TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer
Jeremy Knapp, Engineering Services Analyst
DATE: April 12, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
Staff Contact Paul Mood, P.E., Town Engineer 480-348-3573
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Discussion on Flood Control District Projects Cost Benefit Analysis (30 Minutes)
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Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Infrastructure - For efficient and effective execution, review and seek improvements for planning, timing and coordination of infrastructure maintenance and enhancement.
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive information on Cost Benefit Analysis for Flood Control District Projects in anticipation of upcoming Capital Improvement Program Budget.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In 2017 the Town Council adopted Resolution 2017-08 (Attachment A) declaring the town's stormwater management policy. The Resolution was in response to the 2013 and 2014 rain and flood events that had initiated a town conversation on stormwater management. The policy says the town will:
A. provide storm water data and information available to it concerning the 100 year, 2 hour storm event to property owners;
B. participate in National Flood Insurance Program such that property owners have the ability to purchase federally backed flood insurance;
C. regulate development to mitigate the impacts of storm drainage;
D. budget for small (i.e. under the Capital Improvement Program financial threshold) flood control projects that benefit two or more Paradise Valley parcels and seek cost sharing opportunities for these or other storm water management projects; and,
E. consider cost-benefit analysis for all proposed projects.
As noted in item "D," it states the Town may budget for small (i.e. under the Capital Improvement Program financial threshold) flood control projects that benefit two or more Paradise Valley parcels. The Town will seek cost sharing opportunities for these and other stor...
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