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DeLand hears Resilient Florida-funded vulnerability assessment; staff given materials to pursue grants
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a state-funded flood vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan funded through the Resilient Florida program. The study inventories city assets, models future rainfall scenarios, identifies four focus areas and gives the city a geodatabase and maps to pursue implementation grants.
City of DeLand officials on Feb. 17 received the results of a state-funded vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan intended to help the city prioritize flood-mitigation projects and apply for implementation grants.
The assessment was funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection through the Resilient Florida program; consultant Sean Lahav of HAF told the commission the project was covered by grant funds and required no city expenditure. "We followed the statutory requirements to a T," Lahav said during the presentation.
The study inventoried every publicly maintained asset in DeLand, built a detailed HEC‑RAS model and a new rainfall model, and produced dozens of flood maps and a ranked spreadsheet of assets by vulnerability. Lahav identified four focus areas: the…
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