FLOOD08745

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Kistner and Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan - 1999

Colorado Mitigation Accomplishments Since 1991 Figure 4..3

Prolect IMPACT: The goal of the FEMA Project Impact
is to build disaster resistant communities, At the Project
Impact Summ~ held in Washington, D,C" in December
1998, two Colorado counties (Clear Creek and Morgan
Counties) were designated as Project Impact communi-
ties for FY99, The City of Fort Collins received the
FEMA Project Impact funding for 1998, In Colorado for
the year 2000, the Project Impact communities are the
San Luis Valley and the City of Delta/Delta County, Lo-
cal mentors in Colorado communities will provide lead-
ership to other communities,

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

HMGP Projects DR-1186-CO:

1. Fort Collins: Has completed the Stream Gauge/
Warning system. The flood proofing grant program
is still in progress.

2. Sterlina/Loaan Countv: A fiood control project
has received approval,

3. Canon City: This project includes debris detention
basin construction,

4, WilevfProwers Countv: This is a bridge replace-
ment project and has been approved,

5. Larimer Countv: Construction has started on a
drainage/detention system in the West Vine area,

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

HMGP Projects DR-1276-CO:

1. The Notice of Interest (NOI) was mailed by Colo-
rado to local governments on June 25th 1999,

2, Fifteen NOls were returned by the deadline date of
July 16th, 1999,

3, In September 1999, the State Hazard M~igation
Team convened and adopted HMGP project
evaluation criteria.

4, The HMGP subcommittee convened to review and
prioritize the eligible projects,

5, In October of 1999, Governor Owens approved the
subcommittee's recommendations,

6, The foliowing are proposed projects under HMGP.
As HMGP and "Unmet Needs" (see below)
money becomes available, projects will be funded
on a priority basis, The HMGP DR-1276-CO Pro-
jects for 1999 are:

. Otero County Acquisition Project

. Manitou Springs Acquisition Project

. La Junta Lift station

. Ft Collins Early Warning System

. Ft. Collins Flood Proofing

. Pueblo Early Warning System

. Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Council's
Elevation Project

7, The State of Colorado has applied for "Unmet
Needs Funding" from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) This money (when
approved) will be used for projects not funded by
the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,

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