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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Sewer backup and poor local drainage is a problem for buildings with basements and split level homes throughout town. Flooding and stonn water problems can be expected to worsen unless corrective action is taken to straighten and dredge the Arkansas River channel. Currently, a channel restoration study is underway. Recommendations from the study will address actions that can be taken to improve channel conveyance. 5. Future Flood Hazard Mith!ation Activities 1. Prevention: Steps have already been taken by La Junta and Otero County officials as regards: planning, acquiring and demolishing vacant and unsafe floodplain structures, and in regulating the development or land use to keep problems from getting worse. The building, zoning, planning and land use offices of each entity administer preventive measures. 2. Property Protection: Protecting individual buildings or properties from flood damage is the responsibility of property owners, although government agencies will provide infonnation and technical or financial assistance to the owners as such assistance becomes available. 3. Flood Control: Flood control activities for both La Junta and Otero County are outlined in this plan, including those that address both structural and non-structural abatement measures. The measures are the responsibility of both homeowners and government' engineers and managed by public works staff. 4. Emergency Services: Measures that are taken during a flood to minimize the impact, These measures are the responsibility of the Otero County Sheriff Department's emergency management staff and the owners or operators of critical facilities, All such measures will be coordinated with other departments of city and county government. The activities listed below are those for which the City of La Junta and Otero County will seek funding from FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMAP). When implemented, 17