North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #5

February 13, 2001

Introduction and Welcome

Today’s Agenda

 Status Updates       Delivery Order Status Basin Plan Development LIDAR Delivery Orders and LIDAR QA/QC Community Needs/Scoping Coordination with Federal Agencies Update on IT Requirements Analysis

Today’s Agenda (Continued)

    Working Group Reports/Updates   Higher Standards Post Storm Assessment Discussion Items   Flood Insurance and Mortgage Determination Issues Flood Warning System Schedule and Items for Discussion at CTS Meeting #6 Action Items/Wrap Up

Delivery Order Status

      LIDAR DOs for all 6 Basins Issued Evaluating Final Proposal for White Oak Basin Flood Data DO Evaluating Proposal for Lumber Basin Flood Data DO Received Proposal for Tar-Pamlico Basin Flood Data DO Preparing Draft RFP for Cape Fear Basin DO Evaluating Final Proposal for IT DO

Status Updates:

Basin Plan Development

Schedule for Completing Basin Plans

Basin White Oak Lumber Tar Pamlico Cape Fear Neuse Pasquotank Draft Date 12/14/00 12/27/00 1/23/01 2/14/01 3/7/01 3/28/01 Final Date End of February 2001 End of February 2001 End of March 2001 End of March 2001 End of April 2001 End of April 2001

Status Updates:

LIDAR Delivery Orders and LIDAR QA/QC

LIDAR Data Collection as of February 6, 2001

Watershed Concepts Greenhorne & O’Mara

Watershed Concepts LIDAR Data Collection

  62.5% of LIDAR data collection completed 100% Airport calibration sites surveyed

Watershed Concepts LIDAR Data Collection

Greenhorne & O’mara LIDAR Data Collection

  30% of LIDAR data collection completed 100% Airport calibration sites surveyed

Quality Control Surveys

Selected Firms for RFQ #19-000018 (Flood Mapping Quality Control Surveys)

Via RFQ process selected the following firms:

    *Arcadis/Geraghty & Miller Concord Engineering Stantec, Inc.

Team of:  Arnold W. Carson, RLS, PC    Johnie C. Garrason, PLS Robert H. Goslee and Associates, PA Lambert Surveying Group

Via RFQ process selected the following firms:

    The Rose Group, Inc.

Vaughn & Melton Withers & Ravenel Engineering & Surveying, Inc.

*W.K. Dickson Began scoping meeting with QC firms on 2/5; expect field work to begin by 2/15.

LIDAR QC Survey Meeting held on 2/13

    NCGS NASA D&D Coastal Service Center NCGS performed a QC survey of temporary GPS base stations’ horizontal and vertical positions in January 2001.

Status Updates:

Community Needs/Scoping

Community Needs Scoping

Basin White Oak Final Scoping Meeting December 19, 2001 Lumber Tar-Pamlico January 30-31, 2001 Cape Fear January 4-5, 2001 March 6-8, 2001 Neuse Pasqotank Estimated Late March, 2001 Estimated Mid April, 2001

Phase II Scoping

  The plan for scoping flood hazard mapping needs for counties and communities in the Phase II River Basins (Chowan, Roanoke, Yakdin, Catawaba, and New) is under development Details to be provided at a future CTS Committee Meeting

Status Updates:

Coordination with Federal Agencies

Coordination With Federal Agencies

 Coordination with Federal Agencies (John Dorman)  Preparing Follow-up Letters to January 8-11, 2001, meetings in Washington, D.C.

Coordination With Federal Agencies

 Scheduling meetings in Washington for the week of March 5-9, 2001 with the following agencies: •USGS •USACE •NASA •NOAA •EPA •DOT •HUD •DoD-NIMA •OMB •USDA-Forest Service •DOI-National Park Service

Status Updates:

Update on IT Requirements Analysis

Working Group Reports/Updates

Higher Standards

   Work Group met on February 7, 2001 Expanding Scope from Future Conditions Hydrology to include all Floodplain Management and Mapping Standards that exceed NFIP minimums Developing criteria/process for identifying communities that might benefit from higher standards

Higher Standards (continued)

 Considering 30 Options in the following categories:     Requirements Impacting the Construction of New Structures/Development Requirements Impacting the Location of New Structures/ Development Requirements Impacting Existing Structures/ Development Other Requirements See “Options Matrix” in Meeting 5 packet

Post-Storm Assessment

  Work Group meeting February 7, 2001  NCDEM       NCFM FEMA Wake County Charlotte League of Municipalities D&D Developing Post-Storm Assessment SOP

Discussion Items

 Flood Insurance and Mortgage Determination Issues  Flood Warning System

Flood Insurance and Mortgage Determinations

Issue:  NC flood maps will be official FIRMs  Will be used for flood insurance and mortgage determinations Proposed Policy/Process:  Should other interested parties (i.e., insurance agents, determination companies) be proactively engaged?

Flood Warning System

 Standing Subcommittee meeting held 2/13/01:      USGS NWS NCEM NCFM NC State University

Schedule and Items for Discussion at CTS Meeting #6

Action Items/Wrap Up