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Alaska Business Plan (email version, no graphics) Table of Contents Page Flood Hazard Mapping in Alaska Flood Map Modernization Goals Problem Summary Alaska’s vision for supporting Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization State of Alaska's Role in Establishing & Maintaining a Data Collection and Delivery System (FEMA Objective #1) Achieve Effective Program Management (Objective #2) Build and Maintain Mapping Partners (Objective #3 FFY04, 05, 06 CTPs Proposed for Agreements Mapping Partners and Their Capabilities Expand and Better Inform the User Community (Objective #4) State’s Current Efforts (More needed i.e. a MAS??) FY04 spending (See Appendix I) Mapping Partners and their capabilities (i.e. topo data, DFIRM capability) Describe current acquisition strategy (CTPs, IDIQ Statement of Resources/Staffing Needs, Existing Shortfalls, Justification for Funding Requests How the State intends to maintain the capability and capacity for managing Map Mod Number/skill mix of personnel/staffing Training needs Guidance needed from HQ Describe Authorities Division will need (i.e. an increase in contracting authority) Performance Goals and Measures/Outcomes Goals by FY and direct linkages to Map Mod objectives Five Year Funding Plan

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Alaska Business Plan (email version, no graphics)

Table of Contents Page Flood Hazard Mapping in Alaska Flood Map Modernization Goals Problem Summary Alaska’s vision for supporting Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization

• State of Alaska's Role in Establishing & Maintaining a Data

Collection and Delivery System (FEMA Objective #1) • Achieve Effective Program Management (Objective #2) • Build and Maintain Mapping Partners (Objective #3

FFY04, 05, 06 CTPs Proposed for Agreements Mapping Partners and Their Capabilities

• Expand and Better Inform the User Community (Objective #4) State’s Current Efforts (More needed i.e. a MAS??) FY04 spending (See Appendix I) Mapping Partners and their capabilities (i.e. topo data, DFIRM capability) Describe current acquisition strategy (CTPs, IDIQ

Statement of Resources/Staffing Needs, Existing Shortfalls, Justification for Funding Requests

• How the State intends to maintain the capability and capacity for managing Map Mod Number/skill mix of personnel/staffing

• Training needs • Guidance needed from HQ • Describe Authorities Division will need (i.e. an increase in

contracting authority) Performance Goals and Measures/Outcomes

Goals by FY and direct linkages to Map Mod objectives Five Year Funding Plan

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Full – Adequate funding to accomplish each proposed activitiy that meets Map Mod objectives Medium – approximately 2/3 of full funding to accomplish the prioritized activities that meet Map Mod objectives. Low – Approximately 1/3 of full funding to accomplish only the top prioritized activities that meet Map Mod objectives.

Appendix I: Community Profiles Mapping {Initiative for Accelerated Infrastructure Development (IAID)} Appendix II: Coastal Impact Assistance Program Mapping Projects Appendix 3: Authority for Planning, Platting, and Land Use Regulation in Alaska Flood Hazard Mapping in Alaska Flood hazard maps produced by the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) have been one of the primary tools for flood hazard mitigation in the cities and borough governments in Alaska that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Alaska’s local governments and the State rely on FEMA flood hazard maps to regulate floodplain development and otherwise mitigate for flood losses. Flood hazard maps produced by FEMA currently serve 42 Alaska Borough and city governments – three of these communities are mapped but currently suspended from the National Flood Insurance Program (cities do not have an ordinance to regulate development in the mapped flood hazard areas). Additionally, five cities and one Borough are in the Emergency Phase of the NFIP and have no FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) or Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBM). Unlike many other states where local governments with flood hazards have long been identified and mapped, Alaska has 120 incorporated cities and Borough governments that have no FEMA flood hazard maps. No ordinances exist to regulate floodplain development. These cities and boroughs do not have the availability of federal flood insurance and federally backed financial assistance may be withheld stymieing some economic development opportunities. Many of these communities are highly flood-prone resulting in costly State and federal disasters without the benefit of federal flood insurance. This Business Plan for Modernizing Alaska’s flood maps describes: 1) How existing but aged FEMA flood maps will be updated; and 2) how flood-prone communities that have not participated in the NFIP are being and

will continue to be mapped. In Alaska’s Map Modernization Plan (August 2002) the following goals were identified and mapping problems were summarized. These same Goals follow through this Business Plan for Map Modernization: Alaska Map Modernization Goals:

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• Alaska’s goal is to cut the average age of Alaska’s flood maps in

half (8.5 years) from 18.8 years;

• Producing digital flood hazard maps with up-to-date flood hazard data for the 15-percent highest priority areas in the state; and

• Develop flood hazard maps for one-half of the unmapped,

floodprone communities in Alaska. Problem Summary: Over 98% of Alaska’s regulatory maps used by communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are over 10 years old; 67% of the regulatory maps are over 15 years old. The hydrology for the flood insurance program maps is based predominantly on 1974 or earlier data. Flood disaster losses and State and Federal costs for flood related disaster relief continue to climb, primarily in rural Alaska where the flood maps in communities not participating in the NFIP are generally over 30 years old. In rural Alaska new Community Profile base maps and continuing to establish High Water Marks of record are tools that are guiding safer construction. Flooding and erosion are responsible for millions of dollars of property damage each year. The State of Alaska averages about $2.3 million per year in disaster costs for flood related emergency costs. Most of the flooding that occurs in Alaska results from: rainfall; snowmelt; ice jams clogging stream channels, backing up flow, causing upstream flooding, and coastal storm flooding. Glacial outburst floods: nearly 750 glacier-dammed lakes have been identified in Alaska; if the glacial ice dam fails, lake water is released resulting in downstream flooding. The rapid melting of snow and ice during volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and coastal storms can also cause flooding. Alaska’s size and diverse political jurisdictions – and void in political jurisdictions in the unorganized borough – presents significant challenges to the State and federal partners, whether as this plan is focused, on the updating of existing outdated flood hazard

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mapping, preparation of new flood maps in unmapped communities, or the preparation of hazard mitigation plans and policies using adequate risk data. Figure 1 General Alaska Water Facts (Source: Alaska Department of Natural Resources, unless otherwise noted): • Alaska's coastline, previously thought to be about 33,000 miles long, with

advances in mapping technology, Alaska’s coastline is estimated to be approximately 44,000 miles long.

• 411,090 miles is an estimate of the total stream miles in Alaska (Source: Association of State Floodplain Managers).

• Alaska has the greatest surface water resources of any state in the United States. Approximately 40% of the all the surface water outflow for the entire U.S. comes from Alaska.

• Glaciers significantly influence most of Alaska's major rivers, even though glaciers cover just 5% of the state. For example, glaciers cover only 5% of the Tanana River drainage basin, yet glacial meltwater accounts for half of the river's runoff.

