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North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #4

North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #4. January 16, 2001. Today’s Agenda. Status updates Demonstration of scoping tool Information Management System “NCFloodmaps.com” demo Working Group reports/updates Discussion Items Agenda items for CTS Meeting #5. Status Updates.

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North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #4

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  1. North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #4 January 16, 2001

  2. Today’s Agenda • Status updates • Demonstration of scoping tool • Information Management System • “NCFloodmaps.com” demo • Working Group reports/updates • Discussion Items • Agenda items for CTS Meeting #5

  3. Status Updates • Contract/Delivery Order Negotiations (John Dorman) • Basin Plans/Flood Data Delivery Order Development (Abdul Rahmani) • LIDAR DO and QA/QC(Gary Thompson) • Community needs/scoping (Ken Taylor)

  4. Status Updates • Coordination with Federal Agencies (John Dorman) • January 8-11, 2001, trip toWashington, D.C. • FEMA and State Staff: • Participated in FGDC Coordination Group meeting • Met with USACE, HUD, DOT, USGS, and NASA about funding and mapping activities • Also briefed/updated NC Congressional and key Committee staff

  5. GIS-Enabled Scoping Tool

  6. GIS-Enabled Scoping Tool • Provides centralized database of initial research data • Provides immediate access to flood map data during community scoping meetings • Enables user to visualize data and recommendations for multiple communities and flooding sources • Assists in scoping out mapping activities on a basin-wide basis (continued)

  7. GIS-Enabled Scoping Tool • Data collected from wide range ofsources, including: • CIS/Status • Library research • MNUSS • State and Federal GIS data sets • Census Bureau • Community Input (Meetings and Questionnaires) • Q3 • FIA (continued)

  8. GIS-Enabled Scoping Tool • Data stored on two levels: • Community basis • Flooding source basis • GIS display provides link to bothtypes of data

  9. Information Management System

  10. Status of IT System • DO negotiations finalized/notice to proceed • Major tasks: • Requirements analysis • Preliminary system design • Work plan for implementation • ESRI is IT provider (part of WC Team) • Work began week of Jan. 8-12, 2001

  11. Schedule for IT System

  12. NCFloodmaps.com

  13. NCFloodmaps.com • Public Web site providing: • Description of Statewide flood mapping program • News about the program • Status and progress reports • Public documents, such as project fact sheets, presentations, etc., for download • Important links to other Web sites

  14. NCFloodmaps.com • Will go “live” by 1/19/01 • Descriptions of Federal Agency partners included in your notebook • Please provide comments about Agency writeups to Jerry Sparks at jsparks@dewberry.com by 1/23/01 • Provide comments on Web site to Bart Alligood at Bart.Alligood@ncmail.net • Demo

  15. Working Group Reports/Status Updates

  16. Working Group Reports/Status Updates • Future Conditions — Gavin Smith • Coastal — Abdul Rahmani • Post-Flood HazardVerification — Gavin Smith

  17. Discussion Items

  18. Conflicts between State and Local Priorities Issue: • Flood data update needs for basin plans based on variety of methods: • Community surveys and input at initial scoping meetings • Historical flood data, such as post-Floyd gage records and inundation mapping • Flood insurance and repetitive loss claims data • Engineering assessments of effective FIS and FIRM analyses • Mapping deficiencies documented in FEMA’s archives • Community response to FEMA’s MNUSS survey • Some communities may not agree with all needs identified by State and FEMA

  19. Conflicts between State and Local Priorities Proposed Policy/Process: • All needs ranked/scored using “Selecting Technical Methods and Assigning Scores” procedures • If ranked high enough, will be included in the Draft Basin Plan • Communities will have opportunity to provide input at Final Scoping Meeting • Technical justification will be required for removing from Basin Plan

  20. “Approximate” Flood Elevations Issue: • Zone A areas on FIRMs do notshow BFEs • Typically not based on computations • Zone A areas for NC’s program will be based on H&H analyses/models (albeit less detailed than full detailed study) • Computed 1% annual chance flood elevations useful for floodplain management • Can also be used to rate flood insurance policies

  21. “Approximate” Flood Elevations Proposed Policy/Process: • How to best disseminate this elevation information? • FIRMs? • FIS Reports? • Online IT System? • Other mechanisms? • What do we call them?

  22. 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?

  23. Issues for Discussion at CTS Committee Meeting #5 Scheduled for February 13, 2001

  24. Action Items/Wrap Up

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