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Update on Stormwater and Flooding
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Board of Aldermen an update on various storm water and flooding issues in relation to recent rain events.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works, Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: JD Freeman, Director of Public Works, 918-7427, jfreeman@townofcarrboro.org; Trish McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION:
Following heavy rains and reports of high water levels in a few locations in Town, Board of Aldermen members requested that staff provide an opportunity for the Board to receive an update on the Team Carrboro Action Plan (TCAP)item (Public Works, 7/1/14 #2), "Flooding mitigation projects" and to consider a goal of setting specific action steps. The (TCAP) item includes carrying out detailed hydrologic studies related to preliminary engineering reported to the Board of Aldermen on May 19, 2015, and offering different funding mechanisms for consideration. This update also seeks to summarize the information received about flooding around town in December, the Town response, and the status of the applications for Hazard Mitigation Grant Project funding.
The Town has historically prepared for and responded to rainstorms by clearing culverts, communicating with homeowner's association representatives, monitoring water levels, and responding to requests for assistance from property owner's post-events. Regular monitoring of stormwater devices and conditions around town has also occurred. Following a particularly heavy rainfall in the late summer of 2012 , the Board of Aldermen received a request from Plantation Acres homeowners for action to alleviate flooding conditions and revisit some changes that had been proposed in relation to flooding in the early 1980's. Staff reviewed records of previous action, mapped all known storm impacts from the 2012 storm, prepared a chronology of stormwater management and flood elevations o...
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