• Alaska's surface waters include over 15,000 anadromous streams (that is, they support runs of spawning seagoing fish, including salmon).

• Alaska has more than three million lakes, over 12,000 rivers, thousands of streams and creeks, and an estimated 100,000 glaciers

• Longest River--Yukon River, 1,280 miles in Alaska, draining 204,000 square miles • Largest Lake-----------------------Iliamna Lake, 1,115 square miles • Largest Glacier---------------------Malaspina Glacier, 850 square miles • Highest Average Annual Precipitation-220 inches, Little Port Walter, S.E. Alaska • Lowest Average Annual Precipitation-4.8 inches, Barrow, Arctic Slope, Alaska • Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation-------15.2 inches, Angoon, S.E. Alaska • Highest Average Annual Snowfall-----540 inches, Thompson Pass • Greatest 24-Hour Snowfall-----------62 inches, Thompson Pass • Statewide Average Annual Precipitation--1,050,000 million gallons per day • Greatest Daily Tidal Range-----------38.9 feet, Upper Cook Inlet • Alaska Total Land Area--------------586,000 square miles

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Alaska’s vision for supporting Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Division of Community Advocacy (DCA) leads a partnership program to prepare base maps for small Alaska communities (population 3,000 or less). This Community profiles or base mapping program is and will continue to be the cornerstone of the DCA’s efforts to add flood hazard and erosion hazards as a layer of data to these base maps. Additionally, DCA will assist large Boroughs to enter Community Technical Partnership (CTP) Agreements with FEMA so the Borough governments with Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities can direct manage their own map up-dates.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) objectives for the multi-hazard Map Modernization (Map Mod.) initiative are:

1. Establish and maintain a premier data collection and delivery system: Create a premier, geo-spatial system that provides easy access to reliable flood hazard data and other information and hazard data to support risk management applications and operations.

2. Achieve effective program management: Develop and provide a continually improving program management structure that motivates partners to share responsibilities and aligns partner missions to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to flood and other hazards.

3. Build and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships: Foster mutually beneficial partnerships that achieve shared outcomes through the communication of flood risk and other hazard information and improve the systems that support them. Partnerships will result in enhanced delivery of risk management applications and operations.

4. Expand and better inform the user community: Foster public and stakeholder understanding of where to obtain flood and other hazard data and how to use and analyze it in order to make sound decisions to reduce their vulnerability to natural, and man made hazards.

The State of Alaska’s Map Modernization Business Plan responses to FEMA's four objectives follow: State Role in the Establishing and Maintaining a Data Collection and Delivery System (FEMA Objective #1) In Alaska, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Division of Community Advocacy is the Governor’s delegated State agency for coordinating the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The Division (hereafter DCA or the Division) has shouldered the lead for the State in the floodplain-mapping program, and has had a long-standing role in producing community maps for communities under population 3,000. The Division has taken on an increased role in recent years providing digital flood

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hazard maps to FEMA for new communities entering the NFIP using Division community profile contractors as the basis for acquiring the digital flood hazard overlays.1 The State of Alaska does not propose in Year 1 or 2 to maintain DFIRMs and the associated geospatial database. There are currently too many unknowns associated with FEMA’s Map Modernization support to the State including funding constraints, personnel constraints, management constraints, and “economies of scale” issues. When, and if, a Mapping Program Manager is available to support Map Mod, the Division will add DFIRM Maintenance to the Annual Map Mod Business Plan to analyze whether the State will take on this role in the future. In Year 2, if funding permits, the flood maps and Community Profile maps will be linked to the Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghouse (AGDC) and CIMM’s (Alaska’s Cooperative Implemented Information Management System) for web-based maps (See: http://www.asgdc.state.ak.us/ Also a Coastal Impact Assistance Program funded project (See Appendix 2) to the Department of Environmental Conservation for a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for the development of an information management system that will support the Alaska Clean Water Action (ACWA) plan may link hazard maps. ACWA is a multi-agency initiative designed to improve the management of Alaska’s water and aquatic habitat. The SRS defines all the requirements for a web-enabled database system that supports the ACWA waterbody ranking and monitoring process. Flood Hazard data may be integrated into these other State geospatial data management systems in the future but this will require staffing and contract support beyond what is supported by the FEMA Map Modernization Business Plan. (For further reference see: State of Alaska Geographic Information System Strategic Plan) • The Division will continue providing base maps for use in producing DFIRMs and is

seeking software and training support to “convert” the Division’s AutoCAD Community Profile maps to DFIRMs.

• The Division continues to secure necessary permissions from contractors that produce Community Profile base maps to allow FEMA’s use and distribution of hardcopy and digital map products using the base map, free of charge.

• The Division continues to meet with user groups and communities to motivate local communities and other mapping partners to provide funding match for the base map development in rural Alaska.

• The Division will provide maps on CD-ROM but web-based support will be limited in Year 1 and 2. This Division does not currently have the server setup and clearing house nodes to accommodate this long-term objective.

Achieve Effective Program Management (FEMA Objective #2) The Division can not currently see how to meet FEMA’s objective of further developing and continually improving Alaska’s floodplain program management structure that

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shares responsibilities and aligns missions to reduce Alaska’s vulnerability to flood and other hazards. This issue and recommendations and obstacles for meeting this shared Objective will be discussed further in the State’s 5-year Comprehensive Floodplain Management Strategic Plan which will be drafted by September 30, 2004. Addressing this Objective will require a coordinated response by the other State Departments and the Governor’s office. Currently the outlook is bleak. State revenues are on the decline, local governments have lost Revenue Sharing and Municipal Assistance funding resources from the State and many are beginning to turn to declarations of Disaster Emergencies because they have limited or diminished resources – minimal flood events will likely result in declarations for State and federal assistance. Retirement of State employees with institutional knowledge of State and FEMA floodplain management and mitigation programs, and State mapping programs will tax the State’s abilities as positions are likely not to be filled, or filled with temporary employees or contract hire. Re-assignment of NFIP State Coordinator (Community Assistance Program), and Flood Mitigation Assistance Program duties as well as how to continually effectively manage flood Map Modernization will be included in the 5-Year Comprehensive Plan. Build and Maintain Mapping Partners (Objective #3) The DCED, Division of Community Advocacy has been building partners for preparing Community Profile base maps since the 1970s. The Division, through its on-going Community Profiles/IAID program will perform the mapping needs assessments and assist with outreach and community coordination on mapping projects for NFIP communities that are less than <3,000 population. This ongoing “partnership” and the funding support are described in detail in Appendix 1. The Division will assist large Boroughs to enter Community Technical Partnership (CTP) Agreements with FEMA so the Borough governments with Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities can direct manage their own map up-dates. Mapping partner performance is outlined below but may vary depending upon whether FEMA actual joins the existing Alaska State and Federal ongoing mapping partnerships. FFY04 CTP Partners: • DCED, Division of Community Advocacy CTP signed – Aniak DFIRM • Anchorage CTP in-place since 1999 – Girdwood, DFIRMs citywide • Fairbanks North Star Borough (CTP signed date?) ?? (no activity no FEMA funding) • City and Borough of Juneau – USGS Mendenhall River DFIRM, Lemon Creek study

continues; MAS for Duck and Jordan Creek restudies (continue CTP activities for Coastal study ‘04-completion)

FFY05 CTP Partners proposed for Agreements/Mapping Activity Statements: • Kenai Peninsula Borough • Matanuska-Susitna Borough • DCED CTP DFIRM Production – Hoonah, Skagway, Shishmaref

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FFY06 CTP Partners proposed for Agreements: • DCED CTP DFIRM Production – Delta Junction, Emmonak, Togiak, Ft. Yukon • Ketchikan Gateway Borough • Kodiak Island Borough Mapping Partners and Their Capabilities Traditional Federal mapping partners in Alaska could benefit from FEMA delivery of a uniform message of how other federal agencies are (or are not) being integrated into the Map Modernization “CTP” initiative. It has been difficult for the State to know how to explain the federal partner role in FEMA Map Modernization. To build a thorough “inventory” of best available data to compliment FEMA Map Modernization may be easier for FEMA to request from Federal agencies than the State. The State is unlikely to use their CTP Agreement with FEMA to fund federal agencies (COE, NRCS, USGS for mapping activities) and it is unlikely Borough CTPs would be used for funding these federal partners. Clarification of how mapping activities conducted by Federal partner agencies in Alaska will be conducted would be useful. The State will continue to provide community-specific and data specific information where Federal agencies may likely be the most cost-effective partner for supporting Map Modernization in Alaska. A few examples of federal agency activities and locations where flood Map Modernization would benefit follows: • Alaska District Corps of Engineers (COE) – High Water Marks of Record are

placed in many of the communities (<less than 1,000 population) by the COE Floodplain Management Services. Where statistically valid, this datum mark is surveyed during Division Community Profile base mapping projects and included as the flood hazard boundary for communities. COE Coastal studies completed for COE small boat harbor or navigation project, Section 14 or Section 205 Studies may be the most cost-effective best available data that FEMA could build upon to update community FIRMs. COE projects in Sitka, Dillingham, Nome, Cordova, Kodiak, Shishmaref and Kivalina, to name a few. COE studies will likely be utilized when the Division completes base maps for the NFIP participating communities of McGrath and Ft. Yukon, Emmonak and Togiak.

• USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Rural

Development (RD) is signatory to the MOU for the IAID/community base mapping. NRCS has completed a 100-year floodplain map using the Division’s Community Profile base map for the City of Unalakleet. The flood map can easily be converted to a DFIRM once the City of Unalakleet enters the NFIP.

• U.S. Geological Service (USGS) – Meetings have been held and will continue to

be held with USGS to better define the specific communities, special hazard conditions and data support needs that are best met by USGS without creating conflicts with private sector contractors. USGS has completed a Mendenhall River study and is currently working on Lemon Creek in Juneau.

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• USGS Corrected versions of U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Reports 03-4188, "Estimating the Magnitude and Frequency of Peak Streamflows for Ungaged Sites on Streams in Alaska and Conterminous Basins in Canada" and 03-4114, "Estimating Annual High-Flow Statistics and Monthly and Seasonal Low-Flow Statistics for Ungaged Sites on Streams in Alaska and Conterminous Basins in Canada" are now available online at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034188/ and http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034114/ , respectively.

Other federal partners that the Division has teamed up with for the production of Community Profile maps with flood and erosion hazard areas, wetland delineation and other GIS data layers include: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Coastal Resource Services (OCRS) through the Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (See Northwest Arctic Borough’s 11 community maps at: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/cbd/NAB_Maps/NAB_Maps.htm Other State partners are: • Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities • Department of Natural Resources • Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management The Division will work in

Year 2-5 with the DHSEM to encourage State Hazard Mitigation Plans include information on the utility of the digital flood maps for hazard mitigation purposes.

Specific State capabilities will be developed more in future Business Plan updates if a Division Mapping Coordinator is available. State capabilities were described in the 2002 State Map Modernization Plan. Expand and Better Inform the User Community (Objective #4) Alaska’s outreach program lead by the Division NFIP State Coordinator and the Planner managing the Community Profiles/IAID base mapping program have been aimed at helping ensure the success of Map Modernization overall. Activities have included: • Inform Borough NFIP and GIS staff of the State’s approach to Map Modernization

whereby Borough’s must enter CTP Agreements with FEMA or be lower on the State’s map priority list;

• Inform Borough staff of CTP training opportunities; • Meet with a variety of stakeholders and seek their involvement and contributions

(See Attachment 1 Financial Assistance Award amounts); • Management (by Division Coastal Management Program staff) of CIAP mapping

grants that may provide Digital Elevation Models, orthophotogrametry and other mapping activities (See Appendix 2);

• Presentations before the Interagency Hydrology Committee for Alaska (IHCA), Alaska Water Resources Association (AWRA), at a gathering of policy makers at a Coastal Dynamics Workshop and other groups on Map Modernization in Alaska and acquire information to support the mapping effort will continue as part of CAP-MAP.

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Statement of Resources/Staffing Needs, Existing Shortfalls, Justification for Funding Requests How Alaska intends to maintain the capability and capacity for managing Map Modernization As outlined in the 2002 plan, the present DCED, Division staff is fully committed to existing duties and the Department will request no new State permanent positions. Currently the Division does not have the staff in-house with the appropriate expertise to complete studies and produce finished maps. Already opportunities have been lost to more cost-effectively partner and update FIRMs but insufficient State staff is currently available to capitalize on these partnership opportunities. It is anticipated Division CTP projects will be managed through a contract or temporary position hire of a mapping project coordinator. The mapping coordinator in coordination with and through the Alaska NFIP State Coordinating Officer will:

- prepare Requests for Proposals (RFP) for selecting mapping contractors, - manage all map production contracts, - coordinate public meetings related to each mapping project, - provide Q/C of consultants' work with Alaska’s unique hazard assessment and

data, but Q/A & Q/C will be passed on to consultants hired by the State, to the Regional IDIQ or through the NSP.

The Division supports the need for flood hazard maps that are accurate, easy to use, and readily available on line, the Division does not currently have an organization dedicated or available to provide full or medium support the FEMA Map Modernization Program. Particularly by FY 2005 when 2 senior staff currently managing the NFIP and community profiles base mapping coordination efforts are likely to retire. At present, DCED, DCA receives annual FEMA funding under the Community Assistance Program-State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) program and Flood Mitigation Assistance Program technical assistance support (FMA-TA). The CAP-SSSE and FMA-TA funding and State match supports the Division’s work as Alaska’s NFIP coordinating office and FMA Program State point of contact, but is not sufficient to also support the needed Map Modernization work. The CAP-SSSE funding and State match covers the salary costs of the NFIP coordinator, basic technical assistance, outreach efforts, and travel support. Already in this current fiscal year, the NFIP coordinator has had to reduce technical assistance to communities, community assistance visits and contacts, and local ordinance assistance to prepare this Business Plan and for the development of the 5-Year Comprehensive Floodplain Management Strategic Plan. Costs for the Division to manage our mapping program via Contract Hire may be as much as three times the estimated State temporary hire personnel costs used herein according to the FEMA Regional Engineer.

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Position Monthly Salary Monthly Salary & Benefits Total Yrly CostCartographer II* $3,999 $5,481 $65,800 Eng. Asst. II** $3,806 $5,251 $63,000 Planner IV*** $5,791 $7,617 $91,000

$13,596 $18,349 $219,800

*The Cartographer II is based on the existing Division’s Cartographer position. This service upkeep may also be accomplished by contract on a periodic basis for less than the one-half FTE. **The Map Modernization FTE for the Mapping Program Manager is estimated based on State position for an Engineering Assistant II (Range 18). *** Planner IV, Range 19 position costs of the current staff that manages the Community Profiles program, used to estimate the ½ FTE for mapping coordination support would be at a lower range for a starting position. These FTE costs are based upon specific state job classifications considered potentially appropriate for the needed Map Modernization FTEs. Final decisions on appropriate classifications would be made dependent on the work tasks ultimately assigned. Salary rates listed here are based on the contract for FY04; State contracts are currently under negotiation and Salary and Benefits, particularly with regard to health benefits could change in the future. The Division currently has only one ESRI ARC Info/ARC GIS license and maintenance support and would need additional agreements and workstations as described. Costs for staffing, travel, training, and indirect costs are on an annual basis. Costs for hardware and software are a one-time expense. Full – Adequate funding to expand the Division’s flood Map Mod Program and fully capture existing/ongoing federal and state mapping activities would require the following staffing

Item Description Cost DCA Staffing* 1 FTE

2 half-time FTE’s $141,400/yr

Travel Mapping Manager GIS Analyst

$2,000/year

Training NFIP-related Training GIS-related Training

$1,500/year $2,125/year

Hardware 2 Workstations 1 Laptop Computer r

$3,000 $3,000

Software GIS (ArcGIS 8.x – ArcInfo) Office SW

$7,100

Indirect Up to 19% of PS Cost (% is negotiable)

$26,866/yr

TOTAL estimated startup costs

$186,991/yr

TOTAL costs annually $170,266/yr

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Medium – Approximately 2/3 of full funding to accomplish Map Mod objectives is as follows:

Item Description Cost

DCA Staffing* 1 FTE 1 half FTE GIS support

$95,900/yr

Travel Mapping Manager

$1,500/year

Training NFIP & GIS-related Training

$1,500/year

Hardware 2 Workstations

$3,000

Software GIS (ArcGIS 8.x – ArcInfo) Office SW

$4,000

Indirect Up to 19% of PS Cost (% is negotiable)

$18,221/year

Total start up costs $124,221 Total annual $117,221

Low – Approximately 1/3 of full funding to accomplish Map Mod objectives is as follows:

Item Description Cost

DCA Staffing* 1 FTE Mapping Manager $63,000/year Travel State support as needed ____/year Training NFIP-related Training

$1,500/year

Hardware 1 Workstations/no GIS capability

$1,500

Software GIS (ArcGIS 8.x – ArcInfo) Office SW

$0

Indirect Up to 19% of PS Cost (% is negotiable)

$11,970/year

Total startup costs $77,970/yr. Total annual $76,470/yr.

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Staffing/Resource Needs Summary State FY O4 (7/1/03 – 6/30/04): The State will continue to manage the NFIP State Coordinator’s duties and the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA) program with the 1 FTE Planner IV (i.e. SCO position). State FY O5 (7/1/04 – 6/30/05): The Division’s Floodplain Management Program will be undergoing a transition and training period following the planned retirement of the State Coordinating Officer. The future of the Division’s management of CAP, CAP-MAP, FMA, and the support for the Community Profiles mapping program is likely to be lost by end of June 30, 2005. FEMA support thereafter will be critical either through support to the State for Temporary hire or contractual support to continue the mapping momentum currently underway. Training Needs New State staff will need NFIP basic training and CTP training. The Division's mapping manager, when hired will likely need additional training in State contract management and training on the development of Mapping Activity Statements. Training of State GIS staff, Municipal CTP GIS staff and Alaska consulting engineers with GIS staff in the DFIRM conversion process may be a cost effective workshop to be held in Anchorage. Guidance Needed from Headquarters As described in the Mapping Partners Capabilities section, additional guidance from FEMA Region or Headquarters is needed for Federal agencies on their role in assisting with Map Modernization. Describe Authorities Division will need The Division currently has requested Federal receipt authority to support CAP, CAP-MAP and FMA in FY05 for $300,000. FEMA will need to provide the Division an estimate of CTP contractual work for our State FY budget by Sept. 2004 to build an orderly federal receipts authorization. CAP-MAP Related Activities The Community Assistance Program (CAP) State Support Services Element is the annual funding mechanism that FEMA uses to partner with the State on implementation and enforcement of NFIP community compliance. Additional CAP MAP activities are those that occur primarily before a mapping project is initiated. The State’s initial interest in CAP-MAP activities is included in the following Table.

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Table 1 –CAP-MAP Activities CAP MAPPING PHASE II ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY State or CTP

Community Interest

DESCRIPTION

Digital Base Map Inventory

Yes (State) Primary: utilize DCA provided Community Profiles as Base Maps for <3,0000 pop. NFIP communities. Secondary: DCA continues database investigation including inventory of base maps meeting FEMA specifications for NFIP communities.

Digital Base Map Data Sharing

Yes (State) Yes (CTP communities)

DCA will supply Community Profile base maps for use in producing DFIRMs.

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DFIRM Maintenance2 No (State) Yes (CTP communities)

The State, at this time, does not see an equitable way to assume responsibility for long-term, periodic maintenance of the DFIRMs.

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Review

No (State) No (CTP

s)

The State would pass on the hydrologic and hydraulic review requirements to Contractors,

communitie but would not take this responsibility on internally

Assessment of Community Mapping Needs (to support FEMA’s Mapping Needs Update Support System

Yes – (State partially)

is continuing a detailed community-by-community assessment of mapping needs for every mapped (3rd priority) and unmapped NFIP community (1st priority); and non-NFIP communities (2nd priority).

