Taylor County, Florida Community Coordination and Outreach (CCO) Meeting

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1 Taylor County, Florida Community Coordination and Outreach (CCO) Meeting Suwannee River Water Management District April 26, :00AM to 12:00PM Taylor County Administration Building, 201 E. Green Street, Perry, Florida 32347

2 Introductions Risk MAP Project Team Suwannee River Water Management District FEMA Region IV Taylor Engineering, Inc. RAMPP State NFIP coordinator 2

3 Agenda Introductions Why we are here Study Process and Timeline Post-Preliminary Phase Roadmap to map adoption 3

4 Why We re Here Preliminary maps complete December 23, 2016 Post-Preliminary Phase Outreach Appeals and comments Resiliency Meetings Compliance 4

5 Econfina-Steinhatchee Basin Risk MAP and Coastal Study Risk MAP Mapping Flood hazard and risk identification Assessment HAZUS and other risk assessment tools Planning Hazard mitigation planning Risk MAP Vision Deliver quality data Increase public awareness of flood risk Encourage local/regional actions that reduce risk 5

6 Econfina-Steinhatchee Basin Risk MAP and Coastal Study 6

7 Econfina-Steinhatchee Basin Risk MAP and Coastal Study Econfina-Steinhatchee Basin studies: Fenholloway River Steinhatchee River Woods Creek Redelineation 7

8 Econfina Steinhatchee Basin Risk MAP and Coastal Study Preliminary Maps Issued December 23, 2016 CCO Meeting April 26, 2017 Appeal / Comment Period July October 2017* Letter of Final Determination Issued December 2017* Community Compliance Period December 2017 July 2018* Effective Maps July 2018* *Estimated times 8

9 Preliminary Maps Issued December 23, 2016 A Preliminary Map Package was sent to each community that included: Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) Taylor County Index Panel Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Report Summary of Map Actions (SOMA) Digital Data 9

10 Taylor County, FL 79 updated panels 10

11 Appeal and Comment Period Taylor County and Incorporated Communities with changes to the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) will have a 90-day appeal period: SFHA changes will be published in the Federal Register SFHA changes will be published in your local newspapers twice within a 10-day period The second newspaper publication will begin the 90-day appeal period Appeals apply to all SFHA changes 11

12 When to Appeal When the new or revised BFEs are believed to be scientifically or technically incorrect The BFEs are scientifically incorrect if: The methodology used and assumptions made in the determination of the BFEs is inappropriate or incorrect The BFEs are technically incorrect if: The methodology was not applied correctly or was based on insufficient or poor-quality data. The methodology did not account for the effects of physical changes that have occurred in the floodplain. 12

13 Appeal Data Submittal Explanation for alternative methodology Coastal analyses (surge/waves) Hydrology and hydraulic analyses Revised flood profiles Revised floodplain and floodway boundary delineations 13

14 Appeal and Comment Period Taylor County and Incorporated Communities will also have a comment period Comments do not involve BFEs. Examples of comments: Channels Names and Locations Road Names and Locations Corporate Limit Changes Non-BFE changes are considered Comments 14

15 Appeal and Comment Period Please direct your comments to your local floodplain administrator. Your local floodplain administrator can submit all appeals and comments to: Guillermo Simón, P.E., CFM Taylor Engineering, Inc Deerwood Park Blvd Bldg 300 Suite 300 Jacksonville, FL The study will not move forward until appeals and comments are resolved. 15

16 Appeal Process After the 90-day appeal period has elapsed FEMA: By a letter to the community CEO, we will acknowledge receipt of all appeals received. We will review appeals and their supporting data. If additional supporting data is required, we will make a written request. If appeal data is deemed insufficient or incorrect, we will deny the appeal. 16

17 Appeal Process If the appeal data is deemed sufficient and correct, we will revise the BFEs and any other information affected by the appeal. We will revise the FIRM and FIS, as necessary. We will notify the community CEO of the outcome of all appeals in writing. The community will have 30 days to review and comment on the resolution. FEMA will issue a final BFE determination letter. 17

18 Letter of Final Determination After the 90-day appeal period and all appeals and comments have been resolved, FEMA will issue a Letter of Final Determination (LFD). Along with the LFD, the Final Summary of Map Actions (SOMA) will be sent, informing the community of Letters of Map Change that will be revalidated or superseded. The LFD begins a 6-month Compliance Period, during which the community will work to adopt the new maps into their floodplain ordinance. 18

19 Compliance Period Communities may be contacted by FL State NFIP staff or by FEMA Region IV staff offering assistance with reviewing & updating their floodplain ordinance. Ordinance may require an update to adopt the new FIS, FIRM, and all supporting technical data. Once the LFD letter is received, providing the effective date of the new FIS and FIRMs, the ordinance may be updated at any time. 19

20 Compliance Period After adoption, copy is sent to the FL NFIP office and to FEMA Region 4 for review. Update files showing the community s ordinance is NFIP compliant. If we do not receive the updated ordinance before the effective date, the community will be suspended from the NFIP Please begin the ordinance review process as soon as you receive the LFD! 20

21 Compliance Period Technical support can be obtained by phone or For more information, please contact Florida s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Office: Steve Martin steve.martin@em.myflorida.com 21

22 Effective Maps After the Compliance Period ends, communities will receive: Paper copies of the effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study Report Maps and data in digital format A Revalidation Letter, informing the community of all Letters of Map Change that have been revalidated on the new maps 22

23 Opportunities to Update the Maps A Flood Insurance Study Update is NOT the only time that your maps can be updated. Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA), MT-1 Form Letter of Map Revision - Fill (LOMR-F), MT-1 Form Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), MT-2 Form 23

24 Letter of Map Change (MT-1) Provides an administrative procedure where by FEMA will review information submitted by an owner of property who believes that his or her property has been inadvertently included in a designated special flood hazard area. 24

25 Letter of Map Change (MT-1) Download MT-1 Forms at: insurance-program-flood-hazard-mapping/mt- 1-application-forms-instructions 25

26 Letter of Map Revision (MT-2) Applicable any time better data is available Based on the changes to the hydrologic or hydraulic characteristics of a flooding source, that results in the modification of the Base Flood Elevations, floodway, and/or the Special Flood Hazard Area. Is a modification to an effective Flood Insurance Rate Map. The LOMR officially revises the Flood Insurance Rate Map. 26

27 Letter of Map Revision (MT-2) Download Forms at: 27

28 Risk and Flood Insurance Determine your flood risk Everyone is at risk of flooding High Risk Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), identified as Zone A, Zone AE, V or VE on flood maps Moderate Risk Identified as shaded Zone X on flood maps Low Risk Identified as unshaded Zone X areas on flood maps 28

29 Risk and Flood Insurance Requirements in a High-Risk Zone Federally-regulated lenders making new loans or modifying existing loans secured by a building in the SFHA must require the borrower to purchase flood insurance for the term of the loan 29

30 Taylor County Open House April 26, 2017 (4pm 7pm) Forrest Capital Hall 203 Forest Park Dr., Perry, FL

31 Open House Layout 31

32 Mitigation Planning and Resiliency Hazard Mitigation Plans Can help guide your decisions on mitigation activities for all hazards you face Are an important resource responsible for responding to disasters Can help you apply for assistance to take action Community Resiliency Meeting Will take place after appeals 32

33 Questions and Answers Kristen Martinenza, P.E., CFM Henrietta Williams, CFM Leroy Marshall, P.E., PMP, CFM Leroy. Guillermo Simon, P.E., CFM 33