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Sll\TE ()F (:oL()Rl\QC2~ EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS 136 State Capitol Denver. Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 666-2471 ,O~~" ~Y':: A, ,,'-~? \ (!( f:~~ ','6' ,\.,\!'.~'. , *''t"'U......~ .~~~_...,:>'I 4_i8TI>-~' Richard D. larnm Covernor January 14, 1983 Mr. Alton D. Cook Regional Director, Region VIII Federal Emergency Management Agency Denver Federal Center, Building 710 Denver, Colorado 80225 Dear Mr. Cook: It is my pleasure to transmit to you this Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan prepared by the State of Colorado. On July 27, 1982, after the Lawn Lake dll11l failure, a federal/state agreement was negotiated pursuant to the President's Major Disaster Declaration Number FEMA-665-DR for Larimer County dated July 22, 1982. A major responsibility accepted by the state under Paragraph 1 of the agreement was the preparation and submission of a hazard mitigation plan to the FEMA Regional Director not later than 180 days following the President" s declara- tion. Considering the cause and nature of the damage" the Department of Natural Resources was identified as the appropriate state agency to meet this obligation. Responsi.bility for setting up a task force to prepare the report was assigned to the Water Conservation Board. This is the division of state government which is most: familiar ,dth flood- plain management concepts and wt1ich functions as the state coordinator to the National Flood Insurance Pro'lram. The report was written by a steering committee consisting of the State Hazard Mitigation Coordinator Horn the Department of Natural Resources and the State Coordinating Officer from the Division of Disaster Emer- gency Services and their respective staffs. The steering committee members prepared the body of the report and arrived at a series of conclusions and recommendations that represent their best judgment of the most attractive flood hazard mitigation measures. The writers of the report were assisted by an interagency task force organized by the State Hazard Mitigation Coordinator to assure suffi- cient input from the several st"te and local government agencies which initially appeared to have potential opportuniti"s fa" flood hazard mitigation.