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Mitigating Flood Risk in California:

FMA Panel - Flood Risk

Moderator: Kristyne Van Skike Project Services Office California Department of Water Resources [email protected] 916-651-0728 Thursday, September 8, 2016

Purpose The panel will provide information on state and federal funds available for community flood risk mitigation projects including the Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) Pre-Disaster and Flood Mitigation Program and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Financial Assistance Program.

Merced County

Goals & Objectives • Identify available funding

• Learn about the application process

• Understand the timing and coordination of funds

• Learn about projects that have received funding

• Meet agency representatives

• Ask Questions

Presenters

• Robert McCord, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Julie Norris, California Office of Emergency Services

• Luis Laracuente, USDA

Natural Resources Conservation Service • Patrick Luzuriaga, Department of

Water Resources

Robert McCord Federal Emergency Management Agency

Robert McCord from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been working to coordinate Hawaii preparedness for Hurricanes Madeline and Lester.

Robert McCord Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch Chief Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Region IX, Oakland, CA Tel (530) 792-5622 Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

Hazard Mitigation Assistance

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FEMA Mitigation Programs The Basics: 3 Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs

Annually Appropriated Disaster Specific

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Hazard Mitigation Programs Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program Program Goal: reduce losses to the National Flood Insurance Program Projects must be flood focused and benefit NFIP insured structures Focused on Severe Repetitive Loss and Repetitive Loss structures 2016 funding: $150 million nation-wide

Pre Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program All hazard program 2016 funding: $100 million nation-wide

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) All hazard program 15%-20% of FEMA’s disaster costs in a declared disaster

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Floodplain and Steam Restoration Flood Diversion and Storage Aquifer Storage and Restoration Green Infrastructure – flood protection Property Acquisition & Structure Demolition / Relocation Structure Elevation Dry Floodproofing of Historic Residential / non-Residential Structures Minor Localized Flood Reduction Projects Soil Stabilization Mitigation Planning

HMA Programs: What can you do? FMA, PDM and HMPG Grants


Eligible Applicants: States Federally recognized Tribes Local governments Special districts

Non-eligible Applicants: Non-governmental agencies

HMA Programs: Who’s eligible?


Current community hazard mitigation plan

Documentation to support your proposal – before and after mitigation

Benefit Cost Analysis – using FEMA model

FMA only – project must benefit NFIP insured structures Application must provide individual policy numbers

Matching funds (25% of total project costs)

Three-year period of performance

HMA Programs: What’s required?


Know the problem and risk reduction goal of your project

Create a scope of work, budget and timeline that are linked

Consider and discuss any land ownership issues, possible environmental impacts, or downstream impacts

Prepare the benefit-cost analysis

Data – support your proposal with documentation

Complete the State mitigation application process

HMA Programs: Where to start? Planning and Strategizing Your Application


Contact State Emergency Management Agency

Understand your agency’s needs

Understand your local, political and internal support

Move beyond the “good idea”

What does your Community Mitigation Plan say?

HMA Programs: Strategies for Success


Make connections with state EM/mitigation agency – “The Applicant”

Understand application deadlines – both state and Federal

Plan for mitigation application and documentation needs

Seek outside assistance

Plan for flexibility with project timelines

HMA Programs: Strategies for Success

Robert McCord Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch Chief FEMA Region IX, Oakland, CA [email protected] www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-assistance

Julie Norris California Office of Emergency Services “One of my most favorite activities is wrapping my arms around, and spending time with any of my four Grandchildren!!”

JULIE NORRIS California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Pre-Disaster and Flood Mitigation Program 3650 Schriever Ave. Sacramento, CA 95655 Phone: (916) 845-8160 email: [email protected]


California Office of Emergency Services

Currently, FEMA administers three programs that provide funding for eligible mitigation planning and projects that reduces disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. The three programs are the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program, and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program.

•HMGP assists in implementing long-term hazard mitigation planning and projects following a Presidential major disaster declaration

•PDM provides funds for hazard mitigation planning and projects on an annual basis

•FMA provides funds for planning and projects to reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on an annual basis

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program

Funding Appropriations

• HMGP funding is generally up to 20% of the total amount of Federal assistance provided to a State, Territory, or federally-recognized tribe following a major disaster declaration.

• PDM and FMA funding depends on the amount congress appropriates each year for those programs.

Program Eligibility The following is a list of governments and organizations that can submit or sponsor an application: •States •Territories •Federally-recognized tribes •Local communities •Private non-profit organizations (HMGP Only) *Generally, local communities will sponsor applications on behalf of homeowners and then submit the applications to their State.

