Bryan, TX

City of Bryan, TX Floodplain Management Plan Update

Floodplain
Management
Plan
Public Meeting #1 – Planning Process Kickoff

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Agenda &
Introductions
 Introductions

Agenda

Introductions
Community Rating System (CRS) Overview
Why Plan?
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Project Overview
• Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) Requirements
• CRS Activity 510 Requirements
FMP Planning Process
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Public Outreach
• Risk Assessment Update
Project Schedule
Next Steps

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 Introductions

Introductions
• Welcome!

• Opening Remarks
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City of Bryan, TX Project Leads WSP Planning Consultants & Contact Info

Paul Kaspar, Engineering Department Project Manager: David Stroud – david.stroud@wsp.com

Manager
Planner: Abby Moore – abigail.moore@wsp.com
Sam Vernon, Assistant City Engineer
Planner: Ranger Ruffins – ranger.ruffins@wsp.com

GIS Lead: Garrett Shields – garrett.shields@wsp.com

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Community
Rating
System (CRS)
Overview
 CRS Overview

Community Rating System

• FEMA NFIP Voluntary Program
• Point-based system with 10 classes
• 5% premium discount for every 500 points earned
Encourages higher standards than the NFIP minimum
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 CRS Overview

Community Rating
System
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Goals of the Program:

1. Reduce flood damage to insurable

property

2. Strengthen and support the insurance

aspects of the NFIP

3. Encourage a comprehensive approach

to floodplain management

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 CRS Overview

Insurance Data

503 policies in
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force

$143m in
coverage

$4.68m in paid
claims

20 substantial
damage claims

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 CRS Overview

Return on Investment

Class 8 Savings:
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$43 per policy on average

$79 per policy in SFHA
$21,394 community wide

Class 7 Savings:
$55 per policy on average
$119 per policy in SFHA
$27,892 community wide

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Why Plan?
 Why Plan?

Trends in Disasters
Trends resulting in
increased costs for
disaster response and
recovery:
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• Population and
community growth =
greater exposure to risk
• More people living
in hazardous areas
• More buildings and
infrastructure

• Hazards events
occurring with more
frequency and/or In 2022 there were 18 weather/climate disaster events in the
intensity U.S. with losses exceeding $1 billion each
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 Why Plan?

Trends in Disasters
Costliest Disasters across the United States since 1980
Disaster Total Estimated Cost* Deaths

Hurricane Katrina (2005) $190.0B 1,833

Hurricane Harvey (2017) $151.3B 89
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Hurricane Ian (2022) $112.9B 152

Hurricane Maria (2017) $108.9B 2,981
Events in bold
Hurricane Sandy (2012) $83.9B 159
included
Hurricane Ida (2021) $80.2B 96 impacts in
Hurricane Irma (2017) $60.5B 97 Texas
Hurricane Andrew (1992) $57.0B 61

U.S. Drought/Heatwave (1988) $51.4B 454

Midwest Flooding (1993) $43.8B 48

Hurricane Ike (2008) $40.8B 112

CPI adjusted to 2022 dollars; reflects total cost and deaths across entire impacted area;
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 Why Plan?

Why Hazard Mitigation is a Priority

1 The spiraling costs of response and

recovery; the cost of doing nothing is
too much
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2 Many events are predictable and

repetitive; we know what to expect

3 Loss reduction activities can be

effective, cost-beneficial, and
environmentally sound

4 There are legal and moral

responsibilities to prevent future
disasters

5 There are funds available to help

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 Why Plan?

Planning for Mitigation Helps to

Break the Disaster Cycle
Rebuild Damage
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Damage Rebuild

Mitigation is any sustained action

taken to reduce or eliminate long-
term risk to human life and property

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Project
Overview
 Project Overview

Disaster Mitigation Phase 1

Act (DMA) Planning Organize Resources
Requirements
What is DMA? Why is it Important? Phase 2
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• Outlines the planning requirements that

Assess Risks
local governments must follow
• Provides continued eligibility for mitigation
funds, pre- and post-disaster funding
Phase 3
• Guides mitigation activities in a coordinated
& economical manner Develop a Mitigation
• Integrates into other existing planning Strategy
mechanisms
• Directs future development and informs Phase 4
wise planning and building
Adopt and Implement
• Reduces losses and makes communities
more disaster resistant

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 Project Overview

Community Rating System (CRS)

Planning Requirements
DMA Process CRS Process
CRS Activity 510 Floodplain Management
Planning Phase I – Organize Resources
§201.6(c)(1) Step 1. Organize to Prepare the Plan
10-Step planning process aligns with the
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four phases of DMA §201.6(b)(1) Step 2. Involve the Public

This plan will follow a blended planning
process; to meet the requirements of both
programs
§201.6(b)(2) & (3) Step 3. Coordinate
Phase II – Risk Assessment
§201.6(c)(2)(i) Step 4. Assess the Hazard
§201.6(c)(2)(ii) & (iii) Step 5. Assess the Problem
Phase III – Mitigation Strategy
§201.6(c)(3)(i) Step 6. Set Goals
§201.6(c)(3)(ii) Step 7. Review Possible Activities
§201.6(c)(3)(iii) Step 8. Draft an Action Plan
Phase IV – Plan Maintenance
§201.6(c)(5) Step 9. Adopt the Plan
§201.6(c)(4) Step 10. Implement, Evaluate, and Revise the Plan

