FLOOD11755

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners - Volume 1: Flood Studies and Mapping
• Date: 4/1/2003
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners [April 2003]

The Project Team will include the following:

. All members of the Project Management Team;

. Other contractor representatives that are not already a part of the Project Management
Team;

. Community/CTP representative(s) that are not part of the Project Management Team;

. State representatives that are not part of the Project Management Team (e.g., State NFIP
Coordinator, representative State Department of Natural Resources); and

. Others, such as regional planning agencies and water management districts, as necessary.

The FEMA Lead shall coordinate the formation of the Project Team based on the needs of the
project. While various Mapping Partners will normally be included on the Project Team, they
will not necessarily fill "traditional" or predetermined roles. Rather, each Mapping Partner's
level and extent of involvement will be based on the nl~eds of the specific project to achieve a
"best value."

Mapping Partners with task order-based contracts will be issued a scoping task order to
participate in the project through completion of Project Scoping. Work assignments for the Map
Production component of the project will be issued through follow-on task orders.

1.3.1.6 Preliminary Research Activities

[February 2002]

The FEMA Lead, in coordination with the Project Management Team, shall assign preliminary
research to Project Team members, usually FEMA contractors. These activities can be separated
into two categories-researching effective information and researching available data for the
Flood Map Project. The specific activities in each category are summarized below.

Researchina Effective Information

[February 2002]

The assigned Mapping Partner shall complete the following tasks:

. Conduct a thorough Mapping Needs Assessment (unless one has already been conducted)
as described in Section 1.2;

. Inventory the FEMA archives for effective FIRM panels, FRFM panels, FrS reports, and
other flood hazard data or existing study data;

· Summarize the information in the MNUSS database;

. Summarize contiguous community agreement checks;

. Review CA V and CAe files; and

. Develop a "scoping map" and an overview of the results of the research.

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