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Chico adopts Stormwater Master Plan to guide flood control, detention projects and updated fees
Summary
Chico’s City Council adopted a new Stormwater Master Plan that updates hydraulic models and floodplain mapping across Chico’s watersheds and lays out a set of prioritized storm drainage capital projects and fee updates to fund them.
The City Council unanimously approved a new Stormwater Master Plan that maps flood risks across Chico’s watersheds, identifies capital projects to address existing drainage deficiencies and provides a framework for long‑term, strategic stormwater planning.
Key points from the presentation
David Keane, senior public works engineer, said the plan updates the city’s hydraulic modeling, performs watershed delineation across Big Chico Creek, Mud Creek, Little Chico Creek and Butte Creek, and produces updated floodplain mapping for 2‑, 10‑, 50‑ and 100‑year events. He described detention basins as a core outcome —…
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