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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, I THINK WE'LL TRY AND GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. MY NAME IS WESLEY WOODWARD.
I'M THE PRINCIPLE RESILIENCY PLANNING ANALYST FOR THE COUNTY.
AND I'M THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THE COUNTY FOR THIS ONGOING EFFORT.
WITH ME TODAY ARE OUR MEMBERS OF OUR PROJECT TEAM FROM JONES ED MUNDZ, TAYLOR ENGINEERING AS WELL AS WILDWOOD CONSULTING.
JUST REFERRING TO THE AGENDA FOR A MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST COVER THE FORMAT OF THE MEETING JUST BRIEFLY.
IN A MOMENT JARED AND MARK WILL COME UP TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR PROJECT AND DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF HOW VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IS CONDUCTED AND WHAT OUR HOPES ARE FOR THE EVENTUAL YOU OUTCOME. WE'LL PLEASE REQUEST THAT YOU HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR REQUESTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF THE PRESENT OR THE PROJECT UNTIL THE END.
AT WHICH POINT WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ATTEND THIS MEETING THIS EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO INCLUDING YOU ALL IN THIS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU AND MARK, ARE YOU
GOING TO START? >> ALL RIGHT, BRIEFLY, OUR
[1. Vulnerability Assessment Overview Presentation]
AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE BACKGROUND, GOALS AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, WE WILL COVER SOME OF THE INUNDAIKS, MAPPING AND MODELING, THE APPROACH TO THAT WORK AND THE PO TEPTION RESULTS FROM THAT.AND WE'LL GET THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT.
OF COURSE IT'S TO COMPLETE THIS COUNTY WIDE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND SATISFY THE DEP'S RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM GUIDELINES. WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IDENTIFY VULNERABLE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THEN WE'LL HOPEFULLY DEVELOP GRANT FUNDABLE ADAPTATION PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE CRITICAL ASSETS WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM ITSELF, THE RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM, THE FLORIDA SENATE BILL 1954 BACK IN 2021 WAS APPROVED AND ESTABLISHED THE RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM WHICH DIRECTS THE DEP TO CREATE A STATEWIDE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND DIRECTS THEM TO CREATE THE STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE RESILIENCY PLANMENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, THERE IS, WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY IS A PLANNING GRANT.
AND ABOUT 19 MILLION WAS APPROED IN 2021, 2022 CYCLE AND 28 MILLION IN THE MOST CURRENT CYCLE FOR THESE PLANNING GRANTS, THESE ADAPTATION PLANS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY.
AND THOSE ARE 100 PERCENT GRANT FUNDING AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS ARE THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF, THAT COME OUT OF THESE SORTS OF PROCESSES AND THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO 400 MILLION IN PREVIOUS CYCLE AND ABOUT 275 MILLION IN THE MOST CURRENT CYCLE, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR PROJECTS.
>> SO AGAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM ITSELF.
SO IT ESTABLISHES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEP FUNDED VA'S, COUNTY WIDE ASSESSMENT OR-- INCLUDE ALL THE CRITICAL ASSETS OWNED OR MAIN TAPED BY THE APPLICANT, INCLUDE IN DEPTH AND FUTURE HIGH TIDE FLOODING, INCLUDE DEPTH OF CEP FUTURE STORM SURGE FLOODING WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE. AND THE DEPTH OF CURRENT FUTURE RAINFALL INDUCED FLOODING. WE USE NOLA 2017 FLOW,-- NOAA HIGH AND LOW SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS AND AND 2040 AND 2070 PLANNING HORIZONS FOR THOSE.
SO FUNDING, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER STUDIES GOING ON, OTHER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE, JESSICA WITH THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE IS HERE, THEY HAVE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IN PARALLEL TO THIS THAT WAS KICKED
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OFF IN APRIL. THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE ARMY CORP BACK BAY STUDY IS ALSO GOING ON PARALLEL TO THIS.THEY STARTED RECENTLY AND HAS GOT ABOUT A FIVE YEAR HORIZON TO GET COMPLETED. AND THEN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH WAS ALSO AWARDED A GRANT TO DO A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO START THEIRS THIS COMING MONTH FOR THE CITY. THEY'VE GOT MAYBE TWO PHASES TO THEIRS. SO THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS THAT ARE REQUIRED-- THE VA'S REQUIRED FOR THE TO 24 FUNDING CYCLE IN TERMS OF GETTING PROJECTS APPROVED, ST. JOHNS COUNTY WAS AWARDED $900,000 IN PHYSICAL KIND OF CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS A RESULT OF KIND OF IDENTIFYING VULNERABLE ASSETS AND CRITICAL ASSETS.
AND THERE WILL BE BE APPLICATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ITS MOST RECENT CYCLE .
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JARED WITH JONES EVAN, PROJECT MANAGER.
WANT TO GO THROUGH THE GRANT PLAN TASKS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND THESE ARE STANDARDIZED TASKS THAT THE DEP REQUIRES AS YOU WORK THROUGH PROCESS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO START FULFILLING THAT TASK, THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING. WE ALSO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE GET IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND PRESENT THE FINDINGS FROM THE STUDY. WE ALSO HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS. WE HAVE HAD ONE ALREADY WITH A LOT OF IN-HOUSE COUNTY STAFF AND OTHER STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO THE NEXT TASK IS ACQUIRING BACKGROUND DATA. THE BIG THING HERE IS GETTING THE CRITICAL ASSET DATA COLLECTED, SO IDENTIFYING ALL THE CRITICAL ASSETS, SORRY, I'M A LITTLE TALLER.
