We would like to release this information to the developer community, because they invested the money into this, and we certainly do not want future homeowners in Maple Park to be below the flood plain.

It may seem OK to lower (the elevation) to below the current level proposed, but I am not be sure it would be of service to future residents just to lower the cost impact now.

When we plugged in (the data) from that rainfall from the 1996 flood, we achieved an elevation in excess of what actually happened in '96.

As you know, Maple Park has a flood plain around it, but it was an approximate zone. We thought it would be helpful to research and develop and do an in-depth study.

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