<br />Step Seven
<br />Mon itor Your Pion *
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<br />Overview:
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<br />Planning doesn't stop once you;;;'
<br />initiated your plan. If anoodmllt
<br />program is to succeed, ii is ilTlp~
<br />update the plan periodically. "'i"
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<br />This section suggests how to develoP.l!.A~"A
<br />monitoring system to update your.floOd i,,,:::
<br />mitigation plan. A monitoring systb.;{/;:,\;;;:
<br />also helps keep your plan runningon",';;....
<br />schedule even when you have otherjoos,id
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<br />or duties to perform. This section ",i1!;i;';.
<br />also show you how to link your.n~.:~.i;>
<br />mitigation program to the admiriisliiition'f"
<br />and enforcement of your local floO~plain,0'r
<br />zOrling program. . ,~~:vtt~t.~.j:\
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<br />"Plans are worthless.
<br />Planning is essential"
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<br />-Dwight D. Eisenhower
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<br />Good plans do not sit still-they are dynamic
<br />and subject to change as conditions and issues
<br />evolve. This is especially true when dealing
<br />with ever-changing, natural phenomena such as
<br />floodplains. Therefore, planning to mitigate
<br />damages due to flooding needs to be resilient
<br />and flexible. Remember this as you review and
<br />update your community's flood mitigation plan
<br />to assess whether the community is reaching its
<br />stated goals and objectives.
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<br />III don't have the time
<br />to monitor plans, I have
<br />other things to do!"
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<br />Local officials wear different hats and are
<br />responsible for multiple assignments. Few have
<br />the luxury of focusing on one assignment, task
<br />or plan. Therefore, the community must adopt a
<br />monitoring system to keep people, and the plan,
<br />on task and on time.
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<br />Where are we now?
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<br />Step One:
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<br />Identify your problems
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<br />Step Two: Identify your goals and objectives
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<br />Step Three: Collect the infonnation and conduct the analysis
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<br />Step Four: Prepare your concept (draft) plan
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<br />COMMUNITY FLOOD MITIGATION PLANNING GUIDEBOOK
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<br />Step Five:
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<br />Prepare your final plan
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<br />Step Six:,., Implement you~ p!:,~
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<br />The system uses a project work schedule to
<br />identify the steps and timeline for implementing
<br />the mitigation project as well as people's
<br />contribution to project implementation (known
<br />as "critical path method"). While you may make
<br />adjustments throughout the process as new
<br />issues emerge and evolve, this method ensures
<br />that you remain on course in implementing your
<br />program. The person responsible for overseeing
<br />the mitigation program can maintain the work
<br />schedule.
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<br />· Ponions of this
<br />section were
<br />adaptedfrom the
<br />Mitigation Guide-
<br />book for Northeast
<br />Illinois, (1995).
<br />Prepared for the
<br />Nonheast Illinois
<br />Regional Planning
<br />Commission by
<br />French and
<br />Associates, LTD.
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