, IDENTIFYING ALL THE CRITICAL ASSETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.
THE NEXT TASK IS THE EXPOSURE ANALYSIS SO THAT IS REALLY DETERMINING WHERE ALL THE FLOODING, CHARACTERIZING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THEN SEEING WHERE THAT INTERSECTS WITH THOSE CRITICAL ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND AND IDENTIFIED. THEN WE HAVE THE SENGS TIFFITY ANALYSIS SO THAT IS LOOKING AT, WE'VE GOT THESE ASSETS THAT WE KNOW FLOOD NOW. AND DETERMINING HOW SENSITIVE THOSE ASSETS ARE TO THE FLOODING THAT OCCURS AT EACH LOCATION.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE COMPLETED, WE CAN START LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING FOCUS AREAS, WHERE WE WILL FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THAT ADAPTATION PLAN, THAT PRELIMINARY ADAPTATION PLAN.
WE CAN START LOOKING AT TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME SOLUTIONS OR THINGS THAT CAN HELP PROTECT THE CRITICAL A SET-- ASSETS.
AND THE LAST STEP IS THE FINAL REPORT WITH MAPS AND TABLES THAT SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO JUST, YOU KNOW TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PRODUCTS AND OUTCOMES THAT THE COUNTY WILL GET OUT OF THE STUDY.
FIRST WE'LL HAVE THAT INVENTORY OF THE CRITICAL ASSET, THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSETS, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
WE'LL HAVE EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS, EXTREME EVENT FLOODPLAIN MAPPING. WE'LL IDENTIFY CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSETS VULNERABLE TO FLOODING AND EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS. WE'LL PRIORITIZE-- HAVE A PRY ORTIZATION OF VULNERABLE CRITICAL A ASSET, AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE FOCUS AREAS FOR THE ADAPTATION PLANNING. THE PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OBVIOUS-- OBVIOUSLY THE FINAL REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES ALL THAT.
SO GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON SO FAR WITH THE DATA COLLECTION SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS ONE OF THE TASKS WE HAVE AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE KEY FOCUS HERE IS IDENTIFYING THAT CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSET, ALL THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSETS IN THE COUNTY.
AND THESE LISTS HERE SHOW ALL THOSE ASSETS TYPES.
AND THESE ARE DEFINED BY FDEP AS KIND OF THE STANDARD ASSET TYPES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THESE STUDIES.
SO IF IS A VERY LONG LIST. IT IS A LOT OF ASSETS.
THERE IS A LOT TO BE INCLUDED IN HERE.
AND SO WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MINED DATA FROM
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COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL DATA SOURCES TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THESE CRITICAL ASSET TYPES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.AND WE HAVE INVENTORIED APPROXIMATELY 16,000 CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT, THIS SHOWS A W W-E WHEN MAP WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF ALL OF THESE CRITICAL ASSETS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR.
SO GETTING TOO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE EXPOSURE ANALYSIS HERE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO IDENTIFY THE DEPTH OF WATER AT EACH CRITICAL ASSET CAUSED BY EACH SEA LEVEL RISE, STORM SURGE, RAINFALL AND OR COMPOUND FLOOD SCENARIO. SO THAT IS BASICALLY AT EACH OF THOSE CRITICAL ASSETS WE'VE IDENTIFIED, HOW MUCH DEPTH OF FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS GRAPHIC THE BLUE AREA SHOWN IS THE INUNDAITION AREA THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH COUNTY WIDE MODELING EFFORTS. AT THAT GREEN POINT YOU CAN SEE THE HUNDRED YEAR STAGE DEFINED AS 8.83, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WET WELL AT THE GREEN TRIANGLE, THAT IS A SANITARY WET WELL, A CRITICAL ASSET THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'VE ASSIGNED THAT IN ELEVATION OF 7.3.
SO YOU CAN SEE AT THAT LOCATION WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF OF INUNDAITION OVER THAT CRITICAL ASSET.
SO GETTING IN, I THINK MARK HIT ON A COUPLE OF THESE POINTS EARLIER, INTO THE REQUIRED-- OF THE EXPOSURE ANALYSIS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE INTERMEDIATE LOW AND HIGH SEA LEVEL RISE CURVES. I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE VALUES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE USING THE EXISTING 2040 AND 2070 PLANNING HORIZONS. WE HAVE TO LOOK ATTITUDAL OR SUNNY DAY, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUNNY DAY FLOODING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT EXISTING AND FUTURE HIGH TIDE FLOODING IN THOSE SCENARIOS AND WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF EXPECTED TIDAL FLOOD DAYS. THE NEXT TYPE OF FLOODING WE ARE LOOKING AT IS STORM SURGE FLOODING.
SO WE ARE USING EXISTING STORM SURGE DATA.
IN THIS CASE LOOKING AT FEMA DATA AND PROJECTED IT FORWARD BASED ON SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS.
WE MUST INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD EVENT.
