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Resilience Meeting: [ Watershed Name]

Resilience Meeting: [ Watershed Name]. [LOCATION] [DATE]. Risk MAP Project Status. Where have we been? Completed a mapping update project to update: Study area A Study area B Study area C Digital conversion County-wide map format Released the preliminary map and accepted comments

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Resilience Meeting: [ Watershed Name]

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  1. Resilience Meeting:[WatershedName] [LOCATION] [DATE]

  2. Risk MAP Project Status • Where have we been? • Completed a mapping update project to update: • Study area A • Study area B • Study area C • Digital conversion • County-wide map format • Released the preliminary map and accepted comments • Working locally to adopt ordinances • Finalized the FIRM and FIS and anticipate effective release Regional user/STARR – this slide is set up for a conversion project, modify for Risk MAP projects or as needed based on meeting timing

  3. Meeting Objectives • To help you better understand: • Your flood risk, as individual communities and as a watershed • Strategies you can use to reduce your risk • Resources available to help you implement those strategies • The importance of communicating flood risk to your constituents

  4. Best Practice: [Community A’s Issue] The problem: The process: The solution: Insert Photo if Available Insert Photo if Available

  5. Best Practice: [Community B’s Issue] The problem: The process: The solution: Insert Photo if Available Insert Photo if Available

  6. Best Practice: [State/FEMA-promoted Issue] The problem: The process: The solution: Insert Photo if Available Insert Photo if Available

  7. Strategies to Reduce Flood Risk There are many strategies you can take to reduce your flood risk • Prevention • Affects future development • Includes ordinances and building codes • Property protection • Affects existing development • Includes elevation and acquisition • Public education and awareness • Informs people about risk • Includes outreach activities • Natural resource protection • Protects water quality • Protects Habitats • Restores resources • Emergency services protection • Protects critical facilities • Structural projects • Involves construction • Includes berms • Includes altering stream routes

  8. Resources to Help You Reduce Your Flood Risk • FEMA grants • HUD and other Federal Agency grants • Resources from the NFIP, CRS, and floodplain management • Online resources • Technical assistance by other Federal agencies and professional associations

  9. Local Mitigation Plans • County Hazard Plan TITLE • Includes list communities • FEMA approved DATE • Expiration DATE • Summary • Community-Specific Hazard Plan TITLE • FEMA approved DATE • Expiration DATE • Summary • How to participate in plan development

  10. Grant Program Information Refer to Handout: Funding Resources for Mitigation Activities • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM) • Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program (FMA) • Repetitive Flood Claims Grant Program (RFC) • Severe Repetitive Loss Grant Program (SRL) • Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities Grants • Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Support Services • Business Physical Disaster Loans • Economic Injury Disaster Loans • Disaster Recovery Enhancement Fund (not all States qualify) • Planning Assistance to States (PAS) Program • Flood Plain Management Services (FPMS)

  11. Mitigation Assessment and Planning • Small Group Discussion • Goals • Learn how to document areas of mitigation interest/strategies • Discuss strategies for reducing risk

  12. Communicate About Your Risk • Flood risk awareness: • Leads to action • Increases overall community resilience • Builds support for implementing the mitigation plan • Your constituents*: • Expect to hear about flood risk from local officials, insurance agents, and real estate agents • Prefer to hear about it in the local news and through mailings * From 2010 FEMA Risk MAP Flood Risk Awareness Survey

  13. Communicate About Your Risk (cont.) Risk MAP makes it easier to share flood risk information with your constituents: • Community outreach plan template • Draft letters to citizens • Draft media materials

  14. Communication and Outreach Planning • Small Group Discussion • Goals • Identify areas of most impact from updated maps • Identify other areas of outreach need • Discuss demographics of impacted neighborhoods/areas • Discuss strategies for outreach • Document outreach strategies

  15. Next Steps • Action Items • Contacts and Outreach Materials Sign-Up • Next steps - work together to coordinate on: • Mitigation planning • Grant applications or technical assistance • Communication Thanks for participating! We’ll be talking again soon.

  16. Insert State logo Insert County logo

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