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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA AGENDA ITEM TRANSMITTAL FORM 1. VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING: Meeting Date: Meeting Type: Regular Ordinance # : N/A July 8, 2010 Consent Agenda: Yes Resolution #: 19 -10 Originating Department: Community Development 2. AGENDA ITEM TITLE: (Wording form the SUBJECT line of your staff report) Approval and Adoption of the 2009 Revised Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan. 3. BUDGET / FINANCIAL IMPACT: Account #: N /A/ Amount of this item: N/A Current Budgeted Amount Available: Amount Remaining after item: N/A N/A Budget Transfer Required: No Appropriate Fund Balance: No 4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES: (This is a snap shot description of the agenda item) The Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update has been found compliant with federal standards, subject to formal community adoption the plan. Attached is Village of Tequesta Resolution 19 -10 approving and adopting the Plan. 5. APPROVALS Dept. H Finance Director: ❑ Reviewed for Financial }Sufficiency No Financial Impact Attorney: (for legal sufficiency) Yes ❑ No ❑ Village Manager: • SUBMIT FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: • APPROVE ITEM: ❑ • DENY ITEM: ❑ Form amended 08/26/08 Memorandum TO: MICHAEL R. COUZZO, VILLAGE MANAGER FROM: JAMES M. WEINAND, FIRE CHIEF /COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT: 2009 REVISED PALM BEACH COUNTY UNIFIED LOCAL MITIG TI STRATEGY PLAN APPROVAL AND ADOPTION DATE: JUNE 23, 2010 1 am requesting this item be placed on the July 8, 2010, Village Council Agenda for their consideration. The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) was formally adopted by the County, Tequesta, other municipalities, and the LMS Steering Committee in 1999. In 2004 and again in 2009 the plan and program were substantially modified to improve operational effectiveness and to comply with new federal guidelines established in response to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The purpose of the Palm Beach County LMS is to develop and execute an ongoing unified strategy for reducing the community's vulnerability to identified natural, technological and societal hazards. The strategy provides a rational, managed basis for considering and prioritizing hazard - specific mitigation options and for developing and executing sound, cost effective mitigation projects. The LMS also provides a basis for justifying the solicitation and use of local, state, federal and other monies to support hazard mitigation projects and initiatives. All outside agencies have completed their Federal and State review of the Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update for compliance with the federal hazard mitigation planning standards and have determined that the Plan is compliant with Federal and State standards, subject to formal community adoption by participating municipalities. In an effort to reduce costs and promote a "green" initiative the Plan is being provided to you on disc. The Countywide Plan is 524 pages long, two copies will be provided for public viewing at the meeting and an addition hard copy is being provided to the Village Clerk for her records. Attached is Resolution 19 -10 approving and adopting the 2009 Revised Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan. RESOLUTION NO. 19 -10 A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE 2009 REVISED PALM BEACH COUNTY UNIFIED LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, Palm Beach County is susceptible to a variety of natural and man- made disasters; and WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, was enacted to establish a national disaster hazard mitigation program to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from disasters, and to assist state, local and Indian tribal governments in implementing effective hazard mitigation measures to ensure the continuation of critical services and facilities after a natural disaster; and WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, as a condition for qualifying for and receiving future Federal mitigation assistance funding, requires such governments to have Federal Emergency Management Agency approved hazard mitigation plans in place that identify the natural hazards that could impact their jurisdictions, identify actions and activities to mitigate the effects of those hazards, and establish a coordinated process to implement plans; and WHEREAS, Palm Beach County's Local Mitigation Strategy, in coordination with governmental and non - governmental stakeholders having an interest in reducing the impact of natural disasters, and with input from the private sector and other members of the public, developed and revised the Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy; and WHEREAS, the 2009 revised Unified Local Mitigation Plan has been approved by the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency subject to adoption by the County Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the LMS Steering Committee recommends the formal adoption of the 2009 Revised Unified LMS Plan, including planned future enhancements described therein, by the County and all 38 participating municipalities. NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1 . The Village of Tequesta hereby approves and adopts the 2009 Revised Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan (attached hereto as Exhibit A) in its entirety, as revised by the LMS and approved by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Section 2 . The Village of Tequesta authorizes the appropriate Tequesta Officials to pursue available funding opportunities for implementation of proposed mitigation initiatives described in the Plan, and upon receipt of such funding or other necessary resources, seek to implement the actions in accordance with the mitigation strategies set out by the plan. Section 3 . The Village of Tequesta will continue to support and participate in the LMS planning and implementation process as required by FEMA, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and the Palm Beach County LMS Steering Committee. Section 4 . The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Florida directs the Village Clerk to transmit an original of the executed Resolution to the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, attention LMS Coordinator (712- 6481), for filing in the Office of the Clerk and Comptroller. RESOLVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2010. G 56' b ^k Yw e a � a, I Aw PALM BEACH COUNTY UNIFIED LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY 2009 � 0�2 a • ��0Rt9� TABLE of CONTENTS PART 2: PLAN SECTIONS Page 1.0 PURPOSE AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW ................................... ............................1 -1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................ ............................1 -1 1.2 PURPOSE .......................................................................... ............................1 -1 1.3 PROGRAM ORGANIZATION ............................................. ............................1 -1 1.3.1 ORIGINAL LMS STRUCTURE .................................. ............................1 -1 1.3.2 REVISED LMS STRUCTURE ................................... ............................1 -2 1.4 LMS PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS ........................... ............................1 -4 1.5 JURISDICTIONAL ADOPTION OF THE LMS ..................... ............................1 -5 1.6 NEW JURISDICTIONS /ENTITIES ...................................... ............................1 -6 2.0 GUIDING PRINCIPLES .............................................................. ............................2 -1 2.1 METHODOLOGY ................................................................ ............................2 -1 2.2 PROCESS ....................................................................... ............................... 2 -2 2.3 MITIGATION STRATEGIES ................................................ ............................2 -3 2.4 MITIGATION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .......................... ............................2 -3 2.4.1 GOALS .................................................................... ............................2 -3 2.4.2 OBJECTIVES .......................................................... ............................2 -4 2.4.3 BENEFITS ............................................................... ............................2 -4 3.0 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ........................... 3 -1 3.1 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION ............................................... ............................3 -1 3.1.1 NATURAL HAZARDS .............................................. ............................3 -2 3.1.1.1 FLOODING ............................................ ............................3 -3 3.1.1.2 HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM ......... ............................3 -8 3.1.1.3 TORNADO ............................................ ...........................3 -16 3.1.1.4 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM /LIGHTNING .......................3 -18 3.1.1.5 DROUGHT ............................................ ...........................3 -19 3.1.1.6 EXTREME TEMPERATURES ............... ...........................3 -22 3.1.1.7 AGRICULTURAL PEST AND DISEASE ........................... 3 -24 3.1.1.8 WILDFIRE /URBAN INTERFACE ZONE ...........................3 -25 3.1.1.9 MUCK FIRE ...................................... ............................... 3 -27 3.1.1.10 SOIL/BEACH EROSION ................... ............................... 3 -27 3.1.1.11 SEISMIC HAZARDS ............................. ...........................3 -29 3.1.1.12 GEOLOGIC HAZARDS ......................... ...........................3 -30 3.1.1.13 EPIDEMICS ...................................... ............................... 3 -30 3.1.2 TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS ............................... ...........................3 -34 3.1.2.1 DIKE FAILURE ..................................... ...........................3 -34 3.1.2.2 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENT ...........................3 -34 3.1.2.3 RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS .......... ............................... 3 -35 3.1.2.4 COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE ............. ...........................3 -36 3.1.2.5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE ............................ 3 -36 3.1.2.6 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ACCIDENTS ................... 3 -37 3.1.2.7 WELLFIELD CONTAMINATION ........... ...........................3 -38 3.1.2.8 POWER FAILURE ( OUTAGES) ............ ...........................3 -39 Page 1 TABLE of CONTENTS ( Continued) Page 3.1.3 SOCIETAL HAZARDS ............................................ ...........................3 -40 3.1.3.1 CIVIL DISTURBANCE ........................... ...........................3 -40 3.1.3.2 TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE ........ ............................... 3 -40 3.1.3.3 IMMIGRATION CRISIS ......................... ...........................3 -42 3.2 VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ...................................... ...........................3 -42 3.2.1 NATURAL HAZARDS ............................................. ...........................3 -43 3.2.1.1 HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS ......................3 -43 3.2.1.2 FLOODING ........................................... ...........................3 -45 3.2.1.3 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM /LIGHTNING .......................3 -46 3.2.1.4 WILDFIRE /URBAN INTERFACE ZONE ...........................3 -46 3.2.1.5 MUCK FIRE ...................................... ............................... 3 -47 3.2.1.6 TORNADO ............................................ ...........................3 -47 3.2.1.7 EXTREME TEMPERATURES ............... ...........................3 -47 3.2.1.8 COASTAL AND BEACH EROSION .. ............................... 3 -48 3.2.1.9 AGRICULTURAL PEST AND DISEASE ........................... 3 -48 3.2.1.10 DROUGHT ............................................ ...........................3 -48 3.2.1.11 EPIDEMIC ............................................. ...........................3 -48 3.2.1.12 SEISMIC HAZARDS ............................. ...........................3 -49 3.2.2 TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS ............................... ...........................3 -49 3.2.2.1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENT ........................... 3 -49 3.2.2.2 RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS .............. ...........................3 -50 3.2.2.3 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FAILURE ........................ 3 -51 3.2.2.4 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ACCIDENTS ................... 3 -51 3.2.2.5 WELLFIELD CONTAMINATION ........... ...........................3 -52 3.2.2.6 POWER FAILURE ................................ ...........................3 -52 3.2.3 SOCIETAL HAZARDS ............................................ ...........................3 -52 3.2.3.1 CIVIL DISTURBANCE ........................... ...........................3 -52 3.2.3.2 TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE ............ ...........................3 -52 3.2.3.3 IMMIGRATION CRISIS ......................... ...........................3 -52 3.2.4 VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL FACILITIES ......... ...........................3 -53 3A VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL FACILITIES ................... ...........................3A -1 3B COUNTYWIDE MITIGATION INITIATIVES ...................... ...........................3B -1 3.3 RISK ASSESSMENT ..................................................... ............................... 3 -53 4.0 INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF EXISTING HAZARD MANAGEMENT GOALS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, ORDINANCES, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES ........4 -1 4.1 GOVERNMENTAL ............................................................ ............................4 -1 4.1.1 FEDERAL .............................................................. ............................4 -1 4.1.2 STATE ................................................................... ............................4 -2 4 .1.3 REGIONAL ............................................................ ............................4 -3 4.1.3.1 TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ......4 -3 4.1.3.2 SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ........ 4 -4 4.1.4 LOCAL .................................................................. ............................4 -5 4.1.4.1 PALM BEACH COUNTY ........................... ............................4 -5 4.1.4.2 MUNICIPALITIES ..................................... ...........................4 -26 Page 2 • TABLE of CONTENTS (Continued) Page 4.1.5 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ......... ...........................4 -31 4.2 PRIVATE SECTOR BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS ..... ...........................4 -34 4.2.1 BACKGROUND .................................................... ...........................4 -34 4.2.2 ACCOMPLISHMENTS .......................................... ...........................4 -35 4.2.2.1 OBJECTIVE 1 .......................................... ...........................4 -35 4.2.2.2 OBJECTIVE 2 .......................................... ...........................4 -36 4.2.2.3 OBJECTIVE 3 .......................................... ...........................4 -37 4.2.2.4 OBJECTIVE 4 .......................................... ...........................4 -38 4.3 STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ....................4 -39 5.0 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY ......................... ............................5 -1 5.1 DEVELOPMENT AND RATIONALE .................................. ............................5 -1 5.1.1 COMMUNITY BENEFIT ......................................... ............................5 -3 5.1.1.1 COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM CREDIT ............................5 -3 5.1.1.2 PROJECT BENEFIT .............................. ............................... 5 -4 5.1.1.3 COMMUNITY EXPOSURE .................... ............................... 5 -4 5.1.1.4 COST EFFECTIVENESS .......................... ............................5 -5 5.1.2 COMMUNITY COMMITMENT ............................ ............................... 5 -7 5.1.2.1 CONTAINED WITHIN THE EXISTING GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................... ............................... 5 -7 5.1.2.2 CONTAINED WITHIN AN EXISTING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN OR OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENT.......................................... ............................... 5 -7 5.1.2.3 PUBLIC SUPPORT ................................... ............................5 -8 5.1.3 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION .............................. ............................5 -8 5.1.3.1 CONSISTENCY WITH EXISTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ....................................... ............................... 5 -8 5.1.3.2 FUNDING AVAILABILITY ......................... ............................5 -9 5.1.3.3 MATCHING FUNDS .................................. ............................5 -9 5.1.3.4 TIMEFRAME FOR ACCOMPLISHING OBJECTIVES......... 5 -10 5.2 TIE -BREAK PROCEDURE ............................................... ...........................5 -10 5.3 LMS EVALUATION PANEL .............................................. ...........................5 -11 5.3.1 ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING ............... ...........................5 -11 5.4 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION UPDATING PROCESS ...... ...........................5 -11 6.0 CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES ................................ ............................6 -1 6.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................. ............................6 -1 6.2 CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURE ......................... ............................6 -2 7.0 LMS REVISION PROCEDURE .................................................. ............................7 -1 7.1 REGULAR LMS UPDATE PROCEDURES ........................ ............................7 -2 7.2 DECLARED EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT ...................... ............................7 -4 Page 3 TABLE of CONTENTS (Continued) PART 3: APPENDICES Page APPENDIX A: RISK & VULNERABILITY ANALYSES DATA ......... ............................A -1 RELATIVE VULNERABILITY TO HAZARDS, BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT ......................................... ............................A -2 RELATIVE PROBABILITY TO HAZARDS, BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT ......................................... ............................A -4 DATA SOURCES USED FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HAZARD VULNERABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT ..................................... ............................A -6 RISK ASSESSMENT HAZARD EVALUATION FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY .............................. ...........................A -22 RISK ASSESSMENT BY HAZARD AND JURISDICTION ................A -28 IMPACT ANALYSIS .............................................. ...........................A -34 APPENDIX B: COUNTYWIDE MITIGATION INITIATIVES ............ ............................B -1 PALM BEACH COUNTY INITIATIVES ................... ............................B -2 JURISDICTIONAL INITIATIVES ............................ ............................B -5 INTER - GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ........ ...........................B -35 PRIVATE SECTOR COORDINATION .................. ...........................B -36 APPENDIX C: HAZARD & RISK ASSESSMENT MAPS ........... ............................... C -1 APPENDIX D: INCORPORATION INTO OTHER PLANNING MECHANISMS................................................... ............................... D -1 TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................................... ............................... D -2 PALM BEACH COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................... ............................... D -4 Page 4 TABLE of CONTENTS ( Continued) Page APPENDIX D: COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT (Continued) PLAN, HAZARD MITIGATION INVENTORY ...... ............................... D -7 EXISTING HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ........................................... ............................... D -10 CURRENT AND FUTURE LAND USES ........... ............................... D -12 APPENDIX E: PRIORITIZED PROJECT LISTS ............................ ............................E -1 APPENDIX F: POTENTIAL MITIGATION AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES........................................................ ............................... F -1 APPENDIX G: FUNDING AND DATA SOURCES ..................... ............................... G -1 APPENDIX H: PLAN ADOPTION .............................................. ............................... H -1 APPENDIX I: MEETING SUMMARIES ......................................... ............................I -1 APPENDIX J: REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES ..................... ............................... J -1 APPENDIX K: PLAN MAINTENANCE ........................................... ............................K -1 APPENDIX L: PROJECT SCORING EXAMPLES ...................... ............................... L -1 APPENDIX M: LMS COMMITTEE MEMBERS .......................... ............................... M -1 APPENDIX N: LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................ ............................... N -1 SPECIAL APPENDIX I EXPANDED HAZARDS LIST .......................... ............................... SAI -1 SPECIAL APPENDIX II THE HAZARD ENVIRONMENT ..................... ............................... SAII -1 SPECIAL APPENDIX III NFIP & CRS STATUS & ACTIVITIES ........... ............................... SAIII -1 SPECIAL APPENDIX IV MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAMS .......... ............................... SAIV -1 Page 5 TABLE of CONTENTS ( Continued) PART 4: HAZARD MAPS Page HAZARD MAPS • AGRICULTURAL PEST AREAS ..................................................... ............................... HM -1 • COUNTY - WIDE .... ........................................................................................................ HM-2 • COASTAL EROSION AREAS ............................................................. ...........................HM -3 • EVACUATION ZONES ................................................................... ............................... HM -4 • FLOOD PRONE AREAS ..................................................................... ...........................HM -5 • HERBERT HOOVER DIKE BREACH AREAS ..................................... ...........................HM -6 • HURRICANE WIND SPEED ............................................................... ...........................HM -7 • MUCK SOIL AREAS ........................................................................... ...........................HM -8 • RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD AREA ................................................... ............................... HM -9 • STORM SURGE AREAS .............................................................. ............................... HM -10 • TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ................................................... ............................... HM -11 • TSUNAMI THREAT AREA ............................................................ ............................... HM -12 • WELLFIELD PROTECTION ZONE AREAS .................................. ............................... HM -13 • WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AREAS .................................... ............................... HM -14 HAZARD MAPS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES • AGRICULTURAL PEST AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES . ............................... HMCF -1 • COUNTY -WIDE WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES .......................... ............................... HMCF -2 • COASTAL EROSION AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ..... ............................... HMCF -3 • FLOOD PRONE AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ............. ............................... HMCF -4 • HERBERT HOOVER DIKE BREACH AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES........... HMCF -5 Page 6 TABLE of CONTENTS ( Continued) Page • HURRICANE WIND SPEED WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ....... ............................... HMCF -6 • MUCK SOIL AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ................... ............................... HMCF -7 • RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD AREA WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES .............................. HMCF -8 • STORM SURGE AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ............ ............................... HMCF -9 • TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES .............................. HMCF -10 • TSUNAMI THREAT AREA WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ........ ............................... HMCF -11 • WELLFIELD PROTECTION ZONE AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ............. HMCF -12 • WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AREAS WITH CRITICAL FACILITIES ............... HMCF -13 • Page 7 SECTION 1: PURPOSE AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) was formally adopted by the county, municipalities, and the LMS Steering Committee in 1999. Initial development of the LMS was funded, in part, by the Florida Department of Community Affairs (FDCA) with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds earmarked for the development of comprehensive hazard mitigation planning. The LMS was established and continues to operate in accordance with prevailing federal, state and local guidelines and requirements. In 2004 the plan and program were substantially modified to improve operational effectiveness and to comply with new federal guidelines established in response to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. 1.2 PURPOSE The purpose of the Palm Beach County LMS is to develop and execute an ongoing unified strategy for reducing the community's vulnerability to identified natural, technological and societal hazards. The strategy provides a rational, managed basis for considering and prioritizing hazard - specific mitigation options and for developing and executing sound, cost - effective mitigation projects. The LMS also provides a basis for justifying the solicitation and use • of local, state, federal and other monies to support hazard mitigation projects and initiatives. 1.3 PROGRAM ORGANIZATION 1.3.1 Original LMS Structure The original LMS structure consisted of three levels; (1) the larger body of public agencies, non- profit organizations, private institutions, and members of the public at large interested in participation in LMS activities, (2) the Steering Committee, and (3) subcommittees. The Steering Committee, the policy and decision body of the LMS consisted exclusively of designated representatives from the county and the 37 municipal jurisdictions. Voting rights were restricted to one officially designated primary member and two alternates from each jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction had one vote on LMS matters and a quorum vote was required for Steering Committee approval. Written notice from the manager /mayor of the jurisdictional governing body to the Chair of the LMS Steering Committee or to the Director, Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management was required to designate new voting members. While jurisdictions could have multiple voting representatives present at any Local Mitigation Strategy meeting, each jurisdiction was limited to one vote. While voting on important LMS issues was restricted as described above, attendance and participation in general meetings was open to the community at large. An LMS Chair and Vice Chair were elected every other year; unlimited successive terms were permissible at the will of the Steering Committee. Page 1 -1 The LMS Chair was authorized to establish standing and ad hoc subcommittees as needed to further the goals and objectives of the LMS. Four subcommittees were established in the early stages of the LMS to assist with initial program and plan development. They included: The Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis Subcommittee, the Outreach and Education Subcommittee, and the Financial and Legal Issues Subcommittee. Over the course of program development, the Outreach and Education Subcommittee evolved and changed its name to the Community Rating System (CRS) Subcommittee to reflect its growing focus on CRS outreach and education and other CRS issues. The Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis Subcommittee and Financial and Legal Issues subcommittees gradually became inactive as the LMS matured, but were subject to reactivation if future needs warranted. A fifth subcommittee, the Update /Review Subcommittee, was created to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the LMS and recommend changes to ensure the LMS plan remained current, compliant, focused, and responsive to community interests and needs. An additional standing subcommittee, the Evaluation Panel was established specifically to review, score and prioritize LMS mitigation projects submitted by LMS steering committee members and other partner organizations in accordance with guidelines, procedures and criteria developed early in the program. Under the original project prioritization process, the Panel prepared and submitted Prioritized Project Lists (PPLs) to the Steering Committee for approval and adoption twice a year. With FEMA's issuance of new funding criteria based largely on benefit -cost justifications the role and skill requirements of the Evaluation Panel had to be reexamined. 1.3.2 Revised LMS Structure In July 2003, the Update /Review Subcommittee was reconstituted as an Administrative Subcommittee with the broader mission of providing guidance and assistance necessary to bring the plan and program into compliance with the new federal guidelines and criteria established in response to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations. This process is explained in Section 1.2.4. The group met numerous times over the course of an 18 month period to review FEMA's feedback, expectations and requirements, develop plans and strategies for the revision process, and monitor and review plan revisions. The group's charter was eventually expanded to include taking a critical look at the effectiveness of the overall LMS program. A number of important recommendations and actions emerged from this later responsibility. Among the Committee's observations were the following: • The LMS Steering Committee, composed of the County and 37 municipal members, was considered too large and unwieldy to serve as an effective policy and decision body • Although the county had many active mitigation programs and initiatives, too often they functioned as independent, uncoordinated activities • Greater attention needed to be given to ensuring mitigation projects were cost - effective and focused on threat - specific mitigation priorities and strategies • The LMS had failed to effectively tap the county's vast resources and expert-rich public and private sectors. • The LMS had not adequately explored and used non - traditional sources for potential mitigation funding assistance • Page 1 -2 • Many of the county's jurisdictions, particularly the smaller municipalities, lack the in- house technical resources, funds, and expertise necessary to effectively execute FEMA's mandated Benefit -Cost analyses • The plan revision process afforded an excellent opportunity to also reconsider and revamp the LMS program structure and operating philosophy, and • The increased competition for scarce mitigation assistance funds would undoubtedly place a premium on optimizing program efficiency and responsiveness In response to these and other considerations, in June 2004 the LMS voted unanimously to adopt and phase into implementation a number of significant program changes and enhancements proposed by the Administrative Subcommittee. Among the executed and /or planned actions are the following: LMS Steering Committee Effective July 2004, the LMS Steering Committee was reduced from thirty -seven members to fifteen members. comprised of: seven municipal representatives, two county /local government representatives, one state /federal government representative, one university /college representative, one healthcare industry representative, one non - profit representative, and two representatives from the private sector. The Steering Committee serves as the Local Mitigation Strategy program board of directors. As such, it is the primary decision and policy body for LMS sponsored mitigation activity. LMS Working Group The LMS Working Group is comprised of the full body of the LMS, representing a broad cross - section of public sector and private sector organizations and individuals, including the general public. The Working Group serves as an umbrella organization for coordinating all mitigation programs and activities, supplies the staffing and expertise for the standing and ad hoc committees of the LMS, and is the primary mechanism and forum for exchanging information and mobilizing the vast expertise and resources of the community. Standing Committees After submission of the 2004 plan several standing LMS committees were established for the purpose of facilitating, bolstering, and supporting LMS activities. These included: • Evaluation Panel designated to review, evaluate, score and rank mitigation projects applying established local, state and federal prioritization processes and criteria. • Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee comprised of flood mitigation engineers and experts from public and private sector organizations, is charged with assessing county -wide flood risks and vulnerabilities without regard to jurisdictional boundaries and recommending flood mitigation priorities, strategies, plans and projects for LMS consideration and action that optimally benefit to the greater community. • Flood Mitigation Committee — CRS Outreach Subcommittee comprised of representatives from the county's 26 CRS communities, who collaborate on a full range of Outreach Projects Strategy (OPS) initiatives and promote CRS participation • Page 1 -3 Ad Hoc Committees In addition, two ad hoc committees were formed: • Plan Integration Committee charged with monitoring the LMS plan for compliance and assisting with the linkage between the LMS and other local plans, and supporting plan updates and revisions. • Administrative Committee originally established to facilitate and assist the LMS plan revision process in response to the new federal guidelines evolving from DMA2000. The committee was also charged with serving as an interim decision body for the LMS until the Steering Committee was formally reorganized and functioning. 