WE ARE INCLUDING SOME MORE EVENTS AS WELL ON TOP OF THAT.
BUT AT A MINIMUM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HUNDRED YEAR.
AND THEN THE LAST TYPE OF FLOODING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE RAINFALL INDUCED FLOODING. FOR THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HUNDRED YEAR AND 500 YEAR EVENTS AT A MINIMUM.
AGAIN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
AND WE MUST VARY OUR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS BASED ON THOOS SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS. SO THIS SLIDE, THE MATRIX ON THE RIGHT REALLY SUMMARIZES ALL THE SCENARIOS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. SO ALONG THE TOP THERE YOU'VE GOT THE DIFFERENT RETURN PERIOD STORM EVENTS OR EVENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. SO 10, 2500 AND 500 YEAR FOR AN EXAMPLE. A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT IS AN EVENT THAT WOULD HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 100 YEARS.
SO IT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY RARE EVENT.
AND THEN ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT MATRIX YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PLANNING HORIZONS.
SO WE'VE GOT EXISTING 2040 INTERMEDIATE LOW, INTERMEDIA HIGH, 2070 INTERMEDIATE LOW AND HIGH.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE FOR EACH DIFFERENT TYPE OF FLOODING, SO FOR THE TIDAL AND SUNNY DAY FLOODING WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MEAN, HIGHER, HIGH WATER ELEVATION, SO THAT THE HIGHEST DAILY HIGH TIDE ON AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THOSE PLANNING HORIZONS.
AND THEN FOR RAINFALL INDUCED FLOODING WE ARE LOOKING AT 2525, 500 AND 500 YEAR PERIOD EVENTS TOR STORM SURGE WE ARE LOOKING AT 10, 25 AND A UP YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE HERE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REQUIRED SCENARIOS BY DEP. SO THERE IS ABOUT 20 REQUIRED SCENARIOS BUT THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY ANALYZING 35, SO THEY ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE GRANT.
AND THAT REALLY PROVIDES SOME KIND OF GRADATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ASSETS TO TRULY KNOW, IF EVERYTHING IS FLOODING IN A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE WHAT REALLY HAS FLOODED MORE FREQUENTLY, IN LIKE A 25 OR 10 YEAR EVENT.
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SHOWS ME THE MEAN, HAWAII WATER PROJECTION OVER TIME.SO BASED ON THE 1996 DATA WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 2, ONCE WE PROJECT THAT FORWARD TO 2023, CURRENT TIMES, WE'RE UP AROUND 2.5.
AND THEN ONCE YOU START ADDS THOSE 2040, 2070 INTERMEDIA LOW AND INTERIMMEDIATE ATHIGH SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS ON TOP OF THAT WE START GETTING INTO THESE HIGHER VALUES.
AND THE GRAPHIC IN THE MIDDLE HERE, WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SPATIALLY, SO THE RED POLLY GONES GO WHERE INUNDAITION OCCURS AT THE MEAN HIGH, HIGH WATER SO YOUR AVERAGE HIGH TIDE ON A DAILY CYCLE. THE GRAY OR WHITE SHADED AREA IS A PARK FEATURE OR PARK ASSET THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND THIS IS ALSO FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS A PARK ASSET THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND THE YELLOW HATCHED AREA IS A CRITICAL ROAD THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
SO RIGHT NOW THE RED IS REPRESENTING THE EXISTING MEAN HAWAII WATER ELEVATION. AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS, OVER TIME, YOU CAN SEE IT STARTS EXPANDING AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT STARTS TO COVER MORE OF THAT PARK.
AND EVENTUALLY YOU GET WHERE THE PARK IS ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERED, AND 2070 INTERMEDIATE HIGH AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CRITICAL ROAD IS ALSO INUNDATED. SOO WE ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE RAINFALL MODELING APPROACH THAT WE PLAN TO USE FOR THIS ANALYSIS. SO THE COUNTY HAS INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN COUNTYWIDE STORM MODEL WATER MODELS OVER THE LAST DECADE OR TWO. SO THE PLAN IS TO TAKE AND LEVERAGE THOSE MODELS FOR THIS PROCESS AND LOOK AT THE 25, HUNDRED, AND 500 YEAR, 24 HOUR TIME STORM EVENTS, MODIFY RAINFALL DEPTHS TO ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE CONDITIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT RAINFALL DEMENTS WILL INCREASE-- DEPTHS WILL INCREASE OVER TIME.
WE WILL BASICALLY USE HIGHER RAINFALL DEPTHS THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY USED FOR THOSE STORM EVENTS.
AND WE'LL MODIFY THOSE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS. SO BASICALLY TAKING THOSE CONDITIONS SHOWN ON THE LAST SLIDES AND USING THOSE AS OUR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN THE MODELS TO SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS FLOODING. AND THE LAST THING IS ACCOUNTING FOR FUTURE LAND USE CHANGES. KNOWN FUTURE LAND USE CHANGES WHERE THE COUNTY KNOWS THAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING IN THE LANDSCAPE WHICH THEN CHANGES YOUR RAINFALL AND RUNOFF RESPONSE.
SO THIS FIGURE JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY, THIS IS APP EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY OF WHAT THAT RAINFALL INUNDAITION MIGHT LOOK LIKE OVER TIME.
