Lay-pack urges 'mitigate' flood language and flags new NFIP workload for county staff
Attendees recommended stronger, programmatic wording (replace 'reduce' with 'mitigate') for flood-hazard objectives and flagged that Community Development now administers the National Flood Insurance Program, creating new staffing and funding needs.
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Attendees recommended replacing weak phrasing on flood hazards with more actionable language, suggesting the plan should call for "programmatic efforts to mitigate flood hazards particularly in the greater Lakeport and Scots Valley areas." Participants emphasized watershed restoration and upstream projects (BLM data collection, removal of bridge impediments) as the substantive actions needed.
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