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<br />Slide LS. Greenway along Mingo Creek in Tulsa, Oklahoma <br /> <br />This shows the greenwayalong Mingo Creek in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa used to have <br />the worst record of any community in the flood insurance program. Property along <br />Mingo Creek had been flooded in 9 out of 15 years. Finally, the city began to relocate <br />buildings out of the 100-year floodplain, creating this greenway. The city also adopted <br />new floodplain management regulations substantially exceeding the NFIP minimum <br />requirements and now Tulsa property owners have the lowest flood insurance <br />premiums in the nation-25% lower than its prior rates. <br /> <br />Slide L6. Boulder Creek, Boulder, Colorado <br /> <br />To the extent that the reconstruction plan you just completed reduces the potential for <br />future flooding, it is a plan for mitigation. One point of this task is that you do not need <br />to wait for a flood to plan and carry out mitigation actions. This shows Boulder Creek <br />winding its way through the City of Boulder, Colorado. The last serious flooding on <br />the creek was Memorial Day 1894-100 years ago. However, the flood potential was <br />documented by the Army Corps of Engineers and a 1977 study recommended lining the <br />creek channel with concrete to control flooding. <br /> <br />Slide L7. Houses being removed from floodplain, Boulder <br /> <br />Boulder residents fought to keep the creek channel in its natural state and, in 1987, the <br />council adopted an ordinance prohibiting the issuance of building permits for any <br />structure with sleeping quarters in the high-hazard zone along Boulder Creek. In 1992, <br />Boulder also initiated a program to purchase and remove buildings in order to reduce <br />the size of the high-hazard area, particularly at the high school site. This shows a house <br />being removed. <br /> <br />Slide LB. Soccer field on former house sites, Boulder <br /> <br />This shows a soccer field developed in 1994 on the sites from which the houses were <br />removed. <br /> <br />Slide L9. Map showing the high-hazard zone before the relocation project, Boulder <br /> <br />The purple areas on this map show the high-hazard zone along Boulder Creek before <br />the relocation of buildings. The largest building, shown on the right side of the slide, is <br />the high school. <br /> <br />Script-Task L, page 2 <br />