Here’s a quick look at what you can expect at the Village of Pemberton (VOP) regular council meeting for Feb. 16.
Council is set to start at 9 a.m. with a Committee of the Whole, in the form of the second 2021 budgeting session, to follow at 1 p.m. Head to Zoom to view the meetings.
Flood mitigation funding application
A slim agenda is headlined by an application to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities’ Community Emergency Preparedness Fund’s flood risk assessment, mapping and mitigation funding stream.
Council will decide whether or not to apply for $120,000 in funding for flood mitigation efforts in the Lillooet River floodplain, though efforts will not be limited to the river itself.
In emergency program coordinator Sarah Toews’ report, she notes that Lil’wat Nation is also expected to apply for an additional $120,000 to fund the $240,000 efforts. The Pemberton Valley Dyking District will coordinate should the money come through.
The proposed project will include “identifying and prioritizing areas requiring structural flood protection while also developing flood protection concepts and evaluating them using hydraulic modeling.”
The project will look at dike upgrades as well as new construction, including set-back diking.
The project would address concerns raised in the 2018 Lillooet River Floodplain Mapping Report, which “highlighted severe flood hazards in the Pemberton Valley and limitations associated with existing diking.” The Pemberton Valley Emergency Management Committee then developed a flood mitigation plan last year.