SO IN THE YELLOW SHADED AREAS YOU SEE THE EXISTING, THE CURRENT HUNDRED YEAR, 24 HOUR INUNDAITION.
AND THEN IN THE BLUE YOU CAN SEE THOSE AREAS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE HUNDRED YEAR INUNDAITION FOR THAT 2040 INTERIMMEDIATE ATHIGH SCENARIO. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT MORE, OF YOUR CRITICAL ASSETS MIGHT BE INUNDATED IN THOSE FUTURE CONDITIONS. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SO FAR. THIS SLIDE IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF OUR PATH FORWARD. AND WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND KIND OF THE TIME LINE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE DATA TASKS.TION AND EXPOSURE ANALYSI- WE ARE HAVING OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING HERE TODAY. AND THEN WE'LL START ON THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WHICH WE HOPE TO HAVE WRAPPED UP IN THE INCOMES MONTH OR SO. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE GOT THAT WRAPPED UP, WE WILL HAVE OUR CRITICAL ASSETS IDENTIFIED, OUR VULNERABLE CRITICAL ASSETS IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MOST VULNERABLE ASSETS ARE AND HAVE SOME PRY ORTIZATION IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE AND IDENTIFY THOSE FOCUS AREAS WHERE WE CAN THEN START LOOKING AT THOSE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS.
AND FOR THIS ANALYSIS, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ADAPTATION PLAN.
IT IS NOT A FULL ON ADAPTATION PLAN.
THERE MAY BE A FOLLOWON PROJECT AFTER THIS TO DO A FULL ON ADAPTATION PLAN. BUT THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL REPORT AFTER THAT, AROUND THE
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WINTERTIME FRAME. SO ANOTHER ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THIS MEETING TOLD WAS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.SO WE PUT TOGETHER A VERY SHORT SURVEY OF, A TWO QUESTION SURVEY. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON WHAT THE MOST CRITICAL ASSETS IN YOUR MIND ARE.
SO WE WILL ASK YOU TO SELECT THE TOP TEN CRITICAL COMMUNITY ASSET TYPES BASED ON THAT SLIDE NINE ON THAT LIST AND SLIDE NINE TO SELECT YOUR TOP TEN ASSET TYPES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE RESPONSE TO JUST TELL US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT YOU ARE HAVING OR CONCERNS, SPECIFIC CONCERNS RELATIVE TO FLOODING OR SEA LEVEL RISE.
ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF THAT PRY OR TIIZATION PROCESS FOR THE CRITICAL ASSETS SO WE WOULD ASK KINDLY TO PRY THAT FEEDBACK BY OCTOBER 27TH SO THAT WE CAN THEN START USING THAT INFORMATION. AND CAN YOU, THE QR CODE FOR THE SURVEY IS ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS PROVIDED, AT THE FRONT DOOR.
AND THERE IS ALSO A URL TO GET TO THAT SURVEY.
SO I THINK WITH THAT WE WILL START THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
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>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO START PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
AND WE WERE GOING TO USE THE TIMER TO GIVE EVERYONE THREE MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TODAY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE, I THINK THAT WE CAN ALLOW EACH OF YOU JUST AS MUCH TIME AS YOU THINK YOU NEED WITHOUT A TIMER GOING BEHIND YOU. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT EVERYBODY PLEASE RESPECT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE SURE TO GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHO WOULD LIKE TO.
WE WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. AND WILL YOU JUST COME UP HERE TO THIS PODIUM WHERE I AM NOW. THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED, SO WE DO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE ANYTHING ANYONE HAS TO SAY ON THAT RECORDING. WE'LL ALSO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAY YOUR NAME AND EITHER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY, PLEASE JUST STATE THAT. AND THEN FOLLOWING THE COMMENT PERIOD ONCE EVERYONE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, PROBABLY ABOUT 15 TILL OR SO, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO WRAP UP, AND PROVIDE ANY CLARIFICATIONS WE MIGHT THINK ARE NECESSARY BASED ON COMMENTS PROVIDED. AND IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WHO DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, WHO HAS COMMENTS, WHO JUST ISN'T COMFORTABLE COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE, I JUST WANTED TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS IS ON THAT. I THINK ALSO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE THERE. AND THERE IS ALSO A-- THAT SPOT ON THE SURVEY THAT JARED MENTIONED WHERE YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THERE AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A LINE OR YOU KNOW, JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TAKE A MOMENT, ALL RIGHT, THANK
>> SASHA MARTIN, I LIVE IN VILLAGES OF ALANO ON A1A NORTH AND WE'RE RIGHT IN BETWEEN BOTH THE NORTH RIVER, AND THE OCEAN, OUR PROPERTY FRONTS BOTH OF THOSE.
SO WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A1A LAST YEAR WAS OVERRUN. AND COLLAPSED, RIGHT WHERE I LIVE. MY QUESTIONS ARE WHO IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE. WHAT IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE SUPPOSED TO DO? AND THEN HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT PREDICTING THE HUNDRED YEAR STORM SURGE?
