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<br />Tuesday, May 19 10:30 - 11 :45 AM Track 3 - State Initiatives - Moderator: Brian Dunnigan
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<br />MARYLAND'S ENHANCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF FEMA'S DIGITAL Q3 FLOODPLAIN DATA
<br />William Parrish, David Guignet, P.E., John Joyce and Tricia Bernhardt
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<br />A cooperative agreement was made between the Maryland Department of the Environment and FEMA to demonstrate the use of digital
<br />technology in implementing the NFlP Ul Maryland The objective of this project is to develop a digital coverage of all mapped Special Flood
<br />Hazard Areas in the State, and improve on the accuracy of the mapped areas, Once the enhanced mapping is complete, it will be distributed
<br />to local floodplain managers as an aid ill implementing local floodplain ordinances, and for other related planning activities with local-based
<br />Geographic Information Systems,
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<br />A second project has been launched in Maryland to investigate potential applications of the enhanced Q3 digital maps to other areas of
<br />floodplain and environmental management. This project will involve overlaying the Q3 data with data bases from a variety of sources so
<br />that their relationships can be readily visualized, and used to create various reports that; heretofore, could not be readily developed,
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<br />This paper will show the process used in enhancing FEMA' s digital Q3 flood data with Maryland's DOQQs, and the project's successes
<br />and pitfalls. It will also demonstrate e"moples of applications of the enhanced Q3 data in Maryland's floodplain and related environmental
<br />management activities. Finally, it will identifY potential sources offunds and applications data to support similar efforts in other states and
<br />localities.
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<br />MINNESOTA DISASTER RECOVERY TASK FORCE
<br />John Linc Stine
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<br />The 1997 spring floods along the Minnesota River in west- and south-central Minnesota and the Red River of the North, along the
<br />Minnesota-North Dakota border were (~e largest floods on record, causing devastating damages to dozens of communities, Unlike the flood
<br />of 1993 which in Minnesota primarily affected rural farm land and rural road systems, this flood devastated towns and communities, many
<br />of which were prepared for significant flooding by emergency protection measures. In spite of this preparedness, damages occurred to an
<br />estimated 5,000 buildings were damaged by the 1997 spring floods, Remarkably, there almost no loss of life as a result of the spring
<br />flooding.
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<br />In response to the massive flooding disaster, Governor Arne C..-lson formed the MN Recovers Disaster Task Force which facilitated
<br />coordinated approach to disaster relief.nd hazard mitigation fimding at the federal, state and local government levels, The task force formed
<br />a one-stop disaster recoveJy funding assistance process that allowed local governments to more easily and quickly ask for and receive flood
<br />recoveJy assistance, As of December I 997, the task force has committed more than $163 million in flood recoveJy assistance,
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<br />This presentation will focus on the e:((reme and unusual climatic and hydrologic events leading up to and dwing the flood disaster, the
<br />emergency preparedness activities, flood fighting activities, results of the MN Recovers Disaster RecoveJy Task Force efforts, and the
<br />specific flood hazard mitigation activities that are being undertaken in more than 100 MN communities to reduce the future flood damage
<br />potential.
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<br />COLORADO STATEWIDE RIVER REHABILITATION AND FLOODPLAlNMANAGEMENTNEEDS INVENTORY
<br />Jolm M. Pflawn, MWE, Larry Lang, CWCB and Brian Hyde, CWCB
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<br />The Colorado Water Conservation Bollld (CWCB), under winterization from the 1997 State Legislature, is conducting a statewide inventory
<br />offloodrisks, erosion, floodplain management and habitat/vegetation enhancement needs along the state's stream conidors. The purpose
<br />of the project/study is to assess current needs and to consider the feasibility of developing a new or expanded comprehensive approach and
<br />resource for local governments, special districts and landowners to better manage and address flood-related and multi-objective stream
<br />issues. The increasing demands on the state's river and stream conidors can best be addressed through the implementation of a multi-
<br />objective approach in formulating new and better methods and procedures for management and rehabilitation of Colorado's waterways,
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<br />The CWCB has retained McLaughlin Water Engineers, Lid, to conduct the study, which began in October 1997 with a detailed
<br />questionnaire sent to more than 400 communities, special districts, environmental organizations, and other water-related groups to solicit
<br />data regarding floodplain management, multi-objective use of stream conidors and institutional issues, Findings will be compiled by the
<br />end of 1997 and a swnmary report pnlpared for the Colorado Legislature in March 1998,
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<br />The authors will present an oveIView of the project and discuss the fmdings of the statewide needs assessment; the recommendations made,
<br />and action at the legislative level resu:,ting from the study,
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