Fargo Flood Control

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Fargo Flood Control Southside
Flood Protection Landowner Meeting, Maple
Prairie September 18, 2008
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25th Street South
St. Benedict
Cass Co Hwy 16
Wild Rice River
Interstate 29
1997 Spring Flood South of Fargo
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Fargo
Moorhead
Interstate 29
Rose Coulee
Frontier
25th Street South
Red River
Cass Co Hwy 81
Wild Rice River
1997 Spring Flood South of Fargo
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Southside Flood Control

• Provide Protection from overland flooding that
  threatens the majority of properties south of
  I-94.
• Prevent extensive expansion of South Fargo
  Floodplain and mandatory flood insurance
  requirement.
• Provide growth area, helping to keep our regions
  economy healthy

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Fargo
Interstate Hwy 94
West Fargo
Southside Flood Control
Moorhead
Preliminary 100 500 Year Floodplains
Horace
Interstate Hwy 29
Oxbow
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Southside Flood Control
West Fargo
Fargo
76th Avenue
Horace
Cass Co Hwy 81
Existing 100 500 Year Floodplains
Proposed 100 500 Year Floodplains
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Southside Flood Control
Wild Rice Levee Alternative with Channel
Extensions, Recoverable, and Supplemental Storage
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76th Avenue
Cass Co Hwy 81
1997 Spring Flood South of Fargo
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Maple Prairie
Base Option 0.4 M
Option 1, Levee 1.3 M
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Maple Prairie Resident Feedback
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Maple Prairie
Resident Feedback
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Maple Prairie
Resident Feedback
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Maple Prairie Concerns Raised

• Levee footprint 31 slope preferred
• Loss of trees/land
• Are there other options? Floodwall, Raise 76th,
  Levee North of 76th
• Larger culvert(s) through 76th
• Snow removal
• Property value reduction
• Interior drainage

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Maple Prairie
Option 2, Floodwall 3.7 M
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Maple Prairie
Option 3a, Road Raise 2.6 M
Option 3b, Road Raise/Realignment 1.5 M
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Maple Prairie
Technical Committee Preferred Option FEMA
Protection North of Maple Prairie
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Project Schedule
Development of options east of University Drive April-June 2008
City Commission Selection of preferred base alternative July 14, 2008
Public input meetings April 15 - September 2008
Environmental Assessment July December 2008
Consultant Selection July - December 2008
Begin Design December 2008
CLOMR Submittal July December 2008
CLOMR Approval March 2009
ROW Acquisitions October 2008 October 2009
Permitting September 2008 April 2009
Special Assessment District September December 2008
Begin Construction June 2009
Functional Completion March 2011
Final Completion July 2012
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Southside Flood Control
Questions / Discussion