the first city active director of the school program and moment works department. I want to thank you all for coming tonight. Uh I did want to let y'all know when the gay mic is going to be recorded. So please tell your friends and your neighbors um
welcome back here tonight about this information. Um it'll be at the website. Um so we've got lots of city staff here and we've got um two of our district directors here today. We've got Lisa Baker um council one and he goes
district five and we've got Rachel good to see your Ariana last >> 11 district. So, thank you both for um coming here tonight to um hear everyone's speaking through the
presentation. And so, um because we only have a couple people here, if y'all want to ask questions throughout the presentation, please still are able just like raise your hand. Um and we can cover them during the meeting or feel free to hold them at feel free to put them on your comic cards, whatever you
are comfortable with. uh and lady back to see you again some rocket wall aboard. Um then she is going to be giving our recommendations to any panel any staff with us here today as well and they're
going to be in special uh because we've got both s here uh but they may talk in and help answer some questions. Uh they're really here because it's important for us to hear your feedback directly. Um, so versus just, you know, looking out a condom card or you meet
back secondhand, um, our staff really does like to get out there in the community, see where we're doing our projects and our work efforts and to hear direct behavior now. So, thank you. Thank you, Jennifer. Can I all hear me just fine?
I teach me project and so it's weird to use it. Um, so we're here to talk about your grade flood plane update specifically. We'll touch on a few other things that have been community concerns uh that we've been aware of it. So we'll
touch on those to make sure that you you all know we're aware of um create >> uh so we'll get into specifics in just a second. So agenda we'll go through who
we are our team um the study overview why we're updating the flood team mapping the impacts to our res our residents and business owners struggling update and then future improvements potential future agreements and our city
responsibilities good. So our storm water program started in 2006 um specific uh in response to some pretty devastating flooding. There's been lots
of flooding but the ears um but 2004 near the tender we had some pretty bad flooding and so that started the process of us >> becoming an official program by the city. Uh we are part of uh transportation public works. I may refer
to that as TPW. I apologize if that just blips out. Uh most of our funding comes specifically from our storm water utility fee which you can find on your water bill and so that helps us on your projects and
uh doing the work that we do day in and day out. Um and ultimately our mission in arts and fishing is to protect people and protect property from heart amplify functions
are four-fold. Maintain and maintain infrastructure. So pull works um slow bridges uh that's more another department but some bridges fall for us um improvement
so mitigating hazards flooding and erosion for example uh warning about hazards so that's specifically what this project that this study is about is communicating
uh what the hazards are and And we also do de development. So any development that comes in either along in this area or anywhere else in the city, we have to do a part of that.
Sorry, there's a lot of base to juggle. I can't see. So here is the proposed map. We have one of the maps over there as well, so you can see it closer up. uh but the composed mapping that we and
I've done a study to support this um is here. So the affected the current schema mapping extends excuse me I'll stop it doesn't help me to stand in front of it I'll use pointer extends to
just >> down street along the creek uh and so from right here is this elementary school where we're at. So the creek is just
outside. Um and so part of this study is we are extending it the flood team mapping upstream to the end of the channel. Uh and so that's a huge reason why we wanted to have this meeting was to discuss that and we'll discuss it a
little bit more detail a little further. Uh but there's other changes that have happened through here and again we'll discuss this board. We've got some decent changing in the bathroom here, decent changing here, and decent
changing here. Uh, district 5 is actually going to stay relatively the same. Um, uh, and the district line is along wrong direction. Would it cleans you? You're welcome. Um, the district
divide is right. Wait, I'm just wait. >> So what is the king? So this is just a highle graphic you find gold wine honestly but it gives a really good
present a show of what the art club covers. Uh so you saw on the last slide that red hatched area. Let me go back a second. This red hat area that is called the flood way. um
which is this more specific area in here. So it's deeper water hydraologies. It's a bit more it's more dangerous um in the towns and we have higher restrictions in that area. And then the
flood plane is a rest of the area that is the flood plane. So that covers the 1% 1% annual chance event or you may have learned it normally the typically comprom uh and then the orange here's the 500
year or 0.2% annual chance events. uh the name has changed just to better communicate that it's not once every 100 years but that there is a chance 1% chance every single year to
>> but uh so continuing on with the single flood bleed itself um it's mostly used to communicate the areas that are most likely to flood uh
everything within the flood plane has a higher chance than what is just shown. So the 10% event would be not as wide but usually uh but it is contained within that much
bigger percent or 1%. I'm so sorry. Uh the female play which it's what I screwed you on an earlier slide. uh typically only shows the 1% or the 2%. And when the flood plane is added to the
maps, it establishes the federal flood insurance to acquire this. um when you have a ball shoot. And part of what started the whole theme of like my bad effort in the 80s started
late '7s in the 70s is because flooded is such a big issue and we didn't have a way to imitate it and over the years it just continued to mature even how we need to support that information.
