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Sharing the Vision for Improved Flood Risk Management August 1, 2008

presentation by Brigadier General Michael J. Walsh President-Designee, Mississippi River Commission Commander, Mississippi Valley Division Commander, Task Force Hope. Sharing the Vision for Improved Flood Risk Management August 1, 2008. Purpose.

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Sharing the Vision for Improved Flood Risk Management August 1, 2008

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  1. presentation by Brigadier General Michael J. Walsh President-Designee, Mississippi River Commission Commander, Mississippi Valley Division Commander, Task Force Hope Sharing the Vision for Improved Flood Risk Management August 1, 2008

  2. Purpose • Shared responsibility for flood plain Management • Regional consistency to address short and long-term protection • Restore level of flood protection • Uniform approach across regional and state boundaries • Evaluate non-structural alternatives

  3. Upper Mississippi Missouri Ohio Arkansas- Red-White Lower Mississippi Intended Outcomes • Identification of regional partners • A facilitated comprehensive regional approach to flood risk management and recovery • Establishment of interagency partnerships (federal / state) • Explore non-structural solutions and other flood risk management opportunities

  4. Example of Success Grand Forks, North Dakota East Grand Forks, Minnesota Flood Damage Reduction Project Completed in 2007

  5. Grand Forks, North DakotaEast Grand Forks, MinnesotaFlood Damage Reduction Project Before After

  6. Collaborative Process Interagency Levee Task Force JFO / ILWG * JFO / ILWG * JFO / ILWG * JFO / ILWG * JFO / ILWG * Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Indiana Iowa * Joint Field Office / Interagency Levee Work Group

  7. Communication Regional Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Goals • Learning organization (missions and relationships) • Collaboration in restoring FRM systems • Leverage public affairs staff and processes • Measure and evaluate successes of restoration • Build public confidence and support • Tools • Web site • Agency and public forums • Monthly newsletter and reports • In Progress reviews

  8. Next Steps • Operations plan and charter endorsement • Interagency Levee Task Force program team • Interagency LeveeWorking Group core members • Knowledgeable of programs & authorities • Goal: Operational August 8, 2008 • Follow-on Interagency Levee Task Force meeting • August 8, 2008 • Conference call link ILWGs at JFO sites • Operational: PIRs ready for coordination and processing

  9. Call to Action • Experience • Expectation • Execution

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