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« Legislative News TAC and TWDB Providing More Floodplain Management Training
The Texas Association of Counties (TAC) and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) are teaming up again to offer floodplain management instruction geared towards local elected officials. This new class will cover floodplain management basics but will also include Flood Information Rate Map (FIRM) reading and Special Flood Hazard Area determination as well.
Many Texas counties’ unincorporated areas do not have FEMA “flood maps” (or FIRMS) so attention will be placed on using existing tools and information to determine a base flood elevation for those areas and incorporating those determinations into a court order.
These classes are open to both county and city officials and provide an opportunity for a community approach to local floodplain management. Currently, a class is scheduled in Abilene on August 18 for the west-central Texas region, and a mid-September class will be held for north Texas. The 2010 scheduled will be released soon.
If a county would like to host a training event please contact Bruce Barr at (800) 456-5974, (512) 478-8753 or bruceb@county.org. If you have questions about the classes or class schedule, contact Bruce Barr at TAC (bruceb@county.org or (512) 478-8753) or Rachel Andrews at the Texas Water Development Board at (512) 463-4350 or Rachel.Andrews@twdb.state.tx.us.
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