Flooding Strategy
Plan
- Analysis and Revision of City Building Codes and Zoning Ordinances
- City Flood Prevention Committee
- Meets weekly
- Cross collaboration among City departments
- Federal and State legislative initiatives
- Long term tidal and precipitation flooding analysis
- Shoreline Protection analysis
- U.S. Army Corps - Willoughby and Ocean View study
- Partnerships for information and analysis
Prepare
- Community Emergency Response Team
- All Risk - All Hazard Training
- National Flood Insurance Program
- City participation to benefit residents
- National Incident Management System
- Certification of staff by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- StormReady® Community
- National Weather Service approved
- Transportation Alternatives
Mitigate
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
- National Flood Insurance Program
- Increased Cost of Compliance Participation
- Property Acquisition
- Shoreline Protection and Stabilization
- Storm Water Infrastructure
- Tidal Flooding Mitigation Projects
Communicate
- Briefings and mailings
- City Council updates
- Flooding Awareness Citizen Focus Group
- Civic League participation
- Flooding Awareness Experts Advisory Group
- HRPDC
- HRSD
- ODU
- VIMS
- VPA
- NASA
- NOAA
- U.S. Army Corps
- U.S. Navy
- Flooding Awareness Website
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