Flood Protection

Flood Protection Considerations:

Flood Thy Neighbor: Who Stays Dry and Who Decides? One Missouri town’s levee saga captures what’s wrong with America’s approach to controlling rivers.

Current Links:

• Special Meeting for Flood Wall Options Presentation 06-Sep-2018 Notification Letter
• AECOM Rocky Ripple Flood Protection Options Report issued August, 2018  Rocky Ripple Geotech Eval and Alt Dev Report Full Final Draft 7.31.18
• Copy of signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU ) between Rocky Ripple Town Council, Butler University and the City of Indianapolis, signed on 14-Mar-2017
  Flood Protection Signed MOU 14Mar2017
• Explanation message regarding current flood protection initiatives from Rocky Ripple Town Board President Carla Gaff Clark 26-Feb-2017:  carla-thoughts-on-the-levee-final
• Link to City of Indianapolis Northside Floodwall Project Website:  goo.gl/KVM5TG
• Notification Card regarding vegetation removal along Westfield Blvd 26-Feb-2017 (sent to residents along the canal and Westfield Blvd.)  notification-card-phase3b3-vm
• AECOM Response to Town Board Comments on Draft Report 15-Feb-2017  memo-to-mr-bennett-town-of-rocky-ripple-responses-2-15v3
• AECOM  Final Review and Assessment of the Indianapolis North Levee System, Rocky Ripple Area Feb 2017  infdrp-study-rocky-ripple_aecom-feb-2017
• Rocky Ripple Town Board AECOM Draft Comments 20-Jan-2017
• AECOM  Draft Review and Assessment of the Indianapolis North Levee System, Rocky Ripple Area, 09-Dec-2016:  rocky-ripple-report-12-9-16-draft
• Army Corp of Engineers Consulting Parties Historic Properties Adverse Effect Response 15-Nov-2016:  ace-consultingpartiesmeetingresponse-15nov2016
• Town Board Position on Flood Control July 2016
• Letter to Mayor Hogsett from Rocky Ripple Town Council, 16-Feb-2016:
  RR Letter to Mayor Hogsett 16Feb2016
• Link to Indy Midtown Magazine recent articles about the ongoing Floodwall issue:
  http://www.indymidtownmagazine.com/category/levee/
• City’s levee project Web site:  www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DPW/RebuildIndy/Projects/Pages/IndianapolisNorthLeveeProject.aspx

 

Historical Information Links:

• Letter to Indianapolis Star editor from 2011 Town Council
• 2011 Letter to residents from David Sherman, director, Indianapolis Department of Public Works
• 2011 Environmental Assessment of the Indianapolis, White River (North), IN Flood Damage Reduction Project
• Photograph of proposed plan

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