Okaloosa County BOCC — September 16, 2014 — 2014 Annual LMS-CRS Progress Report- Final — reading text

2013 Okaloosa County Annual Progress Report Local Mitigation Strategy and Community Rating System Introduction In 2011, Okaloosa County and all its municipalities adopted a substantially revised version of the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS). The new LMS was found in compliance by the Florida Division of Emergency Management in April 2011, and by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in May 2011. By July 2011, all the municipalities as well as the County had passed ordinances or resolutions adopting the 2011 LMS. Because it includes a comprehensive analysis of the County’s and municipalities’ floodplain areas and floodplain management strategies, as well as analyses of all other hazards by which the County is threatened, the LMS serves as the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan as provided in Section 510 of the Community Rating System (CRS) Coordinator’s Manual. This Annual Report is structured to comply with the requirements of CRS Activity 510 reporting criteria as provided on pages 510-30 and 510-31 of the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System Coordinator’s Manual, FEMA publication FIA-15/2007. Annual Report Preparation, Submittal to Governing Bodies, Release to Media, and Public Availability This annual report was prepared internally by the Planning Division of the Okaloosa County Growth Management Department and has been distributed to all the municipalities. For credit under the Community Rating System, this Annual Report must be distributed to the media and be made available to the public. To this end, it is being sent to the Northwest Florida Daily News, and copies of this Report are available for review or download online at the Growth Management portion of the County Website, and may be viewed or obtained in hard copy at the Growth Management Department’s offices located at the Water & Sewer Administrative Complex, 1804 Lewis Turner Boulevard, 2nd Floor in Fort Walton Beach, or the North Planning Office located at 402 Brookmeade Drive in Crestview. The entire 2011 LMS, as amended, may also be accessed via the Growth Management portion of the County website or at the previously mentioned Growth Management office locations. Revisions to Local Mitigation Strategy Using the point ranking system established in the 2011 Local Mitigation Strategy, several projects have the same points, therefore, projects are ranked using an alpha-numeric system based upon the population the project would benefit. For example, a project with 30 points would rank as number 15 on the priority list, and two projects have received 30 points. Project X with 30 points benefits an estimated 15 individuals; Project Y with 30 points benefits. On the priority list, Project Y would be ranked as 15a and Project X would rank as 15b. New projects have been submitted by the city of Destin, City of Mary Esther, Okaloosa County and City of Niceville. Most of these projects are a result of the floods in April 2014. Project # 42 Permanent Stabilization of Norriego Point was updated for an additional 3 million dollars per Mr. Ken Gallander, City of Destin. 2014 Annual LMS-CRS Progress Report Page 1 of 3 The following projects have been completed: Project #1 Beach re-nourishment described as restoring 4.5 miles of critically eroded beaches on Okaloosa Island and western Destin. This project was modified by the Board of County Commissioners to include only 1.7 miles of beaches located in west Destin. These 1.7 miles were completed in early 2013. It should be noted that 2 miles of eastern Destin beaches were restored in 2007.) Project #12 Sewer pump station # 13 protection measures for the City of Niceville was completed and removed by Mr. Bruce Price, City of Niceville. Project # 3 Stormwater plan for the Town of Shalimar was completed in-house and removed by Mr. Tom Burns, Town of Shalimar. Project # 13 Dunes of Destin Lake Drainage Project was completed and removed by Mr. Ken Gallander, City of Destin. The following projects have been removed from the attached project list. Project #1 Beach re-nourishment described as restoring 4.5 miles of critically eroded beaches on Okaloosa Island and western Destin was completed and removed by Mr. Jim Trifilio 8-13-2014. Project # 3 Stormwater plan for the Town of Shalimar was completed in-house and removed by Mr. Tom Burns, Town of Shalimar. Project #12 Sewer pump station # 13 protection measures for the City of Niceville was completed and removed b Mr. Bruce Price, City of Niceville. Project # 13 Dunes of Destin Lake Drainage Project was completed and removed by Mr. Ken Gallander, City of Destin. Status of LMS Goals and Objectives At this time, much of the work identified in the LMS is ongoing. The Goals and Objectives (the statements under each Goal), provide the broad range of what is to be accomplished during the five-year planning period from 2011 through 2015 by the LMS Steering Committee. Since Action Items are, for the most part, ongoing activities – such as implementation of the Florida Building Code, Floodplain Management practices, etc. – that are undertaken as part of the County’s and municipalities’ day-to-day operations, their status is ongoing. Projects, on the other hand, may be part of on-going, programmatic activities (such as, for example, installing generators to supply emergency power at key infrastructure) or major, one-time (or at least very long term) upgrades of facilities such as the construction of a new emergency operations center. At the time of this 2014 Annual Report, all of the Goals and Objectives are being met, and projects have been completed as noted, above. 2014 LMS Projects Attachment A is the current list of LMS projects as approved by the LMS Committee. This list also provides the status of each project, and states the reason (typically lack of funds) for any projects for which action has been deferred. It should be noted that Rebuild Northwest Florida, a private, non-profit 2014 Annual LMS-CRS Progress Report Page 2 of 3 organization, has submitted to the Florida Division of Emergency Management one of the projects on the 2013 LMS Priority List Projects, Okaloosa Residential Retrofit program submitted by Rebuild Northwest Florida in response to the availability of funds resulting from Hurricane Isaac. This project was considered and endorsed by the LMS Committee and an application was submitted. As of this writing, Rebuild Northwest Florida is negotiating the agreement with the Division of Emergency Management and anticipates that it will be fully executed in the near future. Recommendations for New projects or Revised Recommendations Except for the new projects noted above, there are no new projects contemplated, nor are there any recommended revisions. 2014 Annual LMS-CRS Progress Report Page 3 of 3