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<br />Barnes COlmty, North Dakota
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<br />BACI<GROUND
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<br />An abnlmn,ll \wl (yell- ",incL' 1'N:l had Ik'lxlloJ home... Yt'arly alnn~ thl' Sheyennl'
<br />Rin'T north and ~)lIlh 01 \'allt'~. City, ~U.ll1t' hOlN.... \n'n' built prior I() i.;,.;,uanct;' ill
<br />Flood In..urancl' R.1Il' .\Iap" (FIR\I), and all bUllllW \Wfl']470\ or e,uly IlfSi,)\, hilUS-
<br />in~.lllt' only olhl'f Ilc.oding thl' .;,tru(tun~ su..,tJinL"d \\'a... in 14/1-1.
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<br />PROJECTS
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<br />A f't'kx.ltion of the h\llN' ,It thl' !P\\l....t dt"',ltilln. Jnd J :-.t'H'n-hllOlt' buyout n'r~'nt-
<br />elf the htl/..<ud rniti~atit1n rwjl'l:!. B.lmL'''~' C\lunty Commb...ilmL'r... could nut put any
<br />ml\l1L'Y intil thl' pmjt'l't. thou~h thL'~ .lh'n't..J to ,1(t.1.;, f:o\L'mnwntal "pon....lf ~l tht'
<br />l'ml'rgt'ncy m,magt'r wuld .lcwmpli..h thl' pn1jl'CI. Thl' land (l\\'twrs p.lid flIT the k..:al
<br />"han' "jnct' thl'Y Weft' getting the gre,ltl':-l hl.'lldih. At thl' tinw tlf thl'X' pwjl'l.'b, .;,u~
<br />.;,tantial dam.l~t:' h.ld nnl ~'l.'n l'\pt'ril'ncl'd by thl' ~ hl)Tnl':'>. HlIWl'\W, thl~' prlljl'fb
<br />Wl'rt' dt'tt'fminl'li t(1 be rt'pt'titiw h." ~tru(tUTt..".
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<br />BENEFITS
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<br />The hnml'lIWnl'r.;, arl' ntll\" ...lft' ,md {lut of thl' tln(ll.l\\',l\'; ndncatt'l.i nut of lilt' Il....Jd
<br />plain; .md no lon~er l'xpt'riel1dn~ Yl'arly tl(xxiinM, '>t:'ptir tank bad, lip';', (.ll.htrophic
<br />pri\'.ltl' dikt' f.lilun>s; and d.lI1~l'roU';' tr.l\ d thnlu~h rdt)idly mll\ing Ikll,1I..l water gl't-
<br />tin~ 10 and hum thl'ir hnll""'" ttl !..t'l'P pump" going lx'hind ...mdb.lt;:' {lr "!tmg:hing it
<br />llUI" living in Ihl' lIrpt'r tlll.lf \\"ithllUI f'l\\\"t'r llr toikl f.Kilitil.... whik' b.lttling: the water
<br />tll minimiZl' damagl'. B.lml'S Clllmt~. 1,1\r,lYl'r~ LlId n{lt h,1\e to ray 1m tht,l,md o\\"n-
<br />t'r< purchasing mi.,.takt>..,. The land o\\"nl'r~ l'ithl'r Wl'fl'lxlughlllut hlf &i pen-ent (li
<br />thl' arrrai'-t-d \',llm' llr had a hllnW n'l(lcall'J. that thl'y could nlll "dllx'CalN' of n'jX'ti-
<br />th't' tltxxling. All but nnl' htlme owner ..t.Hl'l.i in tIll' ({lunty.
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<br />Bank.. did not l'xpt'ril'nCl' lll'o...t'" from bankruptcit,:,> llr honll' mQll'fS \\"'llking: d\\",lY
<br />tnlm their mortgagl's.
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<br />\\1ll'f"l' ro.""ibll', fuml'''' County tlff{'n'l.i Illl' llrF'L'r tllxlrLlf thl'X' houx.... fur "aiL' rather
<br />than demolition. This dr,lmatirallv fl'I..lum..i lIlt .,.ah',lgt' Co"b, The Cllunl\' collL'cll'li
<br />550JKXl on ~a]l'... inr re]lxat!on of ;tru(IUfl~ oul of thL' tlt....ll.ir1.lin. Thi:<o n~iucl'd dl'mt1]j.
<br />tion and 101 n....tnratit)l1 to 512,00'.1 tor ..i\ pfl11x'rtit;".Lli Ihl' bUH1Ut. Thl' ~'wnth h<l~ nt)1
<br />bt"l'n purch.N-d, Thl' S)(l,I'X'(l ~\"J." dq"l(l..itl'll into thl' prnk(1 ,1c(Ounl. At .Kcount dO"'l'-
<br />nut, tht' remdindl'rnf fund:. will lx, hlrnl'li back to tht' "tall' and FE;>'I:\.
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<br />Thl' :X:RCS rurchax'Li twu ]ot:- th,lt it i~ retuming: to natura] \'e).!;l'latinn a~ a l'L.luGltion-
<br />al plot. B.lml>';' County i.., ]t~a:;.ing nut llthl'r propOrtil.... tLlr r.l~hlfl' nr ipr h,lY land III
<br />partially make up i(lr tilt' tax Ins~..... Thl' [A'p,mnent of lnterillr h,b- purchax'l.i ,motht'r
<br />for.l fl'Cf"l'ational an'a adjacenl to thl' fj...h h.ltcht'TY.
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<br />In i1ddition, when pt'Nlrmd tnlffi thl' .'\atioI1J] fllll.xllrL.;,uranc{' Pro~rilm (,lme 10 pho-
<br />tograph f"l'pt'titiw ]0..... ...tructun>.." thn'L' of tht' fLlm rnlpertit."" l.ngt'tl-d had been
<br />turned 10 empty lob. One oi thl' h()mt' ownl'r... had at ICibl thn'(' S30,OXl c1aim~, and
<br />IHluld han.... had hql ffiLlrt' tlooJ... hold the home fl'maint'l.i on tht' lot. The fllurth land
<br />owner who ha~ l'xperil'nCl-d reJX'titin:' ]o..~... ha.. ne\'t'r reqUl":ott->d a buyout nr othl'r
<br />aid.
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<br />PROJECT COST
<br />So;O,OOJ
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<br />FUNDING SOURCES
<br />Landll\\'nl'r-;, SWle, FE\lA-H\lGr.
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