1.4 LMS PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS Since the Unified Local Mitigation Strategy is written directly from input from all meetings, it is important to make sure that the entire Palm Beach County community is represented. The following groups are invited to all Local Mitigation Strategy meetings. Each group has different participation requirements; however, all groups are strongly encouraged to participate in the planning process. Jurisdictions • Municipal and county participation are critical to the success of the LMS. In order to retain LMS voting rights, qualify for federal mitigation assistance consideration, and otherwise remain a member in good standing, the county and all municipal jurisdictions are expected to conform to the following standards: • Participation of the representative or officially designated alternate(s) in three (3) out of four (4) Steering Committee meetings where plan revisions will be addressed; • Consecutive absences will be cause for disqualification for the LMS, subject to appeal and review by the LMS Chair. All rights and privileges will be terminated during a period of disqualification and formal reapplication; • Participation in subcommittee meetings may be substituted for Steering Committee attendance in meeting the 3 out of 4 rule pending approval by the Chair; • Subject to pre- meeting and post- meeting roll calls, participation in special conference call meetings of the Steering Committee or subcommittees will be credited for purposes of participation; and • Have a dully executed resolution adopting the revised LMS plan on file with the county and the LMS. • In order for a jurisdiction to be eligible for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre - Disaster Mitigation (PDM) funding programs, they must have an executed resolution /interlocal agreement adopting the LMS on file with the LMS and have participated in the revision process. Appendix H includes the Page 1 -4 Board of County Commissioners agenda item summary, along with a copy of all executed adoption resolutions. Non - Governmental Organizations (NGO's) and other Governmental Entities In order to qualify for LMS grant sponsorship, NGO's and other governmental entities must: • Have an dully executed letter of commitment to the LMS on file with the county and LMS; and • In the judgment of the LMS Steering Committee, actively participate in and otherwise support LMS activities. The Public and Private Sector The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy believes broad community support, including ongoing public and private sector involvement, is very important to the success of the program. While participation by private organizations and the general public is strictly voluntary, their attendance, comments, contributions, and support are actively invited, sought, monitored and fully documented. In order to promote the opportunity for broad participation, at a minimum, notices and agendas for all general meetings of the LMS are posted through some combination of the following: newspaper ads or public service announcements; postings on county and municipal websites, • announcements on the county's TV station (Channel 20), postings in county and municipal newsletters and calendars, and blast faxes and e- mailings to all previous participants. 1.5 JURISDICTIONAL ADOPTION OF THE LMS Adoption of the LMS is subject to the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201.6(c)(5): The local hazard mitigation plan shall include documentation that the plan has been formally adopted by the governing body of the jurisdiction requesting approval of the plan (e.g., City Council, County Commissioner, Tribal Council). Requirement §201.6(c)(5): For multi jurisdictional plans, each jurisdiction requesting approval of the plan must document that it has been formally adopted. Requirement §201.6(a)(3): Multi- jurisdictional plans (e.g., watershed plans) may be accepted, as appropriate, as long as each jurisdiction has participated in the process ... Statewide plans will not be accepted as multi jurisdictional plans. All jurisdictions wishing to participate in and share in the benefits deriving from the LMS program must complete and file a fully executed resolution (see Appendix H) which conforms to the adoption standards jointly established and amended by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners and the LMS Steering Committee. Resolutions are kept on file by the Minutes Section of the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Page 1 -5 • 1.6 NEW JURISDICTIONS/ ENTITIES In the event municipal jurisdictions are added, deleted, or merged within the county, the LMS will appropriately adjust its member rolls as necessary and require any newly defined jurisdictions to provide documentation necessary for participation in the program. A new municipal jurisdiction (Loxahatchee Groves) was incorporated in November of 2006 a subsequently joined the LMS. • Page 1 -6 SECTION 2: GUIDING PRINCIPLES The LMS guiding principles are an expression of the community's vision of hazard mitigation and the mechanisms through which it is striving to achieve that vision. The principles address concerns of the community relative to natural, man -made, and environmental hazards. 2.1 METHODOLOGY In formulating the guiding principles for the LMS, several techniques were employed. One involved a review of appropriate plans, policy statements, laws, codes, and ordinances of each participating local jurisdiction. As part of this process, a survey was distributed to each local jurisdiction. The surveys provided information about the jurisdiction's development plans and regulations, and hazard mitigation projects they have implemented. With 37 local jurisdictions involved, defining a community -wide vision became far more complex than one local government defining its mission for local hazard mitigation. Therefore, a facilitated discussion with the Steering Committee was conducted. Using this approach, a comprehensive list of hazards of concern to the local governments was developed. From these defined hazards, the Working Group identified areas of concern. These areas of concern included: • Loss of life • Loss of property • Community sustainability • Health /medical needs • Sheltering • Adverse impacts to natural resources (e.g., beaches, water quality) • Damage to public infrastructure (e.g., roads, water systems, sewer systems, stormwater systems) • Economic disruption • Fiscal impact • Recurring damage • Redevelopment/reconstruction • Development practices /land use • Intergovernmental coordination • Public participation • Repetitive flood loss properties • Historical structures These concerns, along with information generated from the inventory of local planning documents and ordinances, led to the mitigation goals and objectives established in Section 2.3. Palm Beach County's Unified Mitigation Strategy is built upon comprehensive processes including multi - jurisdictional hazard identification, risk and impact analyses, program capability assessments, operational and disaster experience and cost - benefit analyses. These processes, and their results to date, are described in Section 3 of the LMS and in the Situation Section of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. These processes are applied on an ongoing basis and additions and changes are reflected in revisions to the LMS plan. Hazards most likely to affect each of the county's jurisdictions, the risks those hazards pose to each jurisdiction, the potential impacts of those hazards, jurisdictional capabilities to implement and support mitigation strategies, and cost - benefit analyses of mitigation strategies and projects are integral Page 2 -1 considerations in developing, prioritizing and implementing mitigation strategies and initiatives at the county and municipal level. 2.2 PROCESS The strategy used for the development and revision process of the Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan, consisted of the following tasks: 1. Public involvement to ensure a representative plan 2. Coordination with other agencies or organizations 3. Hazard area inventory 4. Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 5. Coordinated and Integrated Programs and Plans within LMS 6. Review and analysis of possible mitigation activities 7. Local adoption following a public hearing 8. Periodic review and update • This hazard mitigation plan contributes to the overall mitigation strategy outlined above and illustrated in Figure 2.1 Planning Process Diagram. The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy summarizes the activities to assess the effects of storm flooding, hurricanes, and all other hazards specific to our area and recommends mitigation activities. In following this strategy, all areas are addressed to reduce the amount of damage after a hazard occurs through mitigation efforts. Participation is encouraged by any individual, agency, organization and jurisdiction who would like to take part in the planning process defined in Section 1. All parties are encouraged to participate in the revision planning process occurring at "Steering Committee" meetings with suggestions, comments, involvement and feedback documented from all participants. To ensure all jurisdictions, organizations, and the public are represented throughout the entire revision of the planning process, each meeting will be operated in accordance to Robert's Rules of Order. These procedures are in place to meet the overall objective of the LMS which is to have a plan representative of the entire county and to be a true Unified Local Mitigation Strategy. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 set new requirements to be met in all mitigations plans across the country. The LMS Working Group decided the work would be completed by the Administrative sub - committee. The meetings were open to anyone who wished to participate. Direction to meet all new requirements were discussed by the Steering Committee. The direction was established through a series of sub - committee meetings. The sub - committee sent requests out to all communities to review and update charts, and to complete a narrative about mitigation initiatives within each community. In addition, all communities were asked to review new additions to the plan for comment and recommendation. However, the LMS Working Group, ultimately made the final decision. The public was invited to all LMS Working Group meetings to comment before any changes were finalized within the mitigation plan. Also a Page 2 -2 diagram below illustrates all the components that made up the new planning process for the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requirements. The original planning process documenting public involvement can be located in Section 4.2. 2.3 MITIGATION STRATEGIES Palm Beach County's unified LMS encompasses diverse mitigation strategies, including, but not limited to: hazard elimination, hazard reduction, hazard modification, control of hazard release, protective equipment, establishment of hazard warning /communication systems and procedures, redundancy of critical resources and capabilities, mutual aid agreements and public - private partnership initiatives, contract services and resources, construction and land -use standards, and training and education. 2.4 MITIGATION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES All mitigation goals and objectives must be consistent with the goals and objectives of the county and the individual jurisdictional comprehensive plans, codes and ordinances, as well as any other jurisdictional documents reflecting aspirations for the welfare, safety and quality of life of their citizens. In a county as large and diverse as Palm Beach County, no single list of mitigation goals is going to encompass every conceivable mitigation goal and objective. The overall objective is to reduce the vulnerabilities to hazards which directly affect Palm Beach County. In so doing, the following goals will serve provide guidance to the LMS: 2.4.1 Goals • Reduce the loss of life, property, and repetitive damage from the effects of natural, societal and technological hazards from all sources but especially hurricanes, tornadoes, major rainfall and other severe weather events • Achieve safe and fiscally sound, sustainable communities through thoughtful long - range planning of the natural and man -made environment • Take preventative actions to reduce the number of repetitive loss properties published annually by FEMA on the list of "Repetitive Loss Properties" • Qualify the county and jurisdictions for incremental improvements on the Community Rating System classification in relation to flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and to reduce flood hazards • Optimize the effective use of all available resources by establishing public /private partnerships, and encouraging intergovernmental coordination and cooperation • Promote awareness and preparedness through the distribution of information on hazards and measures to mitigate them Page 2 -3 • Increase the level of coordination of mitigation management concerns, plans and activities at the municipal, county, state and federal levels of government in relation to all hazards • Establish a program that facilitates orderly recovery and redevelopment, and minimizes economic disruption following a disaster • Ensure an enforceable commitment for the implementation of the local hazard mitigation strategy 2.4.2 Objectives The ultimate objectives of the LMS are to: • Improve the community's resistance to damage from known natural, man -made, and environmental hazards • Place Palm Beach County in a position to compete effectively and productively for pre and post- disaster mitigation funding assistance • Encourage strong jurisdictional, nongovernmental and public participation and support of LMS activities • Reduce the cost of disasters at all levels • • Facilitate community recovery when disasters occur • Minimize recurrence of damage by incorporating mitigation into post disaster rebuilding • Promote intelligent development 2.4.3 Benefits Adoption of this strategy will provide the following benefits to both County and municipal governmental entities: • Compliance with Administrative Rules 9G -6 and 9G -7, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), requirements for local comprehensive emergency management plans to identify problem areas and planning deficiencies relative to severe and repetitive weather phenomenon, and to identify pre and post- disaster strategies for rectifying identified programs • Universal points from the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) Program for developing a Floodplain Management Program, which may help further reduce flood insurance premium rates for property owners • Access to FEMA's Federal Mitigation Assistance grant program, which provides funding for pre- disaster mitigation projects and activities Page 2 -4 • • Compliance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 allowing Palm Beach County to compete competitively for grant money; • Identify and prioritize projects for funding under the State of Florida's Residential Construction Mitigation Program, to help reduce losses from repetitive flooding damage • Set forth the guiding principles with which both the County and municipal governmental entities of Palm Beach County will address the issue of all hazard mitigation (Section 2.0, Guiding Principles) • Identify the known hazards to which the county is exposed, discuss their range of impacts, and delineate the individual vulnerabilities of the various jurisdictions and population centers within the county (Section 3. 0, Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Analysis) • Review and evaluate the existing legal, regulatory, and response framework currently in place to deal with hazard mitigation (Section 4. 0, Inventory and Evaluation of Existing Hazard Management Goals, Policies, Procedures, Ordinances, Projects, and Activities) • Develop a detailed method by which Palm Beach County (municipalities and County government) can evaluate and prioritize proposed mitigation projects along with new federal requirements (Section 5.0, Project Prioritization Methodology) • • Develop a conflict resolution procedure by which municipalities and county governmental entities can resolve any differences that arise over prioritized mitigation projects or mitigation strategies (Section 6. 0, Conflict Resolution Procedures) • Develop the process and schedule by which this entire Unified Local Mitigation Strategy will be reviewed and updated (Section 7 .0, Review and Revision Procedures for the Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Strategy) • Ensures jurisdictional plans are consistent and supportive • Page 2 -5 • • 0 Figure 2.1 Planning Process Diagram Public Involvement Review & Outside Update Agency Plan Involvement Local Hazard Adoption Inventory Lens Planning Process Continue Risk & Public Vulnerability Involvement Assessment New Coordinated Mitigation Integrated Initiatives Programs & Plans Page 2 -6 SECTION 3: HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS This section represents an update of the 2004 hazard and vulnerability analysis. It addresses, in part, the following FEMA requirements: RISK ASSESSMENT: §201.6(c)(2): The plan shall include a risk assessment that provides the factual basis for activities proposed in the strategy to reduce losses from identified hazards. Local risk assessments must provide sufficient information to enable the jurisdiction to identify and prioritize appropriate mitigation actions to reduce losses from identified hazards. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(1): The risk assessment shall include a description of the type ... of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. Requirement §201 .6(c)(2)(i): The risk assessment shall include a description of the ... location and extent of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. The plan shall include information on previous occurrences of hazard events and on the probability of future hazard events. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment must also address National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insured structures that have been repetitively damaged floods. Requirement §201. 6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment shall include a description of the jurisdiction's vulnerability to the hazards described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section. This description shall include an overall summary of each hazard and its impact on the community. 3.1 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION Section 3.1 and Table 3.1 lists the general hazards to which Palm Beach County is vulnerable and indicates their projected impact potential across the entire spectrum of community exposure and services. Section 3.1, Hazard Identification, describes these hazards in detail and discusses county -wide exposures; Section 3.2, Vulnerability Assessment, discusses specific vulnerabilities faced by the individual governmental entities, County and City, forming the Palm Beach County community. Vulnerability, probability, and risk assessments for the county and municipal jurisdictions, and a county -wide impact analysis are contained in Appendix A. Section 3. 3, Risk Assessment, describes the elements considered in the risk assessment process. Hazard & Risk Assessment Maps, accompanying narratives, and potential loss values for the county and each jurisdiction are located in Appendix C. Disasters are classified by the magnitude of their effect. The recognized classification system is as follows: • Minor Disaster- Any disaster that is likely to be within the response capabilities of local government and results in only minimal need for state or federal assistance. • Major Disaster - Any disaster that will likely exceed local capabilities and require a broad range of state and federal assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be notified and potential federal assistance will be predominantly recovery- oriented. Page 3 -1 • Catastrophic Disaster - Any disaster that will require massive state and federal assistance, including immediate military involvement. The hazards identified in Table 3.1 and discussed in Section 3.1 are organized based on their maximum projected impact potential. This means that hazards capable of producing the maximum community -wide impact, such as hurricanes and floods, are discussed first. This does not mean other identified hazards are less important or less worthy of mitigation, it simply means that their potential to affect the total community is lower. 3.1.1 Natural Hazards Figure 3.1 summarizes property damage caused by the most significant natural hazards faced by Palm Beach County from 1950 to the present. Table 3.1 Identification and Projected Impact Potential for Hazards Projected Impact Potential `o E N O a w_ N N N N O_ c U N m s - ` N O O E N 0 w N N C N _ y O N O U N t 7 U t [.1 0 O O N f` cc 2 > > c n 9a�3o N E _ ° °w w of Dm ° N N D) y v ,p E N; o d c o E o>c wu 3 E Hazard Category v E m° 3 m c cv E° o `? 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Eastern Florida shows an annual dry cycle stretching from early November through mid -May. During this part of the year, monthly rainfall rarely exceeds 3.5 to 4.0 inches per month. The wet season, beginning in mid -May and running through late October, shows monthly rainfall levels in the area to be 6.0 to 8.5 inches. Heaviest rainfall usually occurs in June and September. In Palm Beach County, the eastern or coastal section of the county receives more rain than the western section. This rainfall pattern coupled with the hurricane season (June through November) makes Palm Beach County particularly vulnerable to flooding associated with late season tropical storms and hurricanes because they typically occur when the water table is high and the ground is saturated. More information is available through the Palm Beach County Flood Information website accessible at: www.pbcgov.com /pubsafety /eoc. Page 3 -3 Historical Flooding Events Flood of Fall 1947. This flood is generally considered to be the most severe flood recorded in southern Florida. Heavy rainfall, including the rains from two hurricanes, occurred over a period of five months. Many parts of Palm Beach County were flooded for months and there was extensive damage to dairy pastures and agriculture in general. Such a flooding event would be much more significant today because of the increase in land development. Flood of October 1953. As occurred in 1947, this flood was preceded by five months of heavier than normal rainfall which included a tropical storm in October. June through October rainfall was approximately 48 inches. Damage was heaviest in the beef cattle industry, with extensive losses of improved pasture land which required supplemental feeding of cattle. Vegetable growers and dairy farmers also suffered significant losses as a result of this flood. Rains of January 1957. On 21 January 1957, Palm Beach County received 9 to 21 inches of rainfall within a 24 -hour period. There was severe flooding in the vegetable garden areas of the county and much crop damage. Some fields had to be pumped out. Local crop damage was estimated at $1,000,000. Flood of June 1959. Heavy rains fell across most of central Florida from 17 June through the 21S t . These rains were associated with and followed a tropical depression, and caused extensive flooding in poorly drained, low -lying agricultural areas and some residential sections. Considerable pasture land and some citrus land in Palm Beach County were inundated. Some highways also sustained damage from these flood waters. • Rains of October 1966. On 22 October 1966, heavy rains ranging from eight to ten inches over a 24 -hour period destroyed approximately 4,300 acres of vegetable crops. Rains of March 1982. On 28 and 29 March 1982, Palm Beach County was subjected to a severe coastal storm with heavy rains and high winds. Lantana measured 16 inches of rain over a 24 -hour period. High seas sunk a Haitian freighter and a total of 11 people were drowned. The Great Thanksgiving Holiday East Coast Storm of 1984. A strong low pressure system developed east of Florida and coupled with a high pressure system to produce an extremely strong pressure gradient leading to gale force winds and high seas along the entire Florida east coast. Heavy rains fell over most of central Florida, and this surface runoff, coupled with the wind packing of seawater along the coast resulted in extensive coastal erosion and flooding. Many coastal structures were damaged or destroyed, including several in Palm Beach County. Flood of January 1989. On 21 and 22 January 1989, Palm Beach County experienced a gale with subtropical storm characteristics that caused extensive beach erosion and dropped four to six inches of rain across the county. This caused ponding of water in low -lying areas. Several homes and a motel were damaged. Road flooding caused several accidents. The Unnamed Storm of October 1995. Almost exactly one year after the Hurricane Gordon flooding incident in 1994, a stalled frontal system dropped over 15 inches of rain on Palm Beach County over a period of 39 hours. In the intervening year between these two events, some communities in Palm Beach County had conducted a number of mitigation projects and initiatives designed to improve drainage and prevent flooding in known flood prone areas. These mitigation projects and initiatives undoubtedly reduced the extent of flooding and flood Page 3 -4 related damages during the 1995 flooding event, nevertheless, the county did experience significant flooding again in 1995. Unnamed Storm of January 1999. On Saturday 2 January of 1999, a cold front stalled over the northern part of Palm Beach County. Warm, moist air from the Bahamas became intrained in this frontal system and produced a fairly localized, intense rain event in northern Palm Beach County. Initial reports indicated 31 inches of rain in a 12 -hour period. This later turned out to be an erroneous reading from the recording instrument involved; however, it is generally recognized that between 18 and 22 inches of rain fell in the northern third of the county over a 12 to 18 hour period. Flooding was even more extensive than in the 1995 event, but it is interesting to note that many areas where flooding mitigation projects had been implemented remained dry, or showed a minimum of damage compared to areas where planned mitigation had not yet been implemented. Hardest hit were the Riviera Beach and Lake Park jurisdictions with a total of over $6,000,000 damage between them. Flooding was extensive along Northlake Boulevard. Erosion caused the collapse of a portion of 1 -95 that was under construction. Table 3.2 shows the final damage assessment in Palm Beach County from this storm. Record Rainfall June - July 2002. On July 14, 2002 a record 37 consecutive days of rain came to a conclusion. The combined June - July rainfall total was six inches below the all time record. June rainfall was 20.16" (12.5% above normal). The county experienced five days of one inch or more rain. The water level in Lake Okeechobee rose to 13.57 feet. Because this rainy period was preceded by an extended dry period and rains were spread over several days, flooding was limited to street flooding. • Hurricane Frances September 4, 2004. A maximum storm -total rainfall amount of 13.56 inches was measured at West Palm Beach International Airport with 10.36 inches occurring in a 24- hour period. Unofficial storm -total rainfalls included 9.56 inches at Boynton Beach, 8 inches at Deerfield Beach and 7.18 inches at the Hillsboro Canal. Widespread storm -total amounts of three to five inches occurred in southeast and interior south Florida with southwest Florida averaging one to three inches. Rainfall flooding was mostly minor except for a few locations in Palm Beach County which had up to three feet of standing water. A section of 1 -95 in Palm Beach County was closed due to a large sinkhole. Within the confines of the Herbert Hoover Dike, water levels on Lake Okeechobee fluctuated up to five feet above and below normal. Hurricane Jeanne September 25, 2004. A SFWMD gage measured a maximum storm -total rainfall amount of 10.22 inches over the eastern portion of Lake Okeechobee. A SFWMD gage about four miles west of West Palm Beach International Airport measured 9.10 inches with 8.79 inches of that occurring in a 24 -hour period. At Moore Haven, 5.99 inches of rain was measured. Widespread storm -total amounts of one to four inches occurred in most of southeast and interior south Florida with Miami -Dade County and Collier County averaging one half to one inch. Mostly minor rainfall flooding was observed except locally in Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and in the farmlands of western Palm Beach County where it was more severe. Within the confines of the Herbert Hoover Dike, water levels on Lake Okeechobee fluctuated up to seven feet above and below normal causing severe flooding of some marinas. Flood of June 5, 2005. Eight inches of rain in three hours caused flooding in streets and businesses in Boca Raton and in Highland Beach. Cars were stalled and Federal Highway was closed for a nine -block section from NE 20 to NE 29 Street. Page 3 -5 Hurricane Wilma October 24, 2005. Rainfall amounts across South Florida generally ranged from two to four inches across southern sections of the peninsula to four to six inches across western Collier County and around Lake Okeechobee, with a maximum amount of 7.31 inches in Clewiston. There was scattered street flooding. Flood of December 14, 2006. A slow- moving low pressure trough caused very heavy rains and significant flooding over parts of Palm Beach County. West Palm Beach International Airport received a total of 8.21 inches of rain ending at 7 PM on the 15th. Other locations in Central and Southern Palm Beach County received between six and eight inches of rain. Northern Broward County received lesser amounts in the two to three inch range. Several streets and roads were closed in the city of West Palm Beach, with water reaching up to three feet deep in some areas. Hardest hit was the neighborhood of Pineapple Park. Many vehicles were stranded in the deep water, with local police receiving about 120 calls for assistance. No significant damage was reported to property despite water entering homes and businesses. Florida Power and Light reported 20,000 customers without power during the afternoon and early evening hours. Shelters were opened for people left homeless by the floods, but only five people arrived as of 8:30 PM. Flood of January 22, 2008. Intense rains affected Boynton Beach and the northwest section of Delray Beach during the late afternoon and evening hours of January 22nd. Maximum observed rainfall amounts were between four and si inches in Boynton Beach, although Doppler radar estimated as much as ten inches of rain fell in just over three hours. Numerous reports of flooding were reported. A trained spotter reported water getting into houses in the corridor west of Federal Highway and east of Congress Avenue between a Boynton Beach Boulevard and Woolbright Road. Water rose to as high as two feet along sections of Congress Avenue. Significant flooding was reported at the parking lot of Boynton Beach mall. The 1 -95 on -ramp at Gateway Boulevard was closed due to the water depth, as were sections of Boynton Beach Boulevard. Dozens of vehicles stalled and 40 traffic accidents were reported due to the rain and standing water. The combination of a mid and upper level trough moving east across South Florida and a developing warm frontal boundary provided the necessary atmospheric conditions for intense rains and flooding in the Boynton Beach area on January 22nd. March 22, 2008. Heavy rain across the Wellington area produced multiple reports of knee deep water in yards and across roadways. Heavy rain across central portions of Palm Beach County including the Wellington area produced flooded roads and water approaching a structure. May 24, 2008. Flooding reported at the intersection of Linton Boulevard and Congress Avenue making the intersection impassable. Flooding also reported along Nassau Street with water intruding into some homes. Flood waters were near two feet deep at some locations. A shortwave moved across South Florida during the afternoon hours allowing multiple severe thunderstorms to develop across southeast Florida. A total of 8,300 customers lost power due to the severe thunderstorms in the three - county area of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami -Dade counties. It is important to note that many of the areas that experienced flooding in both the 1994 and 1995 rainfall events were not in designated flood zones. For those areas where the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) did indicate a flooding hazard, these two events both exceeded the 100 -year storm levels and occurred back -to -back. The 1999 event was extremely localized, but rainfall exceeded all previous records in specific areas, and was beyond the design Page 3 -6 capacity of virtually all drainage systems in the county. Often when these types of intense rainfall events occur, streams and drainage ditches tend to reach peak flood flow concurrently with tidal water conditions associated with coastal storm surge. This greatly increases the probability of flooding in the low -lying areas of the coastal zone. Areas along the Intracoastal Waterway are particularly susceptible to flooding under these conditions. The most flood prone areas in the eastern portion of the county feature poorly drained soils, a high water table, and relatively flat terrain; all of which contribute to their flooding problems. Flat terrain and heavily wooded areas aggravate flood problems by preventing rapid drainage in some areas. Flood Water Sources and Frequency of Occurrence Sources of flood waters in Palm Beach County include: • The Atlantic Ocean; • The Intracoastal Waterway; • Lake Okeechobee; • The West Palm Beach Canal; • The Hillsboro Canal; • The North New River Canal; and • The Miami Canal. Major water retention areas include: • Corbett Wildlife Management Area; • Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge and WCA No. 2; and • The Rotenberger /Holey Land Area. Floodplains designated on the FIRM are based on the 1% annual flood chance or the 100 -year flood event. The 500 -year flood event with a 0.2 % annual chance of occurrence is used to designate other areas of the community, which may have some vulnerability to flooding. Additional flood information is addressed in Section 4.1.4.1. Table 3.2 Final damage assessment from the January 1999 storm.* Jurisdiction or Number of Residential and Public Total Jurisdiction Geographic Area Structures Business Loss Infrastructure Loss Damaged Loss Unincorporated Palm Beach County 94 $884,000 $119,655 $1,003,655 Lake Park 3 $2,008,200 $67,000 $2,075,200 Riviera Beach 201 $3,927,075 $38,000 $3,965,075 Palm Beach Gardens 136 $675,400 $13,000 $688,400 Page 3 -7 Number of Public Jurisdiction or Residential and Total Jurisdiction Geographic Area Structures Business Loss Infrastructure Loss Damaged Loss North Palm Beach 25 $40,000 B $40,000 North Jupiter 1 B B -- Northern Palm Beach B B $51,000 $51,000 Improvement District Total County Losses 460 $7,534,675 $288,655 $7,823,330 * Data from Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management. 