12/23/2003 Resolutions 2003-389
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2003-389
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island has been working with the Central Platte
Natural Resources District on a feasibility study and preliminary design of flood control measures in
the northwest area of Grand Island; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has lOO-year
flood maps that generally show the flood path north of Capital Avenue and west of Webb Road with
an additional area between U.S. Highway 281 and Webb Road bounded by State Street on the south
and Capital Avenue on the north; and
WHEREAS, the study has shown that the extent of a 100-year flood will be much
larger than the area covered by the 1 OO-year FEMA flood maps, it will cover a significant portion of
the city that lies west of U.S. Highway 281 between U.S. Highway 30 and Nebraska Highway 2 as
well as the flooding along Prairie Creek and Silver Creek extends upstream ofthe city in a westerly
direction into Hall County; and
WHEREAS, project components have been identified for providing flood control for
this area that will be beneficial to the City of Grand Island; and
WHEREAS, the recommended plan to accomplish the flood control is through the
creation of upland and lowland flood control structures such as using roadways to act as dams,
building berms to keep the creeks within their banks, and through the construction of water detention
cells that would be built on 700 acres at the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant; and
WHEREAS, funding is necessary to proceed with such flood control project; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that funding from the Natural Resource Development
Fund administered by the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources may be used to finance a
substantial portion of the construction costs; and
WHEREAS, a joint application by the City and the Central Platte Natural Resources
District for funding from the Natural Resource Development Fund is suggested; and
WHEREAS, funding from the Natural Resource Development Fund is not provided
until the time of construction, therefore the City would not be obligated to reimburse the Nebraska
Department of Natural Resources for project expenditures if the project is not constructed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, thatthe City of Grand Island supports the proposed
Prairie/Silver Creek/Moores Creek flood control project, and authorizes a grant application to be
submitted to the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources for the amount of $9.3 million to
finance a portion of this project.
Approved as to Form IX 0
December 18, 2003 IX City Attorney
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
execute such grant application and other documentation on behalf of the City of Grand Island to
complete such grant funding phase of the project.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, December 23,2003.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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