Um but for specifically we regulate both the FEMA flood planes and to our not FEMA updates uh which are called the city flood areas >> which are not this particular area but
in case you're wondering what you're reg um so why why we want to update maps at all. So there's really two sets of regulations. We've got FEMA regulations
which they set for the entire nation. Uh and everybody who is participates in the program has to map. Oh, they don't have to but they
reflect the mapping that these regulations. Um so one of the things that FEMA starts regulating at a certain drainage area so certain amount of land going to a certain point they start at
one square mile yes sorry I was mixing up units one square mile they start at one square mile uh and typically that is you have you don't have a ton of flooding
upstream of there, but that's not always the case. And so when I pointed out on that earlier slide where the flood plane stops currently, the FEMA effect info line stops, that is due to this regulation that FEA has. Um because when
this stream was mapped, which I will talk about this some more in a second, but when this stream was mapped, it was mapped to a rich bony. And so they just followed the female regions. Um, and FEMA does encourage local
jurisdictions such as our city to have higher standards of regulations. And so that comes into the second part of the bike we're updating. It's our regulation standards. Um, so we do have different standards from Puma. They're high
standards. Um, one is going to they use one square mile for their starting point for mapping. We use which is the equivalent of 600 gorgans acres. We use 64 acres.
>> Yeah, that was right. We use 64. Still small but one of the size that FE does or storm drains let out into which is what Eastland does. we have
whole swaming system that lets out and that's what we're that's what we're extending on having that up into um and then just as a general regulation changes that have happened since the 80s within our own um
division and um various city one exist energy so we have the communities just in general like I said update mapping over the 12 years as
they go of lakes that have more flood risks um that have been identified and so that is one reason why we are updating east flood rates that happen at this upstream area but it's not reflected
um data and technology changes so uh for example quick example um the the rainfall amounts that we update our studies to um changed in 205
2017. Um and so studies that occurred before that kept older rainfall amounts where previously studied rainfall amounts now our space are being updated to this new um rainfall amount and then new
development. And so I have a picture here showing or change the pictures in the same area. Top one's a little hard to see. We apologize. Um but it was fields. The channel is right here.
There's fields on the north side channel and there were fields on the south side of the channel. There's been an apartment complex on the north side of the channel and a truck yard or something on the south side too. And you can see in the just the aerial changes
it's 95 to 2025 and the map was last updated in the gating. So this is a spot that we need to update just simply because it's like development. Okay. Excuse me. Um, so I've talked about these briefly,
uh, but the flood risks are already present. So, we're updating the mapping to reflect these flood rates. Um, so we're not intentionally trying to make it worse than anybody. We're simply putting the putting data onto a map that
we're collecting already happening. And we have various histories of uh flooding course support that we do have flooding these trees uh flood risks in these areas
past flooding events we have a flood warning system just outside um or east creek um it's just it's on drive right up thanks to so we know that this creek right there floods and it wasn't mapped
to show that it was flood but that it would flood Uh and then really one of the most important reasons to be update and mapping so that we can identify and prioritize maintenance and capital for new projects.
