FLOOD01312

• County: Statewide
• Title: Multi-Objective Flood Mitigation Plan for Vermillion River Basin-South Dakota
• Date: 1/1/1994
• Prepared For: South Dakota
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

. flood hazard management, drainage,
and transportation systems;
. economic development and
sustainabiJity, cultural and historic
resources, and housing;
. fish and wildlife;
. outdoor recreation and open space; and
. water quality and erosion.

J. They identified ways to reach other
Basin goals that coincided with or
complemented the potential solutions
to the flood problems.
4. They specified sources of
technical assistance and funding
for each idea, and how and where
to obtain it.

The first step was accomplished in a
large public meeting held on the first day of
the workshop (Monday). On the next day the
participants separated into five "planning
teams" - one for each category. The last three
steps were done by the teams during the rest
of the week. Their work was consolidated into
a draft plan Thursday night, and the prelimi-

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The planning workshop took place during the
week of June 20-24, 1994, in Parker, South
Dakota. About 150 people participated: a third
of them were representatives ofloc.al, state, and
national organizations with expertise in plan-
ning, flood haz.ards. engineering, wildlife man.
agement, economic development, historic
preservation. and the like. The rest were resi.
dents from all over the Basin who came to share
their concerns, suggestions, and energy. The
people at the workshop followed these steps:
I. They defined the Basin's flood.
related problems and goals.
2. They listed some sensible ideas
for solving each problem.

nary plan was presented to the Basin's public
officials at a session on Friday, the last day of
the workshop.
Having everyone together in one place
made it easier to dcvelop a common vision of
the Vermillion Basin's needs and goals and to
figure out how to reach them. The group
explored and integrated the best of everyone's
ideas. The teams mixed and matched pro-
grams, funding sources,. and technical exper-
tise to make the best use of existing resources.
The draft plan was rlNiewed and polished
after the workshop. It is presented in the next
part of this document.

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