CRS 510 Floodplain Management
2013 Progress Report for
Floodplain Management/Hazard Mitigation Plan
1. Plan Name: City of Coconut Creek (City) multi‐jurisdictional Enhanced Local Hazard
Mitigation Strategy (ELMS).
BACKGROUND:
The City is a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community
Rating System (CRS), which means that residents and business owners receive a
discount on their flood insurance premiums in recognition of efforts made by the City to
reduce the impact of flood incidents. The estimated total cost saving on the flood
insurance premium is $150,000.
On June 13, 2013, the City adopted the Broward County October 2012 ELMS. The
Broward County 2012 ELMS is in compliance with local hazard mitigation requirements
of Section 322 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K) as implemented in 44
C.F.R., Part 201.
Under this planning effort, Activity 510 of the Community Rating System Annual
Recertification instructs participating communities to prepare a written progress report
each year
The Plan reviews a variety of measures that can reduce the problems and/or protect city
residents and their property when flooding occurs. Measures reviewed include
retention basins, culvert and storm sewer improvements and retrofitting, maintaining
Base Flood Elevation for all structures in the City, flood insurance, building regulations,
public information, safety precautions, and erosion and sediment control.
A.
Review of Action Plan: This section includes a review of each recommendation in
the action plan, including a statement on how much was accomplished during the
previous year.
The City of Coconut Creek is constantly striving and looking for ways to improve the
Community as a whole. One of these perpetual targets is to reduce the risk to
people and property in the event of flood inducing events. For this purpose, the City
has looked at important indicators to begin its improvements.
1. Develop and implement hazard mitigation education programs to minimize risk
to property and individuals through the Citizen’s Academy (classes).
2. Assist local real estate agents, insurance companies, banks and other lending
institutions by notifying them of the availability of flood plain information.
3. Provide flood information as part of the direct mailing to homeowners’
associations.
4. Ensure proper budgeting of on-going Capital Improvement Projects (CIP’s) to
improve water quantity and quality of the drainage system, which include and is
not limited to waterways dredging and maintenance (see attachment A).
5. Ensure proper planning of on-going preventive maintenance programs consisting
of swale regrading and stormwater systems cleaning and repairs. Maintenance
program performed mainly in-house (see attachment B).
6. Ensure constant monitoring of the drainage systems and drainage basins by the
City of Coconut Creek and the Cocomar Water Management District (see
attached email from Cocomar WMD).
7. GIS mapping of all utilities including drainage in the City as well as Flood Zones to
help City officials, residents and businesses identify Special Flood Hazard Areas.
8. Maintain and scan elevation certificates of properties in Special Flood Hazard
Areas.
9. Maintain copies and database of all Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) and Letter of
Map Amendment (LOMA) and ensure proper flood zone determination for
residents, insurance companies and mortgage companies.
10. Require permits for all developments, residential and commercial, to be issued
by the City and Broward County Environmental Protection Department and
Growth Management (BCEPDGM) and ensure proper drainage design and
minimize flooding.
11. Continue to monitor structures for substantial damage in accordance with Code
of Ordinances Chapter 10 “Flood Prevention and Protection”.
12. In the process of amending the City Code of Ordinances Chapter 10 “Flood
Prevention and Protection” to meet new code changes including the Florida
Building Code.
13. Regularly attend Broward County LMS workshops, update meetings and
conference calls.
B.
Implementation: This section includes a discussion on why any objectives were
not reached or why implementation is behind schedule.
All set objectives have been reached and are on-going.
C.
Conclusion and Recommendation
This 2013 Floodplain Management Plan Annual Report continues to support all
the tasks described in the Community Rating System program. The City always
strives to meet CRS requirements. All improvements were performed successfully
by the City due to the familiarity and knowledge of the Utilities and Engineering
Department’s staff of the drainage system. Also the support of the City’s
Commission and management by funding the projects plays a big role in the
success of the program. The City does not have any repetitive loss properties,
which confirms that there are no major flooding problems in the City.
All the objectives shown in part A are recurring and will continue to be pursued
for the following years. In the next three (3) years there will be great focus on
waterbody maintenance projects (i.e. dredging), which are necessary to restore the
functionality of the water conveyance system. Some funding has been secured for
specific areas and for other areas the City is aggressively pursuing various
funding sources (i.e. grants)