Onion Creek

Onion Creek

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!