How to Better Manage Floodplains and Improve Your...
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How to Better Manage Floodplains and Improve Your Community Rating System Score Using GIS
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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, [email protected]
