Mayor’s Flood Forum & Floodplain Map Info Session on Thursday

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – March 8, 2010 – Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett will host his monthly Flood Forum this Thursday, March 11, at 6:00 p.m. in the Westdale Mall Lower Level (West of the Cedar Rapids Public Library), located at 2600 Edgewood Road SW. All Cedar Rapids residents are invited to attend.

The forum will feature three presentations:

·         Status update on the Cedar Rapids flood risk management system feasibility
study by the US Army Corps of Engineers

·        Spring 2010 Weather Forecasting Overview by the National Weather Service

·        Cedar Rapids’ Flood Response System & Interim Flood Protection Measures by City staff

Colonel Shawn McGinley, the commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, will provide the first presentation. After all of the presentations, attendees are encouraged to speak individually with the presenters, the Voluntary Property Acquisition Steering Committee members and City staff.

Preceding the Mayor’s Flood Forum, residents are invited to attend an information session to review the updated FEMA flood insurance rate maps of Cedar Rapids and to speak individually with FEMA, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and City staff representatives. This come-and-go session will be held on Thursday, March 11, any time between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Cedar Rapids Public Library Community Room, on the lower level of Westdale Mall. Residents are encouraged to study the information displayed at the session. No formal presentation will be provided, but experts will be on hand to answer questions.

As of April 5, 2010, the updated flood insurance rate maps of Cedar Rapids, also known as floodplain maps, will change the flood risk category of approximately 1, 900 properties. Properties located in the Special Flood Hazard Area that receive funding from a federally-insured lending institution will be required to purchase flood insurance. Properties that move into a higher flood risk category on the new maps are eligible for grandfathered insurance premium rates if purchase

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