Minutes 11/20/2014 Floodplain Management
Planning Committee
Minutes
November 20 , 2014
November 20, 2014
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MINUTES \(FHEMEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
FLOMIAlit.INUAIAGEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE
CLERK OF COURTS
Naples, Florida, November 20th, 2014
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LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Floodplain Management Planning
Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on
this date at 1:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Government Center,
Risk Management Training Room, 3311 Tamiami Trail E., Naples, Florida, with the
following members present:
Chairman: Jerry Kurtz, CC Staff
Vice Chairman: Craig Pajer, CC Staff
Kenneth Bills
Rick Zyvoloski (Alt.), CC Staff
Christa Carrera, City of Naples
Chris Sparacino, City of Marco Island
Mike Sheffield, CC Staff
Lisa Koehler
Raquel Pines, Everglades City
James Hale
ALSO PRESENT: Caroline Cilek, M.S., LDC Manager, FPMC Staff Coordinator
Gary McAlpin, Director, Coastal Zone Management
Robert Wiley, Project Manager, Growth Management Division
This meeting was not recorded.
Chairman Kurtz called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM.
Old Business
1. No old business was conducted.
New Business
1. Review of the November 18th FMPC Meeting including a review of the revised goals for the
2015 plan update.
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2. Discussion of the Flood Risk Assessment and Hazard Vulnerability sections for the
Floodplain Management Plan (David Stroud and Amy Crowley, -AMEC and Gary
McAlpin)
David Stroud,AMEC provided copies to the FMPC of a handout of the six FEMA Mitigation
Categories which all mitigation projects must be placed. This handout outlined the following six
mitigation categories:
• Preventative Measures and example projects
• Property Protection Measures and example projects
• Natural Resource Protection Measures and example projects
• Emergency Services and example projects
• Structural Flood Control Projects and examples
• Public Information Measures and example projects
A Power Point presentation was provided by Mr. Stroud"(Collier County Mitigation Measure
Development Guide November 18, 2014").
Mr. Stroud then provided the FMPC a copy of the mitigation projects from the 2008 Floodplain
Management Plan and the status of those projects. During the next hour and half, Amy Crowley
and David Stroud facilitated a session of determining new mitigation projects:
• The FMPC used the FEMA STAPLEE Process and can up with the following prioritization
process for new projects:
Short Range = Project should be completed in less than one year
Medium Range = Project should be completed in two to three years
Long Range = Project should be completed in more than four years
• The new projects need to be in alignment with the goals that were established for the plan
• The new projects which are developed must fit into the six mitigation
Mr. Stroud and Ms. Crowley continued to facilitate the development of new mitigation projects. The
FMPC came up with 13 new mitigation projects that will be further developed by AMEC and Collier
County staff. Those projects are:
• Develop a Program for Public Information(PPI) involving Collier County, Marco Island,
Naples and Everglades City
• Provide flood insurance information to residents and local business owners
• Construction of the Belle Meade Diversion project(reduction of flow from the Golden
Gate Canal)
• Develop a professional landscaper certification program
• Utilize pollutant screening baskets in catch basins
• Develop a Low Impact Development(LID) Manual
• Construction of the Southwestern Protection Levee as part of the Picayune Strand
Restoration Project
• Identify and prioritize critical facilities at risk to flooding
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• Provide education/outreach for the Flood Watch Program (BCB Tool)
• Maintain the localized flooding"bubble map"
• Review the LDC and investigate impacts to the floodplain/recommend improvements to the
LDC manual as appropriate
• Collect LiDAR data
• Provide education/outreach for non-point source pollution prevention
3. Public Comments
None
4. Scheduling of next meeting-will be focused on reviewing the draft Floodplain Management
Plan
The next meeting will be held on December 16, 2014 at 10:00 AM. An additional public meeting
will be held at 5:00 PM
There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by the
order of the Chair at 4:50PM.
COLLIER COUNTY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
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Chairman,Jerry Kurtz
These Minutes were approved by the Board/Chairman on I- 2 f` /5 , as presented , or
as amended
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