GARFIELD COUNTY NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN - SILT ADDENDUM

The Garfield County administration is currently engaged in a multi-tiered emergency management planning process to develop comprehensive emergency management plans for county operations. ECONorthwest has contracted to assist the county in gathering information about community vulnerability and incurred risk from natural hazards to begin the process of mitigation and recovery planning. The county will develop a Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, Continuity of Operations Plan, and Long Term Community Recovery Plan in compliance with national standards such as the National Response Plan, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Emergency Management Accreditation Program, and Emergency Support Function 14 (ESF 14). Together, these plans will provide a vision for comprehensive planning to reduce county vulnerability, and will work across Garfield County departments to identify the next steps to move toward a more holistic approach to county resilience.

The Town of Silt subsequently provided the County with a draft of the Silt Addendum to the Garfield County Hazard Mitigation Plan in July, 2011.  Although this is not the final draft, the Town held a public meeting to discuss this item and encourage public support on August 8, 2011.  The Planning & Zoning Commission will review this item at their January 3, 2012 public meeting, and the Town will post this notice at Town Hall, on the Town's website and on the Town's access television page.  Additionally, those individuals who are on the list to receive Town agendas will get an email detailing this process.

For more information, or for a copy of the Silt Addendum to the Garfield County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, please contact Janet Aluise, Town of Silt Community Development Director, at (970) 876-2353 Ext. 14 or jaluise@townofsilt.org.