Transcript North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #6

North Carolina CTS
Committee Meeting #6
March 20, 2001
Introduction and Welcome
Status Updates:
Washington Meetings
(March 7-9)
Coordination with
Federal Agencies
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March 7-9, 2001, trip to Washington, D.C.
FEMA and State Staff met with:
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OMB
USGS
EPA
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NGS
NOAA
USDOT
Identified partnering activities and action
items
Preparing follow-up letters
Plan to meet again with these and other
Agencies in near future
Status Updates:
IT Requirements Analysis and
Preliminary System Design
Status Updates:
Scoping/Basin Plans
Schedule for
Completing Basin Plans
River Basin
Draft Date
Final Date (Est.)
White Oak
12/14/00
Mid April 2001
Lumber
12/27/00
End of April 2001
Tar Pamlico
1/23/01
Mid May 2001
Cape Fear
2/27/01
Mid May 2001
Neuse
4/12/01 (Est.)
End of May 2001
Pasquotank
4/24/01 (Est.)
End of May 2001
Final Scoping Meetings
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Three separate meetings recently held for
the Cape Fear River Basin:
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Draft Cape Fear River Basin plan presented
All impacted counties & communities invited
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March 6th - Haw River, NC
March 7th - Fayetteville, NC
March 8th - Burgaw, NC
Individual meetings held with 73 communities
Over 130 people attended
Provides final opportunity for input
Final Scoping Meetings
(continued)
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Three separate meetings will be held to
present the draft plan for the Neuse River
Basin. Proposed dates and locations include:
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April 23rd - Raleigh, NC
April 24th - Goldsboro, NC
April 25th - New Bern, NC
After the Final Meetings
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Draft Basin Plan may be revised
State’s Floodplain Mapping Contractor will
develop business and technical proposals
Basin Plan will be finalized and notification
provided to all impacted counties and
communities
Production phase will then begin
Status Updates:
Flood Data and Mapping Delivery
Orders
White Oak River Basin
Delivery Order
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Negotiations completed
Delivery Order finalized
Field survey of hydraulic structures
completed
Engineering analyses underway
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Expected completion mid May 2001
Lumber River Basin
Delivery Order
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Negotiations completed
Delivery Order finalized shortly
Field survey of hydraulic structures
underway
Engineering analyses to begin shortly
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First of three phases expected to be
completed end of May 2001
Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Delivery Order
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Negotiations finalized shortly
Field survey of hydraulic structures
underway
Engineering analyses to begin shortly
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First of three phases expected to be
completed end of May 2001
Status Updates:
LIDAR Delivery Orders
and LIDAR QA/QC
LIDAR Data Collection as of
March 14, 2001
Watershed Concepts
Greenhorne & O’Mara
Watershed Concepts -- Task 1
LIDAR Data Acquisition
•First-time collection
97% complete
•Reflights being
conducted in yellow
areas due to sensor
problems and GPS
noise
Greenhorne & O’Mara -- Task 1
LIDAR Data Acquisition
Cumulative % of Land Area for LIDAR Acquisition
100
100
92
84
80
60
60
58
68
63
76
70
51
50
42
41
40
33
20
0
5
16
10
25
17
27
25
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20
01
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1/
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29
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1
2/
5/
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12
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19
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% of Total land area
120
Planned Completion Rate at Project Inception
Actual Completion Rate
Planned vs. Actual Completion Rate
Greenhorne & O’Mara -- Task 1
LIDAR Data Acquisition
White = completed Colored = planned
Watershed Concepts -- Task 2
Generation of Bare-Earth DEMs
Watershed Concepts -- Task 2
Generation of Bare-Earth DEMs
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All 35 data sets received have been preprocessed, calibrated and evaluated
3 data sets in White Oak basin being
prepared for vegetation removal
First bare-earth deliveries due this week
G&O -- Task 2
Generation of Bare-Earth DEMs
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QC and Processing underway in the following
counties: Randolph, Moore, Montgomery,
Richmond, Hoke, Bladen, Scotland, Robeson,
Cumberland, Columbus and Brunswick
Level 0 processing (data extraction) has been
completed for the Lumber Basin
32 grids have passed Level 1 processing
(automated anomaly/vegetation removal) and
have progressed to Level 2 processing (manual
editing)
Watershed Concepts -- Task 3
Generation of TINs and Breaklines
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Green = Completed
Orange = In progress
Red = Rework
Blue = Approved
Awaiting shipment of
new DOQQs from
CGIA
G&O -- Task 3
Generation of TINs and Breaklines
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Breaklines for Scotland, Hoke, Montgomery,
Moore (Lumber portion) and Richmond
counties are complete, with the exception of
edge-matching.
