DISASTER MITIGATION INITIATIVE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Allocations, Common Application, Waivers and Alternative Requirements for Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Grantees Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-123) Federal Register Docket No. FR-6109-N-02 Published Aug. 30, 2019 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STATE OF LOUISIANA MASTER ACTION PLAN FOR THE UTILIZATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION FUNDS (CDBG-MIT) Public Comment Period: Oct. 16, 2019 until 5 p.m. Nov. 29, 2019 Public Hearings: Sept. 19, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 24, 1:30 p.m. City-Parish Council Chambers Ouachita Parish Emergency Operation Center Lafayette Consolidated Government Fire Department Training Center 705 W. University Ave. 1000 New Natchitoches Road Lafayette, LA 70506 West Monroe, LA 71292 Sept. 25, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 6 p.m. House Committee Room 5 Parish Council Chambers Louisiana State Capitol St. Tammany Parish Government 900 N. Third St. 21490 Koop Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Mandeville, LA 7047 Submitted to HUD: ______, 2019 Approved by HUD: _____, 2019 John Bel Edwards, Governor Billy Nungesser, Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, Commissioner of Administration TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Critical Definitions .................................................................................................................................. 7 II. Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 10 III. Authority and Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 13 IV. Fund Distribution .................................................................................................................................. 14 IV. A. HUD-Identified MID Areas or HUD MIDs........................................................................................ 14 IV. B. State-Identified MID Areas or LA MIDs .......................................................................................... 14 V. Mitigation Needs Assessment ................................................................................................................ 17 V. A. Outline ............................................................................................................................................. 17 V. B. Louisiana’s Landscape ..................................................................................................................... 18 V. C. Historic Damage Pattern ................................................................................................................. 19 V. D. State and Local Hazard Mitigation Plans, Research and Analysis ................................................... 20 Cost of Future Risks ............................................................................................................................. 20 Future Risk to Vulnerable Jurisdictions ............................................................................................... 21 Local Hazard Mitigation Plans or HMPs .............................................................................................. 22 Existing Efforts, Studies and Plans ...................................................................................................... 24 V. E. Greatest Risk: Wind and Flood Hazards .......................................................................................... 27 Tropical Cyclones ................................................................................................................................ 28 Floods .................................................................................................................................................. 30 Sea Level Rise ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Extreme Precipitation ......................................................................................................................... 32 V. F. Critical Service Areas or Community Lifelines ................................................................................. 33 Critical Service Area No. 1: Safety and Security .................................................................................. 35 Critical Service Area No. 2: Communications...................................................................................... 35 Critical Service Area No. 3: Food, Water and Sheltering .................................................................... 36 Critical Service Area No. 4: Transportation ......................................................................................... 37 Critical Service Area No. 5: Health and Medical ................................................................................. 38 Critical Service Area No. 6: Hazardous Material (Management) ........................................................ 39 Critical Service Area No. 7: Energy (Power and Fuel) ......................................................................... 40 V. G. Ecosystem Integrity and Watershed Resilience .............................................................................. 40 V. H. Unmet Mitigation Needs ................................................................................................................. 41 Unmet Mitigation Need: Flood-Resilient Development Patterns ....................................................... 41 Unmet Mitigation Need: Watershed Data and Modeling .................................................................. 42 Unmet Mitigation Need: Cross-Jurisdictional Coordination ............................................................... 42 WORKING TOGETHER FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE Page 2 Unmet Mitigation Need: Flood Control Projects ................................................................................ 43 VI. Risk Distribution among LMI or Otherwise Vulnerable Communities ................................................... 43 VII. Approaches to Address Mitigation Needs ............................................................................................ 47 VII. A. Connection between Mitigation Needs and Allocation of Funds ................................................. 47 VII. B. Allocation of Funds ........................................................................................................................ 47 VII. C. The Louisiana Watershed Initiative ............................................................................................... 48 The Council on Watershed Management (Council) ............................................................................ 49 Regional Steering Committees and Coalitions .................................................................................... 49 Timeline ............................................................................................................................................... 50 VII. D. LWI Program Areas ........................................................................................................................ 51 Program Area No. 1: Watershed (Local and Regional) Projects and Programs .................................. 52 Program Area No. 2: State Projects and Programs ............................................................................. 54 Program Area No. 3: Watershed Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling .............................................. 58 Program Area No. 4: Watershed Policy, Planning and Local Capacity Assistance .............................. 60 VII. E. Administrative Costs ...................................................................................................................... 63 VII. F. Non-Federal Cost Share Assistance ............................................................................................... 64 VII. G. Leveraging Funds .......................................................................................................................... 65 VIII. Coordination and Alignment ............................................................................................................... 67 IX. Citizen Participation ............................................................................................................................... 70 IX. A. Citizen Input.................................................................................................................................... 70 IX. B. Required Consultations .................................................................................................................. 70 IX. C. LWI Public Engagement .................................................................................................................. 71 IX. D. Citizen Complaints .......................................................................................................................... 74 IX. E. Receipt of Comments ..................................................................................................................... 74 Public Hearing No. 1: Lafayette........................................................................................................... 74 Public Hearing No. 2: East Baton Rouge ............................................................................................. 75 Public Hearing