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<br />2.1.7 Mitigation Measures <br /> <br />Within 15-days of the Lawn I,ake disaster" a Flood Hazard <br />Mitigation Report was prepared by an intergovernmental team under <br />the leadership of the Federal Emergency Ma,nagement Agency wi th <br />membership from Federal, state and local age,ncies. This report, <br />dated August 6, 1982, contained several recommendations or work <br />elements organized into four major categories: (a) identification <br />and regulation, (b) minimizing flood recurrences, (c) hazard <br />warning and education, and (d) structural and non-structural <br />measures. <br /> <br />Federal, state, and local agen,~ies immediatE!ly began work on <br />these four areas and significant progress has been made, More <br />specifically, on August 23, 1982, the town of Estes Park hired a <br />full-time disaster recovery manager to stimulate and manage these <br />mitigation efforts. The hiring of the manager, Mr. Robert <br />Kistner, entirely out of loc~ funds, was a particularly useful <br />and unique step in mitigation Eor a town this she. His position <br />at the focus of activity has provided the e!xpected stimulus and <br />momentum, <br /> <br />The status of the recommendations specified in the <br />intergovernmental 15-day report has been descr ibed in detail by <br />the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FE~IA) in two Post Flood <br />Recovery Progress Reports isslled approximately 90 and 180 days <br />following the disaster. pro<Jress on major work elements that <br />relate to local governments aro briefly descr ibed below, <br /> <br />A, Identification and Regulation <br /> <br />Work Element 1. A re-study of the floodplain along Fall <br />River has been requestE,d of both the State of Colorado <br />and the Federal Emergen,)y Management Agency, On October <br />15, 1982, Dr, John Liou of FEMA and Brian Hyde of the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board were in the Town of <br />Estes Park to examine the floodplain. <br /> <br />Dr. Liou ind icated at that October 15th meet ing that the <br />Town of Estes Park would be placed on the FEMA priority <br />1 ist for a new flood insllrance study. <br /> <br />Work Element 2. Est.es Park adopted new floodplain <br />regulations on January 17, 1979 that are more stringent <br />than federal regulations in requiring the lowest flood <br />(including basement) to be elevated one (1) foot above <br />the base flood elevation.. Estes Park has strict <br />enforcement of regulations to ensure that. new structures <br />conform to the codes. <br /> <br />-2')- <br />