Flood Mitigation Task Force Report as PDF...Slides courtesy City of Austin Watershed Protection...
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Shoal Creek – October 2016
Waller Creek Flooding (D4) Memorial Day 2015
FLOOD MITIGATION TASK FORCE REPORT
September 2015 – May 2016
22 members
Slides courtesy City of Austin Watershed Protection Department
Recommendation – clearing & cleaning of creeks and streams
Allandale Village 1954 (source: The University of North Texas Libraries (http://texashistory.unt.edu)
Redevelopment – When Old meets New
CodeNext
When New Meets Old
●CodeNext Recommendations
●Continue RSMP, but enhance oversight
●Continue to endorse flood plain variance criteria
●Include Environmental Commission in flood plain variance request
Detention Pond @Triangle Regional Stormwater Management Program (RSMP)
2006 WPD Bonds
What next? When?
Watersheds Don’t Recognize Political Boundaries
● Recommendations, including:
● “Form a regional council or task force comprised of water management, safety, and environmental organizations to look at regional storm water management”.
● Coordination with United States Geological Survey (USGS) to add more flood hardened rain and flood stage gauges….”
Public Safety & Education
● Expand the Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) to
a regional scale
● School Campuses
● Vulnerable Populations
● “1st Responder” Resources
Public Safety & Education
● 197 Schools in City of Austin
● 35 with 100-year floodplain on property
● 7 with access flood risk in 100-year storm event
● 4 with building flood risk in 100-year storm event
● 40 with 500-year floodplain on property ● 16 with access flood risk in 500-year storm
event
● 11 with building flood risk in 500-year storm event
The REAL Cost!
Its about lives!