3.1.1.2 Hurricane/Tropical Storm For many years, the risk of significant loss of life and property due to hurricanes seemed small. Many, if not the majority, of existing homes and businesses along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts were constructed during the 1970s and 1980s, a period of relatively inactive hurricane formation. Most of the people currently living and working in coastal areas have never experienced the impact of a major hurricane. Hurricanes that impacted Florida during the 1970s and 80s were infrequent and of relatively low intensity. Homeowners, business interests, and government officials grew to regard hurricane risk as manageable by private insurance • supplemented occasionally by federal disaster funding and subsidized flood insurance. The hurricane risk did not seem sufficient to warrant increased investment in mitigation. Two major hurricanes, Hugo in 1989 and Andrew in 1992, forced a reevaluation of this risk assessment. While experts sometimes disagree on the annual cost of hurricane damage, all sources agree that hurricane Andrew was the most costly hurricane event ever to affect the U.S. Insured losses from hurricane Andrew topped $17 billion and most sources agree that the total cost of hurricane Andrew exceeded $25 billion. Florida is the most vulnerable state in the nation to the impacts of hurricanes and tropical storms. South central Florida is particularly exposed to the dangers presented by hurricanes, due to its topography. The region is largely a flat, low lying plain. The potential for property damage and human casualties in Palm Beach County has been increased by the rapid growth of the county over the last few decades, particularly along the coastline. Population risk has also been exacerbated by some complacency due to the recent period of reduced hurricane frequency. Florida not only has the most people at risk from hurricanes, but it also has the most coastal property exposed to these storms. Over the fourteen year period between 1980 and 1993, Florida's population increased by 37% while the value of insured residential property rose from $178 billion in 1980 to $418 billion in 1993, an increase of 135 %. During this same time period, the insured value of commercial property rose from $155 billion to $453 billion, an increase of 192 %. Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties alone account for $370 billion in insured property (42% of Florida's total). Palm Beach County had 6 major hurricanes between 1900 and 1950. The peak winds reached 120 - 140mph. Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with winds that exceed 74 mph and blow counter - clockwise Page 3 -8 around their centers in the Northern Hemisphere. They are essentially heat pumping mechanisms that transfer the sun's heat energy from the tropical to the temperate and polar regions. Hurricanes are formed from thunderstorms that form over tropical oceans with surface temperatures warmer than 81 Fahrenheit (26.5° Celsius). The ambient heat in the sea's surface and moisture in the rising air column set up a low pressure center and convective conditions that allow formation of self sustaining circular wind patterns. Under the right conditions these winds may continue to intensify until they reach hurricane strength. This heat and moisture from the warm ocean water is the energy source of a hurricane. Hurricanes weaken rapidly when deprived of their energy source by traveling over land or entering cooler waters. Since 1886, 51 storms of hurricane intensity have passed within 125 miles of Palm Beach County. This represents an average of one hurricane every two years. The number of direct hits on the southeastern Florida coastline between 1899 and 1999 has been as follows: • Category 1 Storms: (winds 74 to 95 mph) = 4 storms (4 % annual probability); • Category 2 Storms: (winds 96 to 110 mph) = 10 storms (10% annual probability); • Category 3 Storms: ( winds 111 to 130 mph) = 7 storms ( 7% annual probability); • Category 4 Storms: (winds 131 to 155 mph) = 6 storms (6% annual probability); • Category 5 Storms: (> 155 mph) = 1 storm (1% annual probability). A storm surge is a large dome of water often 50 to 100 miles wide and rising anywhere from four to five feet in a Category 1 hurricane up to 20 feet in a Category 5 storm. The storm surge arrives ahead of the storm's actual landfall and the more intense the hurricane is, the sooner the • surge arrives. Water rise can be very rapid, posing a serious threat to those who have waited to evacuate flood prone areas. A storm surge is a wave that has outrun its generating source and become a long period swell. The surge is always highest in the right -front quadrant of the direction the hurricane is moving in. As the storm approaches shore the greatest storm surge will be to the north of the hurricane eye. Such a surge of high water topped by waves driven by hurricane force winds can be devastating to coastal regions. The stronger the hurricane and the shallower the offshore water, the higher the surge will be. In addition, if the storm surge arrives at the same time as the high tide, the water height will be even greater. The storm tide is the combination of the storm surge and the normal astronomical tide. Damage during hurricanes may also result from tornadoes and inland flooding and heavy rainfall that usually accompanies these storms. Hurricane Andrew, a relatively "dry" hurricane, dumped ten inches of rain on south Florida and left many buildings extensively water damaged. Rain water may seep into gaps in roof sheathing and saturate insulation and ceiling drywall, in some cases causing ceilings to collapse. Aside from direct property damage, the potential for crop damage and economic disruption from hurricanes and tropical storms is significant. Tropical Storm Mitch dropped as much as 10 inches of rain in some south Florida areas, which resulted in approximately $20 million in direct crop damage in Palm Beach County. The largest monetary loss, however, was sustained by the sugar cane mills in the western part of the county, where contracted part-time help and union workers must be paid whether or not the mills run. The six mills in Palm Beach County and the one in Hendry combined lost about $500,000 a day in wages. The mills remained down until the fields dried out. • Page 3 -9 Palm Beach County has 671 listed farm proprietors with approximately 8,000 employees and a total annual payroll of $13,894,000. The county has approximately 637,934 acres of farm land currently valued at $2,417,525. Historical Hurricane /Tropical Storm Events Hurricane of September 1903. This hurricane made landfall near West Palm Beach on 11 September 1903 and exited the state near Tampa Bay on the 12' Maximum recorded winds were only 78 mph, however 14 deaths were attributed to this storm and one ship was wrecked near Jupiter. Damages specific to Palm Beach County are not recorded. Hurricane of July 1926. A Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph made landfall near Jupiter on the morning of 27 July 1926. This hurricane circled inland along Florida's east coast and exited the state at the Florida /Georgia border on 28 July. By that time it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. Palm Beach County experienced high winds and flooding. Hurricane of September 1928. This hurricane made Florida landfall near the Town of Palm Beach as a strong Category 4 hurricane with one of the lowest barometric pressures ever recorded in this area (928.9 millibars /27.43 in). This was the 5th most intense hurricane ever to make landfall in U.S. territory. It reached Lake Okeechobee with very little diminished intensity and moved across the northern shoreline. This sent a massive storm surge southward flooding lower areas on the southern and western edge of the lake. In excess of, 2,500 people were killed during this storm's passage. Nearly all the loss of life was in the Okeechobee area and was caused by overflowing of the lake along its southwestern shore. While all of central Florida was affected by this killer storm, Palm Beach County mainly experienced wind damage and flooding from the associated rains. Hurricane of September 1933. This major, Category 3 hurricane passed over Jupiter Island with a barometric pressure of 947.5 millibars (27.98 in). Maximum winds recorded were 127 mph. There was considerable property damage all along the Florida east coast, mostly in the area between Jupiter and Fort Pierce. Severe waterfront damage was reported in Stuart. Minimal damage was reported from Palm Beach County, although there was some flooding in the lower areas of the county. Hurricane of August 1939. A weak hurricane made landfall near Fort Pierce on the morning of 11 August and crossed the state in a northwesterly direction exiting to the Gulf of Mexico near Crystal River on the 12' Minimal damage and flooding was experienced in Palm Beach County. Hurricane of June 1945. This hurricane entered Florida from the Gulf of Mexico making landfall near Cedar Key and moving east - northeast to exit the state near St. Augustine. Palm Beach County received heavy rains and high winds from this storm. Hurricane of August 1949. This Category 3 /Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida between Delray Beach and Palm Beach with winds of 130 mph and a barometric pressure of 954.0 millibars (28.17 in). As it moved inland, its center passed over the northern part of Lake Okeechobee, but the levees in that area held and no major flooding occurred. Damages were estimated at $45 million. Tides of 11.3 ft at Fort Pierce, 8.5 ft at Stuart, and 6.9 ft at Lake Worth were reported. Stuart sustained severe damages from this storm. Statewide, over 500 people lost their homes as a result of this storm. Page 3 -10 Hurricane Donna of September 1960. Hurricane Donna was the 6th most intense U.S. Hurricane at landfall. This storm crossed the Florida Keys into the Gulf of Mexico then turned back toward the northeast and struck the Florida mainland just south of Naples. It then turned north moved across Ft. Myers, where it turned again to the northeast, moved across the state, and exited Florida at just north of Daytona Beach. Rainfall ranged from five to ten inches in an 80 to 100 -mile wide belt following this storm's track. Lakes and streams overflowed their banks and forced the evacuation of many homes throughout central Florida. The high water closed many roads and inundated considerable agricultural land. At least 12 people were killed statewide and more than 1,794 were injured. Hurricane Cleo of August 1964. This small but destructive storm moved northward into Biscayne Bay on 27 August 1964. Palm Beach County received three to five inches of rain associated with this storm, mostly in the eastern portion of the county. Most sustained damage was associated with wind rather than flooding. Hurricane Agnes of June 1972. Hurricane Agnes moved through the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's west coast. While it never struck central Florida mainland, it spawned the worst severe weather outbreak in Florida history. The outer rain bands covered virtually the entire peninsula and spawned numerous tornadoes. There were six people killed and 40 injured in Okeechobee, one killed and seven injured in La Belle, 40 injured at Big Coppit Key, two injured at Bassinger, three injured in Haines City, four at Crystal Springs, 11 in Malabar, and 12 in Cape Canaveral. Most of those injured lived in manufactured housing. Damage estimates totaled $5 million to public property and $36 million to private property. Hurricane David of September 1979. Hurricane David moved over the Dominican Republic with winds of 165 mph, but weakened drastically before reaching Florida's east coast. David raked the eastern coastline of Florida from Palm Beach County northward. Officially classed as a minimal hurricane, its strongest winds were offshore when it officially made landfall approximately 20 miles south of Melbourne. Tides were three to five feet above normal along the eye track and one to two feet above normal elsewhere along the Florida's east coast. Light to moderate erosion was reported along the Palm Beach County coastline. Storm rainfall was quite variable from location to location. Totals generally ranged from six to nine inches, but some stations reported as much as 11 inches during the storm's passage. Tropical Storm Isidore of September 1984. Tropical Storm Isidore made landfall near West Palm Beach on 27 September 1984 and moved inland toward Orlando. Highest winds were 73 mph and rainfall was reported to be five to seven inches over a 24 -hour period. There was some flooding, but this occurred mostly in northern Florida. Tropical Storm Bob of June 1985. On 23 June 1985, Tropical Storm Bob moved across south Florida in a northeasterly direction from Fort Myers to just north of Palm Beach. Rainfall from this event did minor damage, mostly along Florida's west coast. Palm Beach County suffered moderate agricultural losses. Tropical Storm Gordon of October 1994. Following a similar track to hurricane Donna of 1960, tropical storm Gordon crossed the Florida Keys into the Gulf of Mexico then turned back to the northeast and struck the mainland Florida Peninsula near Fort Myers on 13 October. It moved across the state and exited Florida into the Atlantic just north of Vero Beach on 16 October. Although the maximum sustained winds reported from Gordon were only 53 mph, the storm caused eight deaths and 43 injuries. Page 3 -11 Palm Beach County had experienced a period of extensive growth during the 1970s and 1980s. Most of this growth took place in the form of residential and commercial land development in the eastern portion of the county close to the Intracostal Waterway and the beaches. The rain event associated with Tropical Storm Gordon in October of 1994 was the most significant rain event to occur after this period of development. Essentially, the county received 17+ inches of rain over a 3 -day period. Rainfall was not evenly disbursed over the whole county. Statewide damages associated with Gordon totaled over $400 million. Agricultural interests sustained $275 million in damages primarily from the widespread flooding. Vegetable and citrus crops were hit particularly hard. Exacerbating the flooding associated with Tropical Storm Gordon was the fact that prior to October, 1994 had been a very wet year for Palm Beach County. Rainfall recorded through September of that year had reached 74 inches before the Gordon event occurred. Altogether Palm Beach County received approximately 100 inches of rain in 1994, making that year the wettest year since 1913. Hurricane Erin of August 1995. Hurricane Erin made landfall near Sebastian Inlet on 2 August 1995. Brevard County bore the brunt of this storm with sustained winds of approximately 100 mph. While Palm Beach County was spared most of the damages associated with Erin's wind field, heavy rains of up to 8 inches in 3 hours were associated with the backside of this storm and flooding occurred in low -lying areas along the county's northern edge. Tropical Storm Mitch of October 1998. Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest storms in Atlantic history. By the time it reached Florida on 4 and 5 November 1998, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. Palm Beach County received minimal rains from this storm which passed to the north of the county. Extensive agricultural damage was reported throughout South Florida. Hurricane Irene of October 1999. Hurricane Irene weakened to Tropical Storm force winds by the time it tracked north through the Everglades, but it menaced South Florida and Palm Beach County with incessant rains and its sluggish pace. In the end it dropped 10 -20 inches of rain throughout the County, causing extensive flooding in some areas. By Friday evening (October 15) 125,000 homes in Palm Beach County were without power. Hurricane Frances of September 4, 2004. Hurricane Frances formed from a tropical depression in the deep tropical Atlantic on August 25 about 1400 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and reached hurricane strength on August 26. Frances became a Category 4 Hurricane on August 28 while about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Frances then moved generally west northwest and weakened to a Category 2 hurricane while crossing the northwest Bahamas. After stalling for about 12 hours on September 4 in the Florida Straits between Grand Bahama Island and the southeast Florida coast, the center of the nearly 70 -mile diameter eye crossed the Florida coast near Sewalls Point, at 1 A.M. EDT, September 5, 2004 with the southern eyewall affecting the extreme northeast portion of Palm Beach County. Frances moved farther inland just north of Lake Okeechobee and weakened to a tropical storm before crossing the entire Florida Peninsula and exiting into the Gulf of Mexico just north of Tampa late on September 5. It made a second landfall as a tropical storm in the eastern Florida Panhandle. Sustained tropical storm -force winds likely occurred in all six south Florida counties. Although no sustained hurricane -force winds were officially observed in any of the six south Florida counties, an NWS instrument on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee at Port Mayaca, just across the Palm Beach County border, measured a sustained wind of 85 mph. At West Palm Page 3 -12 Beach International Airport the highest sustained wind was 64 mph with a peak gust of 82 mph and the lowest observed barometric pressure was 972 mb. A South Florida Water Management District instrument measured a peak wind gust of 92 mph over the eastern portion of Lake Okeechobee. The estimated peak wind gust in the Palm Beach metro area was 91 mph at Jupiter Inlet with a peak wind gust of 87 mph measured by a C -MAN station at Lake Worth Pier. In Glades County near the western shore of Lake Okeechobee the highest measured sustained wind was 60 mph with a peak gust of 90 mph. In Clewiston, a sustained wind of 60 mph with a gust of 80 mph was estimated. A maximum storm -total rainfall amount of 13.56 inches was measured at Palm Beach International Airport with 10.36 inches of that occurring in a 24 -hour period. Unofficial storm -total rainfalls included 9.56 inches at Boynton Beach, eight inches at Deerfield Beach and 7.18 inches at Hillsboro Canal. Widespread storm -total amounts of three to five inches occurred in southeast and interior south Florida with southwest Florida averaging one to three inches. Rainfall flooding was mostly minor except for a few locations in Palm Beach County which had up to three feet of standing water. A section of I -95 in Palm Beach County was closed due to a large sinkhole. The maximum storm surge was estimated to have ranged from two to four feet along the northeast Palm Beach Coast to one to two feet along the northeast Broward Coast. Within the confines of the Herbert Hoover Dike, water levels on Lake Okeechobee fluctuated up to five feet above and below normal. Coastal beach erosion was moderate in Palm Beach and portions of Broward counties. There were no confirmed tornadoes. There were no known direct deaths, but at least nine people died in the aftermath. Six of these deaths occurred in Palm Beach County, mainly as the result of vehicle - related accidents or from drownings. An unknown number of injuries occurred. Property damage at the coast occurred mainly to marinas, piers, seawalls, bridges and docks, as well as to boats. Inland structure damage included 15,000 houses and 2,400 businesses in Palm Beach County. Wind damage to house roofs, mobile homes, trees, power lines, signs, screened enclosures and outbuildings occurred over much of southeast Florida including areas near Lake Okeechobee, but was greatest in Palm Beach County. A preliminary damage estimate for Frances in south Florida was $620 million, including $500 million in Palm Beach, $80 million in Broward, and $34 million in Miami -Dade. Crop damage in Palm Beach County was estimated at an additional $70 million to sugar cane and vegetables and additional heavy losses occurred to nurseries. Florida Power and Light reported power outages for 659,000 customers in Palm Beach, 590,000 in Broward, 423,000 in Miami -Dade, 39,200 in Collier, 2,500 in Hendry and 1,700 in Collier. An estimated 17,000 persons sought refuge in public shelters in Palm Beach County and nearly 7,000 in Broward County. Hurricane Jeanne of September 25, 2004. Just three weeks after Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Jeanne struck the same area of southeast Florida. Hurricane Jeanne formed from a tropical depression just east of the Leeward Islands on September 13. She moved across Puerto Rico and Hispaniola then turned north into the Atlantic and became a hurricane on September 20. Jeanne made a clockwise loop for three days in the Atlantic north of Hispaniola before moving west northwest. It strengthened to a Category 3 Hurricane while over the northwest Bahamas and then made landfall around 11 P.M., September 25 near the south end of Hutchinson Island, nearly coincident with the landfall point of Hurricane Frances just three weeks before. The 40- mile diameter eye was not quite as large as Frances, but the southern eyewall again affected northeast Palm Beach County. After landfall, Jeanne initially moved along a track similar to Frances, just north of Lake Okeechobee as it weakened to a tropical storm then turned to the northwest and moved over the northwest Florida Peninsula. Page 3 -13 Although slightly smaller and stronger then Hurricane Frances, winds and pressures over southeast Florida were remarkably similar to Frances. Unfortunately, the ASOS at Palm Beach International Airport stopped sending data during the height of the hurricane. Sustained tropical storm -force winds likely occurred over most of Palm Beach and northeast Glades counties and portions of Broward, Hendry and Collier counties. Although no sustained hurricane -force winds were officially observed in any of the six south Florida counties, portions of northern Palm Beach County mostly likely experienced them. A South Florida Water Management District ( SFWMD) instrument in the Martin County portion of Lake Okeechobee measured a 15- minute sustained wind of 79 mph with a peak gust of 105 mph. In metropolitan Palm Beach the highest official sustained wind speed was 60 mph with a peak gust of 94 mph from the C -MAN station at Lake Worth Pier. An unofficial peak wind gust of 125 mph was measured in West Palm Beach at the Solid Waste Treatment Plant. Near Clewiston the highest measured sustained wind was 31 mph with a peak wind gust of 72 mph from a SFWMD instrument. The lowest barometric pressure of 960.4 mb was measured at a SFWMD site in the Martin County portion of Lake Okeechobee. A SFWMD gage measured a maximum storm -total rainfall amount of 10.22 inches over the eastern portion of Lake Okeechobee. A SFWMD gage about four miles west of West Palm Beach International Airport measured 9.10 inches with 8.79 inches of that occurring in a 24 -hour period. At Moore Haven, 5.99 inches of rain was measured. Mostly minor rainfall flooding was observed except in Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and in the farmlands of western Palm Beach County where it was more severe. The estimated maximum storm surge ranged from two to four feet along the northeast Palm • Beach Coast to one to two feet along the northeast Broward Coast. Within the confines of the Herbert Hoover Dike, water levels on Lake Okeechobee fluctuated up to seven feet above and below normal causing severe flooding of some marinas. Beach erosion was moderate in Palm Beach. There were no confirmed tornadoes. There were no known direct deaths but four persons died in the aftermath. An unknown number of injuries occurred. Storm surge and winds at the coast caused damage to condos, marinas, piers, seawalls, bridges and docks, as well as to boats and a few coastal roadways. Inland wind damage to building roofs, mobile homes, trees, power lines, signs, and outbuildings occurred mainly over Palm Beach County and portions of eastern Glades and Hendry counties. Preliminary damage estimates for Jeanne in southeast Florida were $330 million, including $260 million in Palm Beach County, $50 million in Broward and $10 million in Miami -Dade. Agricultural Damage in Palm Beach County was estimated at $30 million. Florida Power and Light reported outages occurred to 591,300 customers in Palm Beach County, 165,900 in Broward, 25,100 in Miami -Dade, 5,200 in Collier, 3,000 in Hendry and 1,500 in Glades. An estimated 12,534 persons sought refuge in public shelters in Palm Beach County. Hurricane Wilma October 24, 2005. Wilma was a classic October hurricane which struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on October 24th, 2005. Wilma developed from a tropical depression near Jamaica, a typical source region for October tropical cyclones, on the afternoon of October 15, 2005. It became the 21st named storm of the season during the morning hours of October 17, 2005, which tied the record for the most named storms in one season originally set back in 1933. Wilma underwent a rapid intensification cycle which began on October 18th and ended in the early morning hours of October 19th, with a central pressure decrease of 88 mb in only 12 hours. The central pressure reached 882 mb., making Wilma the most intense hurricane ever in the Atlantic Basin. lower than Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988. Wilma went on to • make landfall on Cozumel Island just off the Yucatan Peninsula as a strong category 4 Page 3 -14 hurricane on Friday, October 21st, then drifted erratically over the Yucatan Peninsula through Saturday evening October 22nd. Wilma began to move off the northeast coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the night of the 22nd, then gradually accelerated northeast over the southern Gulf of Mexico toward South Florida as a strong mid and upper -level trough over the central United States moved south and forced a southwesterly steering flow. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 storm shortly before 7 AM Monday, October 24th on the southwest Florida coast between Everglades City and Cape Romano with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and an estimated minimum central pressure of 950 mb. Wilma exhibited a very large 55 to 65 mile -wide eye while crossing the state, and the eye covered large portions of South Florida, including the eastern two- thirds of Collier County, extreme northwestern Miami -Dade County, the southern and eastern third of Hendry County, most of Broward County, and all of Palm Beach County. The eye also clipped the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. The eye wall affected virtually all of South Florida. Around 10:30 AM, a South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) meteorological station located at the south end of Lake Okeechobee reported sustained winds of 103 mph. The highest recorded gusts were in the 100 -120 mph range. The winds on the back (south /west) side of the eye wall were as strong, if not stronger, than those on the front (north /east) side. This goes against the common, but sometimes erroneous, belief that the strongest winds in a hurricane are always in the right -front quadrant of the storm. This occurred over much of South Florida, except for central and southern Miami -Dade County which barely missed the southwestern portion of the eye wall, and likely contributed to the heavier damage across Broward and Palm Beach counties compared to slightly lesser damage across much of Miami -Dade and Collier counties. Wilma moved rapidly northeast across the state, with an average forward speed of 25 mph. Wilma exited the east coast over northeastern Palm Beach County near Palm Beach Gardens around 11 AM Monday October 24th as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of around 105 mph. It traversed the southern peninsula in about four hours. Rainfall amounts across South Florida generally ranged from two to four inches across southern sections of the peninsula to four to six inches across western Collier county and around Lake Okeechobee, with a maximum amount of 7.31 inches in Clewiston. Downtown Miami, and Northeast Miami. In Collier, Miami -Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, the winds killed a total of five people. Total damage estimates from all the effects ranged from $9 to $12 billion. Extensive damage to crops was reported, with an estimated $222 million in crop damage for Miami -Dade County alone. Damage was widespread, with large trees and power lines down virtually everywhere, causing over 3 million customers to lose power. Structural damage was heaviest in Broward and Palm Beach counties where roof damage and downed or split power poles were noted in some areas. High -rise buildings suffered considerable damage, mainly in the form of broken windows. This was observed mainly along the southeast metro areas. An F1 tornado caused snapped power poles, uprooted large trees, and significant damage to mobile homes. Small swaths of greater damage elsewhere in South Florida have not been attributed to tornadoes, but were instead likely caused by "mini- swirls ", small vortices within the eye wall. Tropical Storm Noel of October 30 -31, 2007. Tropical Storm Noel moved north from eastern Cuba across the western Bahamas Islands from October 30 through October 31. The interaction of Noel with a strong high pressure area located over the mid - Atlantic states produced strong winds over southeast Florida and the adjacent waters well before Noel made its closest passage to the area early on November 1. Damage was minor and mainly confined to a few downed power lines. Around 5,000 customers lost power in the three - county area of Palm • Beach, Broward and Miami -Dade. Rainfall amounts were light, ranging from a half -inch (0.5) to Page 3 -15 nearly two inches. A strong pressure gradient between high pressure over the Mid - Atlantic states and Tropical Storm Noel over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba caused a prolonged period of strong east winds over Southeast Florida and the adjacent waters. As Noel moved north across the western Bahamas, the strong winds continued across southeast Florida. The event caused severe beach erosion, coastal flooding, and minor wind damage. The event lasted into the first few days of November. Tropical Storm Fay of August 15-23, 2008. The center of Tropical Storm Fay moved across Key West early in the evening of August 18th and into the mainland of South Florida at Cape Romano shortly before 5 AM on the 19th. Minimum central pressure was 989 MB at landfall, but continued to decrease after landfall to 986 MB at Moore Haven on the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be around 60 MPH at landfall, however as the storm tracked across the western Everglades and Southwest Florida the radar presentation continued to organize and winds increased to around 65 MPH around Moore Haven. A maximum wind gust of 79 MPH was recorded on a South Florida Water Management gauge on Lake Okeechobee as the storm passed. Wind gusts of tropical storm force were felt area -wide, with sustained tropical storm force winds experienced over portions of mainland Monroe, Collier, Hendry and Glades counties as well as the immediate coastal sections of Miami -Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Wind damage was most significant in the areas affected by tropical storm force sustained winds, primarily around Lake Okeechobee and interior sections of southwest Florida, with only minor wind damage elsewhere. • The storm caused over $10 million in beach erosion along Palm Beach County's coastline. A maximum rainfall total of 16.17 inches was reported with this event at Moore Haven in Glades County. Flooding from these rains produced total damage estimates of $380,000, primarily in Glades and Hendry counties. Rainfall elsewhere ranged from three to six inches in southeast Florida, and six to eight inches in southwest Florida, with isolated amounts up to ten inches in coastal Palm Beach County. All the associated effects of Tropical Storm Fay in South Florida resulted in one fatality, four injured, and $3.949 million in property damage. Two tornadoes produced $1.25 million in damage, but caused no injuries or fatalities. The one fatality and three of the injuries were indirectly caused by Fay with a traffic accident in Palm Beach County. The direct injury occurred when a kite surfer on Fort Lauderdale Beach lost control during a squall and was slammed into a building along A1A. Fay caused tropical storm force winds, significant rainfall flooding in some areas and two confirmed tornadoes. 3.1.1.3 Tornado Florida ranks third in the United States in the number of tornado strikes, and the first in the number of tornadoes per square mile. The odds of a tornado striking any specific point in southeastern Florida are 0.04, or once per 250 years. Tornadoes are classified using the Fujita- Pearson scale as follows: F = Intensity P = Path Length W = Mean Width FO = Light Damage PO = less than 1 mile WO = less than 0.01 mile • F1 = Moderate Damage P1 = 1.0 to 3.1 miles W1 = 0.01 to 0.03 mile Page 3 -16 F2 = Considerable Damage P2 = 3.2 to 9.9 miles W2 = 0.04 to 0.09 mile F3 = Severe Damage P3 = 10.0 to 31.0 miles W3 = 0.10 to 0.31 mile F4 = Devastating Damage P4 = 32.0 to 99.0 miles W4 = 0.32 to 0.99 mile F5 = Catastrophic Damage P5 = 100 miles or greater W5 = 1.00 miles or wider A tornado is a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel- shaped cloud. It is generated by a thunderstorm (or sometimes as a result of a hurricane) and produced when cool air overrides a layer of warm air, forcing the warm air to rise rapidly. The damage from a tornado is a result of the high wind velocity and wind -blown debris. The most common type of tornado, the relatively weak and short-lived type, occurs in the warm season with June being the peak month. The strongest, most deadly tornadoes occur in the cool season, from December through April. Occasional wind - storms accompanied by tornadoes such as the winter storm of 1993 are also widespread and destructive. Of the 134 tornadoes seen in Palm Beach County between 1950 and 2002, 87 were classified as FO tornadoes (59 %), 38 (31%) were classified F1, eight (9 %) were classified as F2, and one (1 %) was classified as an F3 tornado. Between 1950 and 2008 there have been 277 reported tornadoes, 102 people injured and one death in Palm Beach County as a result of a tornado. The damage is estimated at over $150 million dollars since 1950. When a tornado threatens, only a short amount of time is available for life -or -death decisions. The National Weather Service (NWS) issues two types of alerts: • A Tornado Watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. • A Tornado Warning means that a tornado has actually been sighted. August 7, 2003 On August 7, 2003, there was a Tornado Watch issued by the NWS. Two tornadoes touched down later that evening in the northern part of Palm Beach County. Jupiter suffered damage to a shopping plaza. No injuries were reported. A second tornado touched down in unincorporated Palm Beach County in a mobile home park causing major damage in some areas. The tornado moved in the direction of east southeast toward Interstate 95. The tornado caused considerable damage to an industrial park located in unincorporated Palm Beach County /Riviera Beach. The tornado continued in the same direction damaging several neighborhoods in Riviera Beach. It continued through additional neighborhoods in Riviera Beach just north of Blue Heron Boulevard. The damage path was narrower until it lifted or dissipated near the intersection of Blue Heron Boulevard and Old Dixie Highway. From all of the evidence considered, including some damage that was very close to F2 damage, WFO Miami classified the unincorporated Palm Beach County- Riviera Beach tornado as F1 on the Fujita scale, meaning that winds were approximately 73 to 112 mph. The worst damage was apparently caused by winds near the upper end of that range. Miami National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) meteorologists determined that the main path of the tornado was approximately 1/6 mile (300 yards) wide at its widest point and about four miles long. There were no deaths, but 28 individuals suffered minor injuries. There were 33 dwellings destroyed and a total of 236 suffered damage. The damage has been estimated to be $70 to $80 million dollars. • Page 3 -17 August 2008 Wellington Tomado At about 1:30 AM on August 19, 2008 a tornado associated with a spiral band of strong thunderstorms rotating around the circulation of Tropical Storm Fay moved through the Village of Wellington. The tornado began near Polo Mark Middle School near the intersection of Lake Worth Road and Isles View Drive and ended just southwest of Wellington High School. The tornado had an approximate damage path of 2.75 miles from the southeast to the northwest and was around 100 yards wide at its widest point, but averaged 70 to 80 yards in width. The tornado moved through a number of equine farms and polo grounds as well as two subdivisions in Wellington. The most significant damage was to Palm Beach Equine Clinic, where stables were de- roofed, power poles snapped, and many trees fell in crisscrossing patterns. The Equine Veterinary lost more than 95 percent of its roof tiles; a heavy trailer was tossed about 40 yards from its previous location northwest of the International Polo Club; and an apartment home near Folkstone Circle lost about 70 percent of its roof tiles. There were no deaths or injuries to people or animals. 3.1.1.4 Severe Thunderstorm/Lightning A severe thunderstorm is defined as a thunderstorm containing one or more of the following phenomena: hail 3/4" or greater, winds gusting in excess of 57.5 mph, and /or a tornado. Severe weather can include lightning, tornadoes, damaging straight -line winds, and large hail. Most individual thunderstorms only last several minutes, however some can last several hours. Long -lived thunderstorms are called supercell thunderstorms. A supercell is a thunderstorm that has a persistent rotating updraft. This rotation maintains the energy release of the thunderstorm over a much longer time than typical, pulse -type thunderstorms which occur in the summer months. Supercell thunderstorms are responsible for producing the majority of severe weather, such as large hail and tornadoes (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Downbursts are also occasionally associated with severe thunderstorms. A downburst is a strong downdraft resulting in an outward burst of damaging winds on or near the ground. Downburst winds can produce damage similar to a strong tornado. Although usually associated with thunderstorms, downbursts can even occur with showers too weak to produce thunder (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Strong squall lines can also produce widespread severe weather, primarily very strong winds and /or microbursts. When a severe thunderstorm approaches, the National Weather Service will issue alerts. Two possible alerts are: • Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms. • Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe weather is imminent or occurring in the area. Thunderstorms are common in Palm Beach County, and area residents are quite familiar with them and the severe weather they can bring. In 1997, thunderstorms produced 103 tornadoes and other damaging winds and hail. These winds injured 121 people and caused over $38 million in damage throughout the state. Perhaps the most dangerous and costly effect of thunderstorms is lightning. As a thunderstorm grows, electrical charges build up within the cloud. Oppositely charged particles gather at the ground below. The attraction between positive and negative charges quickly grows strong Page 3 -18 • enough to overcome the air's resistance to electrical flow. Racing toward each other, they connect and complete the electrical circuit. Charges from the ground then surge upward at nearly one -third the speed of light and produce a bright flash of lightning (Cappella, 1997). On average, more people are killed by lightning than any other weather event. Florida leads in the nation in lightning related deaths and injuries (National Lightning Safety Institute). Florida also has the most strikes, about 12 strikes per square kilometer per year in some places (National Lightning Safety Institute). Nationwide, lightning related economic losses to over $5 billion dollars per year, and the airline industry alone loses approximately $2 billion a year in operating costs and passenger delays from lightning. From July of 1959 to August of 2003 there have been 25 deaths and 93 injuries as a result from lightning strikes. The peak months for lightning strikes are June, July, and August, but no month is safe from lightning danger. 3.1.1.5 Drought Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate, although many perceive it as a rare and random event. In fact, each year some part of the U.S. has severe or extreme drought. Although it has many definitions, drought originates from a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more (National Drought Mitigation Center, 1998) or a lack of water levels on the ground. It produces a complex web of impacts that spans many sectors of the economy and reaches well beyond the area producing physical drought. This complexity exists because water is essential to our ability to produce goods and provide services (National Drought Mitigation Center, 1998). A few examples of direct impacts of drought are: reduced crop, rangeland, and forest productivity; increased fire hazard; reduced water levels; increased livestock and wildlife mortality rates; and damage to wildlife and fish habitats. Social impacts include public safety; health issues; conflicts between water users; reduced quality of life; and inequities in the distribution of impacts and disaster relief. Income loss is another indicator used in assessing the impacts of drought; reduced income for farmers has a ripple effect throughout the region's economy (National Drought Mitigation Center, 1998). The impact is so diffuse that it is difficult to come up with financial estimates of damages. However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates $6 -8 billion in losses as the annual average. The worst drought in recent history occurred in 1987 -1989, and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reports the estimated cost as $40 billion (National Drought Mitigation Center, 1998). In Palm Beach County, the primary sources of water are Lake Okeechobee, watershed areas, and the county's wellfields. Normally, excess water from an interconnected series of lakes, rivers, canals, and marshes flows into Lake Okeechobee via the Kissimmee River. When this cycle is disrupted by periods of drought, one of the potentially most damaging effects is substantial crop loss in the western agriculture areas of the county. In addition to obvious losses in yields in both crop and livestock production, drought in Palm Beach County is associated with increases in insect infestations, plant disease, and wind erosion. The incidence of wild fires increases substantially during extended droughts, which in turn places both human and wildlife populations at higher levels of risk. The South Florida Water Management District and County staff manage the county's water resources. A county -wide, uniform, forceful, contingency plan is in place to effectively restrict 4 Page 3 -19 the use of water that complements the District's water management efforts during periods of critical water shortage. The driest year on record for Florida was 2000. The worst drought on record for Palm Beach County was from 2000 to 2001. From November 2000 until February 2001, Palm Beach County recorded its four driest months on record. An illustration of this dry period occurred after Irene in 1999, when Lake Okeechobee was recorded to be at 18 feet. By May of 2001 it had dropped to nine feet. Lake Okeechobee's average is about 13 feet. Palm Beach County averages between 50 -60 inches of rain a year. In the year 2000, there was less than 40 inches of rain. However, records illustrate rainfall often varies 20 inches above or below the annual average. This leads to the potential drought conditions. Significant droughts since 1970 to impact Palm Beach County include: 1970 -1971 Drought. Lake Okeechobee reached a minimum stage of 10.29 feet NGVD on June 7, 1971. A rainfall deficit of 43 percent was reported as average for Lake Okeechobee and the Northern, Central, and Southern Everglades for the eight -month period from October 1970 to May 1971. 1973 — 1974 Drought. The 1973 -1974 drought was comparable to the 1971 -1972 drought. The rainfall deficit during this period was 47 percent. The minimum lake stage of 10.98 feet NGVD was reached on May 31, 1974. 1980 — 1982 Drought. The 1980 -1982 drought was one of the most severe droughts ever in South Florida. A more than 20 -inch rainfall deficit over two years resulted in the decline of the Lake Okeechobee stage from 17.46 feet NGVD on January 1, 1980 to 9.79 feet NGVD on July 31, 1981. The 7.7 -foot drop in water level was attributed to a decrease in rainfall and increases in evaporation and water use. The drought for the Lower East Coast and Water Conservation Areas was relieved in 1981 by Tropical Storm Dennis. 1985 Drought. The 1984 wet season and the 1984 -1985 dry season had rainfall deficiencies that resulted in the 1985 drought. The upper Kissimmee, lower Kissimmee, and Lake Okeechobee rain areas had an average deficit of 14 inches. The Lake Okeechobee water level declined from 15.14 feet NGVD to 11.82 feet NGVD between January 1, 1985 and June 12, 1985. The South Florida Water Management District had to initiate back pumping to increase water supply. A water shortage plan was also implemented. 1988 — 1989 Drought. South Florida experienced a severe drought from September 1988 to August 1989, during which there was a 21 -inch rainfall deficit in the Everglades Agricultural Area and the Lower East Coast. The Lake Okeechobee water level declined from 15.95 feet NGVD on September 1, 1988 to 11.06 feet NGVD on August 8, 1989. During the same period a record storage depletion was reported for Lake Okeechobee and the Water Conservation Area . 1990 Drought. The 1990 drought was a continuation of the 1988 -1989 drought. From June 1989 through May 1990, a nine inch rainfall deficit occurred District -wide and was most severe in Everglades National Park. Lake Okeechobee supply -side management and water restrictions were implemented to conserve lake water. The Lake Okeechobee water level declined from 12.25 feet NGVD on January 1, 1990 to 10.47 feet NGVD on June 21, 1990. 2000 -2001 Drought. A new low water level record of 8.97 feet NGVD was set for Lake Page 3 -20 • Okeechobee on May 24, 2001 during the 2000 -2001 drought in South Florida. 2007 Drought. A severe drought affected the region from late 2006 through 2007. This drought followed back -to -back years of unprecedented hurricane activity and higher- than - normal rainfall. On July 2, 2007 water levels in Lake Okeechobee reached an all -time record low of 8.82 feet, eclipsing the mark of 8.97 feet set during the 2001 drought. Rainfall directly over the lake was low enough to qualify the 2007 drought as a 1 -in- 100 -year event. Just north of the lake, along the tributary Kissimmee River and Upper Chain of Lakes, low rainfall produced a 1 -in -50 -year drought. Only 40 inches of rain fell on the region in an 18 month period, about one -half the average. More than 200 days passed without water flowing from the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee. A combination of voluntary and mandatory water use restrictions were enacted by the SFWMD in early 2007. Drought conditions diminished somewhat on the coasts during the wet season, however, water supplies in the center of the region (Kissimmee Valley and Lake Okeechobee) continued to decline. Widespread drought conditions continued into late 2007, particularly in the Lake Okeechobee watershed, evidenced by record -low water levels and dry water control structures in the vicinity of the lake. A combination of a wetter than expected February, March and early April 2008 and a wetter than normal summer finally interrupted the extended drought. Punctuating this increased rainfall was the passage of Tropical Storm Fay on August 18 and 19. Fay was a very wet tropical storm, which brought a general average of 7 to 10 inches of rain into southern Palm Beach County, • including Lake Okeechobee and surrounding areas. Isolated amounts near the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee were in the 12 to 15 inch range, with Moore Haven recording a two -day total of 16.17 inches. Despite this relief, water use restrictions have continued into 2009 and likely beyond in order to balance longer -term regional water availability and supply needs. As of this writing, the region was still experiencing moderate drought conditions. The 2007 Drought was different. Typically, when one part of the regional system is experiencing drought conditions, backup water supplies are available through operation of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project. Before the 2007 drought, the SFWMD had never experienced a situation where all three major water storage areas of the system — the Upper Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Lake Okeechobee, and the Water Conservation Areas — simultaneously had substantially below normal water levels approaching record lows. Lakes in the Upper Kissimmee area were below their regulation schedule and not available as a source of water to Lake Okeechobee. Lake Okeechobee was anticipated to reach a new record and not be available to send backup water supplies to the Lower East Coast. At the same time the Water Conservation Areas were nearing their minimum regulation schedule, below which no water could be withdrawn. Without a schedule deviation authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the District is not able to withdraw water from these areas to recharge the coastal canals. The period from November 2005 to March 2007 ranked as the third driest period in recorded history. The Governing Board of the District imposed mandatory water shortage restrictions in areas around Lake Okeechobee in November 2006 and in Southeast Florida in March 2007. Nevertheless, drought conditions intensified substantially. Compounding the lack of rainfall there were consistently windy conditions, low humidity, and lack of cloud cover contributing to above average evapotranspiration rates. Page 3 -21 3.1.1.6 Extreme Temperatures Freezing Temperatures According to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a moderate freeze may be expected every one to two years. Severe freezes may be expected on an average of once every 15 to 20 years. Freezes pose a major hazard to the agriculture industry in Palm Beach County on a recurring basis, and are a significant threat to the economic vitality of the state's vital agriculture industry. Palm Beach County has experienced seven significant freezes between 1970 and the present. Florida has experienced a number of severe or disastrous freezes, when the majority of the winter crops are lost. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the state is 12 °F (National Climatic Data Center). Since December 1889, there have been at least 22 recorded severe freezes; the most recent being in 1996, when a Presidential Disaster Declaration was issued for crop losses exceeding $90 billion. During this event, there was an extensive loss of citrus trees and the majority were not replanted. On rare occasions, the winter of 2000 -2001 for example, there were over 20 nights between November and March where temperatures or wind chill readings fell below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Freezing conditions primarily affect agriculture and homeless indigents in Palm Beach County. When conditions are predicted to fall below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, shelters are opened. Recent significant freezes include: The 1977 Freeze. Climaxing one of the coldest winters ever recorded in the eastern United States, a severe cold outbreak of arctic air swept into Florida January 18 through 21, 1977. Snow was reported as far south as Homestead and a severe freeze affected all of the State's citrus and vegetable crops. In South Florida agricultural areas, the freeze was one of the most severe of this century. Temperatures were below freezing for 10 to 14 hours, and 28 degrees or colder for four to eight hours. An unusually heavy frost accompanied these freezing temperatures and extended to the coast. West Palm Beach recorded an all -time low of 27 degrees. Some farmers in the area reported temperatures near 20 degrees. A U. S. Department of Agriculture report indicated the following crop loss statewide: Citrus 35 %, vegetables 95 -100 %, commercial flowers 50 -75 %, permanent pasture land 50 %, sugar cane 40 %. It is estimated the 1977 freeze cost the Florida economy $2 billion (1977 dollars). The 2009 Freeze. At this writing, agricultural damages from a January 2009 freeze are being assessed. Seventy million citrus trees and tens of thousands of acres of fresh fruits and vegetables were in regions where temperatures remained below 30 degrees for several hours for two consecutive days. In the Glades area freezing temperatures lasted as long as 12 hours. Early estimates were that the bean crop was destroyed and as much as 85% of the corn crop could be lost. Sugar cane also took a hit, but damage will not be known until harvest time. This event promises to be the most destructive since the 1989 freeze. Tens of millions of dollars, if not hundreds of millions of dollars, in losses are possible. A second freeze occurred two weeks later causing some additional crop damage, but was not as severe. Page 3 -22 Extreme Heat Temperatures that remain ten degrees or more above the average high temperature for a region and last for several weeks are defined as extreme heat (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1996). Humid conditions, which add to the discomfort of high temperatures, occur when an area of high atmospheric pressure traps hazy, damp air near the ground. The highest temperature ever recorded in the state was on June 29, 1931 at 103 degrees in Monticello at an elevation of 207 ft. (National Climatic Data Center, 1996). In a normal year, approximately 175 Americans die from extreme heat. However, in 1995 the national death toll was 1,021 (National Weather Service, 1997). Human bodies dissipate heat in one of three ways: by varying the rate and depth of blood circulation; by losing water through the skin and sweat glands; and by panting. As the blood is heated to above 98.6 degrees, the heart begins to pump more blood, blood vessels dilate to accommodate the increased flow, and the bundles of tiny capillaries penetrating through the upper layers of skin are put into operation. The body's blood is circulated closer to the surface, and excess heat is released into the cooler atmosphere. Water diffuses through the skin as perspiration. The skin handles about 90% of the body's heat dissipating function. Heat disorders generally have to do with a reduction or collapse of the body's ability to cool itself by circulatory changes and sweating, or a chemical (salt) imbalance caused by too much sweating. When the body cannot cool itself, or when it cannot compensate for fluids and salt lost through perspiration, the temperature of the body's inner core begins to rise and heat - related illness may develop. Studies indicate that, other factors being equal, the severity of heat disorders tend to increase with age. Heat cramps in a 17- year -old may be heat exhaustion in someone 40, and heat stroke in a person over 60. When the temperature gets extremely high, the NWS has increased its efforts to alert the general public as well as the appropriate authorities by issuing Special Weather Statements. Residents should heed these warnings to prevent heat related medical complications. As a result of the latest research findings, the NWS has devised the "Heat Index" (HI). The HI, given in degrees Fahrenheit, is an accurate measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is added to the actual air temperature. The NWS will initiate alert procedures when the HI is expected to exceed 105 °F for at least two consecutive days. Possible heat disorders related to the corresponding HI are listed below. Heat Index of 130 or Higher Heatstroke /Sunstroke; exposure for people in higher risk groups Heat Index of 105 -130 Sunstroke, heat cramps, and heat exhaustion likely and heatstroke possible with prolonged physical activity Heat Index of 90 -105 Sunstroke, heat cramps with prolonged exposure Heat Index of 80 -90 Fatigue possible with prolonged exposure and physical activity • Page 3 -23 This chart represents the averages and potential extreme temperatures of south Florida. South FL Monthly Averages an Feb Mar Aor Mav jun Jul Aug SeQ Oct Nov Dec Avg Temp 65 66 70 73 78 81 82 83 82 78 72 67 87 0 90 0 94 0 99 0 96 0 98 0 99 0 98 0 96 0 95 0 91 0 88 0 Record High '91 '49 '77 '71 '71 '98 '83 '63 '51 '59 '92 '89 27 0 32 0 30 0 43 0 51 0 61 0 68 0 66 0 67 0 46 0 36 0 28 0 Record Low '77 '89 '80 '87 '92 '84 '75 '50 '83 '68 '50 '89 Avg Rain 2.8" 2.7" 3.7" 2.9" 6.1" 8.1" 6.1" 6.0" 8.5" 6.6" 4.7" 2.5" 3.1.1.7 Agricultural Pest and Disease Florida is among the top three agriculture - producing states in the nation. Agriculture generates farm cash receipts of nearly $6 billion annually, of which citrus and vegetable crops contribute more than 40 percent. The industry is susceptible to many hazards including freezes, droughts, and exotic pests or diseases. Agricultural crops are grown throughout the state and every region is vulnerable to the effects of an exotic pest or disease infestation. As a result, Florida uses the second highest volume of pesticides in the nation. Agriculture and citrus production play a key role in the Palm Beach County economy; 54% of the county is farmland. The main threats to the Palm Beach County agriculture industry are Citrus Canker, Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV), the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly), and sugarcane pests. Citrus Canker Citrus Canker was found in Palm Beach County in numerous locations in 2002. The Florida Department of Agriculture reported cases of orange and grapefruit trees infected in the southern and northern parts of the county. Citrus Canker is a bacterial disease that causes premature leaf and fruit drop. It affects all types of citrus, including oranges, sour oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, and limes. Symptoms found on leaves and fruit are brown, raised lesions surrounded by an oily, water - soaked area and a yellow ring or halo (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). There is no known chemical compound that will destroy the Citrus Canker bacteria. In order to eradicate the disease, infected trees must be cut down and disposed of properly. In 2002, legal cases over the cutting down of infected and exposed trees began when citrus canker was discovered in Palm Beach County. The Florida Department of Agriculture wanted to search a 70- square -mile area in the county for diseased trees. It is a highly contagious disease that can be spread rapidly by windborne rain, lawnmowers and other landscaping equipment, animals and birds, people carrying the infection on their hands or clothing, and moving infected or exposed plants or plant parts (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). There is great potential to impact Florida's $9.1 billion citrus industry. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) This virus is believed to have entered the state in Dade County sometime in early 1997. Page 3 -24 Symptoms vary among tomato types, but in general, leaves produced shortly after infection are reduced in size, distorted, cupped inward or downward, and have a yellow mottle. Fewer than one in ten flowers will produce fruit after TYLCV infection, severely reducing yields. The virus is transmitted by adult silverleaf - whiteflies. Although frequent applications of pesticides help to decrease whitefly populations and suppress the spread of TYLCV, virus management through whitefly control is not possible in years where whitefly populations are high. Fortunately, the virus is not transmitted through seed or casual contact with infected plants (Polston & Brown, 1997). Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) Another threat to Palm Beach County's agriculture industry is the Medfly. It is one of the world's most destructive pests and infests more than 250 different plants that are important for U.S. food producers, homeowners and wildlife. It is considered the greatest pest threat to Florida's $1.5 billion citrus crop, as well as endangering many other economically significant crops (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). For example, a Medfly outbreak in 1997 cost an estimated $26 million to eradicate. If a long -term or widespread Medfly infestation were to occur, Florida growers would not be permitted to ship numerous fruit and vegetable crops to many foreign and domestic markets. The movement of fruits and vegetables, even within the state, would be disrupted, which could lead to higher prices in the supermarket. If the Medfly is not eradicated in Florida, on -going pesticide treatments by homeowners and commercial growers will be necessary. Costly post - harvest treatment of fruits and vegetables to meet quarantine restrictions of domestic and foreign markets would also be required. • Adult Medflies are up to 1/4 inch long, black with yellow abdomens, and have yellow marks on their thoraxes. Their wings are banded with yellow. The female Medfly damages produce by laying eggs in the host fruit or vegetable. The resulting larvae feed on the pulp, rendering the produce unfit for human consumption. In addition to citrus, Medflies will feed on hundreds of other commercial and backyard fruit and vegetable crops. Because Medflies are not strong fliers, the pest is spread by the transport of larval- infested fruit. The major threats come from travelers, the U.S. mail, and commercial fruit smugglers. Several steps have been taken to prevent new infestations. State and federal officials are working with postal authorities to develop ways to inspect packages suspected of carrying infested fruit. In addition, public education efforts carrying the message, "Don't Spread Med" are being expanded (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). Sugarcane Pests Changes in sugarcane agriculture, including new disease and insect pests have seriously impacted the quality of cane and juice delivered to the mill for processing. These changing developments affect the level of sucrose, purity, fiber, and color of cane resulting in a loss of sugar and decrease in the quantity and quality of sugar produced (United States Department of Agriculture, 1998). 3.1.1.8 Wildfire/Urban Interface Zone The recent wildfires that burned throughout Florida, specifically central Florida, are examples of the increasing wildfire threat, which results from the Wildland /Urban Interface. The Wildland /Urban Interface is defined as the area where structures and other human development Page 3 -25 meet with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1996). As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, people living in these communities are increasingly threatened by wild fires. There are three different classes of wildland fires. A surface fire is the most common type and burns along the floor of a forest, moving slowly and killing or damaging trees. A ground fire is usually started by lightning and burns on or below the forest floor. Crown fires spread rapidly by wind and move quickly by jumping along the tops of trees. Wildland fires are usually identified by dense smoke that fills the area for miles around. Rural and large tracts of unimproved lands are susceptible to brush and forest fires capable of threatening life, safety and property loss in adjacent developed areas if not effectively controlled. Wildfires are caused by numerous sources including arson, carelessness by smokers, individuals burning debris, operating equipment which throws sparks, and children playing with matches. However, the largest number of fires is caused by lightning strikes which coincides with the height of the thunderstorm season. A major wildland fire can leave a large amount of scorched and barren land, and these areas may not return to prefire conditions for decades. If the wildland fire destroys the ground cover, other potential hazards, such as erosion, may develop (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1998). Structures in the wildland /urban interface zone are vulnerable to ignition in three different ways: radiation, convection, and firebrands (National Wildland /Urban Interface Fire Protection Program). Radiating heat from a wildfire can cause ignition by exposure to the structure. The chances of ignition increase as the size of the flames increases, surface area exposed to flames increases, length of exposure time increases, and distance between the structure and the flames decreases. Another source of ignition by wildfire is convection. Ignition of a structure by convection requires the flame to come in contact with the structure. Contact with the convection column is generally not hot enough to ignite a structure. Clearing to prevent flame contact with the structure must include any materials capable of producing even small flames. Wind and steep slopes will tilt the flame and the convection column uphill increasing the chance of igniting a structure. Structures extending out over a slope have the greatest likelihood of ignition from convection. Firebrands also pose a threat to structures in the wildland /urban interface. A firebrand is a piece of burning material that detaches from a fire due to strong convection drafts in the burning zone. They can be carried a long distance (approximately 1 mile) by fire drafts and winds. The chance of these firebrands igniting a structure depends on the size of the firebrand, how long it burns after contact, and the materials, design, and construction of the structure. On April 15, 1999, just north of Palm Beach County in Port St. Lucie, a wildfire consumed 43 homes in 24 hours. Every fire unit in St. Lucie County and assistance from Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward and Okeechobee Counties and units from two Division of Forestry Districts, two helicopters and a Type 1 Air Tanker contained the fire after 36 hours. Due to the near perfect wildfire conditions, the fire suppression units were unable to keep up with these rapidly moving fires. The estimated damage was $4.2 million. Over 5,000 people were evacuated, most self evacuated from the area. On Thursday, April 10, 2003, a brush fire occurred in a heavily wooded area just east of the Acreage on the north side of Northlake Boulevard. Fueled by high winds, and low humidity, the fire eventually burned approximately 450 acres, destroyed a number of vehicles and trailers stored on the property, and required several days to fully extinguish. A helicopter was called in Page 3 -26 to aid in extinguishing the wildfire. The helicopter made a total of 58 water drops. A loss of $250,000 of timber was lost in relation to the wildfire. 3.1.1.9 Muck Fire A muck fire is a fire that consumes all the organic material of the forest floor and also burns into the underlying soil. It differs from a surface fire by being invulnerable to wind. If the fire gets deep into the ground, it could smoulder for several years. In a surface fire, the flames are visible and burning is accelerated by wind, whereas in a muck fire wind is not generally a serious factor (Canadian Soil Information System, 1996). Another extraordinary fact about muck fires has to do with their release of carbon dioxide. A peat bog that is on fire can release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all the power stations and car engines emit in Western Europe in one year (New Scientist, 1997). This type of fire could have a significant impact on global warming. Muck fires are not a frequent threat to Florida. However, during a drought in the 1980s, fires in the Everglades consumed the rich, dried out muck that had once been the bottom of the swamp. These fires burned deep into the ground and required specialized, non - traditional firefighting techniques. A muck fire occurred in June of 1999. There were about 20,000 acres of muck, brush and sawgrass on fire in the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area located in Southwestern Palm Beach County. • In May 2008 a muck fire, spawned by an extended drought, scorched the dried up edges of Lake Okeechobee between Moore Haven and Clewiston covering an area of over 5,800 acres. 3.1.1.10 Soil /Beach Erosion Soil Erosion Soil erosion is the deterioration of soil by the physical movement of soil particles from a given site. Wind, water, animals, and the use of tools by man may all be reasons for erosion. The two most powerful erosion agents are wind and water; but in most cases these are damaging only after man, animals, insects, diseases, or fire have removed or depleted natural vegetation. Accelerated erosion caused by human activity is the most serious form of soil erosion because the rate is so rapid that surface soil may sometimes be blown or washed away right down to the bedrock. Undisturbed by man, soil is usually covered by shrubs and trees, by dead and decaying leaves or by a thick mat of grass. Whatever the vegetation, it protects the soil when the rain falls or the wind blows. Root systems of plants hold the soil together. Even in drought, the roots of native grasses, which extend several feet into the ground, help tie down the soil and keep it from blowing away. With its covering of vegetation stripped away, soil is vulnerable to damage. Whether the plant cover is disturbed by cultivation, grazing, deforestation, burning, or bulldozing, once the soil is bare to the erosive action of wind and water, the slow rate of natural erosion is greatly increased. Losses of soil take place much faster than new soil can be created, and a kind of deficit spending of topsoil begins. With the destruction of soil structure, eroded land is even more susceptible to erosion. The occurrence of erosion has greatly increased, usually at a rate at which soils cannot be Page 3 -27 sustained by natural soil regeneration. This is because of the activities of modern development and population growth, particularly agricultural intensification. It is also in the field of agriculture that most efforts have been made to conserve soils, with mixed success (Union of International Associations). Beach Erosion Wind, waves, and longshore currents are the driving forces behind coastal erosion. This removal and deposition of sand permanently changes beach shape and structure. Most beaches, if left alone to natural processes, experience natural shoreline retreat. As houses, highways, seawalls, and other structures are constructed upon or close to the beach, the natural shoreline retreat processes are interrupted. The beach jams up against these man -made obstacles and narrows considerably as the built -up structures prevent the beach from moving naturally inland. When buildings are constructed close to the shoreline, coastal property soon becomes threatened by erosion. The need for shore protection often results in "hardening" the coast with a structure such as a seawall or revetment. A seawall is a large, concrete wall designed to protect buildings or other man -made structures from beach erosion. A revetment is a cheaper option constructed with "rip rap" such as large boulders, concrete rubble, or even old tires. Although these structures may serve to protect beachfront property for a while, the resulting disruption of the natural coastal processes has consequences for all beaches in the area. Seawalls inhibit the natural ability of the beach to adjust its slope to the ever changing ocean wave conditions. Large waves wash up against the seawall and rebound back out to sea carrying large quantities of beach sand with them. With each storm the beach narrows, sand is lost to deeper water, and the longshore current scours the base of the wall. Eventually large waves impact the seawall with such force that a bigger structure becomes necessary to continue to resist the forces of the ocean (Pilkey and Dixon, 1996). Recent erosion events include: Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne (September 2004). Both Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 equaled or exceeded the 100 year return period for storm surge in St Lucie, Indian River and southern Brevard Counties when they made landfall on the Martin County shoreline. The highest measured surge level for Category 2 Hurricane Frances was 11.8' (NGVD). The highest surge level for Category 3 Hurricane Jeanne was 10.8' (NGVD). Surge levels in Palm Beach County were significantly lower. Both storms caused significant beach erosion along the coastline of Palm Beach County. Tropical Storm Noel November 2007. Between November 1 and November 4, 2007, high surf associated with Tropical Storm Noel battered the Palm Beach County coast. Hardest hit spots were beaches in Jupiter, Singer Island and South Palm Beach /Lantana, where severe to locally extreme beach erosion occurred. A steel sea wall protecting the Condado condominium complex in Singer Island collapsed, causing cracks to form in the outer walls of the building. In some areas, the dune line was completely eroded, leaving oceanfront buildings sitting precariously on top of 15 foot cliffs looking straight down to the water. A sea wall at the Imperial House condominiums in South Palm Beach collapsed from the pounding surf, and the east portion of the building was evacuated. South of Lantana to Boca Raton, erosion was reported as moderate to severe. Total damage for the County (minus beach restoration costs) was estimated at $4 million. No tide measurements were available from Palm Beach County, but storm tide was estimated to have been as high as two to three feet over northern Palm Beach Page 3 -28 • County. A strong pressure gradient between high pressure over the Mid - Atlantic states and Tropical Storm Noel over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba caused a prolonged period of strong easterly winds over Southeast Florida and the adjacent waters. As Noel moved north across the western Bahamas, the strong winds continued across southeast Florida. The event caused severe beach erosion, coastal flooding, and minor wind damage. The event began in the last week of October. 3.1.1.11 Seismic Hazards Tsunamis Recent, widely published, research by British and American scientists warned of potential catastrophic destruction of coastal areas of the Atlantic, including the Florida east coast, by mega tsunami waves generated by a future volcanic collapse in the Canary Islands. The research predicted a gigantic wave would traverse the Atlantic at jet aircraft speeds and devastate the Florida coast as far as ten miles inland. Such an event would present a tremendous warning challenge and a virtually impossible evacuation response. Subsequent research by the Tsunami Society, a body of scientists solely dedicated to the study of tsunamis, has concluded the threat has been grossly overstated. The society challenged many of the assumptions made relative to the probability and magnitude of a collapse on La Palma and the characteristics of waves should such a collapse occur. The Society notes that there have been no such mega- tsunami events in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans in recorded history. However, the deadly Asian tsunami in December of 2004 has rekindled interest in revisiting the research. The threat of a tsunamis impacting Palm Beach County is considered to be extremely low (on the order of 5% or less per century). Tsunamis are most often generated by earthquake - induced movement of the ocean floor. Landslides, volcanic eruptions, and even meteorites can also generate a tsunami. They are often incorrectly referred to as tidal waves, but a tsunami is actually a series of waves that can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean. In the open ocean, tsunamis would not be felt by ships because the wavelength would be hundreds of miles long, with an amplitude of only a few feet. This would also make them unnoticeable from the air. As the waves approach the coast, their speed decreases and their amplitude increases. Unusual wave heights have been known to be over 100 feet high. However, waves that are 10 to 20 feet high can be very destructive and cause many deaths or injuries. Earthquakes Although Florida is not usually considered to be a state subject to earthquakes, several minor shocks have occurred over time, but only one caused any damage (Zirbes, 1971). Earthquakes will not be discussed further in this plan as they pose no risk to the county. • In January 1879, a shock occurred near St. Augustine that is reported to have knocked plaster from walls and articles from shelves. Similar effects were reported in Daytona Beach. The shock was felt in Tampa, throughout central Florida, and in Savannah, Georgia as well (Zirbes, 1971). • In January 1880 another earthquake occurred, this time with Cuba as the focal point. Shock waves were sent as far north as the town of Key West (Zirbes, 1971). is Page 3 -29 • In August 1886, Charleston, South Carolina was the center of a shock that was felt throughout northern Florida. It rang church bells in St. Augustine and severely jolted other towns along sections of Florida's east coast. Jacksonville residents felt many of the strong aftershocks that occurred in September, October, and November, 1886 (Zirbes, 1971). • In June 1893, Jacksonville experienced a minor shock that lasted about 10 seconds. Another earthquake occurred in October 1893, and did not cause any damage either (Zirbes, 1971). • In November 1948, doors and windows rattled in Captiva Island, west of Ft. Myers. It was reportedly accompanied by sounds like distant heavy explosions (Zirbes, 1971). • In November 1952, a slight tremor was felt in Quincy, a town located 20 miles northwest of Tallahassee. Windows and doors rattled, but no damage was reported (Zirbes, 1971). 3.1.1.12 Geologic Hazards Sinkholes and Subsidence Sinkholes are a common feature of Florida's landscape. They are only one of many kinds of karst land forms, which include caves, disappearing streams, springs, and underground drainage systems, all of which occur in Florida. Karst is a generic term which refers to the • characteristic terrain produced by erosional processes associated with the chemical weathering and dissolution of limestone or dolomite, the two most common carbonate rocks in Florida. Dissolution of carbonate rocks begins when they are exposed to acidic water. Most rainwater is slightly acidic and usually becomes more acidic as it moves through decaying plant debris. Limestones in Florida are porous, allowing the acidic water to percolate through them, dissolving some limestone and carrying it away in solution. Over time, this persistent erosion process has created extensive underground voids and drainage systems in much of the carbonate rocks throughout the state. Collapse of overlying sediments into the underground cavities produces sinkholes (Florida Geological Survey, 1998). 3.1.1.13 Epidemics Infectious diseases emerging throughout history have included some of the most feared plagues of the past. New infections continue to emerge today, while many of the old plagues are still with us. As demonstrated by influenza epidemics, under suitable circumstances, a new infection first appearing anywhere in the world could travel across entire continents within days or weeks (Morse, 1996). Due to the potential of complex health and medical conditions that can threaten the general population, Florida's vulnerability to an epidemic is continually monitored. With millions of tourists arriving and departing the state annually, disease and disease exposure (airborne, vector, and ingestion) are constantly evaluated and analyzed. Primarily as a result of the entrance of undocumented aliens into south Florida, and the large number of small wildlife, previously controlled or eradicated diseases have surfaced. Health officials closely monitor this potential threat to the public health. The emphasis upon preventive medical measures such as school inoculation, pet licensing, rodent/insect eradication, water purification, sanitary waste disposal, health inspections, and public health education mitigate this potential disaster. Page 3 -30 Another potential threat to south Florida's population is food contamination. Frequent news stories document that E.coli and botulism breakouts throughout the country are not that uncommon. Most recently, millions of pounds of possibly contaminated beef from the Hudson packing plant were seized by the Department of Agriculture and destroyed. Avian (Bird Flu) H5N1 Although there are many forms of bird flu, the form that has most recently concerned health officials is the H5N1 flu virus carried by wild birds (many migratory). While wild birds seldom get sick from the virus, they can easily pass the virus to farm birds such as chickens, ducks, and turkeys being raised for food. These farm birds get sick, which poses a serious health risk. It is thought that both the 1957 Asian Flu and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu pandemics had avian origins. Quarantine and depopulation (culling) and surveillance of affected flocks have helped contain outbreaks. The current bird flu virus originated in Hong Kong in 1997 and disappeared after that. It reemerged in 2003 and has since caused havoc worldwide. Historically, bird flu viruses had not been passed from birds to humans. But, that changed in 1997, when people became infected by a serious, deadly form of bird flu. Most of these infections occurred in Asian countries among people who had had close contact with farm - raised birds. Sick birds had to be killed in great numbers in hopes of stopping the spread of the virus. It was suspected that the bird flu virus was passed to humans through bird droppings, saliva or contaminated surfaces on cages, tractors, and other farm equipment. Because viruses can change (mutate) quickly, experts worry that bird flu will one day be passed easily from person to person. The H5N1 bird flu virus has proven to be extremely lethal. Even though only a few hundred people thus far have been stricken by the H5N1 virus, more than half of those have died. The first case of H5N1 was traced to a farmed goose in China in 1996. Human infections were first reported in Hong Kong in 1997 (18 cases, 6 fatal). According to the World Health Organization, who monitors global disease outbreaks, as of April 2009, there have been approximately 417 human cases and 257 deaths in 15 countries from H5N1 influenza, none in the United States. The highest number of cases and deaths occurred in Indonesia (141 cases, 115 deaths) and in Vietnam (110 cases, 55 deaths). Other countries with cases and deaths have included Egypt, China and Thailand. In June 2006 the World Health Organization confirmed a human to human transmission of the bird flu in Indonesia. Although the H5N1 virus had mutated, the mutation apparently was not severe enough to trigger an avian influenza pandemic. Experts believe, however, that the virus may eventually spread to all parts of the world. Swine Flu A (H1 N1) One way an antigenic shift can occur is through pigs. Pigs can be infected with both avian and human influenza viruses. If pigs become infected with viruses from different species at the same time, it is possible for genes of the viruses to mix and create a new virus for which humans have no natural immunity. The spread of a new strain of an H1N1 influenza virus was detected in late March 2009. Localized outbreaks of influenza -like illnesses were first discovered in three areas in Mexico and subsequently in the United State and Canada. Its presence was quickly suspected on most is continents, with over 1,600 candidate cases identified in the first month. On April 25, 2009, the Page 3 -31 • World Health Organization (WHO) declared the situation to be a formal "public health emergency of international concern." In an interview on April 24, acting Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Richard Bessar said that it was still not understood why the early American cases were generally mild (no deaths and only one of the 20 confirmed cases hospitalized) while the Mexican cases led to multiple deaths. Differences in the viruses and co- infection were being considered as possible explanations. At this writing, only fourteen samples from Mexico had been tested by the CDC, with seven found to match the American strain. Dr. Bessar went on to say that the virus had likely passed through several cycles of infection with no known linkages between patients in Texas and California. He believed that, ultimately containment of the virus was "not very likely." Over 1000 cases of suspected swine flu in humans were detected in Mexico and the southwestern United States in March and April of 2009. The strain was unusually lethal in Mexico, causing 103 deaths (20 confirmed at this writing), mostly in Mexico City. Cases were also reported in the states of San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Queretaro and Mexico State, all in central Mexico. The Mexican fatalities were mainly young, previously healthy adults of 25 to 45, a frequently observed hallmark of pandemic flu. The origins of the new virus are not known. One theory is that Asian and European strains traveled to Mexico via migratory birds or human travelers, then combined with North American strains in Mexican pig factory farms before jumping over to farm workers. The Mexican health agency believes the original disease vector may have been flies multiplying in • manure lagoons of pig farms. The American cases were found to be made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses, the North American swine influenza, the North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza typically found in Asia and Europe. Within one month of detection, officials in the United States had confirmed that seven people in California, two students from a high school in Texas, and a married couple in Kansas were infected with A/09(H1N1) swine flu; all recovered. New York state had confirmed cases as well. The cases in Kansas and New York were linked to travel to Mexico; most of the cases in California and Texas were not linked to travel, suggesting localized outbreaks of the virus. At this writing, isolated cases of suspected swine flu were surfacing across the U.S. and abroad daily. Deaths will certainly result. Government health agencies continue to closely monitor developments. West Nile Virus The Palm Beach County Health Department reported cases of the West Nile Virus in 2002 and 2003. This disease is transmitted by mosquitoes. Health notifications were given throughout the county both years to alert and caution the public. Individuals were advised to take precautions when outdoors and to try to avoid being outside after dusk. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds, which may circulate the virus in their blood for a few days. Infected mosquitoes can then transmit West Nile virus to humans and animals while biting. The virus is located in the mosquito's salivary glands. During feeding, the virus may be injected into the animal or human, where it may multiply, possibly causing illness. • The more DEET a repellent contains the longer time it can protect you from mosquito bites. Page 3 -32 Most people who are infected with the West Nile virus will not have any type of illness. It is estimated that 20% of the people who become infected will develop West Nile fever: mild symptoms, including fever, headache, and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash on the trunk of the body and swollen lymph glands. The symptoms of severe infection (West Nile encephalitis or meningitis) include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. It is estimated that 1 in 150 persons infected with the West Nile virus will develop a more severe form of disease. SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a corona virus, called SARS- associated corona virus (SARS -CoV). SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003. Over the next few months, the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. According to the World Health Organization, (WHO), during the SARS outbreak of February — July 2003, a total of 8,437 people worldwide became sick with SARS; of these, 813 died. In the United States, there were 192 cases of SARS among people, all of whom got better. There were eight cases reported in Florida. However, Palm Beach County had no reported cases of SARS. The main way that SARS seems to spread is by close person -to- person contact. The virus that causes SARS is thought to be transmitted most readily by respiratory droplets (droplet spread) produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Droplet spread can happen when • droplets from the cough or sneeze of an infected person are propelled a short distance (generally up to 3 feet) through the air and deposited on the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, or eyes of persons who are nearby. The virus also can spread when a person touches a surface or object contaminated with infectious droplets and then touches his or her mouth, nose, or eye(s). In addition, it is possible that the SARS virus might spread more broadly through the air (airborne spread) or by other ways that are not now known. Malaria About 1,200 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. Most cases in the United States are in immigrants and travelers returning from malaria -risk areas, mostly from sub - Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Each year in the United States a few cases of malaria result from blood transfusions, are passed from mother to fetus during pregnancy, or are transmitted by locally infected mosquitoes. For the year 2003, as of September 14th, eight cases of malaria were reported in Palm Beach County. Humans get malaria from the bite of a malaria- infected mosquito. When a mosquito bites an infected person, it ingests microscopic malaria parasites found in the person's blood. The malaria parasite must grow in the mosquito for a week or more before infection can be passed to another person. If, after a week, the mosquito then bites another person, the parasites go from the mosquito's mouth into the person's blood. The parasites then travel to the person's liver, enter the liver's cells, grow and multiply. During this time when the parasites are in the liver, the person has not yet felt sick. The parasites leave the liver and enter red blood cells; this may take as little as 8 days or as many as several months. Once inside the red blood cells, the parasites grow and multiply. The red blood cells burst, freeing the parasites to attack other red blood cells. Toxins from the parasite are also released into the blood, making the person feel • sick. Page 3 -33 Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu -like illness, including chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. For most people, symptoms begin ten days to four weeks after infection, although a person may feel ill as early as 8 days or as late as one year later. Any traveler who becomes ill with a fever or flu -like illness while traveling to Malaria risk areas and up to one year after returning home should immediately seek professional medical care. A person should tell his /her health care provider that they have been traveling in a malaria -risk area. Persons living in, and travelers to, any area of the world where malaria is transmitted may become infected. Malaria can be cured with prescription drugs. 3.1.2 TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS 3.1.2.1 Dike Failure Dam /levee failure poses a minor threat to population and property in several areas of Palm Beach County. All are earthen structures and are state, regionally, locally, or privately controlled. The most significant risk related to dam /levee failure is flooding due to substantial rainfall and its eastward migration to final discharge in the Indian River Lagoon. Structural and non - structural techniques to slow and contain this runoff incorporate several drainage systems, some dating back to 1919. Rainfall in excess of designed capacities could cause erosion of constructed drainage facilities and flooding of many areas including primary roadway evacuation routes (Palm Beach County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, 2002). The Herbert Hoover Dike was completed in 1937 to protect Palm Beach County citizens from experiencing another flooding event similar to the occurrence in 1928. The flooding derived from the 1928 hurricane, which resulted in over 2,500 deaths and thousands more injured in the western portion of Palm Beach County. The dike protects from major flooding events occurring in Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay municipalities. Also, there is a potential for flooding in The Village of Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, and unincorporated Palm Beach County. The Herbert Hoover Dike is continuously monitored by the Army Corp of Engineers. Until work to stabilize the dike is completed by the Army Corp of Engineers, there is the potential for stability problems and /or seepage to occur from heavy rainfall raising the level of the lake above 18 feet. A number of independent assessments by prominent engineering and science organizations call into question the adequacy of the dike to withstand extreme wind and rainfall conditions. There is consensus that a catastrophic failure of the Herbert Hoover Dike would pose a significant danger to the residents, local economies and environment of Palm Beach County and South Florida. 3.1.2.2 Hazardous Materials Accident Hazardous materials accidents can occur anywhere there is a road, rail line, pipeline, or fixed facility storing hazardous materials. Virtually the entire state is at risk to an unpredictable accident of some type. Most accidents are small spills and leaks, but some result in injuries, property damage, environmental contamination, and other consequences. These materials can . be poisonous, corrosive, flammable, radioactive, or pose other hazards and are regulated by the. Page 3 -34 • Department of Transportation. Out of approximately 1,663 hazardous materials incidents reported statewide in 1997, no known fatalities were reported, less than four percent resulted in injuries, and less than six percent resulted in evacuation. Emergencies involving hazardous materials can be expected to range from a minor accident with no off -site effects to a major accident that may result in an off -site release of hazardous or toxic materials. The overall objective of chemical emergency response planning and preparedness is to minimize exposure for a wide range of accidents that could produce off -site levels of contamination in excess of Levels of Concern (LOC) established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Minimizing this exposure will reduce the consequences of an emergency to people in the area near to facilities which manufacture, store, or process hazardous materials (Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council). A large volume of hazardous materials are transported to and through the county by railroad, highway, air, water, and pipeline daily. Within Palm Beach County, there are a number of both public and private fixed facilities which produce or use hazardous materials. Coordinating procedures for hazardous material response are found within the County's Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials. In addition to the County's Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials, Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) officials have prepared a plan for use in responding to and recovering from a release of hazardous or toxic materials. This plan addresses the range of potential emergency situations and the appropriate measures to be implemented to minimize exposure through inhalation, ingestion, or direct exposure. • Mishandling and improper disposal or storage of medical wastes and low -level radioactive products from medical use are also a hazard to Palm Beach County. For example, a few years ago an incident occurred in New Jersey when improper disposal of medical wastes resulted in some of the used products ending up on Atlantic Ocean beaches. 3.1.2.3 Radiological Accidents While an actual release of radioactive material is extremely unlikely and the immediate threat to life extremely low, vulnerability to a nuclear plant disaster could consist of long range health effects with temporary and permanent displacement of populations from affected areas. The potential danger from an accident at a nuclear power plant is exposure to radiation. This exposure could come from the release of radioactive material from the plant into the environment, usually characterized by a plume (cloud -like) formation. The area the radioactive release might affect is determined by the amount released from the plant, wind direction and speed and weather conditions (i.e., rain, snow, etc.) which would quickly drive the radioactive material into the ground, causing increased deposition of radio nuclides. The levels of response to the release of radioactive materials is as follows: • Notification of Unusual Event - The event poses no threat to plant employees, but emergency officials are notified. No action by the public is necessary. • Alert - An event has occurred that could reduce the plant's level of safety, but back- up systems still work. Emergency agencies are notified and kept informed, but no action by the public is necessary. Page 3 -35 Site Area Emergency - The event involves major problems with the plant's safety and has progressed to the point that a release of some radioactivity into the air or water is possible, but is not expected to exceed Environmental Protection Agency Protective Action Guidelines (PAGs). Thus, no action by the public is necessary. • General Emergency - The event has caused a loss of safety systems. If such an event occurs, radiation could be released that would penetrate the site boundary. State and local authorities will take action to protect the residents living near the plant. The alert and notification system will be sounded. People in the affected areas could be advised to evacuate, or in some situations, to shelter in place. When the sirens are sounded, radio and television alert will have site - specific information and instructions. Thirty of the 67 counties in the State of Florida are involved in preparedness planning for a commercial nuclear power plant emergency. The St. Lucie nuclear power plant is located on Hutchinson Island approximately four miles east - northeast of the City of Port St. Lucie, approximately 5.5 miles north of Martin County /St. Lucie County boundary line. This facility is owned and operated by the Florida Power & Light Company. Palm Beach County is located more than 30 miles from the plant and is well outside the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone /potential plume area, so there is not a risk to direct radiation exposure. Therefore, the county would provide assistance to St. Lucie and Martin Counties in the unlikely chance of an accident at the plant. Palm Beach County municipalities located in part or whole within 50 miles of the power plant (Tequesta, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Jupiter, Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, North Palm Beach, Lake Park, Riviera Beach, Mangonia Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, Haverhill, Glen Ridge, Wellington, Palm Springs, Greenacres and Lake Clarke Shores) fall within the 'Ingestion Pathway Zone' meaning if there is a major release at the power plant, radioactive contamination could be deposited as far as 50 miles affecting food and water supplies. The purpose of the county radiological preparedness program is to prepare to receive, shelter and decontaminate (if necessary) potentially contaminated evacuees from an accident at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant. A radiological emergency response plan is developed and exercised in order to have reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. 3.1.2.4 Communications Failure As society emerges from industrial production into the age of information, we are seeing new kinds of technological accidents /disasters. Recently, a communications failure occurred that was the worst in 37 years of satellite service. Some major problems with the telecommunications satellite Galaxy IV drastically affected 120 companies in the paging industry (Rubin, 1998). Radio and other forms of news broadcasts were also affected. The pager failure not only affected personal and business communications, but emergency managers and medical personnel as well. More commonly, communication failures occur due to power outages. 3.1.2.5 Hazardous Materials Release A large volume of hazardous materials are transported to and through the county by railroad, • highway, air, water, and pipeline daily, on a routine basis. Within Palm Beach County, there are Page 3 -36 a number of both public and private fixed facilities, which produce or use hazardous materials. Coordinating procedures for hazardous material response are found within the County's Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials. Mishandling and improper disposal or storage of medical wastes and low -level radioactive products from medical use are also a hazard to Palm Beach County. A few years ago an incident occurred in New Jersey when improper disposal of medical wastes resulted in used products ending up on Atlantic Ocean beaches. 3.1.2.6 Transportation System Accidents Florida has a large transportation network consisting of major highways, airports, marine ports, and passenger railroads. The heavily populated areas of Palm Beach County are particularly vulnerable to serious accidents, which are capable of producing mass casualties. With the linear configuration of several major highways in Palm Beach County, such as Interstate highways and the Florida Turnpike, major transportation accidents could occur in a relatively rural area, severely stressing the capabilities of local resources to respond effectively. A recent notorious example is the crash in the Everglades of the Value Jet Flight 597 on May 11, 1996, which resulted in 109 fatalities and cost millions of dollars to respond, severely taxing the financial and public safety resources of Dade County. Similarly, a major transportation accident could involve a large number of tourists and visitors form other countries, given Florida's popularity as a vacation destination, further complicating the emergency response to such an event. Coastal Oil Spill As a major industrial nation, the United States produces, distributes, and consumes large quantities of oil. Petroleum -based oil is used as a major power source to fuel factories and various modes of transportation, and in many everyday products, such as plastics, nylon, paints, tires, cosmetics, and detergents. At every point in the production, distribution, and consumption process, oil is invariably stored in tanks. With billions of gallons of oil being stored throughout the country, the potential for an oil spill is significant, and the effects of spilled oil can pose serious threats to the environment. In addition to petroleum -based oil, the U.S. consumes millions of gallons of non - petroleum oils, such as silicone and mineral -based oils, and animal and vegetable oils. Like petroleum products, these non - petroleum oils are often stored in tanks that have the potential to spill, causing environmental damages that are just as serious as those caused by petroleum -based oils. To address the potential environmental threat posed by petroleum and non - petroleum oils, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a program designed to prevent oil spills. The program has reduced the number of spills to less than 1 percent of the total volume handled each year (Environmental Protection Agency, 1998). Spilled oil poses serious threats to fresh water and marine environments, affecting surface resources and a wide range of subsurface organisms. Most oils tend to spread horizontally into a smooth and slippery surface, called a slick, on top of the water. However, once the oil reaches the shoreline it can escape downward into sand, making it difficult to clean up and reducing its ability to degrade. Spilled oil can harm the environment in several ways, including the physical damages that directly impact wildlife and their habitats (such as coating birds or mammals with a layer of oil), and the toxicity of the oil itself, which can poison exposed organisms. Page 3 -37 Not only would an oil spill adversely affect the environment, but the economy would suffer due to a decrease in tourism. Depending on the severity of the spill, the economy could suffer mild, short-term effects to devastating, long -term effects. Many advanced response mechanisms are available for controlling oil spills and minimizing their impacts on human health and the environment. Mechanical containment or recovery is the primary line of defense against oil spills. This type of equipment includes a variety of booms, barriers, and skimmers. Natural and synthetic sorbent materials are used as well to capture and store the spilled oil until it can be disposed of properly. Chemical and biological methods can be combined with mechanical means for containing and cleaning up oil spills. Dispersants and gelling agents are most useful in helping to keep oil from reaching shorelines and other sensitive habitats. Physical methods are used to clean up shorelines as well. Wiping with sorbent materials, pressure washing, raking, and bulldozing can be used to assist natural environmental recovery processes. Scare tactics are used to protect birds and animals by keeping them away from oil spill areas. Palm Beach County has 45 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline that is subject to contamination caused by an oil spill. By Executive Order, the responsibility for preparing response plans for coastal oil spills is designated to the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Florida Marine Patrol. There are two active oil field regions in Florida: in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in the Panhandle, and Collier, Hendry, and Lee counties in southwest Florida. 3.1.2.7 Wellffeld Contamination • As communities become more aware of both the potential health risks and the economic effects of ground water contamination, they are beginning to look increasingly toward preventative efforts. Even when no immediate hazard appears to exist, a community should be concerned about protecting its drinking water supply for three reasons: to reduce potential risks to the health of the community; to avoid the costs of cleaning up contamination and providing alternative water supplies; and to prevent the negative economic impacts on community development that ground water contamination can cause. The development of wellfield protection programs is a major preventative approach for the protection of community drinking water supplies. Wellfield protection is a means of safeguarding public water supply wells by preventing contaminants from entering the area that contributes water to the well or wellfield over a period of time. Management plans are developed for the wellfield protection area that include inventorying potential sources of groundwater contamination, monitoring for the presence of specific contaminants, and managing existing and proposed land and water uses that pose a threat to groundwater quality. Ground water is a vitally important natural resource. It is a source of drinking water for more than half of the U.S. population and more than 95 percent of the rural population. In addition, ground water is a support system for sensitive ecosystems, such as wetlands or wildlife habitats. Between 1971 and 1985, there were 245 ground water related outbreaks of disease nationwide, resulting in more than 52,000 individuals being affected by associated illnesses (Browning). While most of these diseases were short-term digestive disorders caused by bacteria and viruses, hazardous chemicals found in wells nationwide also pose risks to public health. The 1986 Amendments to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act require states to implement Page 3 -38 wellfield protection programs for public water wells. Prevention strategies include maintaining the isolation distances from potential contamination sources, reporting to the state violations of the isolation distance to the state, and asking a local governmental unit to regulate these sources. Cleaning up contaminated ground water can be technically difficult, extremely expensive, and sometimes cannot be done. Contaminated ground water also affects the community by discouraging new businesses or residents from locating in that community. 3.1.2.8 Power Failure (Outages) In the U.S., from July 2 to August 10, 1996, the Western States Utility Power Grid reported widespread power outages that affected millions of customers in several western states and adjacent areas of Canada and Mexico. These problems resulted from a variety of related causes, including sagging lines due to hot weather, flashovers from transmission lines to nearby trees, and incorrect relay settings. According to the electric utility industry's trade association, the potential for such disturbances is expected to increase with the profound changes now sweeping the electric utility industry. On August 14, 2003, the largest power outage occurred in the northeast and Midwest states. The power outage started around 3 o'clock in the afternoon and was out in some places until Monday the 18 There were major cities without power for an extended period of time. Some of the cities included: New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo and Toronto. The power outage affected millions of people across states and Canada. The source of the outage is unclear at this time. The entire northeast power grid was affected. In Palm Beach County, the major causes of a power failure are lightning and trees. Lightning strikes and trees falling onto power lines can shut down power for hundreds of people. Other factors that can cause a power failure are: • Age of facility (transmission and distribution); • Community growth; and • High winds. The location of power lines underground or above ground also has significance. Lines underground have the advantage of being less vulnerable to tree foliage, however they are still at risk from other underground hazards such as tree roots. To address times when generating capacity is tight, or falls below consumer demand due to state or local emergencies, the Florida Electrical Emergency Contingency Plan was developed. Alerts have been created to give early warning of potential electricity shortfalls and bring utilities, emergency management officials, and the general public to a state of preparedness. The Contingency Plan has four stages (Florida Reliability Coordinating Council): • Generating Capacity Advisory - A Generating Capacity Advisory is primarily for information purposes. It starts utility tracking activities, and it initiates inter - utility and inter - agency communication. No action by the public is required. General information may be distributed to consumers to forewarn them of conditions if necessary. • Generating Capacity Alert - A Generating Capacity Alert starts actions to increase reserves. Available emergency supply options will be explored. When reserves fall Page 3 -39 below the size of the largest generating unit in the state, loss of that size unit to an unexpected mechanical failure could lead to blackouts somewhere since insufficient backup is available. • Generating Capacity Emergency - A Generating Capacity Emergency occurs when blackouts are inevitable somewhere in Florida. Every available means of balancing supply and demand will be exhausted. Rolling blackouts, manually activated by utilities are a last resort to avoid system overload and possible equipment damage. Frequent status reports are provided to agencies and the media. The Division of Emergency Management will consider using the Emergency Broadcast System to inform citizens of events and to direct them to available shelters if conditions warranted. Recognizing the consequences of a loss of electricity, individual utility emergency plans include provisions for special facilities critical to the safety and welfare of citizens. • System Load Restoration - System Load Restoration is instituted when rolling blackouts have been terminated and power supply is adequate. It is the recovery stage, and efforts are made to provide frequent system status reports. 3.1.3 Societal Hazards 3.1.3.1 Civil Disturbance As in any other area, Palm Beach County is subject to civil disturbances in the form of riots, mob violence, and a breakdown of law and order in a localized area. Although they can occur at any time, civil disturbances are often preceded by periods of increased tension caused by questionable social and /or political events such as controversial jury trials or law enforcement actions. Police services are responsible for the restoration of law and order in any specific area of the county. 3.1.3.2 Terrorism and Sabotage Terrorism The FBI defines terrorism as, "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or societal objectives." A terrorist incident could involve the use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) that would threaten lives, property and environmental resources by using explosives or incendiary devices and /or by contamination with chemical, biological, and /or radiological materials. It is recognized that the state has many critical and high - profile facilities, high concentrations of population and other potentially attractive venues for terrorist activity that are inherently vulnerable to a variety of terrorist methods. Governmental /political, transportation, commercial, infrastructure, cultural, academic, research, military, athletic, and other activities and facilities constitute ideal targets for terrorist attacks which may cause catastrophic levels of property and environmental damage, injury and loss of life. Furthermore, some extremist groups are known to be present within Florida. Terrorist attacks may take the form of the hazards described in this section when incidents of these types are executed for criminal purposes, such as induced dam or levee failures, the use of hazardous materials to injure or kill, or the use of biological Page 3 -40 weapons to create an epidemic. Terrorists have the potential to create disasters which threaten the safety of a large number of citizens. In the recent years, terrorist acts have become a reality for the nation. Palm Beach County is not immune from acts of terrorism. The 2001 World Trade Center bombing was the largest terrorist attack the United States has ever experienced. After the World Trade Center attack, it was learned that many of the perpetrators resided in and the (terrorists) pilots took flight lessons in Palm Beach County. In addition, Anthrax, which was dispersed via the postal system in late 2001, claimed the lives of five US citizens including one person from Palm Beach County. It was determined that he became infected with the disease at American Media Incorporated (AMI), in Boca Raton, his place of employment. A second employee became infected and survived. The federal government has recognized that the United States has entered the post -Cold War era. As a result, federal planning guidelines regarding military threats are in transition. However, nuclear weapons continue to be a serious planning concern especially in areas surrounding military installations. The influx of undocumented aliens into South Florida from areas unfriendly to the interest of the United States is monitored by those involved with the emergency management of government. Computer Accidents and Sabotage The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) recently reported that there is an increasing threat that the U.S. could suffer something similar to an "Electronic Pearl • Harbor ". Networked information systems present new security challenges in addition to the benefits they offer. Long -term power outages could cause massive computer outages, with severe economic impacts such as loss of sales, credit checking, banking transactions, and the ability to communicate and exchange information and data. Today, the right command sent over a network to a power generating station's control computer could be just as effective as a backpack full of explosives, and the perpetrator would be harder to identify and apprehend (Rubin, 1998). With the growth of a computer - literate population, increasing numbers of people possess the skills necessary to attempt such an attack. The resources to conduct a cyber attack are now easily accessible everywhere. A personal computer and an internet service provider anywhere in the world are enough to cause a great deal of harm. Threats include: • Human error • Insider use of authorized access for unauthorized disruptive purposes • Recreational hackers — with or without hostile intent • Criminal activity — for financial gain, to steal information or services, organized crime • Industrial espionage • Terrorism — including various disruptive operations • National Intelligence — information warfare, intended disruption of military operations As the internet becomes more and more important, the loss of its services, whether by accident or intent, becomes a greater hardship for those relying on this form of communication. The outcomes of such activities may take the form of disruption of air traffic controls, train switches, Page 3 -41 banking transfers, police investigations, commercial transactions, defense plans, power line controls, and other essential functions. Computer failures could affect emergency communications as well as routing civilian applications, such as telephone service, brokerage transactions, credit card payments, Social Security payments, pharmacy transactions, airline schedules, etc. 3.1.3.3 Immigration Crisis Florida's location as the nearest United States land mass bordering the Caribbean basin makes it a chosen point of entry for many migrants attempting to enter the country illegally. A major consequence of a mass arrival of illegal aliens could be disruptive to the routine functioning of the impacted community, resulting in significant expenditures that are related to the situation. An example of this threat occurred in 1994, when the state responded to two mass migration incidents. In May 1994, there was an unexpected migration of approximately 100 Haitian refugees, while in August 1994, there was an influx of 700 Cubans. These events are typically preceded by periods of increasing tension abroad, which can be detected and monitored. Enforcement of immigration laws is a federal responsibility. However, it is anticipated that joint jurisdictional support of any operation will be required from the state and local governments. The Atlantic shore of Palm Beach County is the frequent scene of arrival of undocumented aliens, usually Haitian or Cuban. The county has both the history and potential for the unannounced arrival of a large number of aliens. Until relieved of the responsibility by the state and federal governments, Palm Beach County must be capable of providing mass refugee care to include shelter, food, water, transportation, medical, police protection, and other social services. 3.2 VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT Palm Beach County is a diversified county. While all county residents are exposed to the hazards identified in Table 3.1 to some degree, geographic location and other factors greatly affect individual vulnerabilities and probabilities relating to specific hazards illustrated in Appendix A for the county and each jurisdiction. Factors influencing vulnerability include community location, type of construction, demographics, and cultural characteristics. Table A - 1 summarizes individual community vulnerability within Palm Beach County. Table A -2 relates the probability of future hazard events for each identified hazard within Palm Beach County. Appendix B includes descriptive mitigation initiatives to reduce the impacts of each jurisdiction risks for Palm Beach County and each jurisdiction in reference to the individual hazards identified in Section 3.1. A narrative for each identified hazard and its impact on the individual jurisdictions in Palm Beach County is located in Appendix C. Additionally, maps will be located in Appendix C. These maps will be illustrated by hazard addressing critical facilities having the potential to be effected by hazard. The critical facilities will have a potential dollar loss figure tied to it. With the assistance of Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, the LMS conducted impact analyses to assess the potential for detrimental impacts from all identified natural, technological and societal hazards. Results of these analyses are summarized below. Impacts were categorized into the following groupings: health and safety of the resident population in the affected area; health and safety of incident responders; impacts on the continuity of government and non - government operations; impacts to property, facilities and infrastructure; impacts to the critical community services; impacts to the environment; economic Page 3 -42 and financial impacts; impacts on regulatory and contractual obligations; and impacts negatively affecting the county's reputation, image, and /or ability to attract public and commercial interests. • An impact rating of "Love' for any hazard type means the hazard is not likely to have any measurable or lasting detrimental impact of a particular type and consequences will likely be rectified promptly with locally available resources. • An impact rating of "Medium" means there will likely be a measurable detrimental impact which may require some time to rectify and may require outside resources and /or assistance. • An impact rating of "High" means the impact will likely be severe and of longer duration, and require substantial time, resources, and /or outside assistance to rectify. Multiple ratings indicate detrimental impacts might easily vary within the range indicated. 3.2.1 Natural Hazards 3.2.1.1 Hurricanes and Tropical Storms From 1930 through 1959, a total of 58 hurricanes struck the U.S. Mainland, 25 of which were category 3 or higher (major storms). Between 1960 and 1989, 43 hurricanes struck the U.S. of which only 16 were Category 3 or stronger. Most hurricane experts feel we are entering a period of increased hurricane formation similar to the levels seen in the 1930s and 1940s. Current hurricane risk calculations are complicated by climatic factors suggesting the potential . for even greater hurricane frequency and severity in all of the world's hurricane spawning grounds. Since 1995, there have been 33 Atlantic hurricanes, 10 of which occurred in 1998 alone. Global warming may cause changes in storm frequency and the precipitation rates associated with storms. A modest 0.9 degree Fahrenheit (0.5 degree centigrade) increase in the mean global temperature will add 20 days to the annual hurricane season, and increase the chances of a storm making landfall on the U.S. mainland by 33 %. The warmer ocean surface will also allow storms to increase in intensity, survive in higher latitudes, and develop storm tracts that could shift farther north, producing more U.S. landfalls. Currently an average of 1.6 hurricanes strike the U.S. every year. Severe (Category 4 or 5 on the Saffir- Simpson scale) hurricanes strike the U.S. on the average of one every 5.75 years. Annually, hurricanes are estimated to cause approximately $1.2 billion in damages. The proximity of dense population to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the generally low coastal elevations, significantly increases the county's vulnerability. The potential for property damage and human casualties in Palm Beach County has increased over the last several decades primarily because of the rapid growth this county has experienced since 1970, particularly along the vulnerable coastline areas. Hurricane damage is caused by two factors: • High winds; and • Storm surge (discussed under Flooding) Generally, it is the wind that produces most of the property damage associated with hurricanes, while the greatest threat to life is from flooding and storm surge. Although hurricane winds can exert tremendous pressure against a structure, a large percentage of hurricane damage is caused not by wind, but from flying debris. Tree limbs, signs and sign posts, roof tiles, metal Page 3 -43 siding, and other lose objects can become airborne missiles that penetrate the outer shells of buildings, destroying their structural integrity and allowing the hurricane winds to act against interior walls not designed to withstand such forces. Once a structure's integrity is breached, the driving rains associated with hurricanes can enter the structure and completely destroy its contents. Hurricane winds are unique in several ways: • They are more turbulent than winds in most other type storms; • They are sustained for a longer period of time (several hours) than any other type of atmospheric disturbance; • They change slowly in direction, thus they are able to seek out the most critical angle of attack on a given structure; and • They generate large quantities of flying debris as the built environment is progressively damaged, thus amplifying their destructive power. In hurricanes, gusts of wind can be expected to exceed the sustained wind velocity by 25 to 50 percent. This means a hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph will have wind gusts exceeding 200 mph. The wind's pressure against a fixed structure increases with the square of the velocity. For example, a 100 mph wind will exert a pressure of approximately 40 Ibs per square foot on a flat surface, while a 190 mph wind will exert a force of 122 Ibs per square foot on that same structure. In terms of a four by eight foot sheet of plywood nailed over a window, there would be 1,280 Ibs of pressure against this sheet in a 100 mph wind, and 3,904 Ibs or 1.95 tons of pressure against this sheet in a 190 mph wind. • The external and internal pressures generated against a structure vary greatly with increases in elevation, shapes of buildings, openings in the structures, and the surrounding buildings and terrain. Buildings at ground level experience some reductions in wind forces simply because of the drag exerted by the ground against the lowest levels of the air column. High rise buildings, particularly those located along the beach front, will receive the full strength of a hurricane's wind on their upper stories. Recent studies estimate that wind speed increases by approximately 37 percent just 15 feet above ground level. The wind stream generates uplift as it divides and flows around a structure. The stream following the longest path around a building, generally the path over the roof, speeds up to rejoin the wind streams following shorter paths, generally around the walls. This is the same phenomena that generates uplift on an aircraft's wing. The roof, in effect, becomes an airfoil that is attempting to take off from the rest of the building. Roof vortexes generally concentrate the wind's uplift force at the corners of a roof. These key points can experience uplift forces two to five times greater than those exerted on other parts of the roof. Once the envelope of the building has been breached through the loss of a window, door, or roof damage, wind pressure on internal surfaces becomes a critical factor. Openings may cause pressurizing or depressurizing of a building. Pressurizing pushes the walls out, while depressurizing will pull the walls in. Internal pressure coupled with external suction adds to the withdrawal force on sheathing fasteners. Damages from internal pressure fluctuations may range from blowouts of windows and doors to total building collapse due to structural failure. During Andrew, catastrophic failure of one and two -story wood -frame buildings in residential areas was observed more than catastrophic failures in any other type of building. Single family residential construction is particularly vulnerable because less engineering oversight is applied Page 3 -44 • to its design and construction. As opposed to hospitals and public buildings which are considered fully engineered, and office and industrial buildings which are considered "marginally engineered," residential construction is considered "non- engineered." Historically, the bulk of wind damage experienced nationwide has occurred to residential construction. Fully engineered construction usually performs well in high winds due to the attention given to connections and load paths. Hurricane winds generate massive quantities of debris, which can easily exceed a community's entire solid waste capacity by three times or more. Debris removal is an integral first step toward recovery, and as such must be a critical concern of all those tasked with emergency management and the restoration of community services. The TAOS model predicts the following quantities of debris for Palm Beach County given the following hurricane strengths: Tropical Storm 156,142 cubic yards /acre Category 1 Hurricane 1,049,571 cubic yards /acre Category 2 Hurricane 3,183,532 cubic yards /acre Category 3 Hurricane 7,431,401 cubic yards /acre Category 4 Hurricane 16,389,149 cubic yards /acre Category 5 Hurricane 44,874,888 cubic yards / acre • Both the Town of Palm Beach and City of West Palm Beach are old, historical communities on Palm Beach County's east coast. Their age alone makes them particularly vulnerable to hurricane damage. Both cities have old, historically significant structures whose loss would represent the loss of irreplaceable cultural resources. The age and construction type of much of the housing in West Palm Beach and to a lesser extent in many of the other coastal communities, suggests these communities would be hit very hard by a major storm. 3.2.1.2 Flooding Flooding in Palm Beach County results from one or a combination of both of the following meteorological events: • Tidal surge associated with northeasters, hurricanes, and tropical storms; and • Overflow from streams and swamps associated with rain runoff. Major rainfall events occur in association with hurricanes, tropical storms, and thunderstorms associated with frontal systems. When these types of intense rainfall events occur, streams and drainage ditches tend to reach peak flood flow concurrently with tidal water conditions associated with coastal storm surge. This greatly increases the probability of flooding in the low -lying areas of the coastal zone. Areas along the Palm Beach County coast are particularly susceptible to flooding under these conditions. The most flood prone areas in the eastern portion of the county feature Page 3 -45 poorly drained soils, a high water table, and relatively flat terrain, all of which contribute to their flooding problems. Flat, swampy terrain and heavily wooded areas in the western part of Palm Beach County aggravate flood problems by preventing rapid drainage in some areas. In response to mounting losses from flooding nationwide, the United States Congress initiated the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968. The program is administered through FEMA. Under this program, FEMA produces FIRM (Flood Insurance Rate Map) maps, which show areas subject to various levels of flooding under different conditions. This flood risk information is based on historic, meteorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic data, as well as open -space conditions, flood control works, and development. In Appendix C, Flood Section, presents a generalized picture of the flood prone areas in Palm Beach County based on the 1993 version of the FIRM maps. Note that NFIP flood zones B and C do not appear in the legend, as they are not on the Palm Beach County FIRM map. In addition to the FIRM maps there are two numerical models, which predict the effects of storm surge in Palm Beach County. The older model, developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is called the Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model. In Appendix C, Flood Section, illustrates the areas of Palm Beach County vulnerable to this type of flooding. Recently, the State of Florida acquired another model for predicting hurricane storm surge as well as wind and property damage. This model, know as The Arbiter Of Storms (TAOS) model, predicts storm surge height and wind field intensity for Category 1 through Category 5 hurricanes. In Appendix C, Flood Section, illustrates the areas of Palm Beach County subject to flooding during a Category 5 Hurricane. It is important to remember that the TAOS model projections are based on a Maximum of Maximums (MOM) or absolute worst case scenario. For this analysis we have considered the TAOS model projections as reflecting total, worst case exposure for Palm Beach County. 3.2.1.3 Severe Thunderstorm/Lightning Vulnerability to severe thunderstorms and lightning is high in Palm Beach County, but many of the jurisdictions and populations centers shown in Appendix A Table A -1 have only moderate vulnerabilities relative to these hazards. This variation in relative levels of vulnerability is again due primarily to construction practices and community characteristics. Working communities have a higher vulnerability to economic impacts from lightning than residential or retirement communities. All other factors being equal, residential and retirement communities have a historically higher vulnerability in terms of lightning fatalities. 3.2.1.4 Wildfire/Urban Interface Zone Less urbanized communities and areas within the county are more vulnerable to wildfires than the more developed communities. Large areas in the western part of the county and many isolated unincorporated pockets of residential development are quite vulnerable to wildfire in Palm Beach County. The southern and western portion of the Village of Wellington, the unincorporated areas west of Boca Raton, South Bay, Pahokee, and Belle Glade, and virtually all of Palm Beach County's unincorporated areas have a high vulnerability to wildfire during the dry season each year. The problems in the Village of Wellington, west Boca Raton area, and in the various unincorporated pockets of development such as Jupiter Farms, Loxahatchee, and the Lion Country Safari area arise from the fact that these areas have an extensive canopy of Page 3 -46 • slash pine (Pinus elliotii) and sand pines (Pinus clausa), and numerous undeveloped lots interspersed with residences. Upland pine communities in South Florida are adapted for periodic episodes of fire, and they burn very easily. They also generate large quantities of flammable leaf litter and other combustible by- products, which catch fire easily and generate a very hot, if short lived fire. Clearing of vacant lots, periodic removal of accumulated leaf litter, maintained fire breaks, and controlled burns in the undeveloped or rangeland areas of the county are the best mitigative measures that can be applied for this hazard. 3.2.1.5 Muck Fire Muck fires have never occurred in Palm Beach County. The only areas where this hazard might produce impacts are the western portions of the county. At the present time, muck fires are not considered a significant hazard anywhere other than the Pahokee, Belle Glade, and South Bay areas in the western county 3.2.1.6 Tornado Historical data indicates the frequency of tornadoes in Palm Beach County is relatively low. However, the vulnerability does exist as proven in August of 2003 when Palm Beach County was affected by a tornado. Some individual communities have a higher vulnerability to this hazard due to the type of construction or numbers of mobile homes (manufactured housing units) within their boundaries. 3.2.1.7 Extreme Temperatures Temperature extremes, both freezes and periods of excessive heat, impact communities with a larger senior population to a greater extent than those with younger populations. Inland communities away from the moderating influence of the ocean or the estuary are more vulnerable to temperature extremes, as are areas with significant agricultural assets. The increase in temperature across the U.S. in this century is slightly smaller, but of comparable magnitude to the increase of temperature that has characterized the world as a whole. The increase in minimum temperature and the related increase in area affected by much above normal minimum temperatures are also found in many other countries of the northern hemisphere. Worldwide precipitation over land has changed little through the twentieth century; increases noted in high latitudes have been balanced by low- latitude decreases. By comparison, the change in precipitation in the U.S. is still relatively moderate compared to some of the increases and decreases at other latitudes. Decreases in the day -to -day differences of temperature observed in the U.S. are also apparent in China and Russia, the only other large countries analyzed as of this date. The persistent increase in the proportion of precipitation derived from extremely heavy precipitation has not been detected in these other countries. A Climate Extremes Index, defined by an aggregate set of conventional climate extremes indicators, supports the notion that the climate of the U.S. has become more extreme in recent decades, yet the magnitude and persistence of the changes are not now large enough to conclude that the climate has systematically changed to a more extreme state. Similarly, a U.S. Greenhouse Climate Response Index, composed of indicators that measure the changes that are expected to follow increased emissions of greenhouse gases, reflects in recent years the • very changes that are predicted. Still, the rate of change of the GCRI, as with the CEI, is not Page 3 -47 • large enough to unequivocally reject the possibility that the increase in the GCRI may have resulted from other factors, including natural climate variability, although statistically this is but a 5 to 10% chance. Both indices increased rather abruptly during the 1970s, at a time of major circulation changes over the Pacific Ocean and North America. There is little doubt that the increase in the indices is at least partially related to these circulation variations, although the role of increased anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations in such circulation variations is poorly known. Since the indices are influenced by natural changes and variations that can either add to or subtract from any underlying long -term anthropogenic- induced change it will be important to carefully follow their behavior over the next decade to see if they sustain their incipient trends or return to previous levels. Such an effort is critical for a better understanding of climate itself, how it changes, and how these changes can affect our own lives and well being. 3.2.1.8 Coastal and Beach Erosion Palm Beach County's vulnerability to coastal and beach erosion is moderate along all of its coastline. The most significant areas of beach erosion are the areas south of the stabilized inlets where the natural flow of laterally transported sand has been artificially interrupted. Many areas in Palm Beach County have been the subject of major beach re- nourishment projects sponsored jointly by the county and Army Corps of Engineers. Inland communities report some erosion problems along major canals and around water control structures. 3.2.1.9 Agricultural Pest and Disease • Agricultural pests and disease are a more significant hazard in those areas of the county where agriculture is a more significant element in the economic base. The western portion of Palm Beach County is a major ranching and farming area and there are numerous nurseries and smaller agriculture related businesses located throughout the county. 3.2.1.10 Drought Palm Beach County overall has a moderate vulnerability to the impacts from drought due to the county's large agricultural land use in the west and extensive urbanization in the east. Overall, the county has a narrow reserve of potable water and this could become a significant problem during a long -term drought. The western area of the county is most vulnerable to the impacts of drought because this area is extensively involved in farming and ranching. The urbanized communities along the county's coast are less vulnerable economically due to their location and non - agricultural economic base. Potential impacts to Palm Beach County's potable water supply by saltwater intrusion during drought conditions are generally low, with the exception of the City of West Palm Beach which draws its water from surface supplies. 3.2.1.11 Epidemic Florida is more vulnerable than many other states to possible outbreaks of infectious diseases due to the large number of international and U.S. tourists it attracts. In addition, vulnerability to disease hazards has increased by the number of illegal aliens reaching U.S. shores. Palm Beach County's vulnerability to epidemic outbreaks, while higher than some other Florida counties due to its large immigrant population is still considered only moderate. Medical facilities are adequate for current needs, but would be stressed if forced to deal with a major • disease outbreak. Page 3 -48 3.2.1.12 Seismic Hazards Sink Holes and Dam /Levee Failures There are areas in Palm Beach County where canal bank failures could cause or exacerbate flooding during heavy rain events or storms. This problem is, however, more related to soil erosion than to actual levee failure. There has never been any seismic activity, soil failures, or sinkhole activity in Palm Beach County. While these hazards may exist, county vulnerability to them at this time must be considered very low. Palm Beach County does have a major vulnerability to levee failure around the eastern boundary of Lake Okeechobee. Extensive dyking of Lake Okeechobee has taken place since the hurricane of 1928 when about 2,500 people were killed from lake surge in western Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County has the dubious distinction of having had the second highest number of fatalities (following Galveston, Texas) of any county in the United States. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the levees around Lake Okeechobee and they are considered to be sound. A levee failure with today's population would be a catastrophic disaster for Palm Beach County. Tsunamis There have been no recorded tsunamis to have ever affected Palm Beach County. However, scientists have been studying La Palma Island in the Canaries as a possible site where a tsunami could originate if a massive landslide were to occur. Research published in 2001 by • two prominent geologists (Ward & Day) created a major debate and concern over whether a predicted volcanic collapse in the Canary Islands could generate a mega tsunami, which could traverse the Atlantic Ocean at jet aircraft speeds (8 to 9 hours) and devastate the eastern coast of the U.S., including Florida. It was postulated that the wave, at impact on the Florida coast, could be on the order of 50 meters high and cause damage inland as far as 20 km. This mega tsunami would cause unprecedented destruction and loss of life. Subsequently, more comprehensive and rigorous research published by several scientists of the Tsunami Society has taken exception with the original research. The original research, they argue, was based on several erroneous assumptions regarding a structural weakness observed in the western flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on island of La Palma, the probability of a gravitation collapse of a massive land mass of the ocean bottom, and the magnitude and traveling distance of a wave (s) that might be generated should such a collapse occur. The mega tsunami was postulated to occur sometime in the next 1500 years. The weight of scientific evidence suggests there is no discernable tsunami threat to the coast of Florida as a result of geological activity in the Canary Islands. The probability of a tsunami is low. 3.2.2 Technological Hazards 3.2.2.1 Hazardous Materials Accident A community's vulnerability to hazardous materials accidents depends on three factors. These are: • Page 3 -49 • The major transportation routes that pass through the community; • The hazardous material generators located in or near the community; and • The resources in terms of people and property that are in an area of possible impact from a hazardous materials release. Overall, unincorporated Palm Beach County has a low vulnerability to impacts from hazardous materials releases. There are relatively few major generators within the county and those that do exist are generally away from major population centers. Specific areas with higher vulnerability for hazardous materials accidents are along the transportation network (both highway and rail) that pass through the county. All the jurisdictions along the eastern sand ridge (Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Hypoluxo, Lantana, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Lake Park, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, and Tequesta) are extremely vulnerable to toxic material spills and releases from transportation system accidents, primarily rail accidents. The Florida East Coast Railroad runs through all these areas and toxic material spills have occurred along the rail line. Given the right set of circumstances, such releases could produce significant detrimental effects on life and property in these communities. 3.2.2.2 Radiological Accidents (Including Nuclear Power Plant Accidents) The Florida Power and Light St. Lucie Nuclear Power plant is located on south Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County; the northern part of Palm Beach County falls within the 50 -mile radius IPZ for that plant. This means that virtually all Palm Beach County is vulnerable to a nuclear power plant accident to some degree. Fortunately, the frequency with which nuclear power plant accidents occur is very low, and the overall risk to the citizens of Palm Beach County is therefore considered low. Nuclear emergency is perhaps the single hazard facing Palm Beach County, which has received massive emergency management attention at all levels of government. Emergency management planning and regulation relative to nuclear power plant accidents exists at the federal, state, local, and corporate levels. Drills are held routinely and extensive documentation is required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as well as several other federal agencies. Contingency planning for nuclear accidents at the plant itself appears to be well in hand. Of greater risk to the citizens of Palm Beach County is the transport of fissionable material to and from the plant. Such materials transfers are handled with a great deal of care and there has never been a significant accident during any such transfer. Again, while Palm Beach County's vulnerability to such accidents is high, the risk that this hazard will produce an impact within the community appears to be low. Some risks to county include: • Loss of life or potential physical injury (including long -term effects such as cancer). ; • Loss of property (displacement from ' homes). • Palm Beach County is within the 50 milet Ingestion Pathway Zone making contamination of food supplies and drinking water a possibility. Page 3 -50 • Exaggerated media reporting could lead to heightened public alarm. Impacts to tourism industry are possible. In the event of an accidental release of radioactive materials from the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, evacuation areas would depend on several metrological factors such as wind direction and wind speed. According to the 2000 Census data, there are approximately 200,000 people living within ten miles of the power plant. If an accident at the plant took place during tourist season, Palm Beach County could expect half this population to evacuate into Palm Beach County (approximately 110,000 evacuees). Palm Beach County must be prepared to shelter 10 percent (11,000 people) of the evacuating population. All evacuees will be sheltered in Palm Beach, Indian River, and /or Brevard Counties. Currently, there are 19 shelters of which 18 are schools. There are several safety design measures at the plant and stringent federal safety standards govern plant operations (e.g. plants have protective barriers and are designed to withstand aircraft attack, tornados, severe accidents and earthquakes). It is most likely that an accident would slowly progress from one stage of emergency classification to the next. A "fast breaker" accident is very unlikely, but the plant can shut down operations within 2 seconds if needed. Most likely, an accident would slowly progress providing time to warn the public and implement protective measures. In the case of a radioactive release, Florida Power and Light and the American Nuclear Insurers organization would reimburse evacuees for damage or re- location. 3.2.2.3 Communications System Failure Communication failures have a greater potential to produce adverse economic impacts in business -based rather than retirement or residential communities. On the other hand, communication system failures in residential and retirement communities may put more human lives at risk. Palm Beach County's vulnerability to communication system failures is generally considered moderate. Basically, Palm Beach County's vulnerability to this hazard is no greater or less than most other Florida coastal counties. 3.2.2.4 Transportation System Accidents Palm Beach International Airport is a major commercial air transportation hub, with extensive commercial passenger and freight business as well as a significant amount of private or general aviation activity as well. The airport is located directly to the south and west of the City of West Palm Beach and the runway approaches pass directly over both the Town of Palm Beach and the City of West Palm Beach. Aviation is an important element of the economy in Palm Beach County, and this activity raises the county's vulnerability to aviation associated accidents. Vulnerability to transportation system accidents is also associated with the highway and rail systems that run through the county. Individual community and population center vulnerabilities to this hazard are entirely dependent upon location. Again, the communities built on the eastern sand ridge of the county are most vulnerable. Major transportation hubs, rail yards, trucking centers, and the Port of Palm Beach all raise these communities' vulnerabilities to transportation system accidents and breakdowns. Transportation accidents have occasioned blockages on the major highways throughout the county. Due to their locations along the rail line, the eastern cities have higher vulnerabilities to rail system accidents. The Town of Palm Beach and the City of West Palm Beach are also more vulnerable to plane crashes due to their location relative to the Palm Beach International Airport. The central, unincorporated portion of the county has a higher vulnerability to major highway accidents due to the presence of Interstate 95 and the Florida Turnpike. Page 3 -51 • 3.2.2.5 Wellfield Contamination Wellfield contamination has not been a major problem for most of Palm Beach County. There is some potential exposure to this hazard in the eastern portion of the county, but overall the vulnerability to this hazard is considered low at this time. 3.2.2.6 Power Failure Power failures have the same potential impacts in all Palm Beach County communities. The vulnerabilities of all communities to power failures is considered moderate. The power grid throughout Palm Beach County is diversified and there is no single choke point or distribution node whose failure would disrupt power distribution to the entire community. 3.2.3 Societal Hazards 3.2.3.1 Civil Disturbance The overall potential for civil disturbance in Palm Beach County is considered moderate. The Cities of West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, and Rivera Beach are considered to have relatively high vulnerability to this hazard. There has been significant civil unrest in certain areas of these cities in the past and a significant potential for such unrest remains. Recently (within the last 3 years), the potential for civil disturbance appears to have been reduced as a result of community based police activities and the generally overall strong national economy. • 3.2.3.2 Terrorism and Sabotage The possibility for terrorism and sabotage in Palm Beach County does exist, but the county's vulnerability to this hazard is low. The City of West Palm Beach has a slightly higher vulnerability to terrorism since it is the center of government and also by the role played by aviation in the local economy, but this vulnerability is still considered only moderate. The Town of Palm Beach, as well as many other wealthy enclaves within Palm Beach County have a slightly higher vulnerability to celebrity terrorism since so many well known and wealthy personalities make their residence there. While this vulnerability exists, it is considered to be no greater than that faced by many other communities around the country where the rich and famous live. The warm temperatures, onshore winds, high rate of sunshine (UV exposure), and rainfall in Palm Beach County make this area a less favorable target for biological or chemical terrorism than many other areas of the United States. The population here is dispersed when compared to major cities in the northeastern U.S., and the transportation system infrastructure is highly dependent upon individual vehicles. Both of these features make Palm Beach County a less desirable target for transportation system or conventional type (bomb related) terrorist acts. 3.2.3.3 Immigration Crisis Reviewing the data on past illegal immigration and mass population movements, such as the Haitian influx and Cuban raft incidents of the 1980s, indicates that illegal immigration has never reached a crisis state for the local authorities in Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County's • vulnerability to this hazard is moderate, however, due to demographic features. The cities of Page 3 -52 West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Rivera Beach, South Bay, Pahokee, and Belle Glade all have a slightly higher vulnerability to illegal immigration impacts due their larger populations of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants. 3.2.4 Vulnerability of Critical Facilities In Appendix C, maps demonstrate the vulnerability of each hazard in relation to the county and each jurisdiction's location and critical facilities and /or infrastructure. Structures have been identified for each hazard with jurisdictional boundaries. An estimated dollar figure in relation to potential dollar losses has been identified and summarized in a narrative for each identified hazard by jurisdiction. Palm Beach County determined a criticality based on the relative importance of its various assets for the delivery of vital services, the protection of special populations, and other important functions. The types of critical facilities and infrastructure identified within these risk assessment maps are: schools, police stations, fire stations, specific government buildings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, shelters, Herbert Hoover Dike, Turnpike, 1 -95, water treatment facilities and airports. These facilities can be located on the risk assessment maps and a potential dollar loss will be correlated in the charts broken down by municipality and unincorporated county. The estimated costs are based upon information from the county Auditor's Office. The dollar figures specific to each hazard by municipality or unincorporated area express the potential human and economic impacts within Palm Beach County. • 3.3 RISK ASSESSMENT In order to effectively plan hazard mitigation projects and allocate scarce financial resources, a community's vulnerability to a specific hazard must be coupled with other critical factors to perform a risk assessment. Risk, or the probability of loss, depends on three elements: • Frequency — How frequently does a known hazard produce an impact within the community? • Vulnerability — How vulnerable is a community to the impacts produced by a known hazard? • Exposure — What is the community's exposure in terms of life and property to the impacts produced by a specific hazard? Once these three factors are established, the risk level faced by a community with regard to any specific hazard can be calculated using the Risk Triangle approach (Crichton, 1999). In this approach, these three factors become the sides of a triangle, and the risk or probability of loss is represented by the triangle's area (Figure 3.1a). The larger the triangle's area, the higher the community's risk with respect to a given hazard. If a community wishes to reduce its potential for loss or risk of impacts from any given hazard, it can attack the problem by reducing any one of the three elements forming the sides of this triangle; the frequency of a hazard's • occurrence, the vulnerability of the community, or the exposure of the community. Page 3 -53 For example, if a community wishes to reduce its exposure to hurricanes, it could move off of the barrier islands. This actually happened in the 1870s when an entire community on the North Carolina barrier islands moved to the mainland after suffering two devastating hurricanes in three years. By moving out of harm's way a community drastically reduces its exposure and therefore it's potential for loss from a given natural hazard (Figure 3.1 b). In today's world, the potential to relocate an entire community off the barrier islands is, to say the least, remote. A community may, however, reduce its vulnerability to hurricanes by strengthening its buildings. If buildings are hardened, vulnerability is reduced and there is a corresponding reduction in a community's probability of loss (Figure 3.1c). In terms of natural hazards, there is very little, if anything that can be done to change the frequency with which they produce impacts in a community. Mitigation planning relative to those hazards must therefore focus on reducing the community's vulnerability or exposure. In terms of technological and societal hazards, the most cost - effective type of mitigation is to limit or reduce the frequency with which such hazards actually occur. Table A -4 summarizes Palm Beach County's risk or potential for loss relative to each of the hazards identified. In addition, Appendix C will include a risk assessment by jurisdiction. Tables in Appendix C will include all 38 jurisdictions with each hazard identified. The jurisdictional risk assessment will compare each jurisdiction to the overall strategy. Then, the risk assessments will be illustrated by means of maps located in Appendix C by hazard. This is to give a clear image of potential risk throughout Palm Beach County hazard specific with potential dollar losses estimated tied to assessed property values. This assessment will be linked directly to Appendix D illustrating mitigation actions being addressed in the county and jurisdictional comprehensive plans. The • overall strategy is to mitigate to reduce damage of a potential hazard. Figure 3.1 a, b, c Risk Triangle c c►s� k FREQUENCY FREQUENCY FREQUENCY (b) (C) • Page 3 -54 SECTION 3A: VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL FACILITIES This subsection assesses the vulnerability of critical facilities by jurisdiction in terms of the dollar values of property at risk from key hazards. It addresses, in part, the following FEMA requirement: Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(A): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of the types and numbers of existing and future buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities located in the identified hazard area ... . Numbers and types of existing residential, commercial and critical service facilities and infrastructure are described in considerable detail in Special Appendix II: The Palm Beach County Hazard Environment. Subsection 3B summarizes the number and value of residential and commercial properties, by jurisdiction, at risk from select hazards. With regard to future facilities, the following should be considered: • Developable coastal areas of the County in are substantially built out. Future development is likely to be replacement and upgrading of existing facilities. • Development in the Coastal High Area is strictly limited and managed by local ordinances and codes which tend to meet or exceed those recommended of the State. • Future growth throughout the county is guided by the managed growth tiers described in Land Use section of Special Appendix II which consider hazard vulnerability. • Virtually the whole county is potentially vulnerable to isolated flooding during excessive rain events, even areas lying outside Special Flood Hazard Areas. Repetitive flood loss properties are widely scattered, not clustered as the county has no riverines or significant elevation variations to speak of. • All new residential, commercial and critical service facilities will be built to meet or exceed South Florida Building hurricane standards. Several local developers are now building Category 5 type structures. • Wildfire mitigation practices are being promoted for development in the wildland -urban interface areas. Any estimates of future building in Palm Beach County have been rendered virtually useless by the recent general decline in relocations into South Florida and the nation -wide economic downturn which brought new construction to a standstill starting in 2008. Quantitative and evaluative analyses of the vulnerability of future residential, commercial and critical services structures is considered to best be tabled until these factors stabilize or are reversed. The following pages provide assessments of the dollar values of existing critical facilities at risk, by hazard, by jurisdiction, based on database information from the Property Appraisers Office. 3A -1 VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM COUNTY -WIDE OR LOCALIZED HAZARDS BY JURISDICTION JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE EST. VALUE ATLANTIS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #43 FIRE STATION $766,399.00 ATLANTIS JFK MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $67,884,466.00 ATLANTIS ATLANTIS PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,301,044.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 BELLE GLADE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 BELLE GLADE GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 BELLE GLADE GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 BELLE GLADE PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL /SHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 BOCA RATON ATRIUM AT BOCA RATON, THE ADULT LIVING $6,763,831.00 OAKBRIDGE TERRACE AL RESIDENCE AT ST ANDREWS BOCA RATON ESTATES ADULT LIVING $25,640,912.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON AIRPORT AIRPORT $119,336,710.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $2,884,268.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $51,700.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $8,974,393.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $714,342.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $1,376,163.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $568,590.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #7 FIRE STATION $1,180,635.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $2,005,559.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL $49,772,820.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,083,891.00 BOCA RATON AVANTE AT BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $5,183,621.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $3,710,077.00 BOCA RATON FOUNTAINS NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $1,216,587.00 BOCA RATON MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES NURSING HOME $5,960,576.00 BOCA RATON REGENTS PARK NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $7,063,933.00 BOCA RATON WILLOWBROOKE COURT AT ST. ANDREWS NURSING HOME $25,023,255.00 BOCA RATON ADDISON MIZNER SCHOOL $121,260.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $7,185,808.00 3A -2 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,985,529.00 BOCA RATON CALUSA SCHOOL $6,339,251.00 BOCA RATON DON ESTRIDGE SCHOOL $31,473,932.00 BOCA RATON J.C. MITCHELL SCHOOL $16,298,950.00 BOCA RATON OMNI SCHOOL $14,748,963.00 BOCA RATON SPANISH RIVER SCHOOL $2,936,772.00 BOCA RATON VERDE SCHOOL $6,696,522.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL /SHELTER NA BOCA RATON BOCA RATON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $28,818,078.00 BOCA RATON HIGHLAND BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,636,951.00 BOYNTON BEACH A NEW BEGINING ASSISTED LIVING, LLC ADULT LIVING $231,432.00 BOYNTON BEACH BARRINGTON TERRACE OF BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $6,958,668.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $3,327,446.00 BOYNTON BEACH DOREEN'S ASSISTED LIVING HOME ADULT LIVING $255,801.00 BOYNTON BEACH GARDENS AT BOYNTON VILLAGE ADULT LIVING $5,903,468.00 BOYNTON BEACH HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $6,225,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH PARKSIDE INN ADULT LIVING $909,097.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINTE AT NEWPORT PLACE, THE ADULT LIVING $4,581,221.00 BOYNTON BEACH RUSTIC RETREAT RETIREMENT HOME ADULT LIVING $680,620.00 BOYNTON BEACH SIMPSON ADULT CARE FACILITY ADULT LIVING $133,776.00 • BOYNTON BEACH SUNRISE ADULT CARE II ADULT LIVING $215,816.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $11,791,682.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $587,189.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $1,813,965.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $1,794,313.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $2,378,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH BETHESDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL $74,408,025.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $11,791,682.00 BOYNTON BEACH BARRINGTON TERRACE OF BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $6,958,668.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD MANOR NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $4,107,141.00 BOYNTON BEACH HAMLIN PLACE NURSING HOME $3,627,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $3,578,009.00 BOYNTON BEACH MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $5,972,114.00 BOYNTON BEACH CITRUS COVE SCHOOL $6,004,573.00 BOYNTON BEACH CONGRESS SCHOOL $10,244,805.00 BOYNTON BEACH CROSSPOINTE SCHOOL $11,730,159.00 BOYNTON BEACH FOREST PARK SCHOOL $5,340,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH FREEDOM SHORES SCHOOL $10,520,458.00 BOYNTON BEACH GALAXY SCHOOL $6,087,229.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINCIANA SCHOOL $412,131.00 3A -3 BOYNTON BEACH ROLLING GREEN SCHOOL $11,496,893.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL /SHELTER $8,188,679.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH EAST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,173,430.00 DELRAY BEACH ABBEY DELRAY HEALTH CENTER ADULT LIVING $29,613,503.00 DELRAY BEACH ASHLEY PLACE ADULT LIVING $239,202.00 DELRAY BEACH SOUTH COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $7,109,435.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $2,607,290.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,989,518.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $526,647.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $39,903.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $666,865.00 DELRAY BEACH SOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $12,129,812.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $43,355,569.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $5,259,482.00 DELRAY BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT IV LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,919,059.00 DELRAY BEACH HARBOURS EDGE NURSING HOME $41,610,620.00 DELRAY BEACH HEALTH CENTER AT ABBEY DELRAY NURSING HOME $29,613,503.00 DELRAY BEACH HEALTH CENTER AT ABBEY DELRAY SOUTH NURSING HOME $25,762,029.00 DELRAY BEACH BANYAN CREEK SCHOOL $6,541,773.00 DELRAY BEACH CARVER SCHOOL $12,036,686.00 • DELRAY BEACH ORCHARD VIEW SCHOOL $9,305,379.00 DELRAY BEACH PINE GROVE SCHOOL $5,845,200.00 DELRAY BEACH PLUMOSA SCHOOL $2,542,703.00 DELRAY BEACH S.D. SPADY SCHOOL $12,183,277.00 DELRAY BEACH VILLAGE ACADEMY SCHOOL $9,624,453.00 DELRAY BEACH ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL /SHELTER $50,061,757.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $6,982,374.00 GREENACRES ARBOR OAKS AT GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $4,522,583.00 GREENACRES COTTAGES OF GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $3,351,648.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #94 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #95 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES WOOD LAKE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $4,058,970.00 GREENACRES CHOLEE LAKE SCHOOL $11,466,924.00 GREENACRES DIAMOND VIEW SCHOOL $14,010,766.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES SCHOOL $7,999,301.00 GREENACRES HERITAGE SCHOOL $12,225,777.00 GREENACRES LCSWAIN SCHOOL $23,382,501.00 GREENACRES LIBERTY PARK SCHOOL $11,149,825.00 GREENACRES OKEEHEELEE SCHOOL $12,629,810.00 3A -4 GREENACRES TRADEWINDS SCHOOL $31,545,717.00 GREENACRES JOHN I. LEONARD SCHOOL /SHELTER $40,463,849.00 GULF STREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 HAVERHILL EL PINAR CARE CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $217,904.00 HAVERHILL FAMILY RETIREMENT INN, INC. ADULT LIVING NA HIGHLAND BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $6,525,577.00 HIGHLAND BEACH HIGHLAND BEACH PPOLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,525,577.00 HYPOLUXO MANALAPAN WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $424,881.00 JUNO BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #15 FIRE STATION $792,490.00 JUNO BEACH JUNO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,104,882.00 JUNO BEACH WATERFORD HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $24,496,770.00 JUPITER COURTYARD GARDENS OF JUPITER ADULT LIVING $7,731,724.00 JUPITER MANGROVE BAY ADULT LIVING $15,731,344.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OFJUPITER INC #2 ADULT LIVING $325,781.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OFJUPITER, INC. ADULT LIVING $193,562.00 JUPITER ST JOSEPH'S ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $5,000,000.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #16 FIRE STATION $974,679.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #18 FIRE STATION $4,576,326.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #19 FIRE STATION $291,905.00 JUPITER JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $33,820,959.00 • JUPITER JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $20,070,469.00 JUPITER JUPITER CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,432,364.00 JUPITER JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER PAVILION INC NURSING HOME $6,372,706.00 JUPITER BEACON COVE SCHOOL $10,065,593.00 JUPITER JERRYTHOMAS SCHOOL $10,585,387.00 JUPITER JUPITER MIDDLE SCHOOL $11,745,241.00 JUPITER JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,364,324.00 JUPITER JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL $44,806,719.00 JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL $6,850,622.00 JUPITER LIMESTONE CREEK SCHOOL $10,453,135.00 JUPITER INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL /SHELTER $10,960,651.00 JUPITER JUPITER WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,767,040.00 JUPITER INLET COLONY JUPITER INLET COLONY POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $58,452.00 LAKE CLARKE SHORES LAKE CLARKE SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $499,288.00 LAKE PARK TROPICAL PALM ASSISTED ADULT LIVING $230,462.00 LAKE PARK PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #68 FIRE STATION $1,392,767.00 LAKE PARK PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT X LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,024,682.00 LAKE PARK NORTH LAKE REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $1,808,730.00 LAKE PARK LAKE PARK SCHOOL $929,197.00 LAKE WORTH CREST MANOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $745,173.00 is 3A -5 LAKE WORTH NUESTRA CASA ADULT LIVING $237,292.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (ANNEX) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (HOME) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #91 FIRE STATION $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #93 FIRE STATION $421,386.00 LAKE WORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XIV LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH, INC. NURSING HOME $3,416,962.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MANOR NURSING HOME $4,048,109.00 LAKE WORTH MEDICANA NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $1,839,940.00 TERRACES OF LAKE WORTH REHABILITATION AND LAKE WORTH HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $2,024,664.00 LAKE WORTH BARTON SCHOOL $2,917,474.00 LAKE WORTH HIGHLAND SCHOOL $11,820,781.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL $25,315,485.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL $10,597,470.00 LAKE WORTH NORTH GRADE SCHOOL $277,200.00 LAKE WORTH SOUTH GRADE SCHOOL $8,116,488.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,294,097.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #37 FIRE STATION $3,333,004.00 • LANTANA A G HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL $39,127,458.00 LANTANA FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP L LAW ENFORCEMENT $39,127,458.00 LANTANA LANTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,333,004.00 LANTANA LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,891,698.00 LANTANA LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,088,327.00 LANTANA LANTANA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $3,333,004.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 MANALAPAN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #38 FIRE STATION $1,133,311.00 MANALAPAN MANALAPAN POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,133,311.00 MANGONIA PARK MANGONIA PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,134,878.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT #67 FIRE STATION $3,361,323.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,361,323.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH SCHOOL $2,655,928.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $1,401,240.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,401,240.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XII LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 PAHOKEE GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 3A -6 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,368,745.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $23,230,865.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL $12,421,456.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL ADULT LIVING $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS EMMANUEL CARE ALF, INC ADULT LIVING $276,353.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS INN AT LA POSADA ADULT LIVING $40,806,279.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PROSPERITY OAKS ADULT LIVING $20,723,717.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #61 FIRE STATION $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #62 FIRE STATION $872,691.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #63 FIRE STATION $2,975,818.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #64 FIRE STATION $867,013.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #65 FIRE STATION NA PALM BEACH GARDENS NORTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $23,641,417.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $20,000,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL NURSING HOME $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS GARDENS COURT NURSING HOME $7,890,186.00 • HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - PROSPERITY PALM BEACH GARDENS OAKS NURSING HOME $3,787,592.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS NURSING CENTER AT LA POSADA, THE NURSING HOME $40,806,279.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS ALLAMANDA SCHOOL $4,982,710.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS HOWELL L. WATKINS SCHOOL $8,924,221.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS MARSH POINTE SCHOOL $6,540,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,581,566.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL $19,376,514.