State does

- MNUSS)

The State

State database is being developed;not intend on “populating MNUSS” but willprovide State Database to FEMA.

Technical Standards ent Agreem

State)

r

Yes ( The State will work with FEMA to adopt specifictechnical standards or processes appropriate folocal conditions for NFIP flood mapping purposes.

Information No (State)

es

Technology Systems Yes (possiblyome CTP s

Communiti

Analysis of current Division web accessible maps needs to be performed to determine adequacy for housing D-FIRMS. (Yr 2) CD-ROM products could be distributed.

Outreach Yes (State) ld Community Meetings for maps

ged by FEMA's IDIQ

DCA will hoprepared by State (i.e. State-managed contractor); depending upon funding support the State will assist with Community Meetings for Map updates manacontractor or under Borough CTPs.

(FEMA advertise the meeting)

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APPENDIX 1 Community Profile Base Mapping - Initiative for Accelerated Infrastructure Development (IAID) Program Summary The IAID is an initiative intended to produce community profile maps at an accelerated rate (40 maps per year, instead of the current 20 maps per year). The goal of the IAID is for all eligible communities in Alaska to have a good community profile map within 5 years. At an estimated cost of $30,000 per community, the IAID needs to raise $1.2 million annually to reach its goal. Partners DCED administers the program and partners with local and regional entities to have the maps prepared. Private contractors prepare the maps. For State FY04, the following agencies have contributed cash to the IAID:

Denali Commission – $600,000; DCED – $120,000; DOT/PF – $270,000 USDA Rural Development – $150,000

Many agency partners are providing mapping data and land records at no cost. Local and regional entities match the agency funding by about 100%. The BIA, and NOAA (Alaska Coastal Management Program) have been major sources of funding for the local and regional share. State FY04 Activities DCED and the agencies: Provided funding for the IAID; Continue outreach program to identify local and regional partners. Assist the regional entities in managing the mapping contracts. Status of Mapping Projects

Region Regional Partner Status # of Communities

Alaska Peninsula Lake & Peninsula Borough Under contract 17 – 10 communities nearicompletion

Aleutians East Aleutians East Borough Under contract 6 – 5 communities nearincompletion

Aleutians West Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association

In discussion ≈6

Bristol Bay Bristol Bay Native Association Under contract 10

Lower Kuskokwim & Kuskokwim Bay

Coastal Villages Development Fund

Ready to proceed to MOA

8

Alaska Highway Fairbanks/Ahtna

Ahtna, Inc. & Copper River Basin Housing Authority

Some interest ≈22

Southeast Tlinget Haida Housing Authority Ready to proceed to MOA

8

Bering Straits Kawerak, Inc. Ready to proceed to MOA

15

Kodiak Island Borough

Kodiak Island Borough In discussion 6

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Summary of Agency Funds Provided (Grants) To Support IAID Projects as of Sept. 30, 2003

Entity

Cost Share Granted to

Regions

Balance Denali Commission $600,000 $169,200 $430,800 USDA Rural Development 150,000 81,700 68,300 DCED (State GF Match) 120,000 -0- 120,000 DOT/PF (State) (Expired

9/30) - DOT will issue new RSA

270,000 224,540 75,400

Total $1,140,000 $475,440 $694,500 Summary of Local Match Funds Provided To Support IAID Projects as of Sept. 30, 2003

Entity

Cost Share Match Expended

Balance Aleutians East Borough $88.350 $88,350 $-0- Lake and Peninsula

Borough 220,200 110,270 109,930

Bristol Bay Native Association

167,000 55,670 111,330

Total $475,550 $254,290 $221,260 Initiative for Accelerated Infrastructure Development Narrative Report to the Denali Commission Financial Assistance Award Project Number: 0074-DC-2002-127, Amendment 2 Project Title: Initiative for Accelerated Infrastructure Development (IAID) Performance Period: June 10, 2002 – December 31, 2005 Recipient Name & Address:

Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Division of Community and Business Development (DCBD) ATTN: John Gliva, Planner 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1790 Anchorage, AK 99501-3510 Phone: 269-4588 Fax: 269-4563 ATTN: John Gliva

Cost Share: $600,000 Denali Commission 150,000 USDA Rural Development 120,000 DCED (State GF Match) 300,000 DOT/PF (State) (Expired Sept. 30, 2003) 330,000 Sub-recipient Grantee (Local) $1,500,000 Total

Project Status and Accomplishments to Date: October 1, 2003 – December 31, 2003 Following is a summary of DCED activities for the reporting period.

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Agency Coordination Staff participated in a meeting involving the Director and staff of the Alaska Energy Authority for the purpose of promoting the IAID and AEA participation in IAID projects.

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Staff prepared and submitted support information addressing an additional $300,000 appropriation that will support pending mapping projects. This information was prepared in coordination with Denali Commission staff. Staff prepared the IAID quarterly report covering the period from July to September 2003 and submitted the report to the Denali Commission. Staff participated in discussions with DOT/PF staff concerning additional IAID funding. DOT/PF will be providing additional funding, it is not clear at this point when we will receive the funds.

Outreach

Aleutians East Borough Staff completed the final review of profile maps for the communities of Sand Point, King Cove, Akutan, and Nelson Lagoon. Lake & Peninsula Borough Staff participated in meetings involving Borough staff and the contractor to review and discuss progress on the project. Staff completed the final review of 9 community profile products. Aleutian/Pribilof Islands There was no outreach during this quarter.. Prince William Sound No outreach activities occurred in this area.

Southeast Staff traveled to Juneau to promote a southeast IAID project at the Southeast Funding Summit. Staff arranged and facilitated a meeting involving staff from the Tglinget/Haida Housing Authority and the Alaska Native Health consortium to discuss a mapping effort involving 8 southeast communities. Staff also reviewed and discussed the aerial photography coverage with staff from Tglinget/ Haida Housing Authority that will be used to prepare the community profiles. Bristol Bay Staff worked with the Grantee on the preparation of their first progress report and reimbursement request. Lower Kuskokwim An IAID Letter of Agreement was prepared and signed by the Coastal Villages Region fund and the Department. Bering Straits An IAID Letter of Agreement was prepared and signed by Kawerak , Inc. Staff has participated in follow up discussions with Kawerak staff addressing the local match requirement and the process that will be followed to initiate the project. Copper River There was no outreach during this quarter. Doyon There was no outreach during this quarter. Kodiak Island Borough Staff participated in follow up phone discussions with the Borough Planning Director concerning a possible IAID project.

Grants to Regions

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Following is a summary of active IAID grants according to each entity’s cost share. The DOT/PF RSA ($300,000) expired on Sept. 30, 2003. The used balance of the DOT/PF funds ($167,430) was returned to DOT/PF. Note: Due to an error in processing a grant reimbursement request submitted by the Bristol Bay Native Association, DCED’s ability to use a larger portion of the DOT/PF funding was lost. By the time the error was discovered, the DOT/PF RSA had been closed out. The portion of the funds that could not be charged to the DOT/PF RSA was assigned and charged against the funding provided by DCED ($120,000). The column titled, Granted to Regions, has been adjusted to account for the error.)

Summary of Grant Program Funding

Entity

Cost Share Granted to

Regions

Balance Denali Commission $600,000 $154,200 $145,800 USDA Rural Development 150,000 61,700 88,300 DCED (State GF Match) 120,000 92,000 28,000 DOT/PF (State) (Expired

9/30/03) 300,000 132,570 -0-

Sub-recipient Grantee (Local)

330,000 308,550 21,450

Total $1,500,550 $749,020 $283,550 Following is information on active IAID grants.(The information presented below is not a financial report. The information provided in the columns titled Expenditures and Balance is for information purposes only.)

Aleutians East Borough (AEB): Five of the six community profiles are going through final editing. The False Pass profile is under production. No expenditures were reported by the Grantee during this reporting period.:

• Funding Source Amount Expenditures Balance Denali Commission funds $44,200 1,783 42.417

USDA Funds 17,700 1,783 15,917 DOT/PF (State) 26,450 26,450 -0- Grantee’s Contribution 88,350 88,350 -0-

PROJECT BUDGET $176,700 $118,366 $58,334.

Lake and Peninsula Borough (LPB): Of the 9 profiles being prepared under Phase 1, 4 are completed and being printed, 2 are going through final edits, and 3 are going through final review. All 7 Phase 2 community profiles are under production. No expenditures were reported by the Grantee during this reporting period.

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Funding Source Amount Expenditures Balance

Denali Commission $70,000 31,786.11 38,213.89 USDA Rural Development 44,000 22,000.00 22,000.00 DOT/PF (State) 106,120 106,120.00 -0- Grantee’s Contribution 220,200 110,270.00 109,930

PROJECT BUDGET $440,320 270,176.11 $170,143.89

Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA): The contractor has completed first drafts for 2 of the 10 communities. Work is proceeding on the preparation of draft products for the remaining 8 communities. A Grantee’s progress and financial report that was supposed to be submitted for this quarter was submitted early and included in the Department’s previous quarterly report. No expenditures were reported by the Grantee during is reporting period.

• Funding Source Amount Expenditures Balance

Denali Commission $55,000 -0- 55,000 USDA Rural Development 20,000 -0- 20,000 DCED (State GF Match) 92,000 80,831 11,169 Grantee’s Contribution 167,000 55,670 111,330

PROJECT BUDGET $334,000 136,501 $197,499

Is the project on schedule? Is the project on budget? Yes. Although there were no additional expenditures reported by the Grantee’s during this quarter, work on draft and final products is progressing not reflect. Letters of agreement for projects in Southeast, the Bering Straits, and the Lower Kuskokwim area were prepared and signed. What actions are planned to address any project problems? Staff will continue to work with the DOT/PF on their commitment to provide additional funding in support of the IAID.

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APPENDIX 2 Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Mapping Projects that may support

CIAP Mapping Projects

Table of Contents

Lake and Peninsula Borough: Community Profile Mapping.............................................................................................. 22 Nome District Mapping and GIS Project............................................................................................................................ 23 Mapping Intertidal Habitats................................................................................................................................................ 24 ShoreZone Inventory of Afognak and Northern Kodiak Islands........................................................................................ 24 Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping (W. AK & Bristol Bay)....................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Anchorage Bowl Coastal Resource Atlas Project............................................................................................................... 28 Mat-Su Borough: GIS Mapping of Coastal Zone Watershed ............................................................................................. 29 Wrangell Resource and Community Mapping ................................................................................................................... 30 Kenai: Coastline Maps and Models.................................................................................................................................... 31 ACWA Database, Mapping & Integration ......................................................................................................................... 32

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Lake and Peninsula Borough: Community Profile Mapping Applicant Name: Lake and Peninsula Borough Project Contact: Marvin R. Smith Grant Award: $100,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 6 months Description and Purpose: This project involves the update of community profile maps for the cities and villages of The Lake and Peninsula Borough. The mapping will enhance the Borough's ability to enforce the existing Coastal Zone Management, Subdivision, Development Permit and Land and Resources Ordinances. The grant request is for phase one of a two-phase project. Phase one will include updating the community profile maps for the southern half of the borough. The product produced will be community profile mapping of cities and villages within the borough. The information will be used for future planning of the community and to avoid impacts to the coastal environment. Accomplishments to Date: Community profile mapping has been completed for the villages of Levelock, Egegik, Pilot Point, Ugashik, Port Heiden, Chignik Lake, Chignik Bay, Chignik Lagoon, and Perryville. The communities of Chignik Lagoon and Ugashik have provided the contractor with the final approval for those communities. The remaining villages are expected to complete their final review soon. The Lake and Peninsula Borough has commenced Phase II of the project and initial cad maps and aerial photography are complete.

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Nome District Mapping and GIS Project Applicant Name: City of Nome Project Contact: Randy Romenesko; Eileen Bechtol Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 4 months Description and Purpose: The Nome District Mapping and GIS Project will provide orthophoto maps of the Nome Coastal Management District and purchase an ArcView GIS system. The maps will facilitate implementation of the current coastal management plan. The project will also complement Nome's preparation of a comprehensive plan and a Flood Mitigation Plan. The District will use the maps and GIS system to complete land use planning in the coastal district; create base mapping for existing utility infrastructure, plan and design infrastructure; and provide information to the public regarding current and future land use. Accomplishments to Date: The City of Nome commenced work on this project by contracting a planner to oversee the project. Two scopes of work were prepared with the mapping firm, Aero Map, for the ortho photo project. The first scope of work is to map the city at 1”=200’ with 4 foot contours. The second scope of work was to map the city at 1”=100’ with 2 foot contours. The project area was flown, and maps are scheduled to be completed by February 15, 2004. CIAP funds will be used to purchase a GIS system. Input on the specifics of the GIS software will be sought from a consulting firm working on a related cadastral project for the City of Nome.

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Mapping Intertidal Habitats Applicant Name: Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Sport Fish

Division, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve Project Contact: Scott Pagau Grant Award: $90,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 10 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is to map the surface and subsurface plants and animals and of structures and other habitat alterations in the intertidal zone in the Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats area. The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve education staff will provide this information to the public through the media, local schools, local government, and local businesses. The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve will hold at least four regional workshops to bring the mapping technology to managers, planners, researchers, and local communities. Accomplishments to Date: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Kachemak Bay Research Reserve (KBRR) commenced this project by performing a bio-diversity survey of rocky intertidal shores in Kachemak Bay with the assistance of a team of six taxonomists. Additional support came from the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC). Surveys were conducted during the low tide period from June 27 to July 3. Quantitative surveys were conducted on low angle rocky benches, and rapid assessments were conducted on boulder and gravel beaches. All samples were identified and preserved. The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve’s website (www.kbayrr.org) provides updated information on project activities. Core samples were collected from Kachemak Bay mud flats during the low tide series of July 10-18. Samples were sent to a taxonomy lab in Washington State for identification. Mapping has been performed of salt marshes. Kelp forest maps for all of Kachemak Bay were delineated from a three-year time series of aerial photographs to better understand the temporal variability of kelp coverage and density. GIS vector coverages were produced and analyzed. In August a three-year survey was conducted of kelp forests and sub-tidal kelp habitat in Kachemak Bay. The data analyses were funded as part of this project. It was found that kelp habitat on the north shore of the bay is controlled by annual scale sediment transport processes. The size and density of kelp forests on the north shore is mostly a function of habitat change. Submitted Work Products: Copies of abstracts, High Resolution Mapping of intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Shores in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Shore Zone Inventory of Afognak and Northern Kodiak Islands Applicant Name: Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Project Contact: Susan Saupe Grant Award: $40,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 3 months Type of data collected: GIS data on coastal habitats of Afognak and

Northern Kodiak Islands

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Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand the ShoreZone mapping program in the Gulf of Alaska to include shorelines along Afognak and northern Kodiak Islands. Aerial Shore Zone surveys were conducted for these areas in 2002 funded by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. However, the mapping of the survey information was not planned or funded. This Coastal Impact Assistance Program grant to the Cook Inlet RCAC was to provide a GIS database on coastal habitats for these areas using the Alaska ShoreZone Mapping Protocols. Accomplishments to Date: The grantee, Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC), has subcontracted the work for this project to Dr. John Harper of Coastal and Ocean Resources, Inc. (CORI) to prepare the georeferenced coastal habitat data. The georeferenced aerial imagery access tool for Afognak and northern Kodiak Islands was completed at the end of September 2003. These aerial images have been posted to the ShoreZone aerial imagery web site and can be viewed at http://imf.geocortex.net/mapping/cori/launch.html or through links at Cook Inlet RCAC’s web site (www.circac.org) or CORI’s web site www.coastalandoceans.com. This imagery tool allows users to access the digital images collected during the ShoreZone surveys and provides a “virtual” flight along the coastlines of Afognak and Kodiak islands.

CIRCAC is coordinating this ShoreZone project with other related projects, as it is a subset of a larger ShoreZone mapping effort for the northern Gulf of Alaska. This CIAP project is a collaborative effort in that the EVOS Trustees funded a portion of the project (aerial surveys) and CIRCAC (through this CIAP grant) is overseeing the biophysical mapping. CIRCAC is currently developing public outreach tools for the ShoreZone mapping products and plans to and conduct community visits in February 2004.

In the next quarter, Cook Inlet RCAC contractors at CORI will continue with the biophysical mapping tasks associated with this project.

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Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping (Western AK & Bristol Bay) Applicant Name: Research Planning, Inc. Project Contact: Jacqueline Michel Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 15 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is the creation of Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) hardcopy atlases and digital databases for the Western Alaska and Bristol Bay sub-areas as defined by the Alaska Federal/State Unified Plan for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response. Project deliverables include two atlases at 1:250,000 scale covering the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta shoreline, the Bristol Bay shoreline, and a short section of the southern AK peninsula shoreline and information in various digital forms including GIS and PDF files. Accomplishments to Date: Research Planning, Inc. completed the mapping of the Western Alaska (Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta) portion of this project in May, with the submission of the final digital deliverables for the Western Alaska Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) atlases in their standard formats that include: PDFs of the hardcopy product, the digital data in four formats, and FGDC-compliant metadata. Digitization has been completed of the shoreline habitats for the Bristol Bay (Kuskokwim Delta to the Aleutians East Borough, northeast of Port Moller and part of the Southern Alaska Peninsula) atlas. All available data for the biological and human-use data has also been gathered. The digital data have been analyzed and formatted as needed. The hardcopy data are currently being compiled onto base maps and in tabular format, in preparation of data entry. Summaries in Adobe PDF format of the atlases are available at the following URLs: Western Alaska Coastal Sensitivity Atlas: http://www.researchplanning.com/services/envir/esi/WAKesi.pdf Bristol Bay Coastal Sensitivity Atlas: http://www.researchplanning.com/services/envir/esi/BristBayESI.pdfSubmitted Work Products: Western Alaska Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) atlases Draft ESI maps for Bristol Bay (Kuskokwim Delta to the Aleutians East Borough, northeast of Port Moller and part of the Southern Alaska Peninsula).

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Anchorage Bowl Coastal Resource Atlas Project Applicant Name: Municipality of Anchorage Project Contact: Charles Barnwell; Thede Tobish Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 7 months Description and Purpose: As part of its Coastal Management Plan update, the Municipality of Anchorage will implement a two-part project: 1. Mapping, in Geographic Information System (GIS) format, of the Anchorage Bowl's current land use, roads and utilities, slope, streams/waterbodies/tidal boundaries, soils, floodplains/wetlands, fish/wildlife habitats, seismic areas, and land cover. 2. The production of sensitivity index (critical habitat identification) using resource-modeling software. Project deliverables include a CD-ROM with GIS data in open formats and PDF files, and a set of hard-copy maps. Accomplishments to Date: A steering group was established for the project consisting of anticipated users of the coastal resource atlas. This group is serving in a guidance role regarding the content, design and final production of the atlas. In July, project members traveled to an environmental sensitivity resource index (ESRI) training in atlas production and distribution techniques as well as best management methods for the layers involved in the atlas. The Municipality of Anchorage prepared a Request for Proposals to obtain professional services to produce the coastal resource atlas and to assist the Municipality in other areas such as website design and development of a decision support system.

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Anchorage Bowl Coastal Resource Atlas Project Applicant Name: Municipality of Anchorage Project Contact: Charles Barnwell; Thede Tobish Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 7 months Description and Purpose: As part of its Coastal Management Plan update, the Municipality of Anchorage will implement a two-part project: 1. Mapping, in Geographic Information System (GIS) format, of the Anchorage Bowl's current land use, roads and utilities, slope, streams/waterbodies/tidal boundaries, soils, floodplains/wetlands, fish/wildlife habitats, seismic areas, and land cover. 2. The production of sensitivity index (critical habitat identification) using resource-modeling software. Project deliverables include a CD-ROM with GIS data in open formats and PDF files, and a set of hard-copy maps. Accomplishments to Date: A steering group was established for the project consisting of anticipated users of the coastal resource atlas. This group is serving in a guidance role regarding the content, design and final production of the atlas. In July, project members traveled to an environmental sensitivity resource index (ESRI) training in atlas production and distribution techniques as well as best management methods for the layers involved in the atlas. The Municipality of Anchorage prepared a Request for Proposals to obtain professional services to produce the coastal resource atlas and to assist the Municipality in other areas such as website design and development of a decision support system.

