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Yes We Can!(We already have in Texas)#2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#Howdy Boston! It is nice to be here. My name is Andre McDonald and I am from the little town of Wedlock in Fort Bend County, Texas. To you Bostonians that makes me a Deep Southie When I travel around the USA and tell folks that they say, you dont look like I expect Texans to look. I ask them what they expect Texans to look like and they usually say, you know, like Roy Rodgers or John Wayne. Well, Roy was born Leonard Franklin Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Duke was born Marion Robert Morrison and Winterset, Iowa. Sam HoustonTennessee; Jim Bowie Louisiana.Willie Nelson and Major Nelson who was also JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) are Texans as are Dale Evans and Farrah Fawcett not to mention the head who dat; Drew Breese. I guess in the interest of full disclosure; I should tell you that I was born in Texas but not in Wedlock.I dont know much about Boston except that they have a baseball team that plays in the other League. It seems a shame that you have to share your football team with Rhode Island and New Hampshire. We have an extra team in Texas that we would be willing to send you. If the Mormons of Utah can host a team named the Jazz, it shouldnt be too hard for the Yankees of Boston to cheer their very own Cowboys. Oops; I didnt mean to use the Y word in a sports context here in Boston.1Forbes: Fort Bend County No. 1 in Job GrowthFort Bend County takes top spot in Forbes Magazines list of Best Places to Get Ahead.Home to 3 of top 10 best selling MPC in USA

Fort Bend County Texas Who We Are 2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#Our Governor, who is running for re-election, says that between 2005 and 2010 Texas created 4 times more private sector jobs than the rest of the USA combined. FBC was one of the top Job creators in Texas.2Fort Bend County Texas Who We Are http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100202-forbes-fort-bend-job-growth

2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#3Fort Bend County Texas - LID # 2 Location

HoustonSugar LandFBC LID # 2FBC LID #2 protects:

Over $4 billion of property & assetsMajor portions of Sugar LandFirst Colony - 10,000 homesSugar Land Town SquareMultiple hospitalsMajor retail & business centersCritical transportation arteriesFBC LID #2 protects:

About $4 billion of property & assetsFirst Colony MPC - 10,000 homesSugar Land Town SquareMultiple hospitalsMajor retail & business centersCritical transportation arteriesAll done without Federal help

2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#4We have 9 miles of Levee and 11 miles of major drainage channels. We have at least one other certified levee between us and the river.

Draft of Sugar Land Flood MapFlood Plain Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#5Reality of Levee FailuresFlood Plain Management

2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#6General ManagerConstruction ManagementEngineeringOperations & MaintenanceLegalCommunicationsTax CollectionBookkeeping AccountingDistrict Management Utilizing Outside ResourcesFBC LID #2 Appointed Board of DirectorsElected Commissioners CourtFort Bend County LID # 2 Organization2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#7

Remapping the County (Map Modernization)FEMAs ScheduleLEVEE DE-ACCREDITATION . . . LOOMING!Levee Improvements . . . NOW!The MachineModel ReviewDesign & Construction30 Miles Raised/10 Miles New Levees ($40 Million of LOCAL funds . . . NO Fed funds)RE-CERTIFICATIONS ACCEPTED BY FEMA!Re-accreditation pending FEMA release of maps82005 to Today2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#89881 Counties Nationwide with Levees41 Flood Control Entities in Fort Bend County 16 Levee Improvement DistrictsCreation of NFIP & Availability of Flood Insurance2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston910NFIP is in debt from 2004-2005 Storm LossesNFIP Expired September 2008NFIP Extended by Continuing Resolution through February 2010 and then through May 2010 and again until September 30Senate took action 9/21 to extend to 2011NFIP Needs to Change2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston1011NFIP Needs to ChangeNFIP has 5.6 million policies currentlyNFIP wants to raise rates and make insurance mandatory behind Levees and other structures.NFIP needs to sell more policies to recoverMost floods occur in Zone X2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston11Risk Maps

NEW Risk Map Program for Flood Risk AssessmentMapAssessmentPlanning

Stricter Regulations ComingMore InspectionsMore STRINGENT Inspections

Flood Plain Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#12Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)

WRDA 2010 Eminent2011 . . . NEW Environmental PrioritiesIncreased Funding for Water InfrastructureRenewed Emphasis on Natural RiversRight the Wrongs of the Past . . . ???

Flood Plain Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#13EPA has declared war on stormwater management agencies Stop whining and start performing . . . Some of those affected believe regulations are ahead of the ability of agencies to performNo scientifically significant data exists on impact of Low Impact Development (LID) standards EPA has no plans to fund any studies other than small pilot projects, i.e. rain gardens with no long term data - hidden negatives are popping up . . . they say JUST DO ITMS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems)

Levee Improvement Districts (LIDs) are Phase 2 Permit HoldersEPA & Stormwater Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#14EPA wants . . . . . . Low Impact Development & Flood Plain Interface

Look at stormwater as a RESOURCE & NOT WASTENFIP is NOT meeting need of Endangered Species ActWe are enabling flood plain development that is hurting ecosystem Pipes & Ponds approach no longer feasibleGreen Infrastructure Action Strategy - 80 national groups have signed statement of support Created Green Infrastructure Web Site www.epa.gov/greeninfrastructure Is Climate Change Real? Stormwater Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#15EPA wants . . . . . . Low Impact Development & Flood Plain InterfaceLID Is REAL (Doesnt Mean Levee Improvement District)

Is 95% Retention Possible? Mandated for New DevelopmentProbable for Redevelopment Possible for Retrofitting Existing DevelopmentOn site capture and detention necessary Eliminate curbs and guttersStormwater Management2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#16One Size Does NOT Fit AllDifferent Residual Risks for Different SystemsKey Elements Affecting Residual RiskLevel of ProtectionMaintenance StandardsManagement FinancingMore Local Responsibility RequiredThe Bottom Line

2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#17Consistent Design StandardsConsistent Operation & Maintenance StandardsAccurate Mapping of Flood Risk AreasReasonable Time for Improvement ImplementationMore interaction between Corps & FEMALocal Sponsor (Community) Purchases PolicyNational Levee Initiative

Tomorrow Moving Forward!!2010 Sept. 23 NWC Boston#18Without flood control, nothing else matters . . . Association of Levee Boards of LouisianaFlood Control SummaryContact Information:

Andr McDonaldPresident of Fort Bend County LID #2Email: macsugarland@gmail.com

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