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

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Office of
Emergency
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(OEM)

Colorado
Water
Conservation
Board
(CWCB)

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o G1(1)99 - Develop Memoranda of Agreement between the governor and responsible state
agencies to implement/accomplish the 1999 flood hazard mitigation recommendations,
G2(1 )99 - Promote awareness of existing State Executive Orders 8504, 8491 and legislation
such as House Bill 1041.
o G2(2)99) - Identify Iong-tl!lTT1 safe affordable housing outside hazard areas using manufac-
tured housing where applicable and volunteer agency construction, .
o G2(4)99 - Work with the state Real Estate Services Division and State Buildings to ensure
that facilities proposals and infrastructure. . . .
o G3(5)99 - Research potential state and federal funding sources to support mitigation initia-
tives which are part of the Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan.
o G4(2)99 - Provide flood hazard mitigation education for entities such as '"
. G4(5)99 - Develop a hazard mitigation education program for public officials. , .
. G4(6)99 - Through the SHMT, create a hazard mitigation network in state government
o G4(9)99 - Provide newsletter articles, other relevant infonnation on flood hazard mitigation and
natural hazard reduction and other forms of information exchange to professional organiza-
tions, ,
o G4(11)99 - Promote the concept of people accepting fiscal responsibility for the consequences
of living in flood prone areas,
o G6(5)99 - Coordinate the efforts of local emergency planners and floodplain administrators to
identify critical infrastructure, , ,
o G7(1)99. Support the concept of disaster-resistant communities, , ,

o G2(3)99 - When rehabilitating structures in historic districts located in floodplains or other as-
sociated hazard areas, consider ftoodproofing . . .
o G2(4)99 - Work with the state Real Estate Services Division and State Buildings to ensure
that facilities proposals and infrastructure. , . .
o G2(5)99 - In floodplains that have already been urbanized, encourage and support a combi-
nation of structural and non-structural elements to reduce the risks from ftoods and other haz-
ards,
. G3(1 )99 - Provide technical comments and recommendations through the State Hazard Miti-
gation Team on proposed state and federal legislation related to growth management.
o G3(2)99 - Support improvements, such as digitization, to floodplain maps, showing the 100-
year frequency, and other frequencies, as appropriate,
o G3(3)99 - Develop guidance and criteria for mapping and regulating mudftowfdebris.-flow ar-
eas.
o G3(5)99 - Research potential state and federal funding sources to support mitigation initia-
tives which are part of the Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan,
o G3(6)99 - Encourage use of watershed-based GIS maps in future land use planning and de-
velopment review,
o G4(2)99 - Provide flood hazard mitigation education for entities such as ,.,
o G4(3)99 - Promote regional intergovernmental cooperation concerning watershed-based plal>-
ning << ,
o G4(4)99 - Improve access to infonnation regarding floodplain management, , '

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