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March 4, 2020
Mayor and City Council
Ross Bintner, P.E., Engineering Services Manager
Jessica V. Wilson, Water Resources Coordinator
Flood Risk Reduction Strategy, Draft Review Work Session
Information / Background:
In July 2019 staff began working with a resident task force to develop a Flood Risk Reduction Strategy. The
group met over a dozen times, investing hundreds of hours collectively. Through the work, staff and the task
force have created a framework and charted a path to reduce the risk of flooding to deliver on this simple
strategy; to comprehensively reduce flood risk throughout the community.
At the meeting, staff and task force members will present on the framework and strategy.
Staff is seeking Council feedback on the draft Flood Risk Reduction Strategy report, provided in the packet.
Quick Wins
Through the process, we uncovered some ‘quick-win’ actions to implement immediately.
Actions for Flood Resilient Homes Fact Sheets. These two-page fact sheets describe common
actions that people can take to reduce their own exposure and vulnerability to flooding. A sample of
the draft fact sheets are provided in the packet. The complete set of fact sheets is expected to be
finalized within the month.
“What is my flood risk?” interactive map. This application allows users to visualize the flooding on
the land surface for any property in the City of Edina. This information is already available on the
interactive water resources map; however, this application is more focused on communicating flood
risk specifically. Once finalized, the map will be available on the Maps page of the City website. The
application can be previewed at a temporary weblink at;
https://barrgisonline.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=79c2a16b53af475dbc284cd2
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Sandbagging how-to videos. The City provides sandbags, free of charge. This series of videos will be
used to promote the service, inform people on how to request sandbags, demonstrate how to build
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a sandbag dike, and describe how to dispose of sandbags after a flood. Video production is
anticipated to occur this spring.
Next Steps
Staff will finalize the Flood Risk Reduction Strategy based on Council and task force feedback from the work
session and propose to bring the finalized report to the April 7th City Council meeting for final approval.
Staff will prepare a scope of service for preliminary engineering for stormwater infrastructure related to the
roadway reconstruction projects in the Morningside C, D and E maintenance groups scheduled for
reconstruction in 2022 and 2023. Staff will also ask Council to consider the engagement plan to go along
with the project design. This would be the first major roadway reconstruction project to be designed under
the proposed Flood Risk Reduction Strategy.
Staff will prepare a scope of service to complete a major amendment to the Comprehensive Water
Resources Management Plan in order to incorporate the Flood Risk Reduction Strategy into the policies and
implementation actions of that Plan.
Summary of proposed next steps;
1. Council considers approval of Flood Risk Reduction Strategy.
2. Council considers approval of preliminary engineering scope of service for the Morningside D/E and
Morningside C neighborhood roadway reconstruction projects in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
3. Council considers approval of Morningside Neighborhood roadway reconstruction design
engagement plan.
4. Council considers approval of scope of service for major amendment to Comprehensive Water
Resources Management Plan.
Task Force Acknowledgement
Staff would like to thank the Task Force for their contributions. The experience, knowledge, and curiosity
they brought to the process added value and influenced the framework and strategy.
Nora Davis (co-chair), Lake Cornelia Neighborhood
Kathy Amlaw (co-chair), Lake Edina Neighborhood
Greg Lincoln, Morningside Neighborhood
Michael Platteter, Morningside Neighborhood
Louise Segreto, Indian Hills Neighborhood
Roxane Lehmann, Sunny Slope Neighborhood
Richard Strong, Concord Neighborhood
Richard Manser, Todd Park Neighborhood
The Task Force has provided their own report, included in the packet.