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TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface ....................................................................................................................................................... iiiAcknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................vList <strong>of</strong> Figures ...........................................................................................................................................viList <strong>of</strong> Tables .......................................................................................................................................... viiIntroduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1Purpose and Goals .................................................................................................................................... 2Background ................................................................................................................................................ 3Project <strong>Area</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Land Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Regional and Local <strong>Plan</strong>ning Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<strong>Peoria</strong> General <strong>Plan</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Lake Pleasant/<strong>North</strong> <strong>Peoria</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<strong>Peoria</strong> Desert Lands Conservation <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5White Tanks/Grand Avenue <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Desert Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Desert Spaces-Environmentally Sensitive Development <strong>Area</strong>s . . . . . . . . . 6Environmental Hazards Identification ................................................................................................. 6Hydrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Geomorphic Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Sediment Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<strong>Flood</strong> and Erosion Hazard Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Environmental Characteristics ............................................................................................................... 9Biological Resource Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Cultural Resources Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Landscape Character and Visual Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Multiple-Use Opportunities ................................................................................................................. 12Public Involvement ................................................................................................................................ 13<strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Control</strong> Management Alternatives Development and Evaluation .................................... 13<strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Control</strong> Management Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Alternative Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Public Safety Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Social Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Environmental Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Economic Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17i

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