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Commissioners weigh countywide floodplain modeling, lidar needs and legal readiness
Summary
Staff estimated 2-D floodplain modeling for the whole county; commissioners discussed cost, timing relative to regional lidar flights, whether maps can be used for legal enforcement, and using modeling to support grant applications for drainage projects.
County staff presented an estimate for countywide 2-D floodplain modeling and discussed how that work would interact with planned lidar flights, GIS data and the county's regulations during the June 25 budget workshop.
Erica Bridges summarized a vendor estimate for a countywide two-dimensional flood model, saying the consultant's "rough estimate" was about $3,000 per square mile and that the recent figure was higher than an earlier April estimate. Bridges told the court the vendor's price was conservative because the scope depends…
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