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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Example Problem Statement for McLake <br /> <br />1. The base flood on Crows Branch affects 150 <br />homes and 12 businesses, This is the area <br />mapped as "Zone A." There is approximately <br />two homs of warning time on Crows Branch at <br />the upstream City limits. <br /> <br />2, The Crows Branch floodway downstream of the <br />railroad is subject to average flood velocities <br />greater than five feet per second and is <br />considered a high hazard area. There are seven <br />houses in this area that are deteriorating. Some <br />are vacant <br /> <br />3, Repetitive flooding of Tributary A of Crows <br />Branch affects 12 homes in the Thomas <br />Subdivision, This area faces the greatest and <br />most frequent damage from flooding and is <br />designated priority area # I, <br /> <br />4, The Montrose shopping center was built in a <br />depression and floods on the average once every <br />other year during heavy rains, resulting in <br />damage to inventories and parked cars, lost <br />business, and a threat to public health, It is <br />designated as priority area #2, <br /> <br />5, The Rescue Squad office, the wastewater <br />treatment plant, and the Baltimore and Second <br />Street bridges are floodprone critical facilities. <br /> <br />6. While only flooded once in the last 40 years, the <br />impact of flooding on the wastewater treabnent <br />plant is so great that it is designated as priority <br />area #3, <br /> <br />7, Sewer backup and poor local drainage is a <br />problem for buildings with basements and split <br />level homes throughout town. <br /> <br />8, Gonnan Woods is a unique asset with <br />recreational and educational benefits that should <br />be preserved and protected, <br /> <br />9, Flooding and stonnwater problems can be <br />expected to worsen if current watershed <br />development practices continue. <br /> <br />A plan needs to discuss the other objectives besides protection from natural hazards, During this <br />phase of the planning process, you should be involving people with other interests, such as <br />recreation, water quality, economic development and historic preservation, Some of them may <br />have already prepared plans or written problem statements that they can give you, <br /> <br />A final topic that should be addressed is the future. Your problem definition should review <br />expected changes to the watershed and floodplain, especially the development potential of vacant <br />land, It should also note the trends for redeveloping floodprone areas, <br /> <br />6. SET PLANNING GOALS <br /> <br />Up to now, the planning work has been relatively noncontroversial, You have been talking to <br />agencies and organizations and collecting and recording facts. Now comes the tough part - <br />getting people to agree on what should be done. <br /> <br />Goals are general statements of direction, such as "reduce flood damage to existing buildings" or <br />"improve recreational opportunities." Objectives are more specific targets, Examples of <br />objectives that support these two goals could be "acquire and relocate the homes on Small Creek <br />between 1 II and 3111 Streets" and "double the number of boat slips so more people can use the <br />lake." <br /> <br />The KIO_Step" Mitigation Planning Process <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />May 1999 <br />