Grant Process Flowchart

Subapplication Requirements The main components of a subapplication include:

• Eligible Applicant/Subapplicant

• FEMA-Approved Mitigation Plan: Must be current

• Scope of Work (SOW)

• Work Schedule: 3 years or less/Key milestones identified

• Cost Estimate and Narrative: Provides line-item breakdown

• Cost Share: Non-Federal Match

• Cost-Effectiveness/Feasibility. Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA): Projects

• Site Maps, Plans and Specifications, Photographs: Projects

• Environmental/Historic Preservation Compliance: Projects

• Assurance Forms

Common Incomplete Components

Key components of an incomplete subapplications include: • Local Hazard Mitigation Plan is not current • Preliminary plans / designs not completed • Key partnerships are not initiated or solidified • Property ownership / Right of way not established • Preliminary EHP not thought out or initiated • Cost estimate/budget does not match details in SOW/Schedule • Lump-sum cost estimate provided • Planning applications do not include sufficient partnerships • Work Schedule does not include sufficient details/time • Project or Plan “Deliverables” not clearly identified

Pre-Disaster and Flood Mitigation Division Contacts

Julie Norris Division Chief 916-845-8160

[email protected]

Drew Hammond

Emergency Services Coordinator 916-845-8158

[email protected]

PDFM Web Page

http://www.caloes.ca.gov/Cal-OES-Divisions/Hazard-Mitigation










Thank you!!

Luis E Laracuente, PE USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Engineering is the making of things that did not previously exist, whereas science is the discovering of things that have long existed.

Luis E. Laracuente, P.E. State Conservation Engineer 430 G Street, #4164 Davis, CA 95616 Tel (530) 792-5622 Email: [email protected]


EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION (EWP) PROGRAM

FOR EWP-Recovery & FPE 1. WHAT IS EWP? 2. WHEN TO ASK FOR EWP? 3. WHO CAN ASK FOR EWP?

FOR EWP-Recovery Only 4. FOR WHAT EVENTS? 5. SPONSORS RESPONSIBILITIES 6. EWP LIMITATIONS 7. HOW IT ALL WORKS 8. EXAMPLES 9. WHO TO CALL

Helping People Help the Land…

WHAT IS EWP? • Program established by Congress. • NRCS administers the EWP Program:

– EWP-Recovery, and – EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE).

• For significant natural disasters which impair a watershed and present a potential danger to life and/or property if impairment or condition is left unchecked.

• Typical natural disasters for EWP in California include fires, floods and drought.


WHAT IS EWP? • EWP-Recovery:

– Two types of recovery efforts: • Exigencies • Non-exigent (emergencies)

– Financial assistance is provided to eligible project Sponsors. • EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE):

– Privately-owned lands or lands owned by local and state governments may be eligible for conversion into EWP-FPE.

– Easements are restored to the extent practicable to the natural environment and may include both structural and nonstructural practices to restore the flood storage and flow, erosion control, and improve the practical management of the easement.


WHEN TO ASK FOR EWP?

For EWP-Recovery


WHEN TO ASK EWP-Recovery?

• After a significant storm event or natural disaster strikes that presents a potential danger to life and/or property.

• EWP can be invoked under the following authorities: – Presidentially Declared Emergency (Stafford Act) – Declaration from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – Declaration from California’s State Conservationist

• For exigent & non-exigent situations


Exigent situations: The term “exigency” means those situations that demand immediate action to avoid potential loss of life and/or property. This includes situations where if action to remedy the situation is not taken immediately and a subsequent natural disaster event were to occur within a few hours or days, it could compound the impairment, cause new damages, or cause loss of life.



Non-Exigent (Emergency) situations: Non-exigent (emergencies) means those situations where there is a serious, but not immediate threat to human life. Also, sites where buildings, utilities, or other important infrastructure components are threatened.



WHEN TO ASK FOR EWP?

For EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE)


WHEN TO ASK EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE)?

• Lands that have been damaged by flooding at least once within the previous calendar year or have been subject to flood damage at least twice within the previous 10 years

• Other lands within the floodplain are eligible, provided the lands would contribute to the restoration of the flood storage and flow, provide for control of erosion, or that would improve the practical management of the floodplain easement

• Lands that would be inundated or adversely impacted as a result of a dam breach


WHEN TO ASK EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE)?

• Landowners may only enroll land in the Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Easements (EWP-FPE) through a permanent easement.

• Landowners apply for the EWP-FPE.

• Applications for enrollment of land in EWP-FPE will be accepted during an announced signup period approved by the Chief or when the acquisition actions are necessary as an emergency measure and have been authorized by the Deputy Chief for Programs.


For EWP-Recovery


WHO CAN ASK FOR EWP?