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FMP
Planning
Process
 Planning
Process

Activity 510: Floodplain

Management Planning

10-Step Planning Process

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Phase I: Organize Resources Phase III: Develop a Mitigation Plan

1. Get organized 6. Set planning goals
2. Plan for public involvement 7. Review mitigation alternatives
3. Coordinate with other departments and 8. Draft and action plan
agencies

Phase IV: Adoption and Implementation

Phase II: Risk Assessment
9. Adopt the plan
4. Identify the hazard(s)

5. Assess the risks 10. Implement, evaluate, and revise

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 Planning Process

Activity 510: CRS Credit by Step

31% of total
FMP credit
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is in Step 2

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 Planning Process

Step 1: Get Organized

• Form/Reconvene the Floodplain
Management Planning Committee (FMPC)
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Responsibilities of the FMPC:
- Attend the four committee meetings
- Provide capability information
- Provide mitigation action progress
updates

- Identify new mitigation actions

- Review and provide feedback on draft
Membership on the FMPC must be:
documents

50% 50%
Local staff & Residents &
officials stakeholders

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Step 2: Plan for Public

Involvement

• Credit criteria for public

involvement:
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• Public kickoff meeting

• Public meeting to review the draft
plan
• Public participation on the FMPC
• Other opportunities to get
involved:
• Website and social media
information
• Public survey
• Flyers
• Draft documents for public review

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Step 3: Coordinate with

Stakeholders

• Potential Stakeholders:
FEMA Region 6
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• NOAA, NWS, other federal agencies

• TDEM, TCEQ, other state agencies
• Neighboring communities
• Non-profits
• Businesses
• Colleges & universities
• Others…

• Stakeholders will be invited to contribute data and input, review drafts, and attend
public meetings

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Step 4: Assess the Hazards

Hazard Identification Risk Assessment

Potential Hazards for
• What can happen here? • How does each hazard occur in Inclusion in the Plan:
the planning area?
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• Hazard list will • Riverine Flooding

coordinate with the 2018 • Profiles the hazards: • Stormwater Flooding
Texas State Hazard description, location maps,
• Dam Failure
Mitigation Plan, 2019 severity, past occurrences,
Brazos County Hazard and probability of future • Erosion
Mitigation Plan, and occurrence
2018 City of Bryan FMP
• Potential future flood
conditions based on climate
change, development, and
other changes

• Areas likely to flood in the

future
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Planning Process

Step 4: Assess the Hazards

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Process

Step 5: Assess the Problem

Vulnerability Assessment Capability Assessment

• What will be affected or impacted?
How can we implement mitigation?
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• Property, critical facilities, people,

economy, natural resources, cultural
and historic resources
• Qualitative and quantitative
methodologies for analysis
• GIS datasets will enable spatial analysis
of vulnerability
• Planning & regulatory resources,
administrative & technical resources,
financial resources, past mitigation
efforts, etc.

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Step 5: Assess the

Problem

Collect updated data on local assets

• Buildings (building footprints and parcel

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data provided in GIS)

• Critical facilities (provided in GIS)

• Critical infrastructure

• Economic assets?

• Natural resources?

• Historic and cultural resources?

GIS data enables spatial analysis

Critical facilities and critical infrastructure will be categorized

into FEMA lifeline categories

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Process

Step 6: Set Goals

• Review the goals from the previous plan to determine if they

are still relevant and appropriate.
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1. Develop and improve outreach and public awareness

2. Protect and enhance natural floodplain and stormwater resources
3. Provide fiscally responsible funding
4. Protect the health and safety of the public

• These goals will be discussed at a future FMPC meeting and

updated as needed

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Step 7: Review Possible Activities

• Consider action ideas from each of FEMA’s

mitigation categories:
Prevention, Property Protection, Structural
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Projects, Emergency Services, Natural Resource

Protection, and Public Education

• Review all existing mitigation actions:

• Were they completed? If not, should they be
carried forward or deleted?

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Step 8: Draft an Action Plan

• Develop and prioritize mitigation actions for all identified and evaluated hazards

• Who will be responsible, when will projects be completed, how will projects be funded, etc.
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Step 9: Adopt the Plan

Step 10: Implement, Evaluate, and
Revise
• City of Bryan must adopt the plan by resolution

Ongoing plan maintenance includes at least annual meetings of the HMPC to

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review the plan

• Quarterly meetings are recommended to encourage progress and maximize CRS credit
for the plan

• Plan will continue to undergo a full update every five years

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Project
Schedule
 Project
Schedule

Key Project Milestones

April FMPC Meeting #1

Public Kickoff Meeting
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May FMPC Meeting #2 (virtual meeting)

Mitigation action updates

June FMPC Meeting #3 (virtual meeting)

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 July/August FMPC Meeting #4
Final Public Meeting

August Request ISO Review

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September Plan Adoption

October Final approved plan

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Opportunities
to Stay
Involved
 Next Steps

Stay Involved

Respond to the public survey

• Where/When you’ve experienced flooding

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• How flooding has impacted you

• Ideas for flood mitigation

Check the City’s website for:

• Meeting announcements

• Meeting agendas, minutes, and presentations

• Draft documents for review

https://forms.office.com/r/UskRC0KLvk

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