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<br />LESSONS of REcovmy - A REviEw of TIlE 1997 COlORAdo Flood Dis"SUR
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<br />The system also includes plans for improving hazard awareness and public education, training emergency
<br />response personnel, and covering the costs of long-term maintenance of the automated flood warning system.
<br />FEMA has approved $250,000 as the federal share of the HMGP project. The local match is approximately
<br />$83,000, although the total cost of implementing the entire system may be much greater. The City of Fort
<br />Collins will utilize public funds and private contributions to fund the balance of project costs (City of Fort Collins,
<br />1998a).
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<br />On August 27, 1998, the City of Fort Collins signed a formal agreement designating it as a "disaster resistant
<br />community" and Colorado's first Project Impact community. Project Impact is FEMA's national initiative to help
<br />communities develop their own locally-based prevention and loss-reduction programs, through public and
<br />private partnerships, to reduce the vulnerability of people and property from natural hazards. The designation
<br />carries with it a $500,000 FEMA grant to provide seed money for designing and implementing programs and
<br />projects that fall under six broad categories: (1) education and training, (2) planning and risk identification, (3)
<br />interagency communication and partnerships, (4) warning and notification, (5) incentives, and (6) public policy,
<br />(Fort Collins is required to provide a 25 percent local match.) Work groups were developed to design projects
<br />for each category and private sector participation will be actively solicited by the City over the course of the
<br />effort to supplement available public resources.
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<br />"NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS"
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<br />Many public, private, volunteer and nonprofit organizations have contributed to the success of local
<br />recovery efforts in Larimer County and Fort Collins. The groups cited below exemplify the community-
<br />based approach of "neighbors helping neighbors" through extraordinary donations of time, skills, funds
<br />and other resources:
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<br />:l City of Fort Collins (Mayor, City Manager's Office, Poudre Fire Authority, Fort Collins Police Department,
<br />Office of Emergency Management, Community Development Center, Poudre Emergency
<br />Communications, Neighborhood Resources Center, Streets, Parks, Utilities, Planning, Zoning and
<br />Building Departments)
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<br />o Larimer County (Board of County Commissioners, Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Unit and
<br />Deputies, Office of Emergency Management, Health Department, Community Services Department,
<br />Human Development Department, Social Services, Public Works, Road and Bridge)
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<br />o Volunteer Organizations (American Red Cross, Service Net, Salvation Army, Larimer County Volunteer
<br />Organizations Active in Disasters, Catholic Charities)
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<br />o Educational Institutions (Colorado State University, Poudre School District, CSU-NOAA Cooperative
<br />Institute for Research in the Atmosphere)
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<br />:l Housing Agencies and Authorities (Neighbor-to-Neighbor, Fort Collins Housing Authority)
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<br />:l Health and Medical Organizations (Larimer County Mental Health Center, Larimer County Medical
<br />Center)
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<br />:l Private Contributors (Hewlett-Packard, ConAgra, National Semiconductor, Gay and Lesbian Outgiving
<br />Fund, McDonald's, Gannett Foundation, Everitt Companies, American Furniture Warehouse)
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<br />COlORAdo OffiCE of EMERGENCY M"N"GEMENT
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