Navigating the Flood Mitigation Funding Programs at the Texas Water Development Board Matching need with Funding Opportunities Kathy Hopkins, CFM, CTCM Texas Water Development Board 1
Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs Hazard Flood Pre- Flood Mitigation Grants Mitigation Disaster Protection Grant Planning Assistance Mitigation Program Texas Texas Water Texas Division Development of Emergency Agency Board Management Key HMA State Grant Grant-Federal Program Grant Program Graphic courtesy of TWDB
Flood Protection Grant (Flood Protection Planning Grant) General Information • Biannual State grant program • 1.8 million available • 50% cost sharing requirement 3
Flood Protection Grant Program Eligible Activities • Flood Protection Planning The intent of flood protection planning is to conduct detailed studies of known or potential floodplains to better inform the development of flood protection strategies for watersheds through structural and nonstructural measures before a flood event, such as – determining and describing problems from or related to flooding, – identifying and planning solutions to flooding problems, and – estimating the benefits and costs of these solutions. • Flood Early Warning Systems The intent of flood early warning systems is to provide a tool for communities to warn its constituents in the event of a flood. Examples include but are not limited to developing a plan for implementing or the installation of – sirens, – reverse 911 call systems, – automatic reporting for river and/or rainfall gauges, and – information technology to monitor, detect, and assimilate data for flood prediction. • Flood Response The intent of implementing local flood response strategies is to help communities better respond to a flood event on a local level to minimize long-term hardships associated with the event. Strategies can include but are not limited to – hazard analysis and remediation, – evacuation plans, and – outreach to constituents to relay information on mitigation and evacuation. 4
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs 5
$ 83 BILLION IN SAVINGS Graphics from Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Reports, National Institute of Building Sciences 6
Source: Mitigation Minute, FEMA 7
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Application Process Graphic courtesy of FEMA 8
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Funding Opportunity and Eligibility Funding Opportunity Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA-$160 Million) and Pre-Disaster Grant programs (PDM-$235.2 Million) Upcoming application period: On or around October 1, 2018 through January 31, 2018. Application should be submitted to the TWDB on December 5, 2018 for FMA and December 15, 2018 for PDM through TDEM Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Currently open Eligibility Requirements FEMA approved Flood Mitigation Plan Benefit Cost Analysis with a ratio of 1.0 of higher ***Structure must be covered under NFIP policy***
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs Eligible Activities Source: Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance 10
Source: Mitigation Minute, FEMA 11
Cost Share Requirements for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants Federal 75% Local 25% 12
Cost Share Requirement- Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program Severe Repetitive Loss share Federal 100% and Local 0% Repetitive Loss share Federal 90% and local 10% NFIP insured, drainage project, and plan share Federal 75% and local 25%
Mitigation Action- Acquisition and Demolition Photographs courtesy of TWDB Photographs courtesy of TWDB Photographs courtesy of HCFCD Photographs courtesy of FEMA Photographs courtesy of TWDB
Source: Mitigation Minute, FEMA 15
Mitigation Action- Elevation Photographs courtesy of TWDB
Mitigation Action- Mitigation Reconstruction (AKA Demo-Rebuild) After Before Source: J. Ward 17
Mitigation Action- Drainage Project Photographs courtesy of TWDB
Other Financial Assistance at TWDB 19
National Flood Insurance Program NFIP is based on agreement between local communities and federal government: • Communities agree to adopt and regulate development in floodplain (based on maps!) to reduce flood risks; • Federal government makes flood insurance and disaster assistance available to community.
Community Assistance Program • Compliance (not regulatory): • Community Assistance Contacts (CAC) ~325/year • Community Assistance Visits (CAV) ~15/year • Technical assistance w/ regulations • Enrollment: • 1,252 participating communities • Training; minimum of 6 per year • Local and Federal Coordination Brownsville, TX, July 24, 2008 Courtesy of FEMA • Community Rating System • Disaster Preparation and Recovery
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Community Rating System (CRS) The NFIP’s Community Rating • 300 Public Information Activities System (CRS) recognizes • Elevation Certificates community efforts beyond those • Map Information Service minimum standards by reducing Outreach Projects flood insurance premiums for • the community’s property Hazard Disclosure owners. • Flood Protection Information • Flood Protection Assistance • Flood Insurance Promotion CRS discounts on flood insurance • 400 Mapping and Regulations premiums range from 5% up to • Flood Hazard Mapping 45%. Those discounts provide an • Open Space Preservation incentive for new flood • protection activities that can Higher Regulatory Standards help save lives and property in • Flood Data Maintenance the event of a flood. • Stormwater Management 23
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Cooperating Technical Partners • Increases local involvement in creating and updating flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) • Benefits: • Capitalize on existing project data funded and developed within local communities • Greater control of project pace and the schedule of FIRM release • Direct input in the flood study modeling, process, and product roll-out • Generate products that could be used to support other types of grant program initiatives
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