City Council

Agenda Request

Agenda Of:

11/06/07

Agenda Request No:

VIII C

Initiated By:

Chris Steubing, City Engineer

Responsible Department:

community development -Engineering

Presented By:

Chris Steubing, City Engineer

Department Head:

chris steubing, P.E.

City Engineer

 

 

Additional Department. Head (s):

n/a

Subject / Proceeding:

fema map modernization program update/Update to Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

Review and Discuss

Exhibits:

n/a

Clearances

Approval

Legal:

n/a

Executive Director:

Jim Callaway

Community development

Purchasing:

n/a

Asst. City Manager:

n/a

Budget:

n/a

City Manager:

Allen Bogard

Budget

Expenditure Required:  $

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Amount Budgeted/Reallocation:  $

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Additional Appropriation:  $

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Recommended Action

Update on Map Modernization Program and Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

Executive Summary

FEMA started the Map Modernization Project in 2004 for all National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) participating counties.  The city has participated with funding in order to expand the scope to include Oyster Creek and Fort Bend County has provided additional funding to conduct a revised Hydraulic and Hydrologic study for the Brazos River.  The analysis of both drainage systems are underway and nearing completion. 

 

Staff would like to present the latest information regarding the anticipated schedule and outcome from the information that we have received to date in regards to the raising of the levee heights in and around Sugar Land as well as the latest information that we have from FEMA.

 

On July, 2007, H20 Partners, Inc., under a contract with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), conducted a Community Assistance Visit (CAV) for our community.  The main purpose of this CAV visit was to evaluate and assist the community (City) in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements.  The City, as a participant in the NFIP program, is required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed FEMA minimum requirements.

 

The CAV visit found the City to be compliant with the minimum FEMA Flood Ordinance regulations pertaining to permitting new construction in special flood hazard areas.  There were some deficiencies that were also identified during this CAV visit.  The CAV requires the City to update its current flood damage prevention ordinance and floodplain development permit process do address these deficiencies.  Community development staff proposes to make these revisions to the City’s adopted flood damage prevention ordinance.  An overview of these proposed updates will be presented to the City Council.     

Exhibits