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<br />Unquestionably. without the SARFs, we would not be able to meet the needs of <br />victims of Fran, due to some built in limitations in how HMGP funds can be <br />used, Basically. SARFs enable us to help victims move to safe, decent and <br />sanitary housing outside the floodplain, which in the end is using public <br />money for a public purpose, " <br />- Gail Brock, NC Division of Community Assistance, March 25, 1999 <br /> <br />Clean Water Management Trust Fund <br /> <br />Another Important state tool Is North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust <br />Fund (CWMTF), established by the General Assembly in 1996 to provide grants to <br />local governments, state agencies, and conservation non,profit organizations, The <br />program goal is to help finance projects that speclficaily address water poilutlon <br />problems including those that enhance or restore degraded waters, protect unpol- <br />luted waters, and/or contribute to a network of riparian buffers and greenways for <br />environmental, educational. and recreational benefits, Exhibit 2 shows the distri- <br />bution of funded projects by general purpose, <br /> <br /> <br />IHl - Acquisition <br />D Planning <br /> - <br />.... <br />[J - Storm Water <br />u <br />1ZI - Restoration <br />~ - Wastewater <br /> <br />Exhibit 2, Clean Water Management Trust Fund <br />projects by general purpose, <br /> <br />As several North Carolina communities are discovering, the CWMTF can be com, <br />bined with other programs to achieve multiple objectives, The Town of Boone Is <br />developing an Integrated approach to hazard mitigation and sustainable develop- <br />ment by packaging the CWMTF with the HMGP, the SARF, and the CDBG In a major <br />initiative to reduce flood hazards and promote other community goals, <br /> <br />Coastal Area Management Act <br />Enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1974, the Coastal Area Man- <br />agement Act (CAMA) establishes minimum construction guidelines for the 20 <br />coastal counties, The CAMA requires ail local governments, including cities and <br />towns, to prepare land use plans that address hazard mitigation and post-storm <br />reconstruction, Administered by the North Carolina DCM, the CAMA can playa <br />pivotal role in shaping future initiatives to link hazard mitigation with sustainable <br />development, Through the regulatory and planning processes, the DCM Is weil, <br />positioned to Intervene at the local level to make the necessary changes to improve <br />the hazard resilience of natural systems (beaches, dunes, and wetlands) and the <br />built-environment, <br /> <br />