Minutes 07/16/2014 Floodplain Management
Planning Committee
Minutes
July 16 , 2014
July 16, 2014
MINUTES FOR THE COLLIER COUNTY
FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN PUBLIC MEETING
Naples, Florida, July 16, 2014
LET IT BE REMEMBERED Collier County Held a Public Information Meeting for the
Floodplain Management Plan in and for the County of Collier on this date at 5:15 P.M. at the
Collier County Growth Management Division Building, Conference Room #609/610, 2800 N.
Horseshoe Drive, Naples, Florida, with the following Staff Members present:
STAFF PRESENT: Gary McAlpin, Director, Coastal Zone Management
Caroline Cilek, M.S., Senior Planner, FPM Coordinator
Robert Wiley, Floodplain Management Planning
Jerry Kurtz, Stormwater and Environmental Planning
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Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the audio recording from
the Collier County Growth Management Division—Planning and Regulation building—Contact Mr. Evy
Ybaceta at 239-252-2400.
1. Call to Order
Mr. McAlpin called the meeting to order at 5:20pm. He reported the purpose of the meeting was to
provide information to, and garner information from the public on preparation of the Floodplain
Management Plan.
2. "Kick Off" meeting for Floodplain Management Plan (David Stroud,AMEC and Gary McAlpin)
Gary McAlpin and David Stroud presented the PowerPoint"Collier County Fl Floodplain Management
Plan Kickoff Meeting, July 16, 2014" highlighting the following:
• The Objectives of the Plan are to:
• Identify and Address Trends in Disasters (reduces costs for disaster recovery and
probability for property losses).
• Meet the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act(DMA) making the County
eligible for disaster planning, disaster relief funds and ensures the community is less
prone to disaster.
• Improve standing in the voluntary Community Rating System (CRS) program.
• The goals of the 2013 CRS Program are to reduce flood damage to insurable property,
strengthen and support the insurance aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program and
encourage a comprehensive approach to floodplain management.
• The CRS program is a point based program with 10 classification levels which allow for
increasing standards being met resulting in reduction of insurance premiums to citizens in the
jurisdiction participating in the Program.
• The benefits for participating in the CRS Program are a 5%premium discount for every 500
points achieved, improved flood protection, provision of technical assistance to communities
participating, economic benefits to the local economy from an individuals insurance premium
savings, etc.
• The DMA Planning process is comprised of 4 Phases - Phase 1: Organizing Resources; Phase
2: Risk Assessment; Phase 3: Developing a Mitigation Plan; Phase 4: Adoption and
Implementation of the Floodplain Management Plan.
Mr. McAlpin reported:
• Development of the Plan will include input from the Floodplain Management Committee.
• A meeting will be held with the Committee on September 30, 2014 to review and comment on
the updated hazard identifications and vulnerability assessment. The goal of the meeting will
be to agree on the hazard identifications and vulnerability assessment.
• On November 12 andl3, 2014 meetings will be held to review the Mitigation Goals and
Strategies.
• A final Draft Plan will be made available for review on January 8, 2015.
• The Plan will be reviewed by the Collier County Planning Commission in February 2015 and
forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration.
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3. Public Comments
Brad Estes queried if the process will address the failure and/or maintenance of the existing neighborhood
stormwater systems and areas where there are no systems.
Mr. Stroud reported existing"hot spots" of continual flooding conditions will be identified and a
determination will need to be made for any connection between these conditions and property damage.
There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned at 6:20PM.
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