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SUMMARY:Monthly Lunch & Learn Series  - USACE Permitting - Pre-Application: What is it\, how to use it and why?
DESCRIPTION:Did you know the USACE has a pre-application process\, with a form you can access online\, that can help you gain an understanding of the various permits and potential timelines you’ll need for your project? Neither did we! While permitting integrated floodplain management is challenging\, connecting early in your project process with regulatory staff through this pre-app process can help you plan\, consider necessary design changes earlier and budget better\, hopefully reducing some of the stress associated with it. \nJoin us at the next FbD Lunch & Learn on Thursday\, May 4th from 12pm – 1pm where we’ll hear from Evan Carnes\, the Chief of the Columbia Basin Section for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\, Seattle District\, Regulatory Branch. Among his other duties\, Evan leads the Seattle District Regulatory Program’s ‘Restoration Project Permit Streamlining’ effort throughout the State of Washington and Evan will discuss some of those efforts. \nEvan will be joined by Christina Schoenfelder – Engineering Supervisor for the River & Flood Division of Whatcom County Public Works. Among her other duties\, she works directly with staff\, consultant teams\, and agency representatives to apply for permits and incorporate environmental mitigation at a project level. Christina filled out the aforementioned Pre-Application Information Request form and will chat with Evan about how to bring more ease into permitting complex integrated floodplain projects. The USACE project manager Christina has worked with successfully\, but frequently informally\, for years recently took another position.  She’s excited to engage in a conversation about how a more institutionalized pre-application structure and process similar to her informal relationship built over years can help standardize the steps she’ll need to keep Whatcom’s projects moving forward. \nThis segment is the first in a multi-part Permitting Pathways series that will continue at the June and July Lunch & Learns. These conversations will help build toward a deeper dive presentation from Evan at an in-person FbD Convening in the fall. If you have comments\, questions\, or even just frustrations with the permitting process you’d like to share\, please submit them here and the backbone team will integrate them into our efforts to help streamline processes. \nAs always\, we welcome feedback and ideas for upcoming topics so please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Lunch and Learn team: Allan Warren (awarren@b-e-f.org)\, Carol MacIlroy (cmacilroy@gmail.com)\, Lisa Nelson\, (lnel461@ecy.wa.gov) or Matt Gerlach\, (mger461@ecy.wa.gov).
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/monthly-lunch-learn-series-2023-04-06-2023-05-04/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2125469094
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SUMMARY:2023 FbD Tribal Engagement Training
DESCRIPTION:Please contact jjaquery@b-e-f.org for more information.
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/2023-fbd-tribal-training/2023-05-17/
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SUMMARY:Funding & Policy Action Meeting - Q2
DESCRIPTION:We look forward to seeing you all at the next Floodplains by Design Funding and Policy Action Group (FPAG) meeting on May 31st from 9:00-11:00 AM. There has been a lot happening at the legislative\, agency and community level related to increasing flood resilience as part of community planning so we have structured the following agenda to highlight the emerging items and implications for your work. The DRAFT agenda includes the following bullets. More information will be shared in the meeting packet at the end of next week. \n\nDebrief on Puget Sound Day on the Hill – Ahren Stroming (Puget Sound Partnership)\nAnalysis and outcomes of the 2023 Legislative Session – Skippy Shaw (TNC)\nClimate Planning Element of Comp Plan Guidance and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Funding – Valerie Smith (Dept. of Commerce)\nLocal funding and policy reflections following the 2021 floods in Whatcom County – Debra Johnson (Whatcom County)\n\nZoom Info: https://americanrivers-org.zoom.us/j/84980134297 \nEMD also recently shared an update on the State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan (SEHMP)process and new FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) funding opportunities that I wanted to pass along. \nSEHMP Update:  \n\n\n\nThe draft 2023 SEHMP has gone through a first round of review with FEMA R10. FEMA published an updated Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) policy last year\, which went into effect on April 19\, 2023. Although EMD funded and developed the SEHMP under the 2015 policy and submitted the draft for review before April 19\, R10 decided that the plan must meet the new policy – which means there are a handful of revisions and changes that have to be made that were not expected. Fortunately\, they are nothing that require rewriting the draft or re-doing analyses\, so EMD is still confident that they will meet their deadline for approval of September 30.\n\n\n\nHMA: \n\n\n\n\n\nThere is a new Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) round open for pre-applications right now. This round is related to DR-4682 (November 2022 floods/storms). A reminder that State agencies are eligible to apply for these funds. Click here for more info on the announcement. Pre-apps are due June 9. \nThe BRIC 23 announcement is expected by the end of summer/early fall\, so EMD is starting to have conversations with State agency partners about project development. As always\, EMD is looking for larger projects ($10+ million) that would be competitive nationally – that means lots of mitigation potential (good BCAs) while also addressing other concerns like social vulnerability\, climate resilience\, nature-based solutions\, etc. If you have any ideas for a potential project\, reach out to me and we can talk through it.\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease let Brandon Parsons (bparsons@americanrivers.org) know if you have any questions or if you have other ideas of timely topics to discuss.
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/funding-policy-action-meeting-q2/
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