RMWB Council meets for a second day to debate the administration’s updated flood mitigation options.
Mayor and Councillors began their videoconference meeting on Sept. 15 to examine the infrastructure performance report.
That report covers the Municipality’s infrastructure during the 2020 Flood and its preparedness for 2021.
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Prior to recess, RMWB Council unanimously approved a motion for the Taiga Nova Eco-Industrial Park.
Administration identified an opportunity to complete structural mitigation for the Taiga Nova Eco-Industrial Park by filling in a gap in the existing berm alignment and raising the existing berm to 250.5 m. The estimated cost for this would be $4M. #rmwb #ymm
— rmwoodbuffalo (@RMWoodBuffalo) September 16, 2020
Introduced by Councillor Krista Balsom, the motion calls for completion of structural flood mitigation for Taiga Nova to the 1:200 year flood level.
To elevate the structural mitigation to the 1:200 year flood level for Taiga Nova Eco-Industrial Park would be $6.4M at 250.9m including half a metre of ‘freeboard’. #rmwb #ymm
— rmwoodbuffalo (@RMWoodBuffalo) September 16, 2020
It also will limit development below 250-meters, and introduce enhanced flood provisions in the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) for development above 250-meters.
Friendly amendments from Mayor Don Scott and Councillor Sheila Lalonde added a target completion date of Oct. 15, 2021.
Council passed that motion unanimously.
Mayor and Councillors will meet on Sept. 16 at 4:00 p.m. to continue discussion and debate on flood mitigation options.
