BOARD01769

• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2001
• Description: Flood Section - CWCB Flood Response Fund
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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The authorized flood response purposes are pre- and post~ flood event activities, Realizing that
general rainfaJl and thunderstonn flood events occur within hours and days, the staff desires to
have certain flood response preparedness activities in place and fully operational on an as-needed .
arrangement.

DNR Division of Purchasing has certain contractual procedures that must be followed for the
expenditure of state dollars, Staff appreciates these procedures and desires to act in a fiscally
responsible mlUU1er, To respond to these fiscal requirements, staff must implement certain
contractual documents in anticipation of a flood event. Tn addition, staff feels that the CWCB
Director should have authority for the expenditure of moneys from the Flood Response Fund,

THE PROGRAM

The staff will make a presentation to the Board regarding the features and activities that will be
carried out under the Flood Response Program, The objectives of the program are to provide
advance notices, document flood events, provide reasonable infonnation for flood recovery
operations, and deliver mitigation recommendations for-a "community response plan" rapidly,
The major program elements and acuvities of the CWCB flood response program are:

Flood Forecasting and Preparation - The activities will:
· utilize federal, state, local, and private experts for developing and providing accurate flood
outlooks and info11l1ation;
· f011l1alize a programmatic approach for providing concise flood threat potential; and
. maintain an aCiurate and functional CWCB Flood Page to info11l1 the public before a flood
event.

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Aerial Photography of Flooded Areas - The activities will:
· secure the actual flood event pictures showing the extent of the flood;
· make the pictures rapidly available for flood recovery operations; and
· compiie the data for future GIS uses,

Flood Documentation and Identification of Specific Hazards - The activities will:
· prepare a field report for a major flood event within 14 days from the date of occurrence;
· gather hydrologic and hydraulic info11l1ation for flood events;
. collect scientificlhistoric flood data for flood events;
. prepare damage assessments;
. generate valuable data and analysis for the development of mitigation recommendations; and
. prepare and produce field/annual flood documentlltion reports,

Evaluations and Revisions of Floodpiain Designations - The activities will:
· confi11l1 that hydrologic values are reasonable;
· verifY that the hydraulic determinations are repre$ent of field conditions; ,
. delineate the 100-year floodplain limits, if applicable; and
. present floodplain changes to the local entities, CWCB, and FEMA, if applicable,

Flood ProtectiQn. Water Project Planning and flinancing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning