Table 7.

Goals Assessment

SOURCE	EXISTING GOAL STATEMENTS	EFFECTIVENESS FOR MITIGATION
Chapel Hill	The Comprehensive Plan presents guidelines for urban services	The comprehensive plan outlines goals, objectives, and
Comprehensive Plan	and rural buffer zones, conservation of Chapel Hill’s natural	implementation strategies. This plan allows the town to
	setting, and the establishment of greenways and bike trails.	make guidelines that best benefit Chapel Hill.
		This utility will finance and manage stormwater runoff, soil
Chapel Hill	Adopt a dedicated source of funding for stormwater management	erosion, and sedimentation control in Chapel Hill.  This will help
Comprehensive Plan	no later than 12/1/2004	mitigate flood problems caused by unmaintained or failing
		stormwater infrastructure.
		The guidelines are clearly defined. However, there is concern
Chapel Hill	The purpose of the Development Ordinance is to protect the health	with the RCD which permits streets "where there is a practical
Development	safety and welfare of the town and its surrounding area.  This is to	necessity." Some of the regulations may allow too much leeway.
Ordinance	be accomplished through zoning regulations and restrictions in	Still, town zoning sets very important standards and guidelines
	Chapel Hill	for future development.  The revised Development Ordinance
		will address more stringent RCD and stormwater management
		guidelines.
1998 Chapel Hill		The plan incorporates other ordinances such as the RCD into its
Greenways	The greenway plan provides a direction for the physical	future plans. The goals are realistic, realizing potential problems
Comprehensive	development of the greenway system.	as well as making important recommendations pertaining to land
Master Plan		acquisition.  This plan provides the best alternative to
		conventional development.

Table 7. (continued)

Goals Assessment

SOURCE	EXISTING GOAL STATEMENTS		EFFECTIVENESS FOR MITIGATION
	The University is committed to a development plan that prevents		The Town may rely on the University to maintain or decrease the
UNC	any increase in the volume of stormwater runoff leaving		amount of runoff in transition areas between Town property and
Development	the campus, the rate at which runoff leaves the campus, or the		University property.  The Town may also analyze mitigation
Plan	pollutant load conveyed in that runoff.		ideas used by the University plan (i.e. porous pavement
			installation, rainwater collection systems, vegetated roofing).
Capital		The Capital Improvements Program (CIP) is a financial plan for the		The Town can use the CIP to identify specific funding amounts
Improvements		Town's major capital and infrastructure needs.  The CIP identifies		and sources for mitigation projects over the next 15 years (see
Program		capital needs, establishes priorities, identifies potential funding		Table 4 for individual funding sources.)
(2001-2016)		sources and includes needs for which sources have not been
		identified.
National Flood		This program is an attempt to provide relief for flood victims by		Through this program, incentives and funding is available to the
Insurance		endorsing management that will increase the community’s		Town to protect itself from future flooding damages.
Program Grants		protection from flood damages.
(FEMA)
Project Impact		Project Impact seeks to assist communities in becoming disaster-		This funding could be very useful to reduce losses for the Town,
		resistant and thereby minimizing flood losses.		but mitigation options will be approached from a regional
				perspective.
Community Rating				Under the CRS, flood insurance premium rates are adjusted to
System- National		CRS is another government program that recognizes and		reflect reduced flood risk resulting from community activities that
Flood Insurance		rewards actively mitigating communities.		meet the goals of the CRS: (1) reduce flood losses; (2) facilitate
Reform Act 1994				Accurate insurance rating; and (3) promote the awareness of
				flood insurance.