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<br /> <br />to planning of water-associated projects within the particular <br />area of responsibility of such agency or institution, <br /> <br />The State Coordinating Group for Water and Related <br />Land Resources Planning was formed in 1963 on initiation of <br />the Resources Council. All State agencies and institutions <br />with administrative responsibilities in area of water are <br />represented, Committees have been formed and are at work <br />on specific aspects of a comprehensive plan, Various mem- <br />bers of this group also serve on committees involved in the <br />federal planning of water resources in the Upper Mississippi <br />and Missouri River Basins, <br /> <br />d, Flood plain regulations <br /> <br />The flood plain management program administered by <br />the Resources Council is a relatively new concept in flood <br />damage prevention, Historically, man has tried to reduce <br />flood damages through the exercise of control over the river in <br />time of flood, Dams and reservoirs, levees, dikes, flood walls, <br />and channel improvements have been constructed at great cost, <br />principally by Federal, State and local governments, The <br />steady increase in flood hazards and damages despite the, <br />expenditure of billions of dollars in tax funds has led to a new <br />approach to the reduction of these hazards and damages, the <br />exercise of control over the land adjacent to the river through <br />the planned management and development of flood hazard areas, <br /> <br />Regulation of flood plain use can be carried out by a <br />variety. of means - - encroachment lines, zoning ordinances, <br />subdivision regulations, and modifications or additions to <br />building codes, Park and open space development, evacuations, <br />urban renewal, flood proofing, tax reduction, and warning signs <br />are other methods which may be helpful in minimizing flood <br />damages, particularly in special localized areas, <br /> <br />Flood plain regulation involves the establishment of <br />legal tools with which to control the extent and type of develop- <br />ment which will be allowed to take place on the flood plains, <br />There are two basic objectives of such regulation, The first <br />is to assure the retention of an adequate floodway for the <br />river, floodway being defined as the channel and those portions <br />of the adjoining flood plains which are reasonably required to <br /> <br />12 <br />