As an Emergency Manager, my first step would be completing a risk and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The CBA will allow a thorough review of the disaster impact broken down by economic costs, humanitarian effects, and ecological impacts. Economic costs will include direct, indirect, and microeconomic. Based on my community's status as an urban area, I would include both its infrastructure, residents, hazards, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) production. The CBA would include comparison of impact size from a small to larger scale flood allowing stakeholders to make informed decisions on the impacts to changing or developing a comprehensive mitigation flood plan. By creating an analysis of past disasters, the CBA will be a framework of information easily distributed to stakeholders. After the completion of the CBA, I would gather stakeholders in alignment with the national response framework key players. First meeting with local government, appointed officials, other local departments and other agencies to review the CBA results and develop the draft mitigation plan strategy for our community. Following the initial meeting, I would distribute the CBA and draft mitigation plan to individuals, families, households and community groups to provide their feedback and suggestions for the plan. Four open house discussions with local government and appointed officials would be held one per week over a four-week period at varying times to allow all stakeholders the opportunity to atte