Good. >> Currently we have two active projects along east and green. Um, so at 8:20, Tex is doing a huge update all along 820, a huge section of 820. And one of their movements that they're doing is
820 at least in the green. And unfortunately, Techtop is not part of the FEMA program to update the models and things. And so due to this project and the timing of bars, we are going to incorporate this textile project into
bars. Um so that'll better help reflect what is happening a toy. Um and then you also have at Kraven's road a with men has just rotoy
issues many many years. Um it's been closed for several years to safety and it just started reconstruction uh earlier this year to approve. So there is a website if you wanted to learn more about that project
specifically. It's on this um and we will be sharing information after the meeting um on the website before. So >> once
have this meeting, we are anticipating to submit the project this fall to theme up. Um >> and that's so that we can incorporate that textile project and um make sure any comments that we've received at this
meeting are properly addressed and with any other city comments that may happen with the consultant. And uh once it gets to FEMA, it becomes effective proximity nine
months after we submit to FE. However, and that process in of itself is called the letter of math revision process. So a loan grant. Um but this timeline is extremely variable. Um we have another project in the city. It's bigger than
this one, but another watershed project. It took two years to get the TA comments uh look and so it depends on the number of TEA comments received the C funding and G >> and so this is just the general time.
>> Yes. >> And so when you submit study it goes through this FEMA review cycle many times. Um it will continue until FEMA no longer I guess. Um and FIA has 90 days
to provide the comments. The engineer who submitted the project needs 90 days to respond to the comments and that continues as you build curry. And so once the comments are there once there's no comments then it issued
and it goes into an appeal period. The appeal cury basically means payments can come in and say I don't agree with this and I forget model updates to support that agree with this. Um once you get through the approval period, then you got the then
you have an effective bone uh letter of my expedition and um and that's when it like that thing that you see on FEMA's website and our on our
website will reflect these changes. um which >> and with this cycle just I'll put this out there the proposed mapping that we have shown is subject to change because of
um we don't anticipate is chang but it we never know what we're going to get I mean it's front of those >> impact what you So
work opportunity to do so in council district five compared to C district 11. It's a much smaller area. Um we're anticipating adding any structures to the flood plane. Three more will be shown or three will
be shown at a higher risk than they resolve. Um so if they're tuned in 2% event they might be shown the one listed event for example uh one set will be showed at lower risk and then the
restructures um will have the flood snake weight removed from it. The structures will be will ma be maintained. I'm not saying anything about removing the structure themselves. The fluff thing that I will
be the structure of the glet we have about 102 structure being added. Now that is mostly the Jennifer courts area that upstream area that I was taking was above what is obsessively not for our
team. Um 11 surgeries will be shown at a higher risk, two at a lower race and 12 will be uh go. So
the ocean carage is also shown over there in one of those maps. Um so you can look at it closer. Uh so you can see where we've got some more of the bear cages that I pointed out earlier in the presentation. Uh the green is what is
being imposed, the blue is what is effective um that FEMA currently shows right now. So we have a decrease here where that apartment complex in that trucking storage area is increases up here and up
there. And then the Jennifer Court area that we I mentioned is upstream of VSC mapping where we're adding a bunch of houses. That is unfortunately it's an unfortunate side effect of reflecting the blood risk that is out
there. >> This is the 2% or 500 year net of it's shows similar information of increases and decreases as the 1% does. And this map is also over there.
This is specifically the proposed mapping in council district 5. Uh, so between Lake Arlington and 820, this is what's opposed. And here's council district 11. What's proposed in council district 11?
