The FEMA teams are working in collaboration with state and county emergency management officials to assess the damage from the flooding to determine whether it merits a presidential disaster declaration.
The California-based TOSA Foundation was founded by Wauwatosa natives John and Tashia Morgridge, who previously have given generously to community projects in their hometown.
Wauwatosa property owners received new assessments in July that increased on average 54% from the old assessments, though individual increases have varied.
The dramatic filling of Tosa Village's flood plain on Aug. 10 may have demonstrated what flood mitigation projects were designed to do - minimize the damage to homes and businesses.
The declaration came after the governor visited Wauwatosa and Milwaukee and spoke to local officials and residents who are dealing with the aftermath of the weekend flooding.
The overnight storm began causing outages late Aug. 9, and many customers remained without power for much of Aug. 10 as We Energies crews responded to city neighborhoods.
About a hundred people attended the March 7 forum to see how Dennis McBride and Andrew Meindl would respond to questions posed by a moderator from the Wauwatosa West Allis Chamber of Commerce.
