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STATE OF COLOMDO EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS 136 State Capitol Denver. Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 666-2471 Richard D. lamm Governor . 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 dam 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 7 of the agreelDent 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. Responsibility 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 with flood- plain management concepts and which functions as the state coordinator to the National Flood Insurance Program. jlot~~ , .f The report was written by a steering committee consisting of the State Hazard Mitigation Coordinator from 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 aIr ived at a series of conclusions and recommendations that represent ~heir 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 state and local government agencies which initially appeared to have potential opportunities for flood hazard mitigation.