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Story Created: Oct 6, 2008 at 5:09 PM CDT Story Updated: Oct 6, 2008 at 5:09 PM CDT A special city council meeting in Iowa City is underway tonight to discuss how to protect neighborhoods from future flooding. At 5:30 p.m. this evening discussions started at city hall about how to spend two million dollars in Jumpstart Iowa grants. The goal is to protect homes from future flooding, but not everyone wants the city's help. Designing a master plan for flood mitigation might be like trying to rebuild a home. It's takes just the right amount of measuring what might happen, cutting out anything that isn't absolutely essential, and hammering the pieces together. This is Larry Ormann's approach to rebuilding his home after the floods. The City Council will likely take a different approach as it attempts to outline a plan to protect... [read full story]
