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Commission adopts Cooper City flood vulnerability assessment to pursue resiliency grants
Summary
The commission adopted a flood vulnerability assessment prepared under the Resilient Florida Grant Program, identifying critical assets and two focus areas and authorizing staff to submit the report and pursue implementation funding.
The Cooper City Commission voted unanimously to adopt a flood vulnerability assessment prepared by Hazen and Sawyer and to submit the completed report to the state Resilient Florida Grant Program so the city can pursue funding for adaptation and mitigation projects.
Erin Goobie, project manager with Hazen and Sawyer, presented the study’s scope and results. The assessment inventoried critical assets (transportation, utility lift stations and treatment facilities, public safety buildings, parks and parcels), analyzed exposure across multiple flood scenarios (NOAA 2017 sea-level-rise projections combined with 100-year rainfall and some storm-surge scenarios) and applied a sensitivity analysis that…
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