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<br />3 <br /> <br />In the UDFCD. land use regulation in the lOO-year floodplain <br /> <br />is considered to be the baseline condition upon which future plans <br /> <br />are made, This is an important recognition since floodplain regu- <br /> <br />lation automatically reduce projected future flood damages by pre- <br /> <br />venting unwise construction in the floodplain, <br /> <br />Current Federal thinking about feasibility studies for water <br /> <br />resources projects is in the new ~r~-"J:_ip~~s_ anc~~til_ncJards for <br /> <br /> <br />~~~~i ng Water_ andJ'_~~~te_~__~a~cLE~si~UY'C("s (6), Thi s document <br /> <br /> <br />prescribes economic development and environmental quality as the <br /> <br />two basic objectives of water projects with social welfare and <br /> <br />regional development being considered as separate "accounts," <br /> <br />Traditionally, flood control pI'ojects have been undertaken <br /> <br />with the basic objective of reducing or preventing damage to property, <br /> <br />This falls into the account of economic development, A number of <br /> <br />other objectives are also to be considered, Table <br /> <br />gives twelve <br /> <br />proposed objectives for UDFC systems in the Denver region, All of <br /> <br />these and others may be considered 1n the feasibility study, These <br /> <br />should be agreed upon at the beginning of the study between the <br /> <br />analysts and decision makers, <br /> <br />Table 1-1, Objectives of UDFC <br /> <br />1, To reduce flood damage and maintenance requirements to public <br />and private property and facilities, <br /> <br />2, To enhance the value of land and other property in neighbor- <br />hoods serviced by UDFC facilities, <br /> <br />3, To improve the visual impact and aesthetic qual ity of the urban <br />landscape, <br /> <br />4, To improve the quality of water resources, <br /> <br />5, To preserve the ecological and environmental values of natural <br />floodplain areas, <br />