North Carolina CTS North Carolina CTS Committee Meeting #5Committee Meeting #5

February 13, 2001

Introduction and Welcome Introduction and Welcome

Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda

Status Updates Delivery Order Status Basin Plan Development LIDAR Delivery Orders and LIDAR

QA/QC Community Needs/Scoping Coordination with Federal Agencies Update on IT Requirements Analysis

Today’s Agenda Today’s Agenda (Continued)(Continued)

Working Group Reports/Updates Higher Standards Post Storm Assessment

Discussion Items Flood Insurance and Mortgage

Determination Issues Flood Warning System

Schedule and Items for Discussionat CTS Meeting #6

Action Items/Wrap Up

LIDAR DOs for all 6 Basins Issued Evaluating Final Proposal for White Oak

Basin Flood Data DO Evaluating Proposal for Lumber Basin

Flood Data DO Received Proposal for Tar-Pamlico Basin

Flood Data DO Preparing Draft RFP for Cape Fear Basin DO Evaluating Final Proposal for IT DO

Delivery Order Delivery Order StatusStatus

Basin Plan Development

Status Updates:Status Updates:

Schedule for Schedule for Completing Basin Completing Basin

PlansPlansBasin Draft Date Final Date

White Oak 12/14/00 End of February2001

Lumber 12/27/00 End of February2001

Tar Pamlico 1/23/01 End of March2001

Cape Fear 2/14/01 End of March2001

Neuse 3/7/01 End of April 2001

Pasquotank 3/28/01 End of April 2001

LIDAR Delivery Orders

and LIDAR QA/QC

Status Updates:Status Updates:

LIDAR Data Collection as LIDAR Data Collection as of February 6, 2001of February 6, 2001

Watershed ConceptsGreenhorne & O’Mara

Watershed Concepts Watershed Concepts LIDAR Data LIDAR Data CollectionCollection

62.5% of LIDAR data collection completed

100% Airport calibration sites surveyed

Watershed Concepts Watershed Concepts LIDAR Data LIDAR Data CollectionCollection

Greenhorne & Greenhorne & O’maraO’mara

LIDAR Data LIDAR Data CollectionCollection

30% of LIDAR data collection completed

100% Airport calibration sites surveyed

Quality Control SurveysQuality Control Surveys

Selected Firms for RFQ #19-000018 (Flood Mapping Quality

Control Surveys)

Via RFQ process Via RFQ process selected the following selected the following

firms:firms: *Arcadis/Geraghty & Miller Concord Engineering Stantec, Inc. Team of:

Arnold W. Carson, RLS, PC Johnie C. Garrason, PLS Robert H. Goslee and Associates, PA Lambert Surveying Group

Via RFQ process Via RFQ process selected the following selected the following

firms:firms: The Rose Group, Inc. Vaughn & Melton Withers & Ravenel Engineering

& Surveying, Inc. *W.K. Dickson

Began scoping meeting with QC firms on 2/5; expect field work to beginby 2/15.

LIDAR QC Survey LIDAR QC Survey Meeting held on 2/13Meeting held on 2/13

NCGS NASA D&D Coastal Service Center

NCGS performed a QC survey of temporary GPS base stations’ horizontal and vertical positionsin January 2001.

Community Needs/Scoping

Status Updates:Status Updates:

Community Needs Community Needs ScopingScoping

Basin Final Scoping MeetingWhite Oak December 19, 2001Lumber January 4-5, 2001Tar-Pamlico January 30-31, 2001Cape Fear March 6-8, 2001Neuse Estimated Late March, 2001Pasqotank Estimated Mid April, 2001

Phase II ScopingPhase II Scoping

The plan for scoping flood hazard mapping needs for counties and communities in the Phase II River Basins (Chowan, Roanoke, Yakdin, Catawaba, and New) is under development

Details to be provided at a future CTS Committee Meeting

Coordination with Federal Agencies

Status Updates:Status Updates:

Coordination With Coordination With Federal AgenciesFederal Agencies

Coordination with Federal Agencies (John Dorman) Preparing Follow-up Letters to

January 8-11, 2001, meetings in Washington, D.C.

Coordination With Coordination With Federal AgenciesFederal Agencies

Scheduling meetings in Washington for the week of March 5-9, 2001 with the following agencies:

•USGS•USACE•NASA•NOAA•EPA•DOT•HUD

•DoD-NIMA•OMB•USDA-Forest Service•DOI-National Park Service

Update on IT Requirements

Analysis

Status Updates:Status Updates:

Working Group Working Group Reports/UpdatesReports/Updates

Higher StandardsHigher Standards

Work Group met on February 7, 2001 Expanding Scope from Future

Conditions Hydrology to include all Floodplain Management and Mapping Standards that exceed NFIP minimums

Developing criteria/process for identifying communities that might benefit from higher standards

Higher Standards Higher Standards (continued)(continued)

Considering 30 Options in the following categories: Requirements Impacting the Construction of

New Structures/Development Requirements Impacting the Location of New

Structures/ Development Requirements Impacting Existing Structures/

Development Other Requirements See “Options Matrix” in Meeting 5 packet

Work Group meeting February 7, 2001 NCDEM NCFM FEMA Wake County Charlotte League of Municipalities D&D

Developing Post-Storm Assessment SOP

Post-Storm AssessmentPost-Storm Assessment

Flood Insurance and Mortgage Determination IssuesFlood Warning System

Discussion ItemsDiscussion Items

Flood Insurance and Flood Insurance and Mortgage Mortgage

DeterminationsDeterminationsIssue: NC flood maps will be official FIRMs Will be used for flood insurance and

mortgage determinationsProposed Policy/Process: Should other interested parties

(i.e., insurance agents, determination companies) be proactively engaged?

Flood Warning Flood Warning SystemSystem

Standing Subcommittee meeting held 2/13/01: USGS NWS NCEM NCFM NC State University

Schedule and ItemsSchedule and Itemsfor Discussion atfor Discussion atCTS Meeting #6CTS Meeting #6

Action Items/Wrap UpAction Items/Wrap Up