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >> HELLO, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE,
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MY NAME IS TRACY GRAY. AND MY HOME IS ON 10 ARTHUR STREET. AND I'M SO ENCOURAGED BY THESE MAPS BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WERE NOT SURE LIKE SHORE-LINE, WE'RE NOT COASTLINE, WE'RE INLAND.AND DURING CERTAIN HARD RAIN EVENTS, OR THIS TIDAL FLOODING, EVER SINCE HURRICANE MATTHEW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT IN THE '60S. AND ALL OF THE YARDS HAD JUST A LITTLE DITCH LINE. BUT NOW OVER THE YEARS, THE PROTOCOL, AND IT MADE SENSE, WAS TO DIG OUT THE DETRITUS FROM THE DITCHES. AND OVER THE YEARS WITH THIS INUNDATE -- INUNDATING RAIN AND FLOODING T HAS KIND OF LIQUIFIED THE SAND, THE LAND, INTO THE SAME BASE LINE AS THE DITCH.
SO WHEN WE DO GET A RAIN EVENT, IT FLOODS RIGHT ON TO OUR YARDS INTO THE DRIVEWAYS, UP ON TO THE CAR PORTS.
AND NOW UNDER THE HOUSE. AND WHEN WHEN YOU ACCUMULATE THAT WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL COMING OUT OF THE SPOWTS, THERE IS NO WAY FOR IT TO GO. SO OUR DRIVEWAYS ARE IMPASSIBLE.
THE ROADS ARE STILL GOOD BUT I CAN SEE A POINT WHERE IT WILL GET TO THE RED ZONE AND ENCROACH OUT.
SO THIS IS VERY, VERY ENCOURAGING BECAUSE I LOVE MY HOME. I'M STALING HERE FOR THE REST O MY LIFE. AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE A MOAT AROUND. BUT THERE ARE ENCOURAGING WORDS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ROADS AND BRIDGES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, JUST KIND OF SAYING I'M LOSING MY PROPERTY.
AND SEAN TACKET HAS WORKED WITH MY HAND AND GLOVE, LITERALLY, HE ON ONE SIDE AND I ON THE OTHER. AND WHAT, I HAVE A CORNER LOT.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, I CALL IT DREDGING.
THE DITCH HAS BEEN HOLLOWED OUT. SO ON THIS SIDE THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT DIRT BACK IN, AND GRAPH EL.
BIG PIECES OF CONCRETE THAT ARE DUG OUT DURING CONSTRUCTION WERE USED TO BUTTRESS THE SIDES AND DIRT WAS PLACED INMENT AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE JUST HAD A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN.
AND ON THIS SIDE THE WATER RUNS FREELY.
HOWEVER, IT IS JUST A SMALL PROJECT, JUST MY LOT LINE TO LOT LINE. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S BEEN WET FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. THERE IS NO PERKLATION HAPPENING. IT HAS BECOME ALMOST WETLAND.
AND IF THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED, THEN THAT COULD HELP TOO. AND SO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, I LOVE, THEY ARE GOING TO STEER US.
AND I LOVE THAT THERE IS AN OPEN-ENDED ADDENDUM.
IT'S NOT PACKED. AND I LOVE THAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT INTO THE FUTURE AND CONSIDERING THE NOW WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND I LOVE THAT WE ALL ARE HERE, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS, THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER MEETING. WE WILL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JANET PATON AND I RESIDE AT 7265A1A SOUTH, IN CRESCENT BEACH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE FLOODING AND RESILIENCY ISSUES EFFECTING OUR OUR HOMES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE-- HOA WHICH SAY SMALL 42 UNIT CONNED MINUTEIUM.
IT'S LOCATE ADD LONG THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.
AND IT'S ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF THE GREEN STREET BOAT RAMP.
AND DURING THE LAST FOUR HURRICANES WE'VE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DETACHED GARAGES AND OUR PARKING LOTS. AND THE WATER IS COMING FROM THE GREEN STREET BOAT RAMP AND THE PELICAN INLET CONDOMINIUMS WHICH FLOOD REGULARLY. AND WE'VE LEARNED THE HARD LESSON THAT WE CAN'T LEAVE OUR CARS IN OUR GARAGES.
I THINK IN MATTHEW WE LOST ABOUT TEN OR 12 CARS.
AND SO WE'RE, I GUESS WE GET ABOUT A FOOT OR MORE OF WATER IN THE GARAGES DURING THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.
AND THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SHOWING ME A MAP THAT INDICATES A SLIGHT BASIN WHERE OUR GARAGES ARE.
AND EXTENDS NORTH ALMOST TO CUBAGE ROAD SO IT ENCOMPASSES PELICAN INLET AND MANY OTHER RESIDENCIES.
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AND I HAVE OWNED PROPERTY THERE SINCE THE MID 1970S.AND I CAN ATTEST THAT SEA LEVEL RISE IS HERE.
AND IT'S INCREASING ALL THE TIME. IN FACT, MY CONDOMINIUM IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW SEA WALL WHICH WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE COST TO OUR OWNERS. BUT IT WILL BE TWO FEET HIGHER.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR ASSESSMENT STUDY.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LACK AT OUR AREA AS BEING A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO FLOODING. THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS DAVID WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 10460 TURPINE AVENUE.
I'M-- CHAIMPLE FOR THE MARYP RED CROSS AND I HAVE BEEN SINCE 2010. SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF HURRICANES ON THE BEACH AND PARTICULARLY DAVIS SHORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I'VE HAD TO SWIM THROUGH MY YARD AS IRMA WOULD COME THROUGH. AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST A TROPICAL STORM AT THAT POINT. AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS RAIN. IT WASN'T THE FLOOD COMING IN FROM THE RIVER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I'M ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM DEEP CREEK. AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS.
I AM ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR FLAGLER STATES ROAD AND WATER DISTRICT. SO WE DEAL WITH THE ISSUES OF RAIN AND SOIL EROSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
I HAVE OBVIOUSLY, THIS ST INTERESTING BECAUSE I KNOW THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT IT, STARTED EMAILIG AND WHATEVER, NEVER HEARD BACK, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND HEARD THERE WAS SOME MONEY AVAILABLE, THAT'S GOOD. BUT I KNOW THAT ALL TAKES TIME FOR THAT TO ALL COME ABOUT. BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD PLANS THAT WE DEVELOPED BACK IN THE '80S AND WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE.
YOU KNOW, WHEREBY WE WOULD HAVE FLOODGATES OR SOME WAY TO STOP THE RIVER FROM FLOWING IN, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT CHANGES DIRECTIONS. AND WE KNOW THAT IT DOES THAT.
AND IT WOULD OFFER US AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS TO BE ABLE TO EVACUATE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY POOR EVACUATION ROADS. WE HAVE HAD TWO COUNTRY ROADS THAT RUN OUT TO 207 AND NO MAJOR ROAD LIKE 305 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE.
SO I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT SOME IMMEDIATE HOLDBACK IF AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW WAS COMING.
AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT IS COMING, REGARDLESS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING AN EFFORT, BULL FLAGLER STATES IS CHANGING.
PEOPLE HAVE FOUND IT. WE HAVE 200 NEW RESIDENTS IN FLAGLER STATES THIS PAST YEAR. THE SIZE WILL DOUBLE IN FIVE YEARS. AT ITS CURRENT RATE.
THE USE OF THE LAND SURROUNDING FLAGLER STATES HAS ALSO CHANGED.
IT IS NOT SILVER CULTURE ANY MORE.
THAT WAS A GREAT ABSORBER OF ALL THAT WATER THAT WOULD COME THROUGH. NOW IT'S ORANGE TREES AND TANGERINE TREES AND TURF. WE ARE AS A LOT OF TURF OUT THERE. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE WATER JUST ARE YOUS OFF OF THAT. AND I THINK IT COMES RIGHT THROUGH FLAGLER STATES ON ITS WAY TO DEEP CREEK.
SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND THEY ARE CHANGING.
AND I THINK IT'S MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON THERE.
AND WHAT, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IF ANYTHING TO IMPROVE OUR LIKELIHOOD IN THE FUTURE OF BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE EVENTUAL STORMS AND FLOODS. THANK YOU.
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SO WILL PURPOSE OF STEERING COMMITTEE IS TO HELP PROVIDE I GUESS GENERAL GUIDANCE TO US AS WE DEVELOP THIS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS WE LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF POTENTIAL CRITICAL ASSETS THAT MAY IN FACT BE INUNDATED.AND SO WE NEED FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENT THOSE PUBLIC ASSETS TO HELP GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THEIR THOUGTS AS IT RELATES TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS THEIR PRIORITIES FOR SAID PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE ARE-- WE TRY TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY STARTING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY-- UTILITIES AND
BRANCHING OUT FROM THAT TO-- . >> (INAUDIBLE) WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY HAS REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIOUS ASSETS AND WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT-- .
>> I THINK YOU MIGHT BE HELPING US WITH WITH THE STORM SURGE
SCENARIOS AND WHAT IS BASED ON. >> I'M A COASTAL ENGINEER HERE.
I LOVE THE QUESTION ABOUT STORM SURGE AND WHAT THE STATE HAS ASKED PEOPLE TO DO, COUNTIES TO DO.
AND SO THE STATE IDENTIFIES, THEY WANTED TO KIND OF UNIFORM DATA SET ACROSS THE STATE SO THE FLORIDA DEP IDENTIFIED THE FEMA STORM SURGE RESULTS THAT CAME OUT WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS TO BE USED FOR THE HUNDRED YEAR STORM SURGE ELEVATION.
SO THOSE MODELS, THEY ACTUALLY RAN HUNDREDSES OF MODELS FROM SMALL HURRICANES TO LARGE HURRICANES AND DID THAT ALONG THE ENTIRE COAST OF FLORIDA AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AREA, RAN ALL OF THE STORMS AND DID A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HUNDRED YEAR STILL WATER ELEVATION WOULD BE.
AND SO ON TOP OF THAT. WE ARE ADDING THE NOAA AS THEY MENTIONED SEA LEVEL RISE CURVES FOR LOW AND INTERIMMEDIATE AT, HIGH. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT WAS YOU, RIGHT?
>> SO IT IS NOT ACTUALLY A HUNDRED YEAR FORECAST.
WHAT IT IS, IS THEY CALL IT A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT.
WHICH IS REALLY A MISS NOMMER AND THE ACTUAL NAME SHOULD BE A 1 PERCENT CHANCE EVENT THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
SO EVERY YEAR IT HAS A ONE HERS -- PERCENT CHANCE OF HAPPENING. SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS. SO IT IS NOT A HUNDRED YEAR FORECAST, IT IS A 1 PERCENT ANNUAL CHANCE OF THAT.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT 2040-- SO FOR SEA LEVEL RISE WE ARE LOOKING AT 2040 AND 20070 AS THE OUT YEARS AND THAT IS BASED ON A SEA LEVEL KURVE ESTIMATE FROM NOAA.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
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BUT THAT IS THE DEP HAD TO PICK SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE CONDITIO3AND THAT IS WHAT THEY PICKED. >> (INAUDIBLE).
YEAH, THAT HAPPENS EVERY FALL. I KNOW-- NO, THAT IS MUCH MORE FREQUENT THAN 1 PERCENT, 1 PERCENT OF THAT IS A MASS I'VE VENT. THAT IS PROBABLY-- I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY GUESSES. THANK YOU.
>> CAN I BRIEFLY COMMENT THAT AS IT RELATES TO-- I CAN START WITH FLAGLER STATES THE COUNTSEE HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF STORM WATER MODELING OF THAT SYSTEM AND IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT HAS OUR ATTENTION AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE SEEING A SURGE, ST. JOHNS RIVER BACKING UP INTO DEEP CREEK AND THEN INTO THE 16 MILE CANAL FLUTE FLAGLER STATES.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT FUTURE CONDITIONS, MORE INTENSE RAINFALLS AND SEEING WHAT THOSE FLOODING EFFECTS LOOK LIKE, IDENTIFYING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
>> AND THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE AT THE TIME OF THE SECOND MEETING-- THE UP VAILING OF THE DRAFT AND THAT IS FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE COPIES OF.
>> (INAUDIBLE). >> THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
WELL, DEPENDS ON WHICH MODEL YOU ARE REFERRING TO, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PERFORMING STORM WATER RELATED MOTD ELLING OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO. AND THAT WORK HAS BEEN WITHIN THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT INFORMATION AS A FOUNDATION FOR A LOT OF THE INLAND INUNDAITION MODELING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. WE KIND OF LEVERAGED ALL THIS, THAT HAS OCCURRED AND USING IT TO LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THEN SO BUT THE MOD E8ING CURRENTLY OCCURRING IS HAPPENING
WITHIN THIS CURVE. >> I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO SPEAK TO THE COASTAL SHORELINE SIDE OF THINGS VERSUS CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. >> ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WILL DO MY BEST HERE. SO MUCH OF THE EFFORTS AROUND THIS STUDY ARE FOCUSED ON A LOT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE ARE TRY-- WHAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM IS REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AT THE COASTAL INTERFACE ITSELF, SO WE ARE NOT HERE TRYING TO DEVELOP, WE'RE NOT COMING FORWARD WITH BEACH NOURISHMENT OR COASTAL HARDENING SOLUTIONS AS PART OF THIS EXERCISE. THAT IS NOT-- A LOT OF SEPARATE EFFORTS ARE GOING ON ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AND AT THE STATE AND FEDEHOSE SORTS OF SOLUTIONS. WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALL THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INLAND, OF THE BEACH AND TRY TO HELP IDENTIFY, FIRST IDENTIFY WHAT THAT FLOODING MAY LOOK LIKE. NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.
AND WHAT SORT OF SOLUTIONS AND ADAPTATION PLANS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP MITIGATE THAT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO
THAT? >> THAT THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS
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MORE DESIGNATED TOWARD COASTAL EROSION.I THOUGHTS THAT IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS.
MAYBE I'M WRONG ON THAT? APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I AM SEEING HERE. BUT WE ARE-- WE HAVE A HOUSE AT SUMMER HAVEN. AND WE ARE ON THE SOUTH END.
AND WE ALREADY ARE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION.
AND ACTUALLY WE'RE IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.
AND I ACTUALLY SENT TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LAST NIGHT THE POSTING ON THE TANSUS INLET ABOUT THE FLOODING OF A1A.
AND THAT IS JUST, AS YOU SAID, KIND OF LIKE A REGULAR EVENT.
AND SO IN A STORM EVENT, A1A, STATE ROUTE A1A HAS BECOME LIKE A CRITICAL SITUATION. AS FAR AS AN EVAC YAITION PROBLEM. AND DEEP, DEEP.
AND SO IF YOU EVER GET IN A SITUATION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT. AND RIGHT NOW OLD A1A IS STILL A VIABLE ROUTE, AT LEAST ON PAPER. AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT HAS CONES UP IN FRONT OF IT. BUT IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE COME IN AND OUT. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS AND THIS IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL TO US, AS A COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS PERTINENT TO OUR SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE, I'VE BEEN THERE, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN THERE SIX YEARS. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE NOW WAS NOT HAPPENING SIX YEARS AGO. SO IT HAS GOTTEN DRASTICALLY WORSE, DRASTICALLY. ACTUALLY TO A CATASTROPHIC POINT. AND SO WE DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE, RESOURCES, WHETHER THAT IS PEOPLE, MONEYS, TO LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY, TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK, BECAUSE I DON'T, I AM AWARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
I'M ALSO AWARE OF PERMITTING CONSIDERATIONS.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR WE BRING THESE ISSUES UP. AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES TO COMMISSION MEETINGS AND WE BRUT THESE ISSUES UP.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE DUPLICATES.
