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<br /> <br />D <br /> <br />"No higher duty can devolve <br />upon the city authorities than <br />that of protecting the <br />property, health, and lives of <br />the people; this is their <br />pennanent duty - a duty <br />which cannot be evaded, nor <br />can their right to do so be <br />lost by neglect or bartered <br />away. <br /> <br /> <br />City oflt'elch vs Afitchell <br />/2/ SE. 165 (1924) <br />The firs! court case inmlvinl? <br />floodplain regulations. <br /> <br />- <br />I <br />! <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />...;k <br /> <br />~ <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />.~-~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~ '"'?". ,;~=;--::. .~.~ <br />'If ~ ~."'::_ <br />,~ ~..~ ~- ~ ~ <br /> <br />- <br />'%';;' <br /> <br />Planning for Resource Protection & Restoration <br /> <br />Planners who value their community's long term vitality and high quality of life should <br />support a highly participatory approach for planning resource protection and restora- <br />tion in the floodplain. Building consensus among all affected stakeholders, hO\l,:cver <br />diverse, best provides an opportunity to establish mutually supportive partnerships and <br />offers the obvious benefits of commitment to basic goals and objectives and more mean- <br />ingful implementation. Initially, however, any group must decide on a basic organiza- <br />tional approach. Options might include allowing all planning and resource acquisition <br />to be accomplished by: <br /> <br />o a government agency <br />o a private nonprofit association <br />o a public-private partnership <br /> <br />\Vhichever organizational option is chosen, a community approach is needed that in- <br />volves various, diverse stakeholders in planning floodplain use and management, e.g., <br />land owners, resource managers, local government, environmental advocates, and ag- <br />ricultural and business interests. One of the best ways to start is to do an informal <br />reconnaissance-just invite people to walk the floodplain area together. In the process, <br />the members can start to compile natural resource information as well as floodplain <br />management problems. This is a time to collect ideas, not debate priorities or approaches. <br />This process might need to be repeated, depending on the number and interest of stake- <br />holders. The key is to build ownership of the decision-making process by providing <br />opportunities for all stakeholders to contribute. These experiences should generate a <br />fairly comprehensive list which may include needs, concerns, desires, problems, issues <br />and even solutions from which goals and objectives can be developed. Goals should <br />reflect more general directions and objectives should delineate the more specific means <br />of accomplishing those goals. <br /> <br />Next, choose an approach among single purpose, multiple purpose or comprehensive <br />planning. If thc issues are very focused and small in scale, a single purpose approach <br />may be appropriate. C.g., such as creating a river floodplain park. ~10st groups opt to <br />use a multiple purpose approach; that is, to work simultaneously to meet several needs. <br />e.g.. preserving wildlife habitats. reducing flood losses and enhancing water quality in <br />the floodplain. <br /> <br />.u <br />