1. Cedar Falls home in the floodway

2. Brand new homes built in the floodplain by current rules, all had 4 feet of water in their living rooms

3. Looking East over Northern Cedar Falls

4. Big Problem Current law allows filling, degrading, and impairing floodplains, especially in urban areas Current law allows re-building in the floodway Local Boards of Adjustments routinely grant variances, and DNR routinely approves

5. Common urban floodplain to be developed

6. Common urban floodplain development

7. Cedar Falls’ New Floodplain Ordinance 500-year flood event as the regulatory flood elevation No new subdivisions in the 500- year floodplain Floodplain Task Force to recommend fine-tuning minor changes to the ordinance