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Clinton News-Record, 1983-04-20, Page 45Pacts 6-- Valleys and People Naftel's Cre C:uL1rLnu, d taum pay[ 5 DEVELOPMENT 'ID DATE In addition to the planning that has taken place at Nalte! s ('reek there have been several small projects undertaken at the site In ()ember 1982 a parking lot was developed on the property directly adjacent Co Highway 21 This parking lot. an information kiosk and trail signage were completed with the financial assistance of a federal -provincial supplemented Parks Program The Authority 's major concern in 1982, was to put in a parking lot which would help alleviate road k Conservation Area side parking problems In future it use tit the Conservation Area warrants an increase in parking facilitiesthen this can be easily accommodated Work scheduled un the property during 1983 includes the trail marking as previously mentioned and some limited trail Maintenance un several specific segments tit the trails Pl 131.1(• INP1'1' Nu planning process is curs piety without the input of the people who we are planning for the residents of the Maitland Valley watershed The planrung •....t..., e....11,111 INOMAORMS ice•.. kst�l *MO O I WOWS. mi. .dra,e_ enesito ' •R.l, MO ill g•, stage is the nwst important nine W have your upiriiuru heard when your viewpoints can have the most impact belure the piaster plan tor the area is corn pleted What we would like to know ti um v uu ns N HAT 41011_Ir 1 til LIKE To ,EE Foil THE PROPERTY IN THE Li \l; •fEF(%l" and N HAT Uo Vol: THINK of AIIAT HAS BEEN DUNE SO F'AR' Public open houses w ill be scheduled later in the spring ot 1983 to discuss these questions 11 you would like more information un Nattel s t'reek Consery anon Area ur would like to send your comments un the development of the Area please write ur phone the Conservation Authority s office Box 5 Vr roxeter S35 335 Development objectives for Naftel's Creek Conservation Area FottEs tiVii to develop both wuudiut and plantation man agement programs for the site order to improve i timber production 2 w ildhte habitat FISHERIES. to develop a stream irnprovernent program through stream ba tik erosion control work t illi\(( \111 KF. 1 \ I Iii\s lu div elute an out door inter pretanuri program It Fa HE.1TIU\. to pruvidr ex tensive fomes of day use rec reams through the develop men( ot cross-country skiing and hiking trail systems NOTES and LEGEND ' • 1. RED PINE 111 2. MIXED CONIFER 3. CEAR WOODS 4. MAPLE W; ®DS CEDAR LOWLANDS 6. WETLAND FOREST ;Am 111-arl. 7. TAMARACK WHITE PINE 9. REGENE;' AT ION AREA 1 RUSH 11. BEECH W,1®DS 12. MIXED PATHWAY along Nail system EGET 11 N INVENT RY N Maitland valley Conservation Authority CO\SERVATIN •,REA %AETEL.'S CREEK �(A[F 1 A A J (I '11 MAP 1 gi In September of 1982, the Ontario government an pounced the planning policies which municipalities and conservation authorities are to follow for regulating land use in floodplain areas These policies are to be used as a planning guide by local governments to ensure that future housing and other developments will not be subject to an unaccept- able leve! of flood risk The objectives of these provincial policies are to prevent flood related loss of life, mirunnze property damage and social disruption and to encourage a coordinated approach to land use and water manage- ment The Province has delegated the responsibility of im- plementing these policies to the local municipalities and the conservation authorities. To meet this responsibility, the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has established a compre- hensive floodplain management program The purpose of this program is to assist municipalities in identifying floodprone lands and to implement measures to reduce the effects of flooding where development is affected. This assistance takes the form of providing flood warnings to municipalities, providing funds for capital projects such as channel improvements and the acquisition of floodprone developments. In this article we would like to take time to outline in more detail the criteria and policies which have been set out by the Provincial government. FLOODPLAIN DEFINED First let us examine what qualifies as a floodplain. A floodplain is the relatively flat area of land beside a river or stream. It is an area naturally prone to flood- ing This land is actually part of a river's living space, which it uses from time to time to carry extra water that enters its system. Because of the area's suscepti- bility to flooding, buildings constructed within its boundaries are most liable to water and -or ice damage. FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARIES Because every flood is different, the Province has set out artificial standards for calculating the limits of the floodplain. In the Maitland watershed this standard is based on the flooding which would occur as a result of a "Regional Storm." The "Regional Storm" is based upon the conditions which occurred when Hurricane Hazel caused a devastating flood in the Humber River Valley in Toronto in 1954. These conditions are trans- posed over the Maitland watershed to determine the limjto of the floodplain. While this standard is fairly higl"i, the Province allowed some flexibility in its policy options for municipalities and conservation authorities to use in planning floodplain lands. This flexibility allows for the Authority and the municipality to identify another flood line based on a lesser flood event in areas where there is extensive development already in the floodplain. This lesser z j Typical cc 0 1,of a Riv 0, 0z Lu FLOOD FRINGE CHECK BEFORE YOU DIG—If you are planning to co renovate a building; place fill on property near a wa or alter a watercourse you should first contact the Valley Conservation Authority to see what the pot flooding is, and if there are any regulations you are r abide by. REMEMBER: floodplain regulations are for tection and will ensure that your investment will be tected in the event of a flood.