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I need assistance creating a lengthy memorandum regarding rangewood colorado. Thinking creatively and

innovatively about the problems facing communities as they move from reactive to proactive

stances towards disasters. imagine being a municipal official who works on disaster planning [disaster

planner, resilience officer, and titles in that large group of professionals]. As a public administrator

in this role, you have (a) limited resources, (b) competing priorities, (c) political demands from

your mayor and city council, and (d) various demands and needs of your citizens competing for

your attention. Not the least of these is the fact that you, your office staff, and most of your

resources have been depleted after the response to COVID-19 and inflation-related budget

constraints.

Based on the attached description of a community where you work for the municipal government,

you will (a) develop a plan to identify, address, and improve the vulnerabilities and risks from

hazards your community faces; and (b) develop a memo with your analysis and recommendations to

your city council wherein you communicate the need for such planning, the plan itself, and the

process for community planning to reduce vulnerabilities.

develop a plan to mitigate

hazards that Rangewood faces. Most importantly, your plan should:

1) Identify hazards

2) Identify vulnerabilities

3) Mitigate existing vulnerabilities

4) Prevent further vulnerabilities from emerging

5) Engage the community in the planning process

Background info on rangewood:

Community Disaster History

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, it hit Rangewood pretty hard. Most of the cases

were centered around a single meat packing plant where many immigrant workers are employed

who are not as integrated into the community as other segments of the population. There is still

resentment and a divide within the community related to this incident, even three years after it

occurred in 2021.

Over the past decade, Rangewood has dealt with wildfires on its western edge (14% of

Rangewood's jurisdiction is located within the WUI and the City has mutual aid agreements with

surrounding communities that are comprised of much larger WUI zones). Three wildfires have

spread within a mile of the city limits and while no direct damage occurred, evacuations were

ordered twice. In 2013, the flooded Cold River destroyed significant municipal infrastructure and

housing along the river corridor where a greenway and flood corridor was built in the 1990s, but

where legacy low-income housing and mobile home parks also are located. There is also some

concern in the community that fracking operations nearby could mean a greater risk of a hazardous

chemical spill (at well sites or during transportation of frack fluids via trucks on county roads).

The thriving river recreation scene in Rangewood draws many summertime visitors, but is mostly

important to local residents (many of whom are typical Colorado outdoorsy folks). Water the past

two summers has been lower than historic averages, which has many people concerned about water

availability for municipal, agricultural, recreation, and ecological flows