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<br />. ',,' <br /> <br />'1' .~"! <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLOMDO <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS <br /> <br />136 State Capitol <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 866,2471 <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />-~; <br /> <br />Richard D. lamm <br />Governor . <br /> <br />.J <br /> <br />>"j <br /> <br />January 14, <br /> <br /> <br />Mr, Alton D. Cook <br />Regional Director, Region VIII <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Denver Federal Center, Building 710 <br />Denver, Colorado 80225 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Cook: <br /> <br />It is my pleasure to transmit to you this Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />prepared by the State of Colorado. On July 27, 1982, after the Lawn <br />Lake dam failure, a federal/state agreement was negotiated pursuant to <br />the President' s Major Disaster Declarat,ion NUlllber FDIA-665-DR for <br />Larimer County dated July 22, 1982. A major responsibility accepted <br />by the state under Paragraph 7 of the agreement was the preparation <br />and submission of a hazard mitigation plan to the FEMA Regional <br />Director not later than 180 days following the President' s declara- <br />tion. <br /> <br />Considering the cause and nature of the damllge, the Department of <br />Natural Resources was identified as the appropriate state agency to' <br />meet this obligation. Responsibility for setting up a task force to <br />prepare the' report was assigned to the Water Conservation Board. This <br />is the division of state government which is most familiar with flood- <br />plain management concepts and Which functions as the state coordinator <br />to the National, Flood Insurance Program. <br /> <br />The report was written by a steering committee consisting of the State <br />Hazard Mitigation Coordinator from the Department of Natural Resources <br />and the State Coordinating Officer from the Division of Disaster Emer- <br />gency Services and their respective staffs. The steering COllIIIlittee <br />members prepared the body of the report and arrived at a series of <br />conclusions and recommendations that represent their best judgment of <br />the most attractive flood hazard mitigation measures. <br /> <br />The writers of the report were assiated by an interagency task force <br />organized by the State Hazard Mitigation Coordinator to assure suffi- <br />cient input from the several state and local government agencies which <br />initially appeared to have potential qlportunities for flood' hazard <br />mitigation. ~ <br /> <br />, <br />