AND THINGS ARE RECOMMENDED. BUT I NEVER KNOW, WE CAN NEVER FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT NO ACTION IS EVER TAKEN.
AND WE'RE SORT OF IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER STUDY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE WONDERING LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY KIND OF BANGING OUR HEADS UP AGAINST THE WALL. AND WE VERY MUCH WANT TO WORK, WITH THE COUNTY. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT LIKE THE CONSTITUENCY IN THE COUNTY, HAVE TO PARTNER.
THEY HAVE TO GO HAND-IN-HAND. WE CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES.
BUT WE ALSO CAN'T DO IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HERE AND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE FROM TOURIST TAXES, SEALINGS TAXES.
A GRANT FOR A MILLION OR TWO BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO TAKE MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT. AND WE DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS JUST SAVE OUR LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A BROAD ISSUE. AND RIGHT NOW SUMMER HAVEN HAS 300 PLUS RESIDENTS THAT IS INVOLVED.
WE HAVE A1A INVOLVED. WE HAVE THE SUMMER HAVEN RIVER INVOLVED. AND ALL OF THESE ASPECTS ARE CONNECTED. NOTHING IS OUT THERE IN ISOLATION. AND SO THIS TO US, THIS IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL. IT SAY BEAUTIFUL AREA, IT'S GORGEOUS. IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AS FAR AS REVENUE FROM TOURISM, ECOTOURISM AND IT JUST SEEMS
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TOK, FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, PASSED BY TIME AND TIME GEP.SO I GUESS I CAN CONCLUDE-- CAN CONCLUDE BY AING WE HOPE SIN VEERLY HOPE-- SINCERELY HOPE THAT OUR AREA WILL BE LOOKED AT SERIOUSLY. AND SOMETHING CAN BE DONE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT HERE, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND YES, THAT IS A WONDERFUL POINT. I THINK IT IS A POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S QUESTION TOO, IS HOW DO WE MAKE THESE PLANS BECOME ACTIONABLE. I KNOW THAT THAT IS A BIG QUESTION AND IT WAS ADDRESSED BRIEFLY BUT JUST TO MENTION AGAIN, COMPLETING THIS ASSESSMENT AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING ASSETS AND THEIR SENSITIVITY TO FLOODING, ACTUALLY MAKES US ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING, FOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS ADAPTATION STRATEGY.
SO THAT IS A WAY THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF CAN ACTUALLY COME TO FREUICIAN. THAT THE PROJECT THAT YOU SEE COME OUT IN OUR PLAN IS ABLE TO BE APPLIED FOR-- APPLIED FOR AND POTENTIALLY FUNDED BY THE STATE AND THAT WAS THE STATE AWAY OF TRYING TO KIND OF JUMP START THIS INITIATIVE, AND SO YEAH, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT ABOUT STUDIES AND ASSESSED.
S. IS YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT AFTERWARD. AND THE STATE HAS TRIED TO ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AGAIN I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, TO YOUR POINT, EVACUATION ROUTES ARE A BIG PART OF THAT. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL ASSET IN ALL OF OUR LINES BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN IDENTIFYING WHEN THOSE EVACUATION ROWPTS FLOOD, HOW FREQUENTLY THEY FLOOD AND USING THAT TO PRIORITIZE A POTENTIAL ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR THOSE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY HARDENING AND RAISING THOSE ROADS.
[3. Survey Discussion]
>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AGAIN, THE SURVEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, MARK AND JARED MENTIONED THAT WE ARE REALLY HOPING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE INPUT FROM THAT SURVEY DURING THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.
THE IDENTIFIES WHO MAINTAIN AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ASSETS OF COURSE ARE GOING TO HAVE INPUT.
THE RESULTS OF THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SHOULD BE A PART OF THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SO YOU CAN USE THE PAPER COPY OF THE SURVEY, WE HAVE PROVIDED THOSE JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANYONE WHO PREFERS NOT TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY OR DOESN'T HAVE AVAILABILITY.
AND YOU CAN PROVIDE THOSE, JUST BACK TO ME AT THE END OF THE MEETING. AND WE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING THOSE PAPER COPIES TODAY. IT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU TO RETURN. SO IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY OR YOU PREFER TO DO IT ONLINE, WE DO ALSO HAVE THE LINK AND THE QR CODE. THAT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER OCTOBER 27TH. THAT IS WHEN WE WILL WANT TO START COMPILING THOSE RESULTS. AND YOU CAN PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH ANYONE. IT'S GOT A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IS, AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUT OF THAT SURVEY. AND THERE IS ALSO A WEBSITE FOR THIS ASSESSMENT WHERE PERIODIC UPDATES ARE POSTED.
AND AGAIN AS I MENTIONED WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN WITH A SECOND MEETING TO KIND OF DISCUSS SOME OF THE RESULTS AND GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED. IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET BECAUSE IT IS CONTINGENT ON THE REST OF THE PROJECT PLAYING OUT.
BUT THE, I THINK THE TENTATIVE TIME IS LIKE THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR SO YES, MA'AM, NOT TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMIN
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