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private property, historic and cultural sites, state nearshore water quality standards, rivers, streams, forests, watersheds, water aquifers, and all other land and natural resources through the regulation of grubbing and grading associated with construction, agriculture and other eatthmoving activities" 17.1.2 Requiring the County Department of Public Works ("DPW') to independently verify the natural watercourses and drainage patterns represented in permit application plans and map through inspection and inquiry, such as reference to past permits granted to adjacent TMKs. 17.1.3 Preventing DPW from allowing the alteration of natural watercourses insofar as those alterations affect neighboring properties and requiring mitigation by the permit applicant of any redirection of water flows into existing natural watercourses. 17.1.4 Requiring DPW to prepare flooding potential assessment reports, and attaching such reports to all approved permits. 17.1.5 Requiring DPW to map all grubbing and grading permits issued by TMK_ Any flooding observations made by the public and/or DPW employees or flooding complaints made by the public would be documented and filed by TMK. The DPW would be required to accumulate this and other information to make an annual assessment of the specific and cumulative impacts of grubbing/grading permits on natural watercourses and drainage patterns throughout the County. The DPW would be required to investigate any significant changes noted in the annual grubbing/grading impact assessment map and supporting documentation to the County Council, together with a plan of action to resolve changes which resulted in additional flooding. 17.1.6 Requiring permit applications to identify the licensed heavy equipment operator(s) that will perform grubbing/grading activities. 17.1.7 Requiring DPW to track permit violations by applicant, TMK, and licensed operator, and requiring DPW to present an annual report to the County Council of permit violations by applicant, TMK, and licensed heavy-equipment operator. 17.1.8 The implementation of educational processes as a part of the permitting process; 17.1.9 Adding to Chapter 10 detailed definitions of activities falling under the categories of grubbing, removal of surface vegetation, and grading, to provide better notice to the permit holder of permitted activities; 10.2 The following new Section 17.6 is hereby added to the Settlement Agreement: 17.6 In an effort to provide greater protection for cultural, historical and burial sites, and at the request of the Plaintiffs, the County Administration shall work with Plaintiffs to draft, introduce (within six months after the Effective Date) and support 5