The Quad Cities Flood Resiliency Alliance will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, to hear about the Iowa Flood Center.
The meeting will be at the Riverdale City Hall Community Room, 110 Manor Drive. It is free admission and open to the public.
The meeting will feature educational information on flood prevention, mitigation, flood insurance and floodplain management. Kate Giannini, program manager for the Iowa Flood Center, will present “Collaborative Flood Resilience: Community-Driven Solutions to Flood Challenges.”
Ms. Giannini coordinates outreach, communication, and research activities for the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa. She serves as a vital link between researchers, and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.
The Quad Cities alliance includes parts of Scott, Clinton, Muscatine and Louisa counties in Iowa, and Rock Island, Whiteside, Mercer and Henry counties in Illinois. It provides a forum for river stakeholders to share information, resources, flood prevention or mitigation policies and to get to know river neighbors for assistance before, during or after flood events.
About 75 communities comprise the alliance footprint, but out of the Quad Cities’ communities, only three are currently enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System (CRS).
The CRS encourages a wide variety of creditable activities that communities can undertake as they continually strive to improve their ratings. The base rating begins at 10, and a variety of activities take the rating toward the best rating of 1, which earns the largest flood insurance discounts. The activities themselves provide benefits to the community in reduced or avoided flood damage, quicker recovery, and stricter floodplain regulations to continue these benefits into the future. Moline, Davenport and Rock Island County are rated eight, seven, and seven, respectively, and currently earn modest discounts on flood insurance premiums.
