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<br />as an example, This emergency response annex con- <br />tains within it a special section covering the county <br />mitigation plan. <br /> <br />Chapter 8 <br />PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND <br />ORGANIZATION <br /> <br />The greatest opportunities for reducing landslide losses <br />in Colorado lie in the advancement of state capabilities in <br />emergency management and long-term hazard mitiga. <br />tion. This plan has been organized to be consistent with <br />other state preparedness plans, such as the State <br />Emergency Operations Plan and a variety of other con- <br />tingency plans, The plan includes a series of steps <br />suitable for adaptation to other state and local <br />preparedness or mitigation plans: <br />1) identification of vulnerability, <br />2) identification of potentially impacted sites across <br />the state, <br />3) assessment of available resources and capabilities <br />of state and local governments and the private <br />sector, <br />4) determination of shortfalls in state, local, and <br />private capabilities, <br />5) formulation of goals for the Colorado Landslide <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan, <br />6) development of a state system to provide long- <br />term, continuing action, <br />7) translation of technical information to decision- <br />makers, planners, and emergency response per- <br />sonnel, and <br />8) periodic evaluation and revision of the plan. <br />For the state to achieve significant long-term savings <br />by means of landslide mitigation, three critical actions <br />important to the implementation of this plan should be <br />taken immediately by state government. The govern- <br />ment should: <br />. establish and develop a landslide hazard mitigation <br />system in state government and maintain this <br />system over the long term <br /> <br />· assist local governments and the private sector to <br />establish and develop landslide mitigation systems <br />and to maintain these systems over the long term <br />. seek state and federal funding to implement loss- <br />reduction strategies <br />The mitigation process in Colorado must also consider <br />work that should be performed with respect to existing <br />landslide areas. public education and awareness. <br />improvements in land-use decision making, and unmet <br />local needs. <br /> <br />Chapter 9 <br />IMPLEMENTATION OF THE <br />COLORADO LANDSLIDE <br />HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN <br /> <br />The projects developed in this plan have been divided <br />into three groups, accoIding to level of importance, <br />These groups consist of projects that are 1) critical <br />action projects, 2) secondary action projects- <br />dependent on implementation of the critical action pro- <br />jects, and 3) follow-up projects-projects that require <br />further research or refinement. <br />The critical action projects can for organizations at the <br />state and local levels to deal with landsliding over the <br />long term and recommend steps to deal with the state's <br />most severe landslide hazards, <br />The secondary action projects address several of the <br />more serious landslides in the state. public education <br />and awareness, development and exercising of <br />emergency operations plans. improvements in land-use <br />decision making. and a range of structural and nonstruc- <br />tura1 measures that will reduce potential losses, <br />The follow-up projects are those that do not require <br />immediate attention and must be examined further to <br />determine their applicability, feasibility and <br />cost-effectiveness. <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />