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WAY 2 1989 Roar l r., c 757 the county during the occurrence of the base flood discharge shall be prohibited." He emphasized that it specifically says any increase. In discussion it was noted that taking the capacity for storage out of the system results in raising the flood levels elsewhere and also extends the period of time that area would be under water. Commissioner Bowman commented that she had always felt that one day we would have to stop doing this. Commissioner Scurlock asked if this would make our acquisi- tion of the Hoffman property less expensive, and Director Davis felt that any lands within the 100 year flood plain would be less valuable. Commissioner Bird noted that there is a tremendous amount of property along the river in our county, and Attorney Collins commented that the sentence just before the one quoted by Director Davis says that "......the area chosen for the regulatory floodway must be designed to carry the water of the base flood without increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one foot at any point." He felt that may provide a little bit of leeway. He explained they are not saying you can't build within areas that are subject to flooding. What they are saying is that in order to get insurance, the base building elevation must be at least as high as what they know the 100 year flood will be. The restriction on filling applies only to those areas that are designated as floodways themselves. Commissioner Bird noted that this would be a cumulative thing because no one development would cause that result by itself, and he continued to express his concern about how far we can go in denying people use of their property if they can't get the flood insurance. Commissioner Scurlock believed we must look at the cumula- tive effect, and we must look at the long range effect'of human impact on environment so that we don't exceed the limit of the 30 M M r