Breakline feature extraction will start this
week for Brunswick County
Cumberland County has released the
photography required for breakline
development
TIN development will start this week
Status Updates:
LIDAR QC surveys
Quality Control Surveys
Selected Firms for RFQ #19-000018
(Flood Mapping Quality Control Surveys)
QC Surveys: Lumber and
White Oak River Basins
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QC surveys by the following firms scheduled
to be completed by April 12, 2001:
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CGGL (team of Carson, Garrason, Goslee, and
Lambert)
Stantec, Inc.
The Rose Group, Inc.
W. K. Dickson
QC Surveys:
Pamlico River Basin
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Cost negotiations in progress with:
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Concord Engineering
Withers and Ravenel
Status Updates:
NCFloodmaps.com
NCFloodmaps.com
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CTS Committee Workroom is now available
for review
Workroom provides Committee members
access to meeting agendas, minutes, and
presentations
Includes names and e-mail addresses for all
Committee Members and Associates
CTS Committee Workroom Login Page
http://www.ncfloodmaps.com/review/ctscw/
Username: CTSCommittee Password: floodmaps1
CTS Committee Workroom
Welcome Page
Base Map and DFIRM
Specifications
Working Group
Reports/Updates
Higher Standards
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List of Higher Standards
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Mandatory
Recommended
Optional
Outline for Higher Standards Document
Example “Facts Sheet” for Freeboard
FEMA’s Community Rating
System
CRS Background
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Founded in 1990 and Codified in the 1994
Flood Insurance Reform Act
Flood Insurance premiums are adjusted to
reflect reduced risk resulting from activities
that meet the three CRS goals:
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Reduce Flood Losses
Facilitate accurate insurance ratings
Promote awareness of flood insurance
Benefits
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Reduced flood insurance premiums for
property owners
Enhanced Public Safety
Reduction in damage to property, public
infrastructure and human suffering
Avoidance of of economic disruption and
losses
Protection of the environment
Allows a community to evaluate itself against
a nationally recognized benchmark
Provides Technical assistance in providing
and implementing activities
Benefits (continued)
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Reduced Premiums
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Class
Class
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Class
12345-
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
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Class
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6 - 20%
7 - 15%
8 - 10%
9 - 5%
10- n/a
CRS Recognized
Activities
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18 recognized activities eligible for CRS credit
points
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300 Series Activities - Public information
activities
400 Series Activities - Mapping and regulatory
programs focused on new development
500 Series Activities - Damage reduction
programs where current development is at risk
600 Series Activities - Flood preparedness
programs, flood warning and levee and dam
safety programs
Participating
Communities
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Communities receive a ranking between 1
and 10
9 is the minimum amount of activities
required to receive a reduced premium (5%)
As of October 1, 2000 there were 926
participating communities nationwide:
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5 with a Class 10 rating
431 with a Class 9 rating
352 with a Class 8 rating
110 with a Class 7 rating
27 with a Class 6 rating
1 with a Class 3 rating
Participating North
Carolina Communities
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North Carolina currently has 74 participating
communities that are Class 9 and lower,
including:
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44 Class 9
24 Class 8
4 Class 7
2 Class 6 (the Towns of Southern Shores and
Wrightsville Beach)
Action Items/Wrap Up