WHO CAN ASK FOR EWP (Recovery)? • Tribal Governments • Any legal subdivision of a state government or a state

agency, including the following: – Cities – Counties – Municipal authorities – Soil and water conservation districts – When chartered under State laws, entities such as—

• Levee districts • Irrigation districts • Drainage districts


SPONSORS


WHO CAN ASK FOR EWP?

For EWP–Floodplain Easement (FPE)

WHO CAN ASK FOR EWP-FPE? • Landowners:

– Private, – Local governments, – State governments.

• No Sponsor required

• The EWP-FPE is not a Farm Bill conservation program,

and applicants are not required to meet the adjusted gross income, highly erodible land, wetland compliance, or length of ownership requirements of the Farm Bill.


For EWP-Recovery ONLY


WHAT EVENTS ARE ELIGIBLE?


• Disaster causes a sudden impairment of a watershed that results in a threat to life and/or property.

• The scope of the disaster can be federal, state or local.

• Projects consist of installing emergency measures to restore the watershed or protect public and private property (structures) to pre-disaster conditions.

• Project requires a local Sponsor.



Cont’d • The potential for a threat to life, health, or property may

be at the site, upstream of the site, or downstream of the site (e.g., sedimentation deposited downstream, flooding upstream, etc.).

• 7 CFR Section 624.6(b)(3)(iv) - Assistance is available only when eligible sponsors document that they have exhausted other resources or have insufficient funding available to provide adequate relief from applicable hazard.


SPONSOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Sponsor provides: • Land rights • Permits • 25% local cost share for construction (in cash or in-kind

services for construction, design or inspection). • Responsible for O&M • Administer contracting when part of a local agreement.


SOME LIMITATIONS OF EWP • Cannot be used to correct a pre-existing condition or

upgrade the level of protection.

• Cannot be used to perform O&M (e.g. remove sediment from debris basins).

• Cannot repair public or private roads, bridges or utilities.

• Cannot protect Federal-aid highways.


• The request for assistance must occur within 60 days following the disaster.

• All Damage Survey Reports (DSR) must be submitted within 60 days following the request for assistance.

• Exigencies - Construction must be completed within 10 days following the notice of funding.

• Non-exigencies (Emergencies) – Construction must be completed within 220 days following the notice of funding.


SOME LIMITATIONS OF EWP

START TO FINISH 1. Significant storm event or natural disaster occurs

• People / Community impacted 1. Sponsor contacts District Conservationist at local NRCS

Field Office for site inspection.

2. Sponsor submits letter to NRCS State Conservationist requesting assistance within 60 days of event.


START TO FINISH (cont.) 4. NRCS & Sponsor prepare Damage Survey Report (DSR) to determine eligibility, scope of work, and funding needs.

5. Agreement between Sponsor & NRCS.

6. Complete design and implementation (10 days for

exigencies or 220 days for non exigencies)

7. Request reimbursement from NRCS.



EXAMPLES OF

EWP PROJECTS

Type of Work Authorized EWP work is not limited to any one set of prescribed measures. A case-by-case investigation of the work (DSR) is made by NRCS. Activities include providing financial and technical assistance to: • remove debris from stream channels, road culverts, and bridges,

• reshape and protect eroded banks,

• correct damaged drainage facilities,

• establish cover on critically eroding lands,

• repair levees and structures (non-federal & small watersheds<400mi2),

• repair conservation practices.



Risk from fires and floods – Valley Fire (typ)


Risk from fires and floods – Middletown, CA (typ)


Risk from fires and floods – Mudflows (typ)


Sediment & debris removal from waterways

BEFORE AFTER


Trap Sediment / Debris – Trash Racks

Rock captured after one significant event.


Trap / Divert Sediment – K-rails (typ)


Streambank erosion from flood

BEFORE AFTER


Streambank erosion from flood

BEFORE: Looking downstream. AFTER: Looking upstream.


FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov

or

contact the District Conservationist in your local NRCS Office

(List of POCs handout & brochure)

EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION (EWP) PROGRAM

http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/

Patrick Luzuriaga Department of Water Resources This is Patrick’s first FMA conference, and although he was drafted here today, he thinks it will be easier than riding the Medusa roller coaster three times in a row at Six Flags Marine World with an unyielding nine year old.

