1A_Rapid Deployment of a Floood Acquisition Project

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Creating Value

Delivering Solutions

Rapid Development of a Flood

Acquisition Project

Decisions and Opportunities

Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management

2012 Annual Conference March 14, 2012


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What makes a good project?

Review of risk and/or previous damage

caused by hazards, matched with an activitythat produces a reasonable level of protection

for the cost involved


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Benefits of Project Scoping

Helpsestablishthat

youreontheright

track

Developsalternatives

thatensures

the

selectedactionis

eligibleand

competitive

Allowsyoutosync

yourmitigationidea

withthe

appropriate

fundingmechanism


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Initial Project Scoping

Usethebestinformationavailabletoidentify:

Vulnerableareas

Mitigationsolutions

and

alternatives

Bestinformationmayincludedocumentssuch

as:

Localhazardmitigationplan

Specialstudies

and

reports

FloodInsuranceRateMaps

PreliminaryDamageAssessmentData


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Scoping Components

Eligible

Project?

Cost

Effectiveness

Environmental

Impacts

Eligibilityand

Feasibility

Other

FactorsHistoricPreservationCommunitySupport


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Scoping Project Eligibility

Confirmthattheproject:

Communityhasanapprovedlocalmitigation

plan

Conformswithstateandlocalmitigation

plans

Meetsallprogramspecificeligibility

requirements

Independently

solves

a

problem

caused

by

hazards

Directlyreducesdamages


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Scoping Feasibility

ProjectEffectiveness

howwellwilltheprojectreducelosses?

definedby

the

level

of

protection

provided

by

the

project

Sinceproject

effectiveness

is

generally

linked

to

thelevelofdesign,someamountofconceptual

engineeringreviewwillberequired


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Scoping Feasibility

Howwillitmitigatethelosses?

Whatis

the

proposed

and

possible

level

of

protection

of

mitigatingthehazard?

Whatwill

be

the

residual

risk

after

mitigation?

Cantheprojectbeconstructed?

Whataretheanticipatedimpactsofconstruction?


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Scoping Cost Effectiveness

Calculationofriskisbasedonfrequencyandseverityof

thehazard(s)

Higherthe

frequency

and

severity,

the

higher

the

risk

Projectsthateffectivelymitigatehighrisksituationsare

usuallycosteffective

Costeffectivenessrepresentshowoftentheinvestment

ofmitigationwillproduceareturn

Addressesexpected

and

historical

damages


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Scoping Cost Effectiveness

AccuratepreparationofaBCAisacriticalelementofa

projectapplication

Projectsubapplication

BCR

must

be

1.0

or

greater

Alldataentries(otherthanFEMAstandardordefault

values)MUSTbedocumentedintheapplication

DataMUSTbefromacrediblesource

ContactyourSHMOaboutBCAtechnicalassistanceand

trainingopportunities


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Scoping Environmental Impacts

Whatareenvironmentalconcernsoftheproject?

Minorornegligible

Major(e.g.

moving

flooding

problem

downstream)

Cantheprojectbepermitted?

Willenvironmental

issues

impact

project

design?

Adjustcostestimateaccordingly

Doesenvironmentalremediationneedtobe

includedin

the

project

design?



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Scoping Historic Preservation

Structuresover50yearsoldrequireahistoric

preservationreview

Coordinatewith

the

SHMO

and

SHPO

Mayrequireactionssuchasrecordation

beforedemolition


Scopethepropermitigationactionforthe

structure

Considerelevationorrelocationvs.

demolition


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Scoping Community Support

Istheprojectacceptabletothecommunity?

Istheprojectacceptabletothejurisdictionslegislative

body?

Arepropertyownersinterestedinparticipating?

Canthecommunity,Stateorpropertyownersupplythe

localmatch?

Canthe

community

manage

the

project?

Doesthecommunityhavethenecessarytechnical

resourcestodevelopandimplementtheproject?

Isthe

community

willing

and

able

to

maintain

the

implementedmeasure?


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Scoping Summary

Byusingascopingandselectionprocess,youcanconfirm

thatyouhaveagoodproject,oreliminateapoorproject

early

in

the

process

Nextstepistoclearlyandcompletelyarticulatehowyou

haveestablishedagoodprojectthroughapplication

development

Thecomparisonofalternativesshouldbedocumented

andyoushouldhaveacompletedecisionmakingprocess

outlined


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Available Funding Sources

FederalprogramssuchasHMGP,PDM,FMA,RFC,SRL

ConsultwithyourSHMOonthebestfundingsourcefor

your

project

Localprograms

Generalorcapitalfunds

Revolvingloan

funds

CDBGFundsPassThrough

Utilitytaxes(e.g.stormwater)

Propertyownerresponsibility

InKind

Projectmanagement

Labor,equipment,materials


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Important Considerations for Project

Application Development CoordinatewithyourSHMOearlyintheprocess

Assumethereviewerdoesnotknowanythingaboutyour

area/regionand

may

never

be

able

to

visit

the

project

site

Mostoftheinformationusedtoevaluatealternative

projectswillbeneededintheapplication

Fullydescribetheresultsoftheprojectsdecisionmaking

process

Readtheprogramguidancecarefullyandprovide

informationaccordingly

Beginpreparingtheenvironmentalworkearlyinthe

process


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Summary

Wellpreparedapplicationsdonotalwaysmeanyouhave

aneligibleandcompetitiveproject

Thebestpreparedapplicationwillnotbesuccessfulifthe

projectisnotfeasibleandeffectiveinmitigatingthehazard(s)identified

Effectiveprojectidentification,scoping,andscreeningis

essential

Startearly!

NotallmitigationactivitiesareeligibleforFEMAfunding.

Aproject

may

be

ahigh

community

priority

but

just

not

therightfitunderFEMAHMAprograms

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