Flood Response Update (2/6/2019)

District 19

Alder Keith Furman

Alder Keith Furman,
Council President

District 19 Blog

February 6, 2019 1:44 PM

The Engineering Department has put together an excellent flooding overview that covers what has happened, background information on the upcoming process and some general timeframes on how the City plans to move forward.

Timeline:

June 16 - large rains > 100 year event in areas on the Westside
Aug 20 – Historic rain > 500 to 1000 year event in areas on the Westside
Aug 21 - November - Historic lake levels begin to subside
Nov 16 – Budget Amendment approved to provide additional funding for watershed and flood studies and for flood mitigation projects that were already in design
Dec 14 – Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Watershed study Consultants sent out
Jan 18 - RFQ Consultant selections made
Jan 25 – Request for Proposals (RFP) posted to consultants selected as part of RFQ process
Jan 30 - City website updated with flooding story map and voice over presentation created
Feb 15 - Selection of Consultants
Feb 26 - CC approval of Consultants (earliest possible date)
Early to mid-March - Public Informational Meeting and community engagement begins, including neighborhood meetings and/or focus group meetings
Spring 2019 Budgeting general dollars for flood mitigation projects and continued watershed and flood studies.
Summer of 2019 - Modeling and collection of calibration data
Summer/Fall 2019 - Public Informational Meeting to provide preliminary findings
Fall 2019 – calibration of modeling with data collected during the summer
Potential budget amendments for flood mitigation projects prior to Council approval of Capital Budget
Winter 2019/20 – Report results and list of potential solutions
Winter/Spring 2020 - Public Informational Meeting(s) to report results and potential solutions
Summer 2020 – Final watershed and flood studies to be completed
Summer/Fall 2020 – Design and permitting of first priority projects
Fall/Spring 2020-2021- Bidding of flood mitigation first priority projects
Summer/Fall 2021 – Construction of flood mitigation first priority projects

Specific timeframes for flood mitigation projects cannot be determined until a complete list of needed projects has been identified by the flood mitigation studies. The flood mitigation projects will take several years to complete and will be dependent on the Storm Water Utilities ability to fund them.

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