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Mat-Su Borough: GIS Mapping of Coastal Zone Watershed Applicant Name: Matanuska-Susitna Borough Project Contact: Mark Matson Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 16 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is to acquire and integrate ortho-rectified imagery and topography into the existing Matanuska-Susitna Borough Geographic Information System (GIS) in order to facilitate management of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) Coastal Management Zone, which includes about 10,000 square miles including the coastal zone and its watershed. Deliverables include Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and ortho-rectified imagery that is integrated with the existing borough GIS and tailored to the management needs of the MSB Coastal Management Program. Accomplishments to Date: The Matanuska-Susitna Borough signed a contract with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, for the development of a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) product of the MSB coastal zone watershed. The anticipated completion date for this product is February 27, 2004. Two scenes of the study area collected by QuickBird Satellite acquisition were used to develop the protocol for ground control points required by the project. A proposal from AeroMap U.S. that might provide the required control base on existing control is currently being reviewed.

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Wrangell Resource and Community Mapping Applicant Name: City of Wrangell Project Contact: Carol Rushmore Grant Award: $60,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 13 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is the development of a comprehensive GIS base mapping system encompassing coastal and wetland resource information and community resource data. Once completed, the maps will provide resource information such that the community will have a tool to assist in determining watershed protection needs across state, federal and local lands; and assessing cumulative impacts on the coastal resources from development. Accomplishments to Date: The City of Wrangell contracted Wilson Engineering to perform services for this project. Parcel and land ownership mapping based on previously scanned assessor maps has been created. Electronic subdivisions have been incorporated and City of Wrangell staff has proofed the ortho photos and paper maps for corrections. Utility mapping is nearly complete. Due to unforeseen technical equipment problems, an extension of three months for completion time (January 30) was requested and the work program was amended. Work still to be completed on this project includes: the completion of the ortho photo corrections merging of digitized recorded plats with the new project data proofing the utility information review of the electronic maps and overlays for corrections incorporation of additional project data from other government and private business

sources delivery and installation of the software

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Kenai: Coastline Maps and Models Applicant Name: Kenai Peninsula Borough Project Contact: Kevin Williamson Grant Award: $80,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 4 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop a coastline map from Anchor Point to Kachemak Bay using Digital Elevation Models (DEM) and Global Information Systems (GIS) technology. The goal of the project is to provide the scientific understanding and foundation needed to develop and implement technically sound and legally defensible coastal management strategies, land-use planning, resource allocations, and engineering solutions. The final product will be the integration of several forms of data into a single GIS and the development of three surfaces: lowstand surface, ravinement surface, and modem surface. Accomplishments to Date: The Kenai Peninsula Borough contracted TerraPoint, Inc. to perform a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) mission of the Kenai Peninsula Borough coastline, with the request that the mission be flown between leaf-on and off conditions (summer to fall transition). Weather conditions precluded the LiDAR flight scheduled for September 2003, so TerraPoint will return between April 15, 2004 and June 1, 2004 to fly the mission. In the meantime, project tasks include further literature review, public extension and continued geodatabase and software training for eventual data analysis and application. The grant closeout date, originally set for April 15, 2004, will be amended to a date later in the summer 2004. Submitted Work Products: The final DEM will be posted on the State of Alaska GIS clearinghouse at http://www.asgdc.state.ak.us.

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ACWA Database, Mapping & Integration Applicant Name: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation,

Air & Water Quality Division Project Contact: Jeff Hock Grant Award: $90,000 Project Status: Active Estimated time to Completion: 9 months Description and Purpose: The purpose of this project is the development of an ACWA (Alaska Clean Water Actions) relational database with mapping capabilities that will capture ACWA statewide priority ranking information relative to specific water resource management concerns. The ACWA database will hold ranking information and priorities for the protection and restoration of water quality, water quantity and habitat components of waterbodies, and will be designed to report these actions between agencies and the public, using web-based applications and mapping tools. Accomplishments to Date: The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) commenced this project in March 2003 with the initiation of an Information Technology Group (ITG) Task with Wostmann & Associates. Working with ADEC staff and using an existing beta-tested prototype, the contractor prepared a draft Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for the development of an information management system that will support the Alaska Clean Water Action (ACWA) plan. ACWA is a multi-agency initiative designed to improve the management of Alaska’s water and aquatic habitat. The SRS defines all the requirements for a web-enabled database system that supports the ACWA waterbody ranking and monitoring process. It defines the overall system architecture, technology platform requirements, logical data model, system interfaces, and user interface requirements in sufficient detail that implementation of the system may begin based on the information from this “blueprint.” The scope of the system includes an enterprise database that serves as a repository of waterbody ranking data and supports the transaction processing requirements of the user application. It also includes a collection of user and GIS interfaces and reports for interfacing with the database to perform ranking activities, retrieve summary data and perform system administration and maintenance. Additionally, the scope of the system includes system interfaces to two Oracle databases, including STORET (ambient water quality storage and retrieval database) and ADB (waterbody assessment database). The functional requirements of the system are outlined in the SRS, as follows: • Introduction • General System Description • Product Functions • Specific Requirements • Logical Database Requirements

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Appendix 3: Authority for Planning, Platting, and Land Use Regulation in Alaska All of the municipalities in Alaska fall into one of two categories. They are either general law or home rule. General law municipalities (1st and 2nd class cities and 1st and 2nd class boroughs) must comply with all the relevant provisions of the state statutes that govern municipalities. Most of these statutes are assembled together and are found in Alaska Statutes (AS) Title 29, commonly known as the Municipal Code. Home rule municipalities are cities and boroughs that have adopted a home rule charter. Alaska State law requires that home rule, first and second class boroughs, unified municipalities, and first class and home rule cities outside of boroughs provide planning, platting and land use regulation. All other classes of municipalities (second class cities) may, but are not required to, exercise these powers. If the second class city is within the unorganized borough, it has the option but not the duty to exercise planning, platting, and land use regulation within the boundaries of the city. The unorganized borough is not a municipal corporation. In other words, the State has no authority to mandate planning, platting and land use regulation in second class cities or in unincorporated communities in the unorganized borough. This means that second class cities in the unorganized borough have the option, not the duty, to address development in the floodplain. If the community is unincorporated, land use regulation is voluntary and there is no authority to implement any compliance with NFIP standards unless development activities are State or Federally funded. Governor’s Administrative Order 175 Floodplain and Erosion Management then applies and Federal Executive Order 11988

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Shaded areas represent land areas within a Borough.

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