Can a community plan in such a way as to avoid future damaging events and reduce liability exposure? You Bet!
The objective of this workshop is to introduce an approach and tools to make a community more resilient in planning for future conditions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Aimed at community officials, elected leaders, attorneys, planners, floodplain managers, this workshop will focus on community resilience using the Community Health And Resource Management (CHARM) mapping application and No Adverse Impact approach to floodplain management.
CHARM is a new user-friendly mapping tool that enables everyday citizens and local officials to create coastal planning scenarios that are complex and dynamic with results that are instantaneous in terms of a variety of impacts. Where should growth be encouraged and where should it be avoided? How many homes are we putting in harm’s way? What do we want to conserve for future generations? CHARM helps communities see how planning decisions made today will impact tomorrow’s community. CHARM directly fits into ASFPM’s No Adverse Impact (NAI) approach to floodplain management and by extension FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS). NAI floodplain management takes place when the actions of one property owner are not allowed to adversely affect the rights of other property owners. A community can be held liable for taking an action (or non-action) that results in a taking or harm to others. Preventing such actions is the core of the NAI principle.
Learn more at https://www.communitycharm.org/
Workshop Materials:
- Workshop Flyer
- Workshop Postcard
- Workshop Agenda
- Speaker Biographies
- CHARM Legend & Score Sheet
- CHARM Flooding Types and Descriptions
Workshop Recording
Presentations:
Note: The presentation titles are links to the presentation slides. Each "video link" jumps to that presentation in the workshop recording.
- Welcome, Introductions and Overview - Jeff Stone, GISP, CFM - Assoc. of State Floodplain Managers; John Ryan-Henry, JD - Coastal States Organization; Steve Mikulencak, AICP - Texas Community Watershed Partners
- No Adverse Impact Overview & How-To Guide for Planning - Terri Turner, AICP, CFM - Development Services Administrator, Current Planning & Zoning, Planning & Development Dept., City of Augusta, Georgia
- Legal Foundation of No Adverse Impact Approach to Flood Management - Jerry Murphy, JD, AICP, CFM - Faculty Consultant, Program for Resource Efficient Communities, University of Florida
- The Law’s the Limit: Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Local Government - Thomas Ruppert, Esquire - Coastal Planning Specialist, Florida Sea Grant
- Flooding, Property Rights and Drainage - Lawrence G. Dunbar, P.E. - Water Resources & Environmental Engineer / Consultant
- HCFCD Model and Map Management System (M3) - Ataul Hannan, P.E., CFM - Director of Planning, Harris County Flood Control District
- Community, Health and Resource Management (CHARM) Overview - Steve Mikulencak, AICP – Texas Community Watershed Partners
No Adverse Impact Materials:
- NAI Toolkit
- Coastal NAI Handbook
- NAI How-To Guide for Infrastructure
- NAI How-To Guide for Mitigation
- NAI How-To Guide for Planning
- NAI How-To Guide for Education & Outreach
- NAI How-To Guide for Regulations and Development Standards
- NAI How-to Guide for Hazard Identification and Floodplain Mapping
- NAI How-to Guide for Emergency Services
- Please also see the NAI page at floods.org
NAI Legal Resources:
- Liability and NAI Floodplain Management
- NAI Legal Issues Fact Sheet
- Legal Issues In Upgrading Flood Maps To Reflect Climate Change, Other Changed Conditions
- A Comparative Look at Public Liability for Flood Hazard Mitigation
- Mitigating Misery: Land Use and Protection of Property Rights Before the Next Big Flood
- NAI Protecting the Property Rights of All: NAI Floodplain and Storm Water Management
- NAI and the Courts: Protecting the Property Rights of All
- Professional Liability for Construction in Flood Hazard Areas
- Property Rights and Community Liability: The Legal Framework for Managing Watershed Development
- What the Rapanos-Carabell Wetlands Decisions Mean to Floodplain and Stormwater Managers
- Liability for Water Control Structure Failure Due to Flooding
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. in Support of the State of New Jersey
- State of New Jersey Supreme Court Clerk's Syllabus Mansoldo v. State of New Jersey
- Courts Issue Good News for Floodplain Management
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