[House Document 105-185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-185


 
         FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY

                             (CIVIL WORKS)

                       THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                              transmitting

THE REPORT ON AUTHORIZATION OF A FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT FOR THE 
   BLUE RIVER BASIN AT THE DODSON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, KANSAS CITY, 
         MISSOURI, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 104-303, SEC. 101(a)(18)





  February 3, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure and ordered to be printed


          FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI


                            C O N T E N T S

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                                                                   Page
Letter of Transmittal............................................   xii
Comments of the Office of Management and Budget..................    ix
Comments of the State of Missouri................................     x
Comments of the Department of the Interior.......................    xi
Report of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army.........     1
Report of the Division Engineer..................................     5
Report of the District Engineer.                                       
    Syllabus.....................................................     7
INTRODUCTION.....................................................     8
    Authority....................................................     8
    Study History................................................     8
    Study Purpose and Scope......................................     8
    Prior Studies and Reports....................................     9
    Existing Water Projects......................................    12
PLAN FORMULATION.................................................    14
EXISTING CONDITIONS..............................................    14
    Basin Description............................................    14
    Environmental and Cultural Setting...........................    15
    Site Description and Economic Setting........................    17
    Historic Flooding............................................    20
    Historical Stream-Gage Data..................................    20
HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS.........................................    20
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF FLOOD DAMAGE..............................    27
    Existing Flood Damage Conditions.............................    28
    Future Flood Damage Conditions Without Federal (Corps) Action    31
PLANNING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES.................................    32
PLANNING CRITERIA AND CONSTRAINTS................................    32
    Planning Objectives..........................................    33
MEASURES AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS...........................    33
    Upstream Dams................................................    33
    Nonstructural Measures.......................................    33
    Structural Measures..........................................    36
    Structural Plan Descriptions.................................    39
EVALUATION AND SCREENING OF STRUCTURAL PLANS.....................    45
    Comparison of Plans..........................................    47
PLAN SELECTION...................................................    52
IDENTIFICATION OF NED PLAN.......................................    78
SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS..............................................    79
SELECTED PLAN....................................................    82
DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED PLAN.....................................    84
    Levees.......................................................    84
    Drainage Systems.............................................    85
    Utility Relocations..........................................    85
    Lands Required...............................................    85
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND REHABILITATION..    86
STUDY COORDINATION AND PARTICIPANTS (PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1995)......    86
    Non-Federal Sponsor..........................................    86
    Federal Agencies.............................................    86
    State and Local Agencies.....................................    89
    Other Interests..............................................    90
LOCAL SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS...................................    90
    Sponsor's Intent.............................................    92
    Financing Plan Outline.......................................    92
    Use of Funds.................................................    93
CONCLUSIONS......................................................    94
RECOMMENDATION...................................................    94
DISCLAIMER.......................................................    95
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.........................................    98
NEED FOR THE ACTION..............................................   101
ALTERNATIVES.....................................................   101
    Plans Eliminated from Further Study..........................   101
    Plans Considered in Detail...................................   102
    No Action Alternative........................................   102
    Structural Measures..........................................   102
    Reach 1 (Upstream of Prospect)...............................   102
    Reach 2 (Prospect to Hickman Mills Drive)....................   103
    Reach 3 (Hickman Mills Drive to Bruce R. Watkins Drive)......   103
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING............................................   104
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS............................................   108
    Reach 1 (Upstream of Prospect)...............................   109
    Reach 2 (Prospect to Hickman Mills Drive)....................   110
    Reach 3 (Hickman Mills Drive to Bruce R. Watkins Drive)......   110
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MATRIX.....................................   111
CONCLUSIONS......................................................   112
AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED...............................   112
RECIPIENTS OF DRAFT FEASIBILITY REPORT/EA........................   112
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                                 TABLES

 1. BLUE RIVER PEAK DISCHARGE AT BANNISTER ROAD..................    21
 2. 1995 EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGES, EXISTING CONDITIONS............    28
 3. FLOOD AND ECONOMIC DATA, EXISTING CONDITIONS.................    29
 4. 1995 EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGES, FUTURE CONDITIONS..............    31
 5. HYDROLOGIC AND ECONOMIC DATA, FUTURE CONDITIONS..............    32
 6. NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES.......................................    34
 7. SCREENING OF NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES..........................    35
 8. STRUCTURAL MEASURES..........................................    36
 9. SCREENING OF STRUCTURAL MEASURES.............................    38
10. ARRAY OF STRUCTURAL PLANS....................................    39
11. COMPARISON OF PLAN FEATURES..................................    47
12. BENEFIT-COST RATIOS FOR REACH-ALIGNMENT COMBINATIONS.........    49
13. COMPARISON OF STRUCTURAL PLAN COSTS AND BENEFITS.............    50
14. PLAN EVALUATION MATRIX....................................... 54-75
15. PLAN 114 COSTS AND BENEFITS COMPARISON.......................    79
16. COST ESTIMATE SUMMARY........................................    82
17. ANNUAL COST CALCULATION......................................    83
18. BENEFITS SUMMARY.............................................    83
19. BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS........................................    84
20. COST SHARING.................................................    92
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                                FIGURES

 1. STUDY AREA LOCATION AND VICINITY.............................    10
 2. DODSON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT...................................    11
 3. FLOODPLAIN ZONES-DODSON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT..................    13
 4. DISCHARGE-FREQUENCY CURVES...................................    22
 5. EXISTING CONDITION WATER SURFACE PROFILES....................    23
 6. INTERIOR DRAINAGE............................................    26
 7. FLOOD RELATIONSHIP CURVES....................................    30
 8. SELECTED PLAN................................................    76
 9. PROPOSED LEVEE WATER SURFACE PROFILES........................    77
10. BENEFIT-COST/LEVEE HEIGHT CURVES.............................    80
11. AREA PROTECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT.......................    81
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                               APPENDICES
      Appendices Accompanying the Report of the District Engineer
                        (Appendices B-J Printed)

    A. ENGINEERING.                                                    
    B. SOCIOECONOMICS............................................   115
    C. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT........................................   158
    D. SECTION 404(b)(1) COMPLIANCE..............................   172
    E. FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT REPORT.................   181
    F. CORRESPONDENCE............................................   204
    G. COMMENTS AND RESPONSES....................................   243
    H. REAL ESTATE PLAN..........................................   257
    I. CULTURAL RESOURCES........................................   267
    J. WETLAND MITIGATION PLAN...................................   295





                              
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