MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

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Polk County Watershed Management Program: FEMA Map
Modernization
Scoping Report was provided to local governments for review and comment on January 23, 2007. One comment was
received, and the scoping map was revised accordingly, and the Scoping Report was submitted to FEMA. After the
original Scoping Report was submitted to FEMA, District staff were notified that the SFWMD would receive $250,000
from FEMA, and that the SFWMD would obtain LiDAR data for the SFWMD portion of Polk County. In addition, it has
been determined that the Post Preliminary Processing task will take at least 11 months to complete. The Scoping Report
was revised to reflect the funding provided to the SFWM and the addition of the LiDAR data for the SFWMD portion of
Polk County; and to revise the project schedule to reflect a longer period for the completion of the Post Preliminary
Processing task, and an associated reduction in the amount of time provided for the completion of model development
and mapping related tasks. The revised Scoping Report was submitted to FEMA on June 12, 2008. SFWMD prepared
an amendment to the Mapping Activity Statement (MAS) agreement with the District and FEMA to reflect the additional
FEMA funding and LiDAR data. The MAS amendment has been fully executed. Staff is continuing to work with each local
government to execute a Community Partner Memorandum of Agreement to confirm their commitment to work with the
District, and the FEMA to produce updated, digital FIRM maps for their community. To date, MOAs have been received
from 6 local governments (Eagle Lake, Lake Wales, Winter Haven, Lake Alfred, Polk City and the City of Auburndale),
and from Polk County. The total budget for this project is $1,200,000. Of this, $39,800 was paid to TBE for consulting
services related to project scoping and the development of the original Scoping Report. $25,000 has been encumbered
to a contract with Bender Consulting for the preparation of a public outreach plan for Polk County, and $697,010 has
been encumbered to the agreement with Watershed Concepts for DFIRM generation. One invoice for $9,700 has been
received from Bender Consulting, and is being processed for payment. One invoice has been received from Watershed
Concepts for $56,420 and is being processed for payment.
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