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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />1.1 Purposes <br />The purposes of this Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan are: <br />a. to document the recent flood problems, <br />b. to identify general flood hazards in the community, <br /> <br />c. to describe existing efforts to reduce flood damages <br /> <br />in the affected areas, <br /> <br />d. to guide local jurisdictions in taking further <br /> <br />action as may be reasonably expected to enhance <br /> <br />mitigation efforts. <br /> <br />e. to support applications for financial assistance to <br />implement ideas consistent with community objectives <br /> <br />which will reduce flood damages. <br /> <br />1.2 Scope <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />This plan identifies opportunities to reduce future damages <br /> <br />from all sources of floods in the community. prompted by the <br /> <br /> <br />recent flood problems, the plan attempts to take a comprehensive <br /> <br /> <br />look at what is already being done to reduce flood damages and <br /> <br /> <br />what action can be taken to make the system work better. 'Future <br /> <br /> <br />flooding in the community is inevitable, and this plan should be <br /> <br /> <br />reviewed and updated as necessary following each emergency. <br /> <br />ed-2 <br />sill p <br />