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Tuscaloosa County
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---4. to minimize expenditure of public money and costly flood control projects;

---5.to minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;

---6.to minimize prolonged business interruptions, and;

---7.to insure that potential buyers are notified that property is in a flood area.

7. Ibid, Article 2, Section B, “The Areas of Special Flood Hazard identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its Flood Insurance Study (FIS), dated September 28, 2007 with accompanying maps and other supporting data and any revision, thereto, are adopted by reference and declared a part of this ordinance.”

8.Ibid, Article 2, Section B, “Areas of Special Flood Hazard may also include those ares known to have flooded historically or defined through standard engineering analysis by governmental agencies or private parties but not yet incorporated in the FIS.

A draft FIS can be prepared by a study contractor to FEMA under 44 CFR Part 66 or by appellants under 44 CFR Part 65 for the purpose of establishing or revising.

9. Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Brundtland Report 1987

10."Governance is not government -- it is the framework of rules, institutions, and practices that sets limits on the behavior of individuals, organizations and companies", United Nations, Human Development Report, 1999, page 8.

Tuscaloosa County's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, Article 4, Section C, 1b

Ibid, Article 6, Definitions

Ibid, Article 6, Definitions

14. Channel 11 KHOU Houston Texas, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4FF-Y2k_w, see also http://www.houstonfloodway.org/ and http://www.houstonfloodway.org/documents/PatOConnor_COH_Ordinance1943_041408_Letter.pdf

"Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." John Adams