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• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: WPFM Section - Flood Outlook Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

• Evaluate the effectiveness of infrastructure that is specifically designed to enhance flood conveyance
and/or to protect lives and property. For example, a maintenance plan for clearing debris from bridges
and culverts should be identified. Other possible actions include thinning heavy vegetation from
waterways and evaluating the condition of levees, flumes, and other facilities. Be aware of the level of
protection that is theoretically provided by flood protection infrastructure in your community, and keep
in nand that there is always the potential for overtopping or failure of those structi~res as has been
demonstrated in the past throughout the nation.

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