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Source: Milwaukee Journal SentinelDec.mini storage 14--There is not enough open space on Milwaukee's north side to store storm water and prevent floods, so the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District plans to buy and clear homes as well as commercial and industrial properties for the task.More than three years after torrential rains July 22-24, 2010, filled sewers and submerged streets and lawns across much of the city's north side, the district has targeted the first group of properties to be converted to shallow basins for controlling floods.The district is negotiating with owners of 17 parcels encompassing nearly 14 acres in the N. 30th St. industrial corridor, MMSD Executive Director Kevin Shafer said. If the district commission authorizes acquisitions of 16 parcels at its Monday meeting, MMSD intends to begin buying the land in 2014. Shafer will return to the commission early next year for authorization to purchase the remaining property.On the list is a cluster of 10 residential lots covering 1.1 acres at the dead end of N. 30th St., south of W. Roosevelt Drive. The lots on the east side of the street and a portion of the adjacent street and right of way will become part of a 1.6-acre basin.Eric Noble and his children have lived for five years at the south end of the 4200 block of N. 30th St. It is at the low end of the neighborhood, and in July 2010 water flooded the home.After filling the basement, water kept rising and he measured the crest of the flood 2 feet above the kitchen floor, Noble said."It flooded all of the first floor," he said. His stove, refrigerator and furnace were damaged beyond repair, along with other furnishings and drywall.After the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a disaster declaration for Milwaukee County, his grandfather received a check from FEMA for $2,200. The payment did not cover much of the family's wall repair and appliance replacement costs, Noble said.The foundations of three homes on the block collapsed in the flooding, he said. Those residences were demolished and the properties are vacant.The July 2010 deluge poured more than 8 inches of rain in 24 hours on the north side. One gauge measured 3.74 inches of rain in one hour.A 19-year-old Cudahy man died July 22 after floodwaters pushed his car into Lincoln Creek.Flood damage: $32 millionFlooding caused more than $32 million in damage to commercial and industrial properties along the north end of the historic 30th St. industrial corridor. Hardest hit were businesses and residences on both sides of the Canadian Pacific rail lines north of W. Capitol Drive."We had rivers in the streets," Ald. Ashanti Hamilton said. He supports MMSD's plans, and he said businesses and homeowners in his north side district understand the need for major storm water drainage changes after the 2010 deluge.A few blocks north of Noble and his remaining neighbors, at the intersection of N. 30th St. and W. Congress St., the district is after 3 acres for a basin of that size. This property is at the north edge of DRS Power & Control Technologies Inc. along the rail lines.On the west side of the tracks, the district wants to buy 9.7 acres in six parcels along N. 35th St. The lots are generally so迷你倉theast of the street's bridge over Lincoln Creek. The bulk of the land is the former Bee Bus Lines Inc., and a 6.3-acre basin would be dug there.Engineers next year will design three storage basins and large culverts needed to deliver storm water to them, Shafer said. Digging the basins and other construction is scheduled to be done in 2015.The three basins are expected to contain up to 33 million gallons of storm water as the first step in flood management plans for the north end of the industrial corridor, according to Shafer.Crucial to redevelopmentThis also is a necessary first step in redevelopment of the north end of the corridor with new businesses and retaining employers already there, such as DRS Technologies, said Department of City Development Commissioner Rocky Marcoux."This gives confidence to manufacturers that the corridor is a good place to stay and do business in," Marcoux said.DRS is a military contractor, and its Milwaukee plant specializes in designing, manufacturing and testing power distribution, propulsion and motor controls for U.S. naval vessels.Along the corridor south of Capitol Drive, Milwaukee officials are planning the redevelopment of vacant former industrial space to be known as Century City. This is the site of the former Tower Automotive plant. Plans call for light industrial employers and a mix of housing.Storm-water basins to the north also will alleviate flooding south of Capitol Drive, Marcoux said."It's vitally important to us as we market Century City that it is buildable land that will not be subject to intermittent flooding," he said.North of Capitol Drive, the largest of the three floodwater storage basins would be dug at the former Bee Bus Line property and it would hold up to 25 million gallons of water, under a preliminary plan. This basin would be fed in part by a culvert that would bring storm water from neighborhoods near the intersection of N. 35th St. and W. Capitol Drive.The basin planned north of the DRS manufacturing plant would contain up to 5.2 million gallons of water in a storm.A basin proposed at N. 30th St. would hold 2.5 million gallons of storm water. As it fills, a culvert would convey water a few blocks north to the larger pit north of DRS.Costs of buying properties for basins and acquiring easements for the proposed storm-water culverts is estimated at $3 million, according to a draft storm-water study. Total acquisition and construction costs are estimated at $46.1 million.Noble is waiting for an appraisal of the home on N. 30th St. The property is in probate court following the death of his grandfather in May.Though MMSD has offered to help with relocating the family, Noble said he has mixed feelings about a move.This house was his grandparents' first home when they bought it in the 1960s, he said. He grew up there and planned to raise his children there, he said. But he also knows a major flood could fill the house any year. He does not want to wade through knee-deep water in his kitchen ever again, Noble said.Twitter: twitter.com/conserveCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at .jsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