Atlantic-Cape Multi-Jurisdictional Program for Public Information
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Atlantic-Cape Multi-Jurisdictional Program for Public Information June 2017 2020 Annual Update Prepared by: Paul Dietrich, PE CFM Township of Upper [email protected] June 2020 Annual Update MJPPI This report will serve as an update to the December 2017 Atlantic-Cape Multi- Jurisdictional Program for Public Information (MJPPI). This update covers public outreach documented by the Municipal Members of the MJPPI and our stakeholders during 2019. New member to the MJPPI during 2019 & 2020 is Wildwood Crest. The new member has been present at the various PPI Committee meetings as well as regular NJ Coastal Coalition meetings. Additional information for the new member is presented in Appendix A. The PPI held two PPI committee meetings in 2019 on June 6, 2019 and December 5, 2019 (Appendix B). Discussions were held about enhancing stakeholder outreach and reminding municipal members that they needed to continue their outreach. All municipal members (Appendix C) and stakeholders were present. Each municipal member has documented the outreach they completed in 2019 and have updated their outreach they anticipate completing in 2020 (Appendix E). After the PPI Committee meeting on July 9, 2020, each municipal member presented this annual update to their governing body (Appendix G). Municipal members of the MJ PPI Municipal County Avalon Cape May Cape May City Cape May Cape May Point Cape May Egg Harbor Township Atlantic Linwood Atlantic Longport Atlantic Margate Atlantic North Wildwood Cape May Ocean City Cape May Sea Isle City Cape May Stone Harbor Cape May Upper Township Cape May Wildwood Crest Cape May The PPI Committee plans to increase participation of regional stakeholders in the MJ PPI. Current stakeholders include: • The Press of Atlantic City • Ocean First Bank • Cape May County Association of Realtors • Thomas H. Heist Insurance Agency • South Jersey Gas 1 June 2020 Annual Update MJPPI • NJ Coastal Coalition • SJ Hauck Construction LLC/ International Assoc. of Structural Movers • Longport Media • Insurance Promotion Stakeholders o Thomas Heist Insurance Agency o Brown & Brown of New Jersey, LLC o McMahon Insurance o Risk Reduction Plus Stakeholder outreach for 2019 is documented in Appendix F. During 2019 and 2020 the PPI Committee began working on a Program for Flood Insurance Promotion (CRS Activity 370) and anticipate submitting that as a separate document for approval and incorporation into the MJPPI. At the July 9, 2020 PPI Committee meeting the stated goals, objectives, outcomes, priority audiences and outreach topics were discussed. Members agreed that the goals, objectives, outcomes, outreach topics and audiences do not need to be changed at this time. Member municipalities have made some minor changes in the outreach projects and updated outreach is included in Appendix D. Changes were made to outreach project based on individual municipal funding or change of direction from governing body. Municipalities have noticed that more people are aware of flooding issues in their area and that more flood related construction is occurring. Flood related construction includes municipal projects like raising roadways and bulkheads or constructing stormwater pumps and private projects like house raising. Goals ● Ensure that those affected by flooding are aware of risks; ● Coordinate municipal efforts to increase flood awareness; ● Inform residents of tools that their local government offers to prevent injury and property damage from flooding; and ● Engage in floodplain management activities that protect and bolster economic activity. Objectives 1. Inventory the region’s flood hazard and flood response efforts; 2. Determine flood insurance coverage within the region 3. Examine gaps and opportunities in awareness about flood hazard; 4. Develop outreach activities about flooding for members of the community 5. Prepare materials that can be used to educate the community about flood risk; 6. Maintain flood protection outreach efforts in perpetuity and update these efforts as issues arise; 7. Maximize participation in the NFIP and CRS to provide flood insurance premium discounts to policyholders within the region; and 8. Publicize the participating municipalities’ services about flooding. 