For the DNR to lower its hazard rating on the Dell Creek Dam, the village must now make changes to the zoning in the hydraulic shadow of both dams. A hydraulic shadow is the area that would be effected if a dam fails during a 100-year storm event.

To make the changes, the village introduced for publication a revised floodplain zoning ordinance that includes a hydraulic shadow district downstream of the Dell Creek Dam. The area will be a flood way, according to the proposed ordinance revision.

Village Attorney Dick Cross said the update, as well as the creation of a flood storage district, is required under the National Flood Insurance Program. The village created a floodplain zoning ordinance in August 2008 to get back into the National Flood Insurance Program, which it wasn’t a part of when Lake Delton drained June 9, 2008.

The flood storage district serves as an area where floodwaters can go to reduce regional flooding, according to the proposed ordinance.

The village needs to update its floodplain ordinance and have it to the DNR by Dec. 18 to maintain enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program, and to remove itself from probation, Langhans wrote in his report to the board.

Langhans said he wanted to get the analysis back from the DNR before the village started working on two other dam-related documents: A revised inspection, operation and maintenance plan and an emergency action plan for the Dell Creek Dam.

Langhans said MSA has continued to work with FEMA, Wisconsin Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation to expedite the release of eligible emergency funding, but it has been slow going.

In follow-up business, Langhans said MSA solicited bids for soil borings on Hillside Drive as part of the sewer and water main extension project there. He said he received three bids with the lowest being submitted by Chosen Valley Testing for $4,100. The company said it would do 11 borings about 300 feet apart.

The board had previously approved the boring project not to exceed $5,000, so it told Langhans to have Chosen Valley Testing begin work.

In a meeting before the village board meeting, the Town of Delton Board gave the village the go ahead to do borings on its section of Hillside Drive, Langhans said.

The reason for the main extensions on Hillside Drive is because of two proposed projects on either side of the road.

Joe Palumbo submitted a certified survey map, which was approved by the board Monday, to split his nearly 44 acre property between himself and Tim Gantz.

Palumbo is planning to build a home on his nearly 32 acres, and Gantz submitted a request, which was approved by the board, to build a single-family residence centered around an observation tower on his 12 acres.

In other business, the board did the following:

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