louisiana ctp update...louisiana ctp update lfma conference 2019, kenner, la susan veillon jerri...
TRANSCRIPT
Louisiana CTP UpdateLFMA Conference 2019, Kenner, LA
Susan Veillon
Jerri Daniels
Louisiana CTP
• State Lead Agency is the LA Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)• Floodplain Management Section also houses NFIP Coordinator, Cindy O’Neal
• CTP Program is under the State Coordinator
• Partnership Agreement signed on March 11, 2015
• Susan Veillon is CTP Manager
• Dewberry Consultants under contract to assist
• The Water Institute of the Gulf (TWIG) is a participating agency
Louisiana Watershed Initiative
• Governor John Bel Edwards created as a result of the 2016 floods.
• Five state agencies charged with coordinating efforts to reduce flood risk throughout the state• Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)
• Office of Community Development (OCD)
• Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)
• Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
• Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (DWF)
• https://watershed.la.gov
Louisiana Watershed Initiative
• Trying to let those decisions be made about modeling, will heavily influence our FY20 and beyond scheduling• On hold for any additional BLE
• DOTD still collecting mapping needs (survey at booth)
• DOTD will lead modeling efforts for LWI• Timing, scheduling and prioritization of modeling unknown at this time
• When decided, BLE decisions will be made for communities and watersheds
• How does this tie in with the CTP Program?
Current Projects in 2019
• Wrapping up Discovery projects• Amite
• Tangipahoa
• Tickfaw
• Tangipahoa
• Liberty-Bayou Tchefuncte
• Bayou Teche
• Finished LaSalle Parish• Phase 2 for two HUC 8s
• More needs to be done by FEMA
• West Feliciana Parish Phase 2• Result of previous Discovery project• 232 miles of limited detail• 199 miles of approximate• Heavily influenced by the
community officials• Rapidly growing community
• COMs projects• Targeted Outreach and Education to
Increase Policy Count in Louisiana for Insurance, Real Estate and building professionals
• BLE Workshops
Targeted Outreach to Insurance Agents and Realtors in 2019
Background
7
$20BPaid NFIP
Claims in LA
since 1978
40,000Drop in PIF
2012-2016
Buildings Removed from SFHA in July 2016 Baton Rouge Area LOMR2,000
Residential Units WITHOUT
Flood Insurancein 2016
78%
No-Name Storm Aug 12-22, 2016
8
146KHomes
Damaged
40% in NSHFA
$770M in IA $2.4B in NFIP Claims
COMs Project Description
Local Engagement• Identify/connect with Baton Rouge area and state
stakeholders• Create specific outreach material for each
industry• Write 4 short articles for stakeholder pubs• Design 2-hour workshops for each stakeholder
group; file for CECs where possible• Present pre-hurricane season
State Engagement• Meet with each state organization• Present 2-hour webinar• Provide same outreach material
10
BLE Workshops - Late Summer – Early Fall
• Acadia
• Allen
• Ascension
• Avoyelles
• Catahoula
• Concordia
• East Feliciana
• Evangeline
• Jackson
• Livingston
• Rapides
• St. James
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Helena
• St. Landry
• St. Mary
• Tangipahoa
• Winn
Upcoming Projects in 2020: Allen Parish Phase 2• Community solicited
• Large developments coming in this area
• Came to Discovery Meetings in Bayou Teche
• Also, contacted Susan at DOTD and FEMA
• Community provided great input to the scope
• Has agreed to enforce results
Upcoming Projects in 2020: Discovery
• Follow on behind BLE work• Mermentau Headwaters
• Black Watershed
• Bayou Cocodrie
• Lower Red
• Lake Maurepas
Upcoming Projects: LaSalle Parish Phase 3• Obtain community approval to use BLE data
for lower portion
• Correct error on current index: Zone C
• Reissue all panels through EAP
• Current risk updated
• Number of claims outside the floodplain dramatically reduced
Upcoming Projects: LaSalle Parish Phase 3
The FIG: Flood Information Guide
The Problem
• LOTS of un-numbered A zones. LOTS. WSEL information greatly needed at the local level
• NOT on the InFRM viewer as this is Approximate A data and was created before BLE site
• FEMA sending out lots of helpful data and tools to communities for planning and flood risk reduction
• Communities don’t have funding nor personnel to make effective use of the tools and data
• Data needs to be “repackaged” in a familiar, easy to use form
• Lack of GIS software use in many Louisiana communities receiving the BLE data
• Lack of time and understanding by overwhelmed staff to learn to use GIS-based websites
The Problem: USACE Perspective
• Notes from Vicksburg U.S. CORPS of Engineers
• Could not match up the 100-year flood where FEMA had studies.
• In 2015 the CORPs quit issuing BFE’s along the Red River because the hydraulics had changed so much.
• In 2018 the CORPs quit issuing BFE’s for the northern parishes of LA because they were not comfortable issuing BFE’s for house specific sites for the reasons below.
• Quad Maps were up to 20 years’ old
• Using 5’ to 10’ contours to make determinations
• He said it was noted that they felt like the number could be off in rural areas as much as five foot either way.
Pilot Community• West Carroll Parish, LA
• Received first FIRM update since 1977 FHBMs in 2016
• One staff member wearing many hats, little to no GIS skills
• Data not posted on InFRM viewer
The Idea
• Communities desire the Flood Risk Products for un-numbered A zones
• Some communities are using previously delivered products in paper format (maps)
• Go back. Back to what works and what’s familiar to communities.
• For decades, travelers relied on road atlases to navigate. Local cartographers also created map books for their immediate community.
• These map books gave quick access using an index of street names.
• Create something familiar to the communities that gives them the WSEL information quickly and easily.
Flood Information Guide (FIG)
• An atlas of the WSEL information
• WSEL data shown in two ways• An index based on street names will list all WSEL information in a table
• Individual properties can be easily located on bi-fold maps with aerial photography
• All information bound in a book for easy reference and use
• Combined FEMA, State of Louisiana and local data
• Police Jury members don’t “need” to know how to read a FIRM
Flood Information Guide Map
• Sample Index Table: look up WSEL by address and road name
Flood Information Guide Map
• Left: FIRM showing un-numbered A zones
• Right: WSEL, structure points, road names, aerial photography on maps
Demonstration
Questions?Susan Veillon, [email protected] Daniels, [email protected]