ITEM TITLE:
Work Session: 2017 Flood Mitigation Action Plan
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Von Bargen, CED Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
None. Work session only.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Mayor’s Gravel/Levee/Flood Task Force met on January 24th to discuss a variety of items. The most important of many take-aways from that meeting was the development of a Flood Mitigation Action Plan for work to be accomplished this year (2017).
A group of City staff met on February 3rd to address the needs of all three rivers (Mineral Creek, the Valdez Glacier Stream, and the Lowe River) and to develop a draft 2017 Action Plan. Following that the City staff group met with incoming City Manager, Elke Doom, on February 7th (her second day on the job) to brief her on Flood Mitigation needs. The 2017 Action Plan was presented to the Task Force on February 10th. The Task Force recommended in favor of bringing the Action Plan to council for discussion at this work session.
The 2017 Flood Mitigation Action Plan is attached for Council review and discussion. It is the intent of staff to go through the list of items associated with each river. The GIS mapping system will be online in the Council Chambers so specific areas can be looked at in real time - this is why no static maps have been included with this agenda statement.
In addition to the Action Plan, a more detailed scope of work summary document (including timelines) provided by DOWL is included for Council review.