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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-28
PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-28 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA; ADOPTING THE CITY’S 2025 WATERSHED MASTER PLAN; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
1. The Community Rating System (CRS) scores National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP) communities by awarding credits for implementing higher floodplain management standards. Communities are graded along ten classes. A CRS Class 10 ranking provides no flood insurance discount, and a Class 1 ranking provides a 45% discount on flood insurance premiums for policyholders within that jurisdiction.
2. Importantly, CRS Class 5 communities cannot progress to a CRS Class 4 ranking without the creation and adoption of a Watershed Master Plan.
3. Due to this CRS Class barrier, the Watershed Planning Initiative was created to ensure Florida communities progress to better CRS Class rankings, which in turn would reduce flood insurance costs for Florida residents and enhance mitigation practices in communities vulnerable to flood risk exposure.
4. The Watershed Planning Initiative is funded through a $26.6 million grant under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), as approved by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the purpose of creating standardized, cost-effective, and easily replicable Watershed Master Plans (WMPs) throughout the state of Florida.
5. The City of Pembroke Pines accepted HMGP grant DR-4337-004-P that was awarded by FEMA to FDEM to create a Watershed Master Plan (WMP). This grant was awarded to FDEM as a “pass-through” entity, providing the monies as a “subaward” to the City, which is considered a Sub-Recipient.
6. The City then contracted with Florida Atlantic University(FAU) to perform the services required to prepare a Watershed Master Plan(WMP).
7. The Wate...
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