Annapolis seeks grant ; to assist with flood woes; The idea is to lower premiums; through insurance discount program
As
The city is seeking a "community rating" from the
The city has applied for a grant, Gutwald said, that would help fund for a resource position to assist the city in auditing its floodplain management policies.
By volunteering to participate in
Cities usually enter at a "Class 9" or "Class 8" rating, which qualifies residents for a 5 or 10 percent discount on their premiums. As a city moves up in class levels, residents qualify for an additional 5 percent discount. Residents in the city with the highest rating,
The community rating program is a suggested part of the Cultural Resource Hazard Mitigation Plan, a comprehensive set of guidelines for protecting the city's historic assets from floods like the one that swamped downtown Monday. The CRHMP is forthcoming and will likely pass next week during the
And not soon enough.
Flooding Monday marked the second significant nuisance event of the year. Heavy rains overnight Sunday flooded parts of the
Former chief of cultural preservation
High tide Monday at
The city coordinated with school officials and parents of students at
The city held a meeting after the
Long-term,
The project is scheduled to begin in
To help pay for it, the city is set to use
Phase one of the city's ongoing flood mitigation project will include a pump station to house controls for the underground system. After several residents requested more time to comment on the location of the building, the
Phase two, on the
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Caption: One lane of traffic is open for cars to drive through a flooded
A sign on Monday advises that
Garbage cans on
A mound of debris is left from the flooding at the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial in
A line of debris is left from the flooding at the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial.
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