Patrick Luzuriaga Local Assistance Section Manager Division of Flood Management CA Department of Water Resources Tel: (916) 574-0932 Email: [email protected]


Flood Risk:

Grant Programs

Patrick Luzuriaga, P.E. Division of Flood Management California Department of Water Resources September 8, 2016

Grant Programs • Delta Levees Maintenance Subventions • Delta Levees Special Projects • Delta Comm. & Emergency Response • Statewide Emergency Response • Small Communities Flood Risk Red. • Flood Control Subventions • Flood Corridor • Local Levee Assistance

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Delta Levees Maintenance Subventions

• Levee Maintenance, Emergency Response, Levee Rehabilitation, No Net long-term habitat loss

• CWC 12980-12995; est. 1973 • 1E, 84 (2006) • FY 15 - $12M • LMAs in the Delta • LMA’s fund first $1,000 per levee mile, State share

up to 75% Andrea Lobato, Program Manager Sandi Maxwell, Senior Engineer www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe/fessro/deltalevees/subventions/ 9/22/2016 62

Delta Levees Special Projects • Levee maintenance and improvement Projects,

habitat mitigation and enhancement • CWC 12300-12318; est. 1988 • 1E, 84 (2006) • Since 2006, funded > $210 million • LMAs in the Delta, RDs, Water Agencies • LMAs cost share up to 25% Andrea Lobato, Program Manager Jon Wright, Senior Engineer www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe/fessro/deltalevees/special_projects/ 9/22/2016 63

Flood Emergency Communications and Response • Planning and Coordination, Training and

Exercises, Facilities, Equipment and Supplies • CA Govt Code 8607, State Emergency Plan,

CWC 128(a) • 1E, 84 (2006) • Public agencies with primary responsibility for

flood emergency response Delta: FY 16 PSP (Second Round) Zachary Jojola, Grant Manager Statewide: FY 16 PSP (Third Round) Liz Bryson, Grant Manager www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/funding/flood-ER.cfm 9/22/2016 64

Small Communities Flood Risk Reduction

• Reduce flood risk for small communities in the Central Valley protected by State Plan of Flood Control (SPFC)

• Created as a result of 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP)

• 1E, (2006) • $50 million available for 2 phases • Communities with population between 200 and 10,000

people • Phase 1 Proposals due in November Nahideh Madankar, Program Manager www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/funding/small-communities.cfm

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Flood Control Subventions • Federally authorized flood control projects outside the

Central Valley • CWC 12570 et. seq. (State Water Resources Law of

1945) • 1E, 84 (2006) • Since 2006 funded > $350 million • Local Agencies who provide assurances to federal

government • Actively processing, ongoing basis. Over $140 million

available Patrick Luzuriaga, Program Manager www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/funding/subventions.cfm 9/22/2016 66

Flood Corridor • Flood control with agricultural or wildlife habitat

preservation or enhancement • CWC 79035 et. seq.; est 2000 • 13 (2000), 84 (2006), 1E (2006) • Since 2000 funded > $100 million • Agencies or non-profits, statewide • PSP in 2017, over $15 million available Patrick Luzuriaga, Program Manager www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/fpo/sgb/fpcp/

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Local Levee Assistance • Reduce flood risk for areas outside Central Valley,

and non-SPFC levees in Central Valley • Created as a result of need outside Central Valley • 84 (2006) • Since 2006 funded > $60 million • Local agencies with flood control responsibilities,

statewide • Final Grant awards posted last week ($15.3 million)

Patrick Luzuriaga, Program Manager water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/funding/local-levee.cfm

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Lower Ash Pond and Plug Project 9/22/2016 69

Lower Ash Wetlands (Phase 1) 2013 9/22/2016 70

Grant Program Managers • Delta Subventions Sandi Maxwell • Delta Special Projects Jon Wright • Delta ER Zachary Jojola • Statewide ER Liz Bryson • Small Communities Nahideh Madankar • FC Subventions Patrick Luzuriaga • Flood Corridor Patrick Luzuriaga • Local Levee Assistance Patrick Luzuriaga

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Questions • Sandi Maxwell

– (916) 651-7009, [email protected] • Jon Wright

– (916) 651-7010, [email protected] • Zachary Jojola

– (916) 574-0381, [email protected] • Liz Bryson

– (916) 574-1358, [email protected] • Nahideh Madankar

– (916) 574-1459, [email protected] • Patrick Luzuriaga

– (916) 574-0932, [email protected]

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Looking Ahead • Understanding the steps

• Sign up for notifications, list servers

• Seek regional partnerships

• Plan your project

• Seek multiple funding sources

• Communicate with us

Contact Information Kristyne Van Skike, DWR

Tel (916) 651-0728 Email: [email protected]

Robert McCord, FEMA


Julie Norris, Cal OES


Luis Laracuente, USDA NRCS


Patrick Luzuriaga, DWR

Tel: (916) 574-0932 Email: [email protected]





Panel Participation • Highlight a project that used grant funds successfully • What is the best way to communicate with the grant program

at your agency?

• Advice for turning in a great application

Audience Participation • Tell us about your project

• What is a component of flood mitigation projects that almost never seems to get addressed?

• What have been some of the most desirable criteria you’ve seen in a grant program?

• What is a current funding predicament that you’re in, that might be resolved in a future grant program?

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