FEMA-4145-DR-CO

1. FDRC FEMA-4145-DR-CO

2. Activated RSF’s • Community Planning &Capacity Building (FEMA) • Economic (Commerce) • Housing (HUD) • Infrastructure Systems (USACE) • Natural and Cultural Resources (DOI)

16. Community Planning Capacity Building • Evaluating seven communities for assistance: • Estes Park • Lyons • Jamestown • Longmont • Evans • Milliken • Manitou Springs • Oct 30 – DOLA/CPCB first meeting in Lyons and Jamestown • Nov 22 – DOLA/CPCB Colorado Recovery Symposium

17. Economic • Assessing economic impacts/recovery needs • Oct 22 – EDA officials toured Boulder County • Roundtable discussions with community leaders in Lyons, Estes Park, Loveland, Longmont, and Ft. Collins • Tours and roundtables included staff from Sen. Bennet’s office • Providing for the future • Assisting Estes Park with grant application • Grant funds will support a regional tourism marketing campaign

18. Housing • PD&R MSA damage assessment determine community impact using: • Aggregations to Census data • FEMA IA registrant data • HUD identified 70 REO properties in disaster counties, available at 50% discount to public housing authorities for survivor housing • Housing RSF Partners Task Force • 20+ identified federal, state, local partners • Issue and resource identification and prioritization • Oct 30 – Kickoff meeting, 1pm MT • Nov 8 – MSA strategy & initial outline • Ongoing CDBG-DR training

19. Infrastructure Systems • GIS platform creates a common operating picture of damages and gaps • Deployed 10 USACE annuitants for infrastructure data collection • Developed State-led Stream Task Force • Joint Task Force comprised of 76 individuals to address long-term master planning • CWCB funding master planning to be performed by watershed coalitions • Developing MOA between NRCS and USACE to allow USACE to enter private property to assess stream debris and bank degradation

20. Natural and Cultural Resources • Created Joint Exigency Response Team to identify and treat critical private property risks • Develop maps showing: • Recent burn areas within impacted watersheds • Critical habitat within impacted watersheds • Environmental and cultural sites within impacted watersheds • Inventory of critical NR issues • 59 miles of channel needing sediment/debris removal • 81 miles of channel stabilization needs • Distribution of T&E Species and Historic Properties in the affected area • Identification of NCR implications for: • Infrastructure repair/replacement • Housing decisions

21. Timeline

22. Recovery Coordination Cells FEMA-4145-DR-CO Declared September 14, 2013

23. Initiative • The Recovery Coordination Cell concept is to function as a fusion center for the continuum of Colorado 2013 flooding recovery • Executes an all-inclusive approach to address immediate and long-term recovery needs • Coordinaterecovery efforts across all program areas and the Recovery Support Functions (RSF) to ensure unity of effort

24. Cell Structure will now follow the major river watershed areas from the 2013 Colorado flooding

25. Organizational Structure

26. Recovery Coordination Cell Structure

27. Recovery Continuum

28. Progress • RCC Meetings priority issues: • Isolated communities • Displaced populations/housing • River re-channelization • Ditches • Acquisition • Infrastructure/utilities • Cell planning support will provide: • Situational awareness updates • Important information & action items • Issue-specific deliverables

29. Questions?