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 the level needed to provide for immediate health, safety and welfare; and 2) limit public assistance grants to communities that elect not to
participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.

9. Federal and: state priorities should encourage relocation of flood-prone development and restoration of the natural beneficial functions of
lloodplainplain areas,

10, The federal government should continue to partner with state and local community-led efforts to develop comprehensive ftood risk
reduction plans using basin-wide approaches. These plans should include documentation of measures that can be taken by communities in
advance of an imminent flood. States that take a lead in preparing such plans should receive priority for additional assistance,

11. Each state should establish a task force, led by a cabinet-level oftlcial, to explore and implement methods for reducing dependence on
traditional federal sources of disaster recovery funding. The task force should also develop alternatives for reducing the state share of
disaster costs through overall Oood-Ioss reduction, enhanced building code development and enforcement, or state regulatory changes.

- The task force should work with federal and state agencies to make available reliable sources offunds to pursue a comprehensive flood
risk reduction program,

- Each state should consider the implementation of a "state InIst fund. to provide cost sharing for a flood risk reduction and mitigation
program. The trust funds could be used in the numerous instances when federal disaster assistance is unavailable, Consideration should be
given to establishing a mechanism to buyout properties using this fund at the lime of disa.~lers to bridge the difference between Rood
insurance and fair market value \0 significantly expedite the mitigation process.

12. The National Conference of Slate Legislatures, Council of Slale Governments, federal agencies, and the governors should continue to
provide information to state legislatures to advise them of the changing trends in federal disaster assistance policies and their affects on
state budgets.

IMPROVING THE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 011 FLOOD ISSUES

Background

Diff'erences in local and regional conditions and the evolution oftloodplainmanagement nationwide demonstrale the necessity of
approaching the issue from various perspectives simultaneously, However, the complexity of the nation's flood problems coupled with the
diftUsion of responsibility between levels of government and among agencies has resulted in uncoordinated, fragmented and inconsistent
approaches, Responsibility for floodplainmanagement has been hampered by uncoordinaled and conflicting federal, state and local
programs, This has resulted in confusion among local governments and the public, duplication of efforts, gaps in program delivery, and
missed opportunities all of which are magnified in the aftermath ora flood disaster.

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