BOARD00226

• Board Meeting Date: 4/1/1970
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR.. STAPLETON:

MR. SPARKS:

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come through this study, that this flood plain
area they are considering will have very little
significance.

Our main deal now is to get more dams in
the upper area to conserve and use our water.
We need both the conservation of our water and,
of course, flood control also. My question is.
do we as a user on the stream have any say in
the building of this program? Naturally we are
for any development in our area that will do us
some good but we question how much good this
will do. We think that the upstream dams are
the most important now for our flood control
program. "

"Larry, do you want to answer that?"

"Mr. Nelson, this Board does not enter into
the merits of whether or not any locality
should zone or not zone for flood plain control.
That decision is to be made by the local people.
Our sole function here is to determine what
areas are subject to an intermediate regional
flood. I know that you are well acquainted
with the flood plain information reports. Those
reports show hazard areas for two different
types of floods, one being the so-called standard
flood which is a way out flood, and the other is
the intermediate regional flood which is one on
Which we have some flood history. It has been .
the policy of the Board that we would not approve
for zoning those areas which might be inundated
by a standard flood because that occurs so in-
frequently that we do not feel that we are
justified in approving zoning in that area.

Whether or not structures are built up-
stream does have some effect upon the width of
the zoned area. However, we cannot presume at
this time that such structures will be built.
The flood hazard according to the report that
we have reviewed, prepared by the Corps of
Engineers, exists today in this area. The
designation of this area does not preclude any