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Approval to Enter Into a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a Section 22 Planning Assistance to States (PAS) Study
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SUBMITTED BY: AnnMarie Lain, Certified Floodplain Manager
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $100,000.00
Unencumbered Balance: $2,531,238.00
Funding Source: 310-8060-58000 (Flood Mitigation CIP Account)
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Approve authorization to enter into a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a Section 22 Planning Assistance to States (PAS) Study.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In 2016 the Mayor's 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.
The City must submit a letter of intent to enter into the Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement for the PAS study along with a copy of this approval. The letter of intent is attached for your review.
The PAS study will assess the threats to current infrastructure, review existing data, identify critical data gaps, and collect data to fill these gaps where possible. Their analyses will assess the level of threat along each waterway and identify appropriate responses and discuss their likelihood for success. The intent is that this information will be of help to the City in prioritizing their resources to address the multiple flood threats in Valdez.
The study is estimated to cost $200,000. The study will be cost shared at 50/50; the non-Federal share of the $200,000 is $100,000. The non-Federal share can be provided in cash and/or work-in-kind services. Match funding for the PAS study was includ...
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