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<br />000640 <br /> <br />Structu~~l alternatives are extremely expensive, but may provide the <br />only pr0:ection in some areas. <br /> <br />B. Of [h~ 20 or more draincge basins surroundin2 the city that are <br />capable 0f producing debris flows, most do not pose an immedIate <br />threac :0 people and improved proper t)'. The larger basins, however, <br />pre.se:::: ~ considerable ttHeat of serious damages and risk to life and <br />will :.::o..:uire a host of structural and non-structural mitigntion <br />strc[e~:~5 to alleviate the hazard. <br /> <br />C. Engine2~:ng and structural solutions will not completely avoid damages <br />in e\[r~]rdinary debris flow events. PublIC awareness of tIle hazard <br />and e~~~gency home protectIve measures, together with City/County <br />life-52'::.ng pl.Jns 2nd prLldent land use management practices, must <br />thereic~2 be exercised in concert with structural protection. <br /> <br />D. Due tc the concentrations of debris remaining in the gulches and the <br />con:in'...:2~ de\'elopment of the debris fans" future event.s \.,rill <br />undoub::2ily occur, with losses equal to or greater than those already <br />e'periecced. <br /> <br />E. Where ~ debris flow disaster impacts incorporated areas exclusively, <br />the C0~~ty will aSSU~le a suppor.t role and activate the County EOe, <br />eme~ge~~~ plans sad incident management functions as necessary. <br /> <br />I II . PURPC5:: <br /> <br />To ~evelop and maint3in an emergency operatIons plan to prepare for, <br />re.=::ond to. recover from and mitigate the effects of serious <br />lan~sli(le/debrls flow Incidents in Garfield (OUllty and its <br />~un~cipalities, and to protect life and property, minimize damages and <br />as'=:~5C in recovery actIons when major landslide/debris flow events do <br />OCC"' The plan shall identify existing and potential mitigatlon <br />me3:3UreS and include, to the extent possible, a schedule for their <br />i!71plementation. <br /> <br />IV. SU,c-l.-\R\' <br /> <br />A. Federal <br /> <br />), Public Law 81-920 (Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950), as amended; <br />2. Public Law 93-288 (Disaster Relief Act of 1974), as amended. <br /> <br />B. Scate <br /> <br />1. Colorado Disaster ~,ergenc)' Act of 1973; <br />2. Colorado Disaster Emergency Operations Plan of 1987. <br />