Download - Lyons, CO CPAT Final community presentation
Lyons Community Planning Assistance Team
May 12 – 16, 2014
CPAT Team Members • Gavin Smith, AICP, is an associate
research professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina and the executive director of the Coastal Hazards Center.
• David Perkes is a licensed architect and a professor at Mississippi State University. He is the founding director of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio in Biloxi, Mississippi.
• Darrin Punchard, AICP, is a principal consultant with MWH Global, where he serves as the Americas Region Leader for Risk Services.
• Andrew Rumbach is an assistant professor of Planning and Design at CU-Denver. His research and teaching focuses on disaster recovery and community resilience.
What is a CPAT? The Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT) program is an initiative of the American Planning Association. CPAT teams provide pro-bono skills and experience of professional, certified planners from around the United States.
How Did we Arrive at Our Recommendations?
• Reviewed state and local recovery documents, town plans, ordinances, and other related materials
• Preparatory meeting with town staff and recovery steering committee
• Monday community meeting
• Meeting with Confluence neighbors
Local Plan Review Recovery Action Plan (2014) Sustainable River Corridor Plan (2014)
Comprehensive Plan (2010) Hazard Mitigation Plan (2008)
Local Plan Review
Local Plan Review
Themes • Living With the River:
– River is the lifeblood of the community.
– It is a source of risk.
– Drives our recommendations for recovery.
• Importance of Local Culture – Important to residents and visitors
– Key driver of the local economy
• Facing Change – Disasters magnify pre-event conditions
• Many recovery challenges existed before the flood: inclusivity, affordable housing, economic development, sustainability
– Disaster as opportunity? (our approach)
Practical Challenges
• Work to be done: environmental, social, physical, economic
• Loss of housing
• New open space
Policies to Consider • Temporal Disaster Recovery Elements
– Post-disaster building moratorium
– Cumulative substantial damage ordinance
– Rolling easement / getting to open space • First refusal on purchased homes in high hazard areas
• Transfer development rights
• Adoption of Higher Standards – No adverse impact
– Community rating system
• Improving flood risk communication – Implications of flood insurance reform
– Tools and techniques for building in the floodplain
Policies to Consider • Hazard Mitigation Policies
– Develop Lyons own hazard mitigation plan • Prioritized actions
– Floodway development
– Critical public facilities
– New flood insurance rate maps
– Development of advisory recovery maps (hydric soils, high water marks, flood-based sand coverage, etc.)
– Accounting for flood velocity
– Future conditions mapping
• Mediation – Renegotiate County/Town intergovernmental
agreement
– New housing sites
Home Elevations
Important Considerations:
• Elevation height
• Foundation type
• Access
Design/Material Features:
• Use of river rock, sandstone
• Lattice
Reduce Risk, Reduce Premium
• $250,000 building coverage only (does not include contents)
• Zone AE (high to moderate risk) zone, single-family, one-story structure without a basement
• Rating per FEMA flood insurance manual, October 1, 2012
• Standard NFIP deductible
Continuous Foundation
Appropriate for areas where risk of high-velocity flow is low
Continuous Foundation
Flow Velocity
Piers, posts, or piles: more appropriate for areas with risk of flow velocity
Open Foundations
Resources
Project Report (coming soon…)
• Materials presented tonight
• Memorialization and flood education
• Use of native materials for (re)construction, wayfinding, trails and paths, etc.
• Recommendations for inserting risk reduction/hazard mitigation/resilience strategies into plans
• Guidance documents on elevation, flood proofing, and protection of building contents
• Recommendations on potential implementation vehicles
• Links to best practice examples from other states
Lyons Community Planning Assistance Team
May 12 – 16, 2014