This NAI workshop focused on long-term planning and the legal and policy frameworks that impact the day-to-day activities of decision makers dealing with extreme weather and natural disasters in Florida coastal communities. The workshop gave participants the chance to work cooperatively using the CHARM tool to make simulated development and redevelopment decisions based on a variety of underlying hazard and natural resource data layers. The results of those decisions were immediately displayed in graphs and charts so participants were able to further refine their decisions to see new results.

CHARM or the Community, Health and Resource Management tool provides instant feedback to community planning options. CHARM helps communities see how planning decisions made today will impact tomorrow’s community through a participatory mapping approach with local community data including storm surge, high tide and flood hazard areas. Learn more at https://www.communitycharm.org/

Workshop Materials:

• Agenda
• Attendee List

Presentations:

• "Introductions, Overview & No Adverse Impact Approach" by Jeff Stone, GISP, CFM - Sr. Research Manager, Association of State Floodplain Managers
• "Flood Resilience Planning in St. Augustine" by Todd Grant, P.G. - Public Works Deputy Director, St. Augustine (no slides)
• "Planning for Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin" by Kaitlyn Dietz - Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
• "The Law’s the Limit: Sea-Level Rise Adaptation and Local Government" by Thomas Ruppert, Esquire - Coastal Planning Specialist, Florida Sea Grant
• "Adaptation Planning – Ideas from Annapolis" by Angela Schedel, Ph.D., P.E. - Director of Community Resilience, Taylor Engineering
• "Peril of Flood & Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plans" by Jerry Murphy, JD, AICP, CFM - Resilient Communities Initiative, University of Florida
• "Community, Health and Resource Management (CHARM) Overview" by Steven Mikulencak, AICP - Planning Program Leader, Texas Community Watershed Partners, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

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
• 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