SECTION 7: MITIGATION ACTION PLANS
Table 7.4 – Mitigation Action Plan, Town of Cary
Town of Cary
Potential Funding Sources
Hazard(s) Addressed
Relative Priority
Lead Agency/ Department
Estimated Cost
Implementati on Schedule
Action #
Description
Goal Objective
2024 Status
Status Comments/Explanation
Prevention
Town’s Comprehensive Plan - The Town has an existing comprehensive plan which includes land use, parks and recreation, open space, transportation, utilities, and environment.
$1M for plan development; implementati on ongoing
In-Progress – Carry Forward
This is Cary's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The plan will continue to be updated as new master plans and specialized plans are complete. Multi-pronged approach including 5 key components: 1) Working Group of residents and local experts to learn and advise 2) Maintenance, including Condition Assessment (a separately listed "action") 3) Open Space, examining how open space and tree canopy provide stormwater benefits 4) Model, hiring a firm to build a dynamic rainfall-runoff model to establish a baseline and test solutions and scenarios 5) Ordinance, looking at the stormwater ordinance as a way to achieve our risk mitigation goals. In phase 4, (1-GIS Assessment Tool, 2-GIS Mapping Data and assessment, 3-Modeling, 4-Maintenance) Assessment Tool completed. GIS Mapping 99% completed. 1st phase complete, but additional phases added, and grant funding acquired. Additional phases are underway.
P-1
4
2
All
High
Cary Planning
General Fund
2-3 years
General Fund and $300K Grant
In-Progress – Carry Forward
Cary Stormwater
P-2
Adaptive Approach to Stormwater
4
1
Flood
High
$900,000
Ongoing
In-Progress – Carry Forward In-Progress – Carry Forward In-Progress – Carry Forward
Cary Stormwater
P-3
Stormwater Condition Assessment Program
4
2
Flood
High
$750,000
General Fund
2-3 years
Develop flood model for upper Swift Creek watershed
Flood, Hurricane
Cary Stormwater
Town Funds and Grants
P-4
2
2
High
$1.2 Million
2 years
Conduct study and develop improvement plan for Twin Lakes dam
Cary Stormwater
P-5
2
2
Dam Failure
High
$5 Million
Town Funds
2 years
In progress; permitting with Dam Safety
Working with local stakeholders, interagency partners, academics, and technical experts, DEQ’s Division of Mitigation Services plans a comprehensive approach to identify problems, address barriers, and prioritize solutions to increase community resilience to flooding throughout North Carolina’s River basins.
Participant & collaborator for Neuse Basin Flood Resiliency Blueprint
P-6
4
2
Flood
High
NC DEQ
No Cost
N/A
2 years
New
Cary Stormwater
P-7
CRS membership
2
2
Flood
High
Unknown
Town Funds
1 year
New
Seeking membership in CRS
Property Protection
Culvert replacement project that will reduce flooding upstream of Kildaire Farm Lake within the Swift Creek Watershed Retrofits to aging stormwater network to reduce both structural flooding and flooding of Cedar St.
Cary Stormwater Cary Stormwater
PP-1
Lake Pine and Brookgreen culvert replacements
3
1
Flood
High
$4 million
General Fund
2 years
New
PP-2
Cedar Street Drainage Improvements
3
1
Flood
High
$600,000
General Fund
1 year
New
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 308
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