COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT: Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains

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COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT Promoting
Wise Uses of Floodplains
CA Department of Water Resources/ CIFMCG Workshop
July 2006
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Whats Wise Use of Floodplains?Concluding
Thoughts and Acknowledgements
Comprehensive Floodplain Management Workshop
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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Local communities must decide whats the wise
  use of their own floodplains
• DWR cant dictate local land use decisions
• However, DWR can ask that you consider

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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Will your decisions place residents in harms
  way?

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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Are short-term economic gains jeopardized by
  catastrophic future failures and/or increasingly
  expensive structures to maintain?

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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Will short-term economic gains forgo other land
  uses that potentially could become more valuable
  over time (such as preserving limited open space)?

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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Will decisions adversely affect others?

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Wise Use of Floodplains

• Will decisions expose community to increased
  liability?

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Acknowledgements
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California Interagency FPM Coordination Group

• CA Dept of Water Resources
• Governors Office of Emergency Services
• State Water Resources Control Board
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• National Park Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• FEMA

With special thanks to Linda Stonier of NPS
Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Program for providing facilities, time and ideas
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In Memory ofAndy LeeWhose Vision For A Wise And
Proactive Floodplain Management Was Only
Exceeded By His Love Of Family, Friends And
Colleagues