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How to Better Manage Floodplains and Improve Your

Community Rating System Score Using GIS

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Introduction

Bill Millinor, MS, GISP

Utilities, Water Resources,

Geospatial, Civil, and Environmental

40+ Years of Experience

130+ Multidiscipline Professionals

Esri Business Partner since 1999

Cityworks Implementation Partner Since 2002

Special Achievement in GIS Winner 2010

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A Little History…

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CRS Overview

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CRS Classes, Credit Points,& Premium Discounts

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The “What-if”

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Pinellas County Floodplain Management & CRS Program Improvements: The Long Winding Road…

County Goal - Maintain Class 7 rating ($3.2M Premium Reductions)

County Ducks NOT in a Row (CRS Coordinator retired, New CRS Manual, Upcoming Verification)

Stormwater Utility Funds Available -Hire Jones Edmunds!

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Community Rating System (CRS)

CRS

300 Public

Information Activities

400Mapping & Regulations

500Flood Damage

Reduction Activities

600Warning & Response

310 Elevation Certificates320 Map Information Service330 Outreach Projects340 Hazard Disclosure350 Flood Protection Information360 Flood Protection Assistance370 Flood Insurance Promotion

410 Floodplain Mapping420 Open Space Preservation430 Higher Regulatory Standards440 Flood Data Maintenance450 Stormwater Management

510 Floodplain Management Planning520 Acquisition & Relocation530 Flood Protection540 Drainage System Maintenance

610 Flood Warning & Response620 Levees630 Dams

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Community Rating System (CRS)

GIS

300 Public

Information Activities

400Mapping & Regulations

500Flood Damage

Reduction Activities

600Warning & Response

310 Elevation Certificates320 Map Information Service330 Outreach Projects340 Hazard Disclosure350 Flood Protection Information360 Flood Protection Assistance370 Flood Insurance Promotion

410 Floodplain Mapping420 Open Space Preservation430 Higher Regulatory Standards440 Flood Data Maintenance450 Stormwater Management

510 Floodplain Management Planning520 Acquisition & Relocation530 Flood Protection540 Drainage System Maintenance

610 Flood Warning & Response620 Levees630 Dams

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Elevation Certificates

Community is responsible for maintaining elevation certificates

Elevation certificates audited by ISO

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Elevation Certificates

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GIS Data for CRS FEMA flood data Local flood data Municipal boundaries Property boundaries Aerials Digital Elevation Models Land use Zoning Open space Wetlands Evacuation zones Stormwater inventory

– Structures– Maintained ditches and other conveyance

Future land use

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Map Information Service

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Map Information Service

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Open Space Activity 420 Objectives:

– Prevent flood damage by keeping flood-prone lands free of development– Protect and enhance the natural functions of floodplains

Up to 2,020 points!

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Open Space Areas preserved as open space Preserve management plans Future land use Zoning

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Repetitive Loss Areas Analysis Area Analysis required for a Category B or C community

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Impact Adjustment Credit points adjusted based on the impact on the community’s flood

insurance base Two bases for impact adjustments

– Number of buildings affected compared to the number of buildings in the SFHA– Area of the floodplain that is affected compared to the area of the SFHA

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Integration of GIS Systems

Planning MaintenanceEmergency

Management

Buildings & Development

Review

Watershed ManagementParks & Recreation

GIS

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Pinellas County Floodplain Management & CRS Program Improvements: Success!

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CRS Community Status – North Carolina

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/15846

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Questions? May 3, 2016Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.

Bill Millinor, MS, GISPbmillinor@jonesedmunds.com