flood Risk in the..,

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The federal government has accurately recognized that all disastel'$ are local and hence, all disaster mitigation projects to resolve property
losses should be "local" as welt, Therefore, the federal government has developed, and will continue to develop, programs that support and
encourage local jurisdictions to sponsor and complete mitigation projects, The governors share many of these concerns and are seeking to
address flood issues to make communities safer, improve governance, and provide long-term economic and environmental benefits to
Western communities,

A VISION FOR FUTURE FLOOD RISK REDUCTION

Federal, state, and local governments have already dedicated significant resources to address flood risk reduction. The June 1994 report
completed after the 1993 Midwest flooding on the upper Mississippi River Basin, Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management/nto the
2/st Century, outlines a comprehensive vision for reducing future flood risks and costs. The governors share a commitment to many of the
goals in the report. In particular:

· Refrain from putting people and property at risk by avoiding development in f100dplainplain areas when other alternatives are available,
and allow development only when it can be appropriately protected.

· Reduce the vulnerability to existing urban areas, industry and agriculture, when such reduction is justified, economically sound and
reasonable.

III Move those currently at risk from the floodplainplain, as appropriate.

· Strive to eliminate threats to life, property, and the environment. and to the mental health and well-being offloodplainplain occupants,
subj~ to sound cost constraints and investment criteria.

· Ensure the viability of critical infrastructure and the regional economy.

'" Treat the f100dplainplain as part of a physical and biological system within the larger context of its watershed.

· Improve planning for and mitigation of disasters by implementing consistent, equitable, flexible. cost-shared and efficient f100dplainplain
management through the National Flood Insurance Program.

· Ensure collaboration and accountability among a111evels of government and individuals in a bottom-up process of shared planning and
decision-making.

'" Reduce'the cost of flood dama~es to the nation,

· Share the risk among all levels of government and among flood-affected individuals.

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