Indian River County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy 2020 Update (Approved Pending Adoption) Indian River County City of Fellsmere Town of Indian River Shores Town of Orchid City of Sebastian i City of Vero Beach RECORD OF CHANGES Change Date of Date Change Made and Number Change Entered By Whom 1 1/10/17 1/10/17 Made approved changes to 6.6.2.2 (Declared Emergency Assessment) as a result of post-Hurricane Matthew plan assessment. Etta LoPresti 2 12/7/17 12/7/17 Updated Table 4.3, National Flood Insurance Program repetitive flood loss properties through October 2017. Etta LoPresti 3 12/7/17 12/7/17 Updated List of Figures (xii) Etta LoPresti 4 1/12/19 1/12/19 Began review for 2020 updates. Etta LoPresti 5 7/14/19 7/14/19 Finalized updates for the Executive Summary, Section 1 and Section 2. All updates approved by the LMS Working Group. Etta LoPresti 6 8/9/19 8/9/19 Finalized updates for Sections 3 and 4. All updates approved by the LMS Working Group. Etta LoPresti 7 10/11/19 10/11/19 Finalized updates for Sections 5, 6 and 7. All updates approved by the LMS Working Group. Etta LoPresti 8 12/11/19 12/11/19 Finalized updates for all appendices. All updates approved by the LMS Working Group. Etta LoPresti 9 1/7/20 1/7/20 Page 4-27 – Updated Tropical storm and hurricane probability. Etta LoPresti 10 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 1-9: Added statement that LMS Working Group will explore ways to improve public participation. Etta LoPresti 11 1/24/20 1/24/20 Removed tsunami hazard from any projects on the Prioritized Project List. Etta LoPresti 12 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 4-62: The vulnerability assessment for drought was expanded upon. Etta LoPresti 13 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 4-58: The extent for soil erosion was expanded upon. Etta LoPresti 14 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 4-71: The extent for tsunami was expanded upon. Etta LoPresti 15 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 4-52: Added extent of vulnerability for wildfire. Etta LoPresti 16 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 3-1: Institutional Analysis – added statement about working group reviewing their policies and programs annually. Etta LoPresti 17 1/24/20 1/24/20 Page 6.26: Added a new section to discuss benefit-cost analysis. Etta LoPresti ii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................. ES-1 LIST OF TABLES .................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................... ix 1.0 PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW 1.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 PLANNING PROCESS ....................................................................................... 1-3 1.3 LMS WORKING GROUP .................................................................................... 1-5 1.3.1 Working Group .......................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.1.1 Role of Working Group.................................................................. 1-6 1.3.1.2 Composition .................................................................................. 1-6 1.3.1.3 Working Group Responsibilities .................................................... 1-7 1.3.1.4 Voting ........................................................................................... 1-8 1.3.1.5 Participation Requirement ............................................................. 1-8 1.3.2 Subcommittees ......................................................................................... 1-8 1.3.3 Community Stakeholder Groups ............................................................... 1-8 1.3.3.1 Role of Community Stakeholder Groups ...................................... 1-8 1.3.3.2 Composition ................................................................................. 1-9 1.3.3.3 Responsibilities ............................................................................ 1-9 1.3.4 Citizen Participation .................................................................................. 1-9 1.3.4.1 Role of the Citizen ........................................................................ 1-9 1.3.4.2 Participation Responsibilities........................................................ 1-9 1.3.5 New Jurisdictions/Entities ......................................................................... 1-9 1.3.6 Documentation ........................................................................................ 1-10 2.0 COMMUNITY PROFILE 2.1 GEOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 POPULATION .................................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.1 Public Buildings ......................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.2 Transportation ........................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.3 Utilities ...................................................................................................... 2-4 2.4 PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................................... 2-5 2.5 ECONOMIC RESOURCES ............................................................................... 2-10 2.6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ................................................................... 2-12 2.7 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ..................................................... 2-12 2.8 CRITICAL FACILITIES ..................................................................................... 2-12 i TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 3.0 INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS 3.1 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.1 FEMA ........................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1.1.1 PDM Program .............................................................................. 3-1 3.1.1.2 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) ................................... 3-1 3.1.1.3 Community Rating System (CRS) ................................................ 3-2 3.1.1.4 Map Modernization ...................................................................... 3-2 3.1.1.5 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program ................................ 3-2 3.1.1.6 National Hurricane Program ......................................................... 3-3 3.1.1.7 Other Programs ........................................................................... 3-3 3.1.2 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ............................ 3-3 3.1.3 United States Forest Service (USFS)........................................................ 3-3 3.1.4 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) .................................... 3-3 3.1.5 United States Department of Commerce (DOC) ....................................... 3-3 3.1.6 National Weather Service (NWS) .............................................................. 3-4 3.1.7 United States Geological Survey (USGS) ................................................. 3-4 3.1.8 Unites States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) .................................... 3-4 3.1.9 United States Fire Administration (USFA) ................................................. 3-4 3.1.10 National Response Team (NRT) ............................................................... 3-4 3.1.11 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ..... 3-5 3.1.12 United States Department of the Interior (USDOI) .................................... 3-5 3.1.13 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...................................... 3-5 3.1.14 United States Department of Transportation ............................................. 3-5 3.1.14 Center for Disease Control (CDC) ............................................................ 3-5 3.2 NON-GOVERNMENT ......................................................................................... 3-6 3.2.1 Firewise Communities USA ...................................................................... 3-6 3.2.2 Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) ......................................... 3-6 3.2.3 American Red Cross (ARC) ...................................................................... 3-6 3.2.4 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ............................................. 3-6 3.2.5 Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) ................................. 3-6 3.3 STATE GOVERNMENT ...................................................................................... 3-6 3.3.1 Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) ............................... 3-6 3.3.2 Florida Forest Service (FFS) ..................................................................... 3-7 3.3.3 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) .......................... 3-7 3.3.4 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ................................. 3-7 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 3.3.5 Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) ................................................... 3-8 3.3.6 Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) .......................................... 3-8 3.3.7 Building Officials Association of Florida (BOAF) ....................................... 3-8 3.3.8 Florida Department of Insurance (FDOI) ................................................... 3-8 3.3.9 Agency