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DRAINAGE SUB -ELEMENT Goal Provide a drainage system for Indian River County which reduces the risk of property damage and inconvenience from long term flooding, promotes stormwater recharge of the shallow aquifer, reduces stormwater pollutant loading of the Indian River Lagoon and receiving waters and provides proper floodplain management. OBJECTIVE 1 FLOOD PROTECTION The County will ensure that all new development in the county has reasonable flood protection. - NO COMMENT OBJECTIVE 2 EXISTING DRAINAGE_ SYSTEMS The County will improve existing drainage systems to enhance discharge and reduce flooding, to maximize the use of existing drainage facilities, and to discourage urban sprawl. - NO COMMENT OBJECTIVE 3 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Drainage improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the 20 -year Drainage Improvement Plan. - NO COMMENT OBJECTIVE 4 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION The county will cooperate and assist federal, state, and local agencies having stormwater jurisdiction within Indian River County. - NO COMMENT OBJECTIVE 5 PRESERVATION OF FLOODPLAINS AND FLOODWAYS The County will protect and preserve natural floodplains and floodways. Mrs. Offutt referred to Policy 5.3 on Page 62, which says the County will require the preservation or compensation of floodplain storage for all new development within the 10 -year floodplain. She noted that at the P&Z meeting, it was discussed that rather than "compensation," they would provide "mitigation." Director Keating pointed out that this is not monetary compensation, but Mrs. Offutt argued that mitigating is a more accurate description. You are compensating for the floodplain; so, you are mitigating. Commissioner Scurlock noted that when you compensate, it is one for one; when you mitigate, it is not necessarily, and Director Keating agreed that was the difference. G231 41 BOOK � 6 F��E.7""