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<br /> <br />POTENTIAl. SOLUTION 5-A <br />Provide incentives to devdopers to build, <br />rehabilitate, and relocate homes. Such inun- <br />tive$ could include grant and loan programs <br />for extending sewer and water lines, streets, <br />and other infrastructure to undewfoped <br />areas. Tax benefits for historic structures en- <br />courage their restoration. Tax abatements and <br /> <br />increment fitlam-;ng (Jut be used for some <br />housing projects. A mixture of public and pri- <br />vate financing assistance can get housing <br />deVflopment started. <br />Local governments throughout the <br />Basin could begin to implement this solution <br />imll1l"Jialdy. with fUlllling from their uwn <br />budgets, or from the Department of Housing <br />and Urban Development, the Farmers Home <br />Administration, Ihe State Historical Society, <br />or the National Park Services National Register <br />of Historic Places Program. <br /> <br />POT E N T I A L SOl. tr T I () N S-B <br />Edurute the public, locaJ gownmll'1lt5, and lending <br />instiwtions about illcentives f(Jr homebuyers. <br /> <br />The S.D. Housing Authority could lead <br />implementation, with assistance from the <br />regional planning districts, the Federal Emer- <br />gency Management Agency, other stale agen- <br />cies, the us. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development, and the State Historical Socie~ <br />Funding could come from the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency, the S.D. <br /> <br />Housing Authority. the U.S. Department of <br />Housing and Urban Development. and Ihe <br />State Historical Society. <br /> <br />155 U E 6 <br /> <br />LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPOR- <br />TUNITIES IN TilE nASIN <br /> <br />The disruptions in daily economic activi- <br />ties caused by flood losses are costly and <br />inconvenient to fanns., busi-ne~ and indi- <br />viduals. Unplanned dislocation detraCTS <br />from the long-term economic and social <br />sustainability of communities in the Basin. <br />Slow economic growth makes recovery from <br />disasters even more difficult. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I' OT E ~ T 1 A L ~O lUT ION O-A <br />Develop a basin-wide plan to minimize mmomic <br />1055 and dislocation from floods. The plan <br />should include; <br />. Identification of waste disposal sites and <br />a/tt'rnative Iransportarioll rolites, <br />. Provisions for emergency busint'ss <br />relocation. <br /> <br />. Provisions for emergency housing <br />relocation, <br />. Public relations camJhliglls to inform rile <br />public about tourist Jt'Stinations restort'd <br />since flooding. (These actions would also <br />adJrt'Ss Damage to Public Infrastructure <br />from Flooding; see Solution J-ll, pagl!' 25.J <br /> <br />The local emergency planning commit- <br />tees and the S.D. Tourism Bureau should <br />work together on this, with funds from the <br />state revolving loan fund, and the water devel- <br />opment district tax levy. <br /> <br />POTENTIA I. SOLUTI()~ 6-11 <br />Ensure agricultures continuing rolt' in tile Rmin <br />