ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Along with joining in on Governor Cuomo's call to run the lake outflows at maximum capacity, Monroe County is already preparing for another season of high water.

"There's no reason to believe that last year was an isolated event," said County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo.

A preparedness meeting was held Thursday to make sure that departments of public works, law enforcement and rescue agencies were all on the same page. The Lake Ontario Shoreline saw unprecedented levels of flooding in 2017 that caused millions of dollars in damages.

"Now this year we have a much better handle on what the forecast today will mean in the future," said Monroe County Deputy Public Safety Director Tim Kohlmeier.

"We remember last year just like it was yesterday. The challenges that we faced as a community were certainly something, we hadn't seen the likes of that ever in Monroe County," said Dinolfo.

The multi-agency meeting gave those groups the chance to use last year's experiences to better plan for 2018.

"We're here today to ensure our community that Monroe County is ready and able to work together to protect our shoreline residents, families and businesses as well as our infrastructure if and when lake levels rise again," said Dinolfo.

"The early intel that we're receiving is that it's not going to be as bad as last year, but it's still going to be very high," said Kohlmeier.

Some of that planning includes the distribution of the 40,000 sandbags already in the county's possession, along with the installation of Aqua Dams in Greece and Irondequoit. But if that's not enough, they say that the state is ready to lend further assistance.

"We have a state stockpile in our county, we're very fortunate to have that, where we could draw further resources or materials from the state to be able to funnel down to the local towns and villages. And if a resident needs sandbags, their contact is going to be their local highway department," said Kohlmeier.

"I know that the state is prepared to provide additional Aqua Dams if we need to have those necessary," said Dinolfo.

Experts say that the lake is already six inches over the seasonal average, and that snow melt and rainfall over the coming weeks will only increase those levels.