2 June 2020 Annual Update MJPPI Priority Audiences 1. Properties Located in the SFHA 2. Senior Citizen Population 3. RL/SRL Properties 4. Seasonal Residents and Potential Homebuyers 5. Properties Located Just Above the SFHA 6. Real Estate, Lending, and Insurance Companies 7. Building Contractors, Architects, Surveyors, and Engineers 8. New Resident/Property Owners 9. The Entire Community Priority Outreach Topics 1. Know your flood hazard 2. Insure your property for your flood hazard 3. Protect people from the hazard 4. Protect your property from the hazard 5. Build responsibly 6. Protect natural floodplain functions Additional Outreach Topics 7. Protection and Assistance are readily available for your community 8. Be prepared for future flooding events 9. Don’t wait until it’s too late 10. Funding is available for your home repairs 3 APPENDIX A New Member Information New Communities, CRS savings, CRS class, number of NFIP policies Municipality County Total Number of NFIP CRS Class Ranking CRS Savings Policies Wildwood Crest Cape May 4,328 6 20% NFIP policy types Municipality Total SFHA X-STD/AR/A99 PRP Wildwood Crest 4,328 4,168 41 118 Flood Insurance Policies by Zone Wildwood Crest Policies in Force Premium Insurance in Force A01-30 & AE, A Zones 4,168 $2,247,985 $890,137,500 B,C, and X Zones 41 $19,816 $5,546,200 (Standard) B, C, and X Zones 118 $49,520 $37,690,000 (Preferred) Flood Insurance Values Municipality Policies in Premium Insurance in Number of $ of Closed Adjustment Force Force Closed Paid Paid Losses Expense Losses Wildwood 4,328 $2,317,997 $933,403,000 272 $3,075,840.10 $200,519.73 Crest Number of NFIP Policies Municipality Single Family 2-4 Family All Other Non Total Residential Residential Wildwood Crest 1,206 997 2,056 69 4,328 Number of NFIP Policies in the SFHA compared to Building Count Municipality Total Number of Policies in the Building Count in the 1983 SFHA SFHA Wildwood Crest 4,168 3,267 APPENDIX B Meeting Minutes New Jersey Coastal Coalition July 9, 2020 The meeting was called to order at 10:35AM by Executive Director, Tom Quirk. In Attendance Member Municipality Represented (Yes or No) Representative Name(s) Atlantic City No Richard Dean, Frank Burton, Bill Avalon Burns Barnegat No Beach Haven No Berkeley Township Meg Groves Brigantine No Cape May City Lou Belasco Cape May Point Lou Belasco, Gary Miller Downe Township No Egg Harbor Township Pat Naticchione Linwood Leigh Ann Napoli, Jim Galantino Longport Bruce Funk Margate Jim Galantino, Mike Cristaldi Neptune Township No North Wildwood Ron Simone Ocean City Benny Tafoya, Thomas Heist Pleasantville No Sea Isle City Neil Byrne, Mark Gibson Seaside Park Meg Groves Somers Point No Stafford Township Matt Von Der Hayden Stone Harbor Kim Stevenson Upper Township Paul Dietrich Ventnor No West Wildwood Carl O’Hara Waretown (Ocean County) No Wildwood Crest Pat Malia, Lou Belasco Woodbridge Tom Flynn Atlantic County Government Frances Brown Ocean County Government Dave McKeon, Charlie Webster Monmouth County No Approval of Minutes TQ to circulate minutes from June meeting for review and approval via email. Introductions Executive Director, Tom Quirk, welcomed the attendees to the New Jersey Coastal Coalition meeting. Currently, NJCC meeting will be conducted via the Zoom online meeting platform until the Covid 19 health crisis passes. Moving forward, NJCC meetings will begin at 10:30AM. Executive Director Report Executive Director of the New Jersey Coastal Coalition, Tom Quirk, reviewed the following New Jersey Coastal Coalition projects: • MJPPI Update: o Paul Dietrich presented the 2020 MJPPI Annual Update for the Atlantic-Cape MJPPI . July 9th- MANDATORY MJPPI Meeting… all participating municipalities were represented by both Public and Private member reps with the exception of Atlantic City. Wildwood Crest is new 2020 member . Paul Dietrich’s power point presentation will be emailed to all members after today’s meeting . Prior to submission of 2020 updated report to FEMA for ISO certification, each participation municipality must submit a memo, email or other non-official document confirming updated report was submitted to and received by the participating municipal Governing Body. Paul Dietrich has requested that all confirmation be submitted to him by the August 2020 NJCC meeting. o Moving forward, NJCC goal is to prepare MJPPIs for Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. • TQ Update: o TQ to send out MJPPI invoices o NJCC is continuing to seek out future grant opportunities for municipal members General Discussion & Announcements • Future Meetings: 1. August 6, 2020- 10:30AM | Zoom Mtg 2. September 3, 2020- 10:30AM | Zoom Mtg 3. October 1, 2020- 10:30AM | Zoom Mtg Motion to adjourn was made at 11:35 AM and passed unanimously. Respectfully submitted, _____________________ Frances M. Brown, Secretary | New Jersey Coastal Coalition Page 2 July 9, 2020 MJPPI Meeting All municipal members present New Jersey Coastal Coalition December 5, 2019 The meeting was called to order at 3:00PM by Executive Director, Tom Quirk. In Attendance Member Municipality Represented (Yes or No) Representative Name(s) Atlantic City Jenny Darnell Avalon Frank Bruton Beach Haven No N/A Berkeley Township No N/A Brigantine No N/A Cape May City Lou Belasco Cape May Point Anita Van Heeswyk Downe