And here's the area that we're extending. K mentioned the gender core area. Um, and so you can see we've so if you look over there at the comparisons between the
two, you see a lot of fluctu that comes up on this side of the apartment complex. Um, all right. Sorry. This is the cutting bus. This is the elementary school >> comes up the street in front of the elementary school behind the elementary
schools in the park and this full area >> and I mentioned some other areas of major changes just uh where we're seeing changes in here. It gets narrower with the apartment complex that gets narrower.
Narrow go look with the trucking. It gets wider in here at the street and wider at the street down there. The whole I will say the whole area that is shown is not necessarily a whole area
that is having a significant change. I was just making sure cat street names go referenced and um so something that may impact anybody uh that is neat added to the trust flag that if you're already in the
flood plane it could impact you as well. Um if you have a federally backed mortgage you'll be required to obtain in flood insurance. They do. >> Uh if you do not have a mortgage, you own
your film out outright or your business outright, you will not be required to have insurance. But the city does recommend to everyone to have flood insurance. Uh >> yes. >> And all residents in the system who get
flood insurance through the national flood insurance program will receive a 15% discount because of the city's participation in their in the community rating system um we're seeing. And so the things that we do that are high
receivers, that all helps us gain a higher uh discount rate for y'all. Yep. Um if you want you want flood insurance information, uh FEMA and the National
Flood Insurance Program have a really great resource. It's called Floodsmart. Um it's a website where you can request quote. Um you can find out basing flood insurance in something to note um you can request it now it'll be based on
what the FEMA effective mapping currently is. So if you or your neighbors are in that Jennifer core area for folks having mapping it will not reflect that risk at this it will only reflect that risk once um the mapping
becomes affected. So that 9 months should sum or estimated amount of time with each other. >> So back to the >> one way this
is legal is that if you have any development in the flip being added um you will be required to get a flip plate development in the city. 7B flood. If you do any project in the flood plane, you will be required to uh
get a flood plane development permit through the city. Um and so I have a list of some general examples that would require land developments permit. So, yard grading,
landscaping, adding sill, uh adding place and fences or retaining holes, interior interior removals. That's probably the biggest surprise to people who are thinking of going and then building new textures or
additions. Uh and these permits must be issued before the tour weekend. Yeah, the cheating >> you can say why but why is yes in uh so
part of why why these are required are to make sure that what's being done meets the FEMA and the city or the standards and requirements. Uh it's to help ensure that you're not
impacting your own home and that you're not impacting your neighbor's homes. of what business is. Um it's so to really make sure we're clicking every Monday stage when we're trying to do it just to make it one more
red box and one more check box that you have to do for any project. We want to make sure to done right and the attacks and there aren't attacks to your needs. Um, >> so I mentioned any additions or
renovations uh would need a self development comments. Um just move it. Part of why we want that information as well is in the event that it becomes a substantial impregment which mean it's
50 in the cost of the renovation and so forth is 15% of um the structures >> market value um that if it exceeds that that you're
meeting the elevation standards that the city and team climbing. >> Um, and that is the same DSG. Um, it may go to fire starts the elephant. >> Um, so that's just part that's part of
something else that we've heard before. Um, and then we probably won't see a lot of these in Eastland, but I have along this creek, but I have an ink bear toothpaste. any large projects or projects in the floodway which is that
red hash area that I talked about very beginning may require a flood study and therefore mapping up days um to make sure that the changes that are impacting tank are being
>> so ways to protect your property there are a few ways that a full clean development permit or FD is not required temporary flood barriers you can use to put at your doorways to keep the water out of your air
conditioner unit using weather stripping um or waterproof sealants. aiming your installing gutters and aiming them away from your structure themselves and then what >> pretty much every other project is going
to require a permanent um elevating any any surfaces. So the electrical fuels the air conditioning units the structure itself are all going to need a permit uh >> D3 does permit as well for the refest.
So a few minutes out and then >> for future improvements and stuff we're already doing that responsibilities. We have a flood warning system which I discussed a little bit ago that's just outside the school. Uh it currently
measures the rainfall and the water levels here along the creek and sends wines both through flashers to tell traffic that hey the roads over top don't cross here don't drive here and um
also it we have a system called HOS the highway advisory alert alert systems um and that communicates with the waves out or calculations to let you know, hey, there's this right exposed zone that's
flooded. So before you meet, you know, not to go that way. And we do have in the bottom right hand corner of that flight, you can see our real-time flood warning map
for the whole city. if you did extra curious about what's going on in the section at all. >> So improvement eids, we are aware of erosion um in multiple races along the stream. There's a lot of erosion particularly in this um upstream portion
that we're adding to a flood plane which is another support for why flood plane needs to be added there because there's high velocities going through that channel high velocities of water which is taking dirt and sending it downstream.
Um and so in a couple of different studies we had identified different logical potentials um identified the need for different erosion projects particularly in that
digital core area that I was saying um and we've had a lot of uh complaints about razor and nayokas Hey sir. >> Um so for actually doing the projects um the capital improvement projects are
schedu um based on citywide priority and funding availability. Um, and a road costs just on this street in of itself range from about 9.5 million to 12 million
in today's money to update the abrasion or to fix the issues. Um, and so at this time we don't have anything planned um for projects we have. Um but
we are addressing smaller um projects as they come up if we can. So for example in 2024 there was a sediment removal and rock placement in the Jennifer Court
whales lay area. So between in that portion of the channel where it was clear and um some root wrap was placed to help protect the channel from a working furnace. Um and then we have another project in 26
um just a little bit downstream of that area near Freshfield um that is also going to be corrosion stability. So we maintain the upper portion of the street
down to about Perry Street is about where we maintain um within the channel. And so we mow across many times a year. We clear out and we pictured here this in at um Edge Lake here. are just right
here. Uh they can see the buildup of grass and beans and sticks and whatever else is there and we would leave that out. Um ultimately this helps mainly to conveyance to allow the water to keep
going helps keep erosion from happening. If you stop the water, water is just going to churn. So I tell the schematicity and then it helps mitigate any impacts to the properties uh that are directly
adjacent to these structures. >> We can shoot. >> If you have any maintenance erosion or any type of those concerns, we have several ways that you can report it to us. um
>> teaching >> and we encourage you to tell us if you're having an issue. We want to know. We want to be there to help. Um in one way or another, we want to be able to help you. >> Yeah.
>> And then ultimately, if you have any questions about the study itself, feel free to reach out to me. Uh or at least I built an administrator. Uh if you have any questions about anything else we discussed, you can also reach
out reach us at the flood plane inbox the email that I have there and we'll pass it on to the appropriate team that can go. A lot of those members are here if we have questions for them too. Um
do y'all have questions for me at this time? I >> Yes. be lost to >> as far as the uh the channel extended.
What preparations on the bas start trying to change the bathroom because it is not water worthy of >> so how will you guys risk that before we
try to a flood that's very good >> um let me say it that make sure that we all understand your question and for the porting Um so before the mapping becomes effective
uh how is the city expect how we planning to address the original there that is anybody walk us in
so that public recording the flat ready for the first Olympic to make sure this is to be added maps as a else. If the future is relying
out the second question that there is points of good structures being built are talking about polities that are ingrained in the >> in that area when I was talking about issue of
bloodliness and significant instructions that are already dead. Uh oh, >> bit of resource data. this uh we're not talking about new ones that are ruling that this is
what is currently out there based on delay of prints and property information happening which shows so do you need me to clarify then just check me out >> no that's why we're here we're literally
required to get a client for the garden crowds organ my name's so it's not just a tough party for me like you don't eat for your long
water is a lot heating as well of just regular bottle of this van doesn't all um so cheese
frozen water to make your cows >> and it's important to put it away. >> So is it going to be a stand or is it going to be based on what we're
in spaceide work? So we we changed how we were acting against the public involvement permit keys a couple of years ago so that we could have lower fees for that just that easier work that doesn't require our we wanted that
it's time so when do you have game back and there are song where there's only So definitely try to take a race and diced tiny fork which can be good. And you can always reach out to us and ask, you know, what what is in the new
prayer? What is with that? Um or if you worry about your we can help you figure out the league and like uh there out there that they come up with this and
the weekend will You tell this fear I haven't seen seen what um the one last thing is the insurance is that be a requirement
or since you guys are changing the area but it's just the math bullsh area or is it just recommendation? at this loan. So you had a very federally back mortgage for your
mortgage requirements. So that has a special. >> So that's why things it's not mandatory. We recommended that I use more natural
tattoo but in here he was lacking money will be with her and as soon as that fact was effective those mortgage companies they're watching kind of and so they'll send out a letter to the city this um
and so we recommend like get the doors and the HR being effect and you get a little rain to start with before that blood risk indication I I give them kids for actual dates and grful
cats since they have the dollar how long it takes to get through feed line and usual all shut down and everything is taking large moderate >> but when you're having how you know that is coming
>> and this war is yeah that is that one Freddy's public wall and shoot what I thought to say. So they threw it in horrible so they choose
group and they'll put it in. Oh, and I think they that I think they need to take that into account um as far as what rate you get. But there's there's a lot of things they take into haring use the water. I'll see
you what >> checker group like there's so many you know different factors regions system to see what the range is so and there's private insurance there's what like your car insurance provider
and um buy the flood insurance and then there's also insurance through the Nashville flood insurance both and their rates are different which there's a lot Yeah. >> All right. So, what's your story?
Um, as far as practicing kind of Yes. I melt. So uh we can have a small project but I don't think that
during speaking results today possessive possessive >> so it's going to be like next year at Benine. Yeah, there's um I think I said this, but I may not have said this. There's a another watershed quadrant
similar to this one. It's larger, but it took 2 years just to get through the SA burning cycle um in February just got to where it got issued. So, it'll be four and a half to five months before it actually becomes effective. And then you
sign up in >> Yes. And insurance isn't going to happen until then. And so this is uh this cycle the time depends on how large the project is, how complicated the project is. A large project for the moment timeline is
typically what we see uh that 9 month that I said on the previous slide that is that is timeline for typquacy but that is also typically for a singular development. uh that index the foot
cup upstream or downstream with their sides. >> But this is spec like you know why everybody has beach for that to happen. >> Yeah. Part of the one of the steps in
the FEMA cycle is all property owners that are impacted uh by the flood backup changes or well just by the mapping itself whether it changes on your property or not. Um, you will receive a
letter. It wouldn't come across the consultant that you're not going to come directly from the city, but it consultant and it will just basically tell you, hey, the flipping thing's changing. If you need more details, reach out to the city. It's a more
detailed than that, but in some it's a way the evidence, but please reach out to us at any and ask us. >> Do you have any more questions? >> Thank you for asking us because I'm sure
there was the same question. and it was also um backwards. And why? >> Um any with >> no one fact
and following this meeting we're going to post the presentation and the maps that are over there and two other maps so you and the recording. Yes. Thank you. No. So you can um listen to it again. You can see what we presented any
closer. You're always welcome to reach out to us again. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Ask do you have any questions? >> Sorry you on spotlight please.
If if resident wanted to verify the other amount of crossings in fact why thermox side. >> Um so right now we actually have a list of all the impacted u properties. So and want to know if
your property is being added or not or a specific address you come ask know we have a list and we could tell you. Um once the mapping becomes effective you will be able to look it up by your address um on west side and on Havit
>> but between then you'd have to reach out to us to ask but we can't provide that information >> um do any city staff have any questions for you ask y'all so much we really appreciate Thank you, and thank you all for coming. The
city staff will be here to answer any questions or you look out after work. Thank you for PD uh for coming tonight, keeping us safe. Um and to for ice loop for hosting the day for us. So, thank you all. Appreciate it.