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Kent officials review citywide flood response, levee work and recovery plans after December storms
Summary
City leaders and department heads described the December atmospheric-river event, emergency operations, levee patrols and repairs, coordination with regional partners, an estimated $1.2 million in tracked costs, and the creation of a private-property recovery team to assist affected residents and businesses.
At a workshop, CAO Pat Fitzpatrick and department leaders gave a detailed account of the mid-December storm event that stressed regional reservoirs and levees and produced flooding in the south end of Kent.
"As you know, we had a pretty significant weather event here that caused some flooding in the Southern End Of Kent," Fitzpatrick said, noting that the Howard Hanson Dam and Army Corps releases raised river levels across King County. Fitzpatrick emphasized Kent did not experience a levee failure within the city and credited prior investments and partnerships with the King County Flood Control District for limiting damage.
Public Works (speaker identified in the transcript as Chad) summarized continuous DOC/EOC staffing, 24-hour levee patrols, deployment of HESCO baskets and about 8,000 sandbags staged around vulnerable reaches, and temporary pump deployments that helped…
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