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Approval of Written Request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Initiate a Preliminary Analysis of Eligibility of a Lowe River 10-Mile Area Project for a Continuing Authorities Program, Section 205, Small Flood Damage Reduction Project
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SUBMITTED BY: AnnMarie Lain, Certified Floodplain Manager
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Approve a Written Request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Initiate a Preliminary Analysis of Eligibility of a Lowe River 10-Mile Area Project for a Continuing Authorities Program, Section 205, Small Flood Damage Reduction Project.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In 2016 the Mayors Flood Task Force met with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District to seek solutions to the City of Valdez's flooding and erosion concerns. It is the recommendation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District to move forward with a community-wide flood and erosion assessment study that would incorporate the Lowe River, Valdez Glacier Stream, and Mineral Creek via a Planning Assistance to States (PAS) study. They also recommend getting Valdez to the table on the National level, in line for a Continuing Authorities Program (CAP 205) project. The Corps Continuing Authorities Program is a group of nine legislative authorities under which the Corps of Engineers can plan, design, and implement certain types of water resource projects without additional project specific Congressional authorization.
While Federal flood risk management projects are designed to manage major flooding risks, the primary goal of the CAP 205 program is to reduce risk from flooding in smaller communities. Projects can include structural solutions such as channel enlargement, realignment, or paving; obstruction removal; levee and wall construction, bank stabilization and/or non-structural solutions such as flood warning systems.
To begin a CAP 2...
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