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2. AND HE SAID Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man. 1945 PhD Dissertation Human Adjustments to Flood by Gilbert F. White

3. ASFPM’s Mission Mitigate the losses, costs, and human suffering caused by flooding. and… 3

4. Protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains. 4

5. National and State Policy Issues National CFM® Certification State Chapter Services & Support Develop Publications & Resource Materials for Floodplain Managers No Adverse Impact (NAI) Conferences & Events Continuing Education Development (ASFPM Webinar Series) Research and Other Projects What does ASFPM do?

6. 2016 ASFPM Conference Important Dates: –Sponsor and Exhibitor Prospectus available Sept 2015 –Call for Abstracts and Workshops deadline Oct 31, 2015 –ASFPM Foundation Collegiate Student Paper Competition submission deadline TBD – approx. January 2016 –Registration Opens Feb 1, 2016 –Annual National Awards submittal deadline TBD – approx. March 2016. Forward winners of your Chapter awards for consideration

7. National Policy Issues The broad problem of flood-loss reduction is that the rate at which flood losses are being eliminated by construction of engineering or land-treatment works is of about the same magnitude as the rate at which new property is being subjected to damage. - GFW

8. Federal Budget (FY16) FEMA Administration Request –Flood Mapping. $400 m. ($279 million in appropriated funds) –Pre Disaster Mitigation. $200 m –Flood Mitigation Assistance. $175 m Not passed yet; most likely scenario is a negotiated budget between President and Congress

9. NFIP Reform Implementation Several studies recently released or to be released soon: –Community Based Flood Insurance (7/15) –NFIP Affordability Part 1 (3/15) –NFIP Affordability Part 2 (fall 2015) –Flood Risk Rating (negatively elevated structures – 6/15) TMAC established and working –First report focusing on incorporating best available climate science and future flood risk in flood mapping due this fall, as well as the TMAC annual report 9

10. NFIP Reform Implementation Continued rate adjustments HFIAA surcharges added (4/15) - $25 primary residences, $250 all other buildings Optional 10K deductible Reserve assessment increased to 15% for most policies Rates going up, up, up! Lending Regulators Final Rule (7/15) Requires mandatory escrow of flood insurance after Jan 1, 2016 for residential loans (some exceptions) Mandatory purchase will not apply to detached structures in SFHA (effective 10/1/15) 10

11. EO 13690 and FFRMS Issued 1/30/15, it updates EO 11988 Draft guidelines for implementation establishes new flood risk standard for federal actions. Agencies have three options: –Freeboard approach 3 ft. for critical actions, 2 ft for everything else; –500-year elevation; or –Climate informed science to develop new BFE Requires consideration of nature based alternatives Administration reviewing 300+ comments on draft guidelines; will finalize this fall. In the meantime agencies have developed implementation plans ASFPM STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND HAS DEVELOPED WEBPAGE FOR INFORMATION LINKED TO ASFPM HOMEPAGE AT WWW.FLOODS.ORG

12. EO Considerations for Floodplain Managers Development by a federal agency comes to your community –Understand how to apply the FFRMS –Assist the agency in determining whether action is in the floodplain, ensure that an appropriate alternatives analysis is done –Ensure consideration of state and local standards, although draft implementing guidelines unclear whether state/local standards must be followed. This has been a long-standing issue with EO11988 Community/state participates in a federal program that is subject to the new EO and FFRMS: –Understand how to apply the FFRMS –Ensure that project budgets/planning considers FFRMS –Act as local expert in identifying alternatives including those incorporating natural systems 12

13. EO Considerations for Floodplain Managers Impact on NFIP –New EO will not trigger need to update local floodplain management ordinances –New EO and FFRMS will not increase flood insurance rates; in fact, it will likely decrease them by 50% or more for buildings subject to the EO Impact on levees: –Corps of Engineers levee standards already incorporate up to a 3 foot freeboard for design and construction purposes –Corps of Engineers already using future conditions and climate change factors for levee design and construction –Should have little to no impact on levees and Corps programs overall 13

14. FHA 203K Loan FHA's primary program for the rehabilitation and repair of single family properties: –Flood mitigation activities are eligible –Combines financing for purchase or refinance and repairs into one loan –Can be used in cases where property owner finds flood insurance too expensive or generally to mitigate flood risk –Must be done by a FHA approved lender – they already exist throughout the country –Competitive mortgage rates 14 New FHA guidelines explicitly making hazard mitigation activities eligible will be released this fall. ASFPM will be working with HUD to promote nationwide. Stay tuned for more information!

15. NFPPR 2015 ASFPM’s flagship policy document, was updated in 2015 Contains over 200 recommendations to improve floodplain management policy in the nation Basis for recommended legislation, rule changes, program updates

16. Research and Other Projects 16

17. NAI How-To Guides Features: –5 NAI level tools in each guide –Case studies and “How-To” information –Based on 7 building blocks in NAI Toolkit. Three guides complete: Mitigation, Infrastructure, and Planning Three guides in production: Education/Outreach, Mapping, and Regulations One guide to start in FY16: Emergency Services

18. Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide www.greatlakesresilience.org

19. Other Projects CRS “Green Book” –Develop resource guidebook for communities identifying CRS elements that have co benefits of CRS credits and protecting natural floodplain functions –Developing several case studies, show “how-to” implement specific elements Update of PAS report “Subdivision Design in Flood Hazard Areas” –Original developed in 1997 –Update to include stormwater issues, platting, new case studies, legal issues, etc. Planner’s Information Exchange –Partnership with American Planning Association –8 webinars over 2 years, both CFM and AICP credits

20. Other Projects Community Floodplain Management Survey –Develop baseline of local program capacity –Format based on ASFPM State and Local Program Survey –Desire is statistically valid data nationally and in each state Comprehensive ASFPM website update –Driven by state of the art library system for organizing documents and resources –New features and better integration with projects

21. Thank You The present status of floodplain management does not encourage complacency... On balance, progress has been far short of what is desirable or possible, or what was envisaged at times when the current policies and activities were initiated - GFW Credit given to the Natural Hazards Observer and Rob Pudim for all illustrations in this presentation Be a member, get involved! www.floods.org

22. ASFPM 14 Policy Committees Arid Regions Coastal Issues Flood Insurance Flood Mitigation Mapping & Engineering Standards Professional Development Stormwater Management 22 Floodplain Regulations No Adverse Impact Non-structural floodproofing Natural & Beneficial Functions Training & Outreach International Higher Education

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24. For more information ASFPM 575 D’Onofrio Dr. Ste. 200 Madison, WI 53719 608-828-3000 asfpm@floods.org Details available on the ASFPM website www.floods.org 24