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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to flood mitigation.

. Enhance recruiting and training programs and develop shared goals for local floodplainadministrators and emergency managers. These
propms must include provisions 10 update and enhance skills on a regular basis.

- Provide financial incentives for those communities that are implementing a flood-loss reduction program,

- Conduct careful analysis/evaluation of existing state flood programs to determine whether they have had a net economic impact on the
value offloodplainplain areas, and whether they affect the way watersheds perform their natural functions.

3, Bach Governor, through executive order or other appropriate means, emphasize his or her support of the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) and flood mitigation in general. Communities should be encouraged to participate in the NFIP and individual citizens to
purchase flood insurance.

4. Each state should develop flood-loss reduction strategies consistent with floodplainplain, water management, natural resource and
economic goals. Active state involvement is essential and can be achieved by organizing a state task force along water basin boundaries to
coordinate all water management and environmental issues.

5, States should develop, implement and monitor plans which assure full coordination in repair activities, buyouts, hazard mitigation,
pennitting and maintenance of levees and other structures that will have an impact beyond the local area.

6. States should develop a priority list of where floodplainplain delineation studies (including high groundwater and debris flow areas) are
most needed. Cost-share funds will be essential and should be made available both at the state and federal level to assist communities with
developing and implementing the strategies and measures, Other suggestions include:

- Allow local communities 10 develop and utilize cost effective technologies to update their own maps using FEMA approved engineering
practices.

- Enhance state/local capabilities with new mapping technology and additional review personnel to expedite the restudy process.

- Jointly develop an improved predictive model for alluvial fan flooding (including debris flow impact, force research and structural
engineering studies) and obtain its acceptance among federal and state agencies concerned with ftoodplaimnanagement.

7. Government and private sector leaders should place a greater emphasis on encouraging communities to join the National Flood Insurance
PrQgram..1mproved marketing strategies and timely distribution of flood maps will be required to encourage greater citizen participation in
the purchase of Rood insurance policies.

8. Congress should provide new authority to I) reduce the amount of post-disaster support to individuals who did not buy flood insurance

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