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<br />. Support your staif by making sure they get the special training they need and by <br /> <br />letting them know what is expected of them. <br /> <br />The "action items" described in this chapter are listed in the Checklist for Address- <br /> <br />ing Your Community's Flood Problems, found at the end of this document. <br /> <br />How TO GET MORE CREDIT FOR <br />MANAGING YOUR FLOODPLAIN <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'The:COmrfuinitY:&1titl!>,System (eRS) was initiated by the Federal <br />am~rg~fl~yMailagement~gericffO reward communities that are doing <br />:tJ1pre to prevent Or t;ecl!tC<l:fJtl<x:l1osses'than the roiniml1rri requirements <br />'<i'the 'NatiOl)al Plo:od :IWl.lttirl<::e,Pmgtam. tJhder the CR$, coJl\munities <br />V!tth exua IIOOd 10ssredl.lttiOh.a~li\iilies;can apply fora da,ssification that <br />i;1vl.'$'thiiir resid~nts \ol'{et;ect ~ir1suri1l)t(\ pre1ltiunK <br />,. Yop.r. cilmmunayrtili)!obtaincredit fOr these and other ~ct)vities; <br /> <br />:M~p .Iriformat.on 'Slormwater :Management <br />O:utreal;h. Proleets: Rlepetitive Loss Pr6j~cts <br />, r\a2:,ii9 D\sC~"sure Acquisition and Relocation <br />FIDndProtectlol) library' Retroiittin~, <br />mO(}d ProteCtioFl;ASl,i$~ce: Drainage'$yslem M<liJ,1tenanc:e <br />Opl!l1 S~a"e ~ti()n Bood Warnihg Program <br />mghfr](~gj.;latilry:Sl"",al1rds Levee. &rOam Saf~ty <br />FJiJqq :$~taMaintenanc:e <br /> <br />AIlres1dents:of'Msa::Ol<hihoma, :havehenefited from the citY's <br />j;p.ml1reh-msive stqrlJj",atec,andfloodplail) management program. But <br />t\Je:~m1 f~milies' and btiSihesllesWith 'flood insurance pol ides also enj9~' <br />1l~25% redUction. in their annual premlums because ofTuIsa's high CRS <br />.r~ti!1g.:C:qlleCtiv,!!jilliex paX $250,000 less Io~ .fIood \nsl!~al)ce each year <br />than they:would if:Tulsa met onl)' the mMmumrequir€iTlents. <br />TPeVilJageof$outfd4olland, illinois, !la&utilized the CRSas a <br />model:lt! !nfqrrnAnd prpt!"t): those citizensl9cactecl ftlflood"prone areas. <br />l'h~t! an.dappoiiltii\eRI Qf:aFlood AssistahceCoordinator to the staff, <br />Il~s relievedl?ublfcs~tldSJ'l); <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />MANAGING THE WHOLE WATERSHED Ideally, flooding and floodplains are <br /> <br />managed at the watershed level. A watershed is all the land area that drains to a <br /> <br />specific location along a stream or to a water body. Activities that result in runoff <br />anywhere within the watershed can increase the incidence and magnitude of floods, <br />with dire consequences for those downstream. You should try, therefore, to reduce <br /> <br />p age 19 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />SEVERAL FEDERAL AND STATE <br />assistance programs require that <br />your community}ws adopted <br />plans for mrious aspects afflood- <br />plain managemwt. Make your <br />plans" count" for as many <br />program~ as possible by having <br />funding <1gencies revie-tO them. <br />