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS TIMBER TRACE SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WATSON B. DUNCAN SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WILLIAM T. DWYER SCHOOL /SHELTER $27,921,562.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS SEACOAST UTILITY HOOD ROAD WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $7,755,073.00 PALM BEACH SHORES PALM BEACH SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $6,395,575.00 PALM BEACH SHORES PALM BEACH SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,395,575.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #31 FIRE STATION $144,492.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS CLIFFORD 0. TAYLOR / KIRKLANE SCHOOL $6,366,872.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,878,952.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL $132,566.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,188,102.00 3A -7 RIVIERA BEACH GOLDEN YEARS ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $148,839.00 RIVIERA BEACH HARBOR HOUSE RESORT ADULT LIVING $460,681.00 RIVIERA BEACH HOWARD HOUSE ADULT LIVING $152,059.00 RIVIERA BEACH MILLS ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $159,320.00 RIVIERA BEACH PALMS EDGE ADULT LIVING $2,890,714.00 RIVIERA BEACH SEAGULL PLACE ADULT LIVING $437,105.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $7,077,409.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $1,778,976.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $3,027,557.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $1,555,018.00 RIVIERA BEACH KINDRED HOSPITAL OF THE PALM BEACHES HOSPITAL $2,600,895.00 RIVIERA BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $1,555,018.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,077,409.00 RIVIERA BEACH PORT OF PALM BEACH PORT $3,960,408.00 RIVIERA BEACH JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL $15,570,159.00 RIVIERA BEACH LINCOLN SCHOOL $5,915,152.00 RIVIERA BEACH SUNCOAST SCHOOL $8,505,336.00 RIVIERA BEACH WASHINGTON SCHOOL $4,446,062.00 RIVIERA BEACH WEST RIVIERA SCHOOL $6,133,949.00 RIVIERA BEACH DR MARY McLEOD BETHUNE SCHOOL /SHELTER $9,554,070.00 • RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH WATER DEPT. UTILITY $3,466,467.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CASSIE'S CASTLE ADULT LIVING $238,466.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH MEADOWLARK INN ADULT LIVING $221,082.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ORANGE BLOSSOMS VILLA ADULT LIVING $203,285.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #28 FIRE STATION $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #29 FIRE STATION $485,685.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT IX LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL MANOR NURSING HOME $4,334,863.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CRESTWOOD SCHOOL $9,898,169.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CYPRESS TRAILS SCHOOL $6,024,553.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH H.L. JOHNSON SCHOOL $6,446,044.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,875,172.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL $39,304,062.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT UTILITY $12,371,800.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,349,946.00 SOUTH BAY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 SOUTH BAY ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 SOUTH PALM BEACH SOUTH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,947,102.00 3A -8 TEQUESTA CLARE BRIDGE OF TEQUESTA ADULT LIVING $2,360,000.00 TEQUESTA STERLING HOUSE OF TEQUESTA ADULT LIVING $2,360,000.00 TEQUESTA TERRACE COMMUNITIES TEQUESTA, LLC ADULT LIVING $7,693,231.00 TEQUESTA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #11 FIRE STATION $281,656.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA FIRE STATION $4,745,508.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $4,745,508.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA WELL FIELD 1 PUMP UTILITY $1,477,678.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,529,130.00 WELLINGTON A HOME FOR ME, INC ADULT LIVING $266,858.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON RESIDENCE AT PADDOCK PARK ADULT LIVING $247,554.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #20 FIRE STATION $718,038.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #27 FIRE STATION $546,419.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $29,049,326.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON BINKS FOREST SCHOOL $13,123,925.00 WELLINGTON ELBRIDGE GALE SCHOOL $3,277,054.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 • WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS SCHOOL $16,917,723.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON POLO PARK SCHOOL $19,643,835.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $9,259,508.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WEST PALM BEACH ARDEN COURTS OF WEST PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $7,879,246.00 WEST PALM BEACH B P ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $245,088.00 WEST PALM BEACH DOREEN'S ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $432,593.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOUNTAINVIEW ADULT LIVING $13,700,000.00 WEST PALM BEACH GARDEN VILLAS ADULT LIVING $484,695.00 WEST PALM BEACH IT'S JUST LIKE HOME ADULT LIVING $136,165.00 WEST PALM BEACH LOURDES PAVILION ADULT LIVING $31,349,832.00 WEST PALM BEACH MARRIOTT HOME CARE ADULT LIVING $343,808.00 WEST PALM BEACH MI CASA ES TU CASA #2 ADULT LIVING $241,171.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $3,643,464.00 3A -9 WEST PALM BEACH SAVANNAH COURT OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $6,005,834.00 WEST PALM BEACH ST MARY'S ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $975,033.00 WEST PALM BEACH TRADITION OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $25,301,615.00 WEST PALM BEACH WINDSOR COURT ADULT LIVING $2,389,315.00 WEST PALM BEACH WIZE CHOICE ADULT LIVING $467,985.00 WEST PALM BEACH WYNDHAM HOUSE ADULT LIVING $550,999.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #17 FIRE STATION $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $3,767,202.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,744,185.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $2,706,451.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $3,756,702.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $672,258.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $620,146.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #7 FIRE STATION $1,181,594.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $1,172,982.00 WEST PALM BEACH CRIMINAL JUSTICE BLDG GOVERNMENT $29,529,660.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS GOVERNMENT $7,072,191.00 WEST PALM BEACH GOVERNMENTAL CENTER GOVERNMENT $58,993,605.00 WEST PALM BEACH MAIN COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $141,088,099.00 WEST PALM BEACH PAUL G ROGERS FEDERAL BLDG GOVERNMENT $29,683,378.00 • WEST PALM BEACH COLUMBIA HOSPITAL $14,875,656.00 WEST PALM BEACH GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $32,000,000.00 OAKWOOD CENTER OF THOSPITALE PALM WEST PALM BEACH BEACHOSPITALES, INC. HOSPITAL $6,212,989.00 WEST PALM BEACH ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $53,781,947.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $23,187,520.00 WEST PALM BEACH DARCY HALL OF LIFE CARE NURSING HOME $5,456,603.00 EDWARD J. HEALEY REHABILITATION AND NURSING WEST PALM BEACH CENTER NURSING HOME $7,281,254.00 WEST PALM BEACH JOSEPH L MORSE GERIATRIC CENTER INC NURSING HOME $13,027,454.00 WEST PALM BEACH LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $3,095,033.00 LOURDES - NOREEN MCKEEN RESIDENCE FOR WEST PALM BEACH GERIATRIC CARE, INC. NURSING HOME $31,349,832.00 WEST PALM BEACH MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $7,879,246.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM GARDEN OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $5,802,782.00 WEST PALM BEACH REHALABILITATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES NURSING HOME $4,966,513.00 WEST PALM BEACH SAVANNA COVE NURSING HOME $6,005,834.00 WEST PALM BEACH A.W. DREYFOOS HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SCHOOL $29,718,687.00 WEST PALM BEACH BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SCHOOL $19,211,081.00 WEST PALM BEACH BEAR LAKES SCHOOL $17,270,153.00 WEST PALM BEACH BELVEDERE SCHOOL $9,206,675.00 • 3A -10 • WEST PALM BEACH CONNISTON SCHOOL $19,579,247.00 WEST PALM BEACH EGRET LAKE SCHOOL $6,439,434.00 WEST PALM BEACH GRASSY WATERS SCHOOL $11,836,291.00 WEST PALM BEACH INDIAN RIDGE LEARNING CENTER SCHOOL $14,904,444.00 WEST PALM BEACH 1EAGA SCHOOL $21,669,421.00 WEST PALM BEACH NORTHBORO SCHOOL $3,896,791.00 WEST PALM BEACH NORTHMORE SCHOOL $9,480,106.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH LAKES SCHOOL $22,901,573.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALMETTO SCHOOL $5,136,819.00 WEST PALM BEACH PLEASANT CITY SCHOOL $6,277,815.00 WEST PALM BEACH ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $23,325,267.00 WEST PALM BEACH ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL $23,325,267.00 WEST PALM BEACH SOUTH OLIVE SCHOOL $9,832,374.00 WEST PALM BEACH U.B. KINSEY/ PALMVIEW SCHOOL $10,169,641.00 WEST PALM BEACH WESTWARD SCHOOL $4,152,285.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOREST HILL SCHOOL /SHELTER $35,130,044.00 WEST PALM BEACH WPB WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $8,669,182.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AAVALON OF PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $4,230,247.00 UNINCORPORATED ADULT LIVING HOME ASSISTED LIVING PLUS MORE ADULT LIVING $206,973.00 • UNINCORPORATED ARDEN COURTS OF DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $8,955,804.00 UNINCORPORATED ASSISTED LIVING OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, INC ADULT LIVING $374,547.00 UNINCORPORATED ATLANTIS ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $2,573,016.00 UNINCORPORATED ATRIA MERIDIAN ADULT LIVING $9,451,409.00 UNINCORPORATED AVERY COTTAGE, INC. ADULT LIVING $167,580.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED B P ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY II ADULT LIVING $199,700.00 UNINCORPORATED BRIGHTON GARDENS OF BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $36,472,535.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 UNINCORPORATED CHRISTEL CARE INC ADULT LIVING $195,543.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE ADULT LIVING NA UNINCORPORATED COLONIAL INN, LLC ADULT LIVING $1,860,361.00 UNINCORPORATED COUNTRY RETREAT ADULT LIVING $387,792.00 UNINCORPORATED CRESTHAVEN EAST ADULT LIVING $6,201,107.00 UNINCORPORATED FINNISH - AMERICAN REST HOME, INC. ADULT LIVING $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED HERITAGE PARK EAST, LLC ADULT LIVING $6,351,339.00 UNINCORPORATED HERON'S RUN ADULT LIVING NA UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN GARDEN ADULT LIVING $318,649.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN PINES A.L.F., INC. ADULT LIVING $266,093.00 UNINCORPORATED HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $5,088,811.00 • 3A -11 UNINCORPORATED HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $5,549,128.00 UNINCORPORATED INN AT CASA DEL MAR ADULT LIVING $19,156,498.00 UNINCORPORATED JOY OF LIVING CARE SERVICES ADULT LIVING $160,250.00 UNINCORPORATED LEE RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $540,572.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 OAKBRIDGE TERRACE AL RESIDENCE AT EDGEWATER UNINCORPORATED POINTE EST. ADULT LIVING $36,185,684.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE ADULT LIVING $181,598.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE II ADULT LIVING $188,786.00 UNINCORPORATED PLEASANT RETIREMENT HOME INC. ADULT LIVING $201,664.00 UNINCORPORATED PREFERRED LIFESTYLE ADULT LIVING $260,881.00 UNINCORPORATED SUMMERVILLE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $10,715,440.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE ADULT CARE ADULT LIVING $190,418.00 UNINCORPORATED TERRACE AT WEST PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $20,437,452.00 UNINCORPORATED TRINITY CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $178,807.00 UNINCORPORATED TYVAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, LLC ADULT LIVING $189,306.00 UNINCORPORATED VILLA OF KINGS & QUEENS OF DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $468,172.00 UNINCORPORATED WHITE PALMS ADULT LIVING $328,447.00 UNINCORPORATED WHITEHALL BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $8,642,874.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT NA UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK AIRPORT $54,375,512.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRPORT $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #14 FIRE STATION $398,703.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #22 FIRE STATION $8,000,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #23 FIRE STATION $2,569,719.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #24 FIRE STATION $408,126.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #32 FIRE STATION $664,046.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #33 FIRE STATION $9,060,602.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #34 FIRE STATION $959,700.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #35 FIRE STATION $11,238,633.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #36 FIRE STATION $668,086.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #41 FIRE STATION $776,965.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #42 FIRE STATION $2,653,609.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #44 FIRE STATION $949,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #45 FIRE STATION $774,363.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #46 FIRE STATION $759,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #47 FIRE STATION $1,533,087.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #48 FIRE STATION $1,807,243.00 3A -12 • UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #51 FIRE STATION $522,074.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #52 FIRE STATION $361,823.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #53 FIRE STATION $1,144,453.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #54 FIRE STATION $631,896.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #55 FIRE STATION $755,977.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #56 FIRE STATION $263,114.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #57 FIRE STATION $1,510,609.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #58 FIRE STATION $589,208.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #81 FIRE STATION $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED GUN CLUB ROAD COURT LOCATION GOVERNMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY EOC GOVERNMENT $12,554,898.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL -PALM BEACH, INC HOSPITAL $9,483,195.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $22,481,463.00 UNINCORPORATED FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP K LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,301,912.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT II LAW ENFORCEMENT $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VI LAW ENFORCEMENT $543,555.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VII LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,144,453.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VII M LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,765,578.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF HEADQUARTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED AMERICAN - FINNISH NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED AZALEA COURT NURSING HOME $3,188,109.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $6,526,815.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,513,754.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE NURSING HOME NA UNINCORPORATED CONSULATE HEALTH CARE OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,572,157.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL BAY HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION NURSING HOME NA UNINCORPORATED CROSSINGS, THE NURSING HOME $4,236,012.00 HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE & REHAB CENTER - BOCA UNINCORPORATED RATON NURSING HOME $4,585,343.00 UNINCORPORATED LAKE VIEW CARE CENTER AT DELRAY NURSING HOME $3,672,551.00 UNINCORPORATED LIBERTY INN, LLC NURSING HOME $11,532,913.00 UNINCORPORATED MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES NURSING HOME $8,955,804.00 UNINCORPORATED MENORAH HOUSE NURSING HOME $3,746,403.00 UNINCORPORATED SIGNATURE HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,709,017.00 UNINCORPORATED STRATFORD COURT OF BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $36,472,535.00 UNINCORPORATED WHITEHALL BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $8,642,874.00 UNINCORPORATED WILLOWBROOKE COURTAT EDGEWATER POINTE NURSING HOME $36,185,684.00 3A -13 ESTATES UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED ADULT EDUCATION CENTER SCHOOL $3,944,577.00 UNINCORPORATED BENOIST FARMS SCHOOL $14,150,180.00 UNINCORPORATED BERKSHIRE SCHOOL $14,228,391.00 UNINCORPORATED CHRISTA McAULIFFE SCHOOL $508,868.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL REEF SCHOOL $11,852,417.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL SUNSET SCHOOL $11,023,107.00 UNINCORPORATED CRYSTAL LAKES SCHOOL $8,011,679.00 UNINCORPORATED DEL PRADO SCHOOL $6,997,363.00 UNINCORPORATED DISCOVERY KEY SCHOOL $9,848,622.00 UNINCORPORATED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SCHOOL $3,798,491.00 UNINCORPORATED EAGLES LANDING SCHOOL $574,750.00 UNINCORPORATED FOREST HILL SCHOOL $8,584,778.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED GOLDEN GROVE SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED GROVE PARK SCHOOL $5,053,586.00 UNINCORPORATED HAGEN ROAD SCHOOL $6,345,051.00 UNINCORPORATED HAMMOCK POINTE SCHOOL $11,554,847.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN OAKS SCHOOL $19,602,183.00 • UNINCORPORATED INDIAN PINES SCHOOL $9,282,958.00 UNINCORPORATED JUPITER FARMS SCHOOL $5,284,279.00 UNINCORPORATED K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 UNINCORPORATED LOGGERS RUN SCHOOL $12,710,962.00 UNINCORPORATED MANATEE SCHOOL $8,474,829.00 UNINCORPORATED MEADOW PARK SCHOOL $10,700,731.00 UNINCORPORATED MELALEUCA SCHOOL $5,077,494.00 UNINCORPORATED MORIKAMI PARK SCHOOL $10,662,334.00 UNINCORPORATED ODYSSEY SCHOOL $12,947,066.00 UNINCORPORATED OLYMPIC HEIGHTS SCHOOL $28,200,318.00 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PANTHER RUN SCHOOL $10,354,528.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED PINE JOG (03 -Y) SCHOOL $661,521.00 UNINCORPORATED ROYAL PALM SCHOOL SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SANDPIPER SHORES SCHOOL $11,508,210.00 UNINCORPORATED SANTALUCES SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE TRAILS SCHOOL $6,198,602.00 UNINCORPORATED STARLIGHT COVE SCHOOL $12,035,111.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE PARK SCHOOL $13,533,931.00 • 3A -14 UNINCORPORATED SUNSET PALMS (03 -Z) SCHOOL $1,583,981.00 UNINCORPORATED WATERS EDGE SCHOOL $7,759,096.00 UNINCORPORATED WESTERN PINES SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED WHISPERING PINES SCHOOL $8,654,815.00 UNINCORPORATED WOODLANDS SCHOOL $12,567,750.00 UNINCORPORATED WYNNEBROOK SCHOOL $4,157,931.00 UNINCORPORATED PARK VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $43,566,148.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST BOCA RATON COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $22,486,715.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST GATE SCHOOL /SHELTER $14,774,822.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST BOYNTON RECREATION CENTER(PET FRIENDLY) SHELTER $7,114,795.00 UNINCORPORATED SOUTH FLORIDA EXPO BLDG (SPECIAL CARE UNIT) SHELTER $30,354,108.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH WEST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,874,704.00 UNINCORPORATED LAKE CLARKE SHORES UTILITY $102,299.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY REPUMP #5 UTILITY $3,850,109.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WASTE WATER TREATMENT 2 UTILITY $1,838,263.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WASTE WATER TREATMENT 7 UTILITY $711,280.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #1 UTILITY $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #2 UTILITY $2,226,646.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #3 UTILITY $8,597,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #7 UTILITY $711,280.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #8 UTILITY $4,086,857.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #9S UTILITY $5,833,406.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,325,323.00 UNINCORPORATED PRATT & WHITNEY INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER UTILITY $40,000,000.00 SEACOAST UTILITY RICHARD ROAD WATER UNINCORPORATED TREATMENT UTILITY $2,022,660.00 TOTAL $6,269,489,798.00 • 3A -15 VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM FLOOD HAZARDS JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE ESTIMATED VALUE ATLANTIS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #43 FIRE STATION $766,399.00 ATLANTIS JFK MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $67,884,466.00 ATLANTIS ATLANTIS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,301,044.00 BOYNTON BEACH A NEW BEGINING ASSISTED LIVING, LLC ADULT LIVING $231,432.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINTE AT NEWPORT PLACE, THE ADULT LIVING $4,581,221.00 BOYNTON BEACH SIMPSON ADULT CARE FACILITY ADULT LIVING $133,776.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $1,813,965.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $2,378,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH HAMLIN PLACE NURSING HOME $3,627,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $3,578,009.00 BOYNTON BEACH CITRUS COVE SCHOOL $6,004,573.00 BOYNTON BEACH CONGRESS SCHOOL $10,244,805.00 BOYNTON BEACH FREEDOM SHORES SCHOOL $10,520,458.00 BOYNTON BEACH GALAXY SCHOOL $6,087,229.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINCIANA SCHOOL $412,131.00 BOYNTON BEACH ROLLING GREEN SCHOOL $11,496,893.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL /SHELTER $8,188,679.00 DELRAY BEACH PINE GROVE SCHOOL $5,845,200.00 DELRAY BEACH VILLAGE ACADEMY SCHOOL $9,624,453.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $6,982,374.00 • GREENACRES ARBOR OAKS AT GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $4,522,583.00 GREENACRES COTTAGES OF GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $3,351,648.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #94 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #95 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES WOOD LAKE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $4,058,970.00 GREENACRES CHOLEE LAKE SCHOOL $11,466,924.00 GREENACRES DIAMOND VIEW SCHOOL $14,010,766.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES SCHOOL $7,999,301.00 GREENACRES HERITAGE SCHOOL $12,225,777.00 GREENACRES LCSWAIN SCHOOL $23,382,501.00 GREENACRES LIBERTY PARK SCHOOL $11,149,825.00 GREENACRES OKEEHEELEE SCHOOL $12,629,810.00 GREENACRES TRADEWINDS SCHOOL $31,545,717.00 GREENACRES JOHN I. LEONARD SCHOOL /SHELTER $40,463,849.00 GULFSTREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 HAVERHILL EL PINAR CARE CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $217,904.00 HAVERHILL FAMILY RETIREMENT INN, INC. ADULT LIVING NA JUNO BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #15 FIRE STATION $792,490.00 JUPITER COURTYARD GARDENS OF JUPITER ADULT LIVING $7,731,724.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER INC #2 ADULT LIVING $325,781.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER, INC. ADULT LIVING $193,562.00 L JUPITER ST JOSEPH'S ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $5,000,000.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #19 FIRE STATION $291,905.00 • 3A -16 JUPITER JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $20,070,469.00 JUPITER JUPITER CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,432,364.00 JUPITER JERRY THOMAS SCHOOL $10,585,387.00 JUPITER JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,364,324.00 JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL $6,850,622.00 JUPITER LIMESTONE CREEK SCHOOL $10,453,135.00 JUPITER INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL /SHELTER $10,960,651.00 JUPITER JUPITER WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,767,040.00 LAKE CLARKE SHORES LAKE CLARKE SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $499,288.00 LAKE WORTH CREST MANOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $745,173.00 LAKE WORTH NUESTRA CASA ADULT LIVING $237,292.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (ANNEX) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (HOME) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #91 FIRE STATION $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #93 FIRE STATION $421,386.00 LAKE WORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XIV LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH, INC. NURSING HOME $3,416,962.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MANOR NURSING HOME $4,048,109.00 LAKE WORTH MEDICANA NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $1,839,940.00 TERRACES OF LAKE WORTH REHABILITATION AND HEALTH LAKE WORTH CENTER NURSING HOME $2,024,664.00 LAKE WORTH BARTON SCHOOL $2,917,474.00 LAKE WORTH HIGHLAND SCHOOL $11,820,781.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL $25,315,485.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL $10,597,470.00 LAKE WORTH NORTH GRADE SCHOOL $277,200.00 LAKE WORTH SOUTH GRADE SCHOOL $8,116,488.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,294,097.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #37 FIRE STATION $3,333,004.00 LANTANA A G HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL $39,127,458.00 LANTANA FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROLTROOP L LAW ENFORCEMENT $39,127,458.00 LANTANA LANTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,333,004.00 LANTANA LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,891,698.00 LANTANA LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,088,327.00 LANTANA LANTANA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $3,333,004.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL $12,421,456.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL ADULT LIVING $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS EMMANUEL CARE ALF, INC ADULT LIVING $276,353.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #61 FIRE STATION $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #62 FIRE STATION $872,691.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #64 FIRE STATION $867,013.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $20,000,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $12,430,908.00 3A -17 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL NURSING HOME $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS HOWELL L. WATKINS SCHOOL $8,924,221.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS MARSH POINTE SCHOOL $6,540,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,581,566.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL $19,376,514.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WATSON B. DUNCAN SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #31 FIRE STATION $144,492.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS CLIFFORD 0. TAYLOR / KIRKLANE SCHOOL $6,366,872.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,878,952.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL $132,566.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,188,102.00 RIVIERA BEACH HOWARD HOUSE ADULT LIVING $152,059.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CASSIE'S CASTLE ADULT LIVING $238,466.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH MEADOWLARK INN ADULT LIVING $221,082.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #28 FIRE STATION $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL MANOR NURSING HOME $4,334,863.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CRESTWOOD SCHOOL $9,898,169.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CYPRESS TRAILS SCHOOL $6,024,553.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH H.L. JOHNSON SCHOOL $6,446,044.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,875,172.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL $39,304,062.00 • ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WASTEWATER TREATMENT UTILITY $12,371,800.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,349,946.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WEST PALM BEACH MI CASA ES TU CASA #2 ADULT LIVING $241,171.00 WEST PALM BEACH TRADITION OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $25,301,615.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #17 FIRE STATION $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $3,756,702.00 OAKWOOD CENTER OF THOSPITALE PALM WEST PALM BEACH BEACHOSPITALES, INC. HOSPITAL $6,212,989.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH EDWARD J. HEALEY REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER NURSING HOME $7,281,254.00 WEST PALM BEACH JOSEPH L MORSE GERIATRIC CENTER INC NURSING HOME $13,027,454.00 WEST PALM BEACH EGRET LAKE SCHOOL $6,439,434.00 WEST PALM BEACH WESTWARD SCHOOL $4,152,285.00 3A -18 WEST PALM BEACH FOREST HILL SCHOOL /SHELTER $35,130,044.00 WEST PALM BEACH WPB WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $8,669,182.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AAVALON OF PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $4,230,247.00 UNINCORPORATED ASSISTED LIVING OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, INC ADULT LIVING $374,547.00 UNINCORPORATED ATLANTIS ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $2,573,016.00 UNINCORPORATED ATRIA MERIDIAN ADULT LIVING $9,451,409.00 UNINCORPORATED AVERY COTTAGE, INC. ADULT LIVING $167,580.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED B P ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY II ADULT LIVING $199,700.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE ADULT LIVING NA UNINCORPORATED CRESTHAVEN EAST ADULT LIVING $6,201,107.00 UNINCORPORATED FINNISH - AMERICAN REST HOME, INC. ADULT LIVING $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED HERON'S RUN ADULT LIVING NA UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN GARDEN ADULT LIVING $318,649.00 UNINCORPORATED LEE RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $540,572.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE II ADULT LIVING $188,786.00 UNINCORPORATED PLEASANT RETIREMENT HOME INC. ADULT LIVING $201,664.00 UNINCORPORATED PREFERRED LIFESTYLE ADULT LIVING $260,881.00 UNINCORPORATED SUMMERVILLE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $10,715,440.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE ADULT CARE ADULT LIVING $190,418.00 UNINCORPORATED TRINITY CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $178,807.00 UNINCORPORATED TYVAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, LLC ADULT LIVING $189,306.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK AIRPORT $54,375,512.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #24 FIRE STATION $408,126.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #32 FIRE STATION $664,046.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #33 FIRE STATION $9,060,602.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #35 FIRE STATION $11,238,633.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #36 FIRE STATION $668,086.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #46 FIRE STATION $759,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #57 FIRE STATION $1,510,609.00 UNINCORPORATED GUN CLUB ROAD COURT LOCATION GOVERNMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY EOC GOVERNMENT $12,554,898.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL -PALM BEACH, INC HOSPITAL $9,483,195.00 UNINCORPORATED FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP K LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,301,912.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VI LAW ENFORCEMENT $543,555.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF HEADQUARTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED AMERICAN - FINNISH NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $6,526,815.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE NURSING HOME NA UNINCORPORATED CONSULATE HEALTH CARE OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,572,157.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL BAY HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION NURSING HOME NA • 3A -19 UNINCORPORATED CROSSINGS, THE NURSING HOME $4,236,012.00 UNINCORPORATED LIBERTY INN, LLC NURSING HOME $11,532,913.00 UNINCORPORATED SIGNATURE HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,709,017.00 UNINCORPORATED BERKSHIRE SCHOOL $14,228,391.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL REEF SCHOOL $11,852,417.00 UNINCORPORATED CRYSTAL LAKES SCHOOL $8,011,679.00 UNINCORPORATED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SCHOOL $3,798,491.00 UNINCORPORATED FOREST HILL SCHOOL $8,584,778.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN OAKS SCHOOL $19,602,183.00 UNINCORPORATED INDIAN PINES SCHOOL $9,282,958.00 UNINCORPORATED MANATEE SCHOOL $8,474,829.00 UNINCORPORATED MEADOW PARK SCHOOL $10,700,731.00 UNINCORPORATED MELALEUCA SCHOOL $5,077,494.00 UNINCORPORATED PINE JOG (03 -Y) SCHOOL $661,521.00 UNINCORPORATED ROYAL PALM SCHOOL SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SANTALUCES SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED STARLIGHT COVE SCHOOL $12,035,111.00 UNINCORPORATED WYNNEBROOK SCHOOL $4,157,931.00 UNINCORPORATED PARK VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $43,566,148.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 UNINCORPORATED PET FRIENDLY (WEST BOYNTON RECREATION CENTER) SHELTER $7,114,795.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH WEST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,874,704.00 • UNINCORPORATED LAKE CLARKE SHORES UTILITY $102,299.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #1 UTILITY $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #2 UTILITY $2,226,646.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,325,323.00 UNINCORPORATED SEACOAST UTILITY RICHARD ROAD WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $2,022,660.00 TOTAL $2,326,904,662.00. • 3A -20 VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE HAZARD ESTIMATED JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE VALUE LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 WELLINGTON A HOME FOR ME, INC ADULT LIVING $266,858.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON RESIDENCE AT PADDOCK PARK ADULT LIVING $247,554.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #20 FIRE STATION $718,038.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #27 FIRE STATION $546,419.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $29,049,326.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON BINKS FOREST SCHOOL $13,123,925.00 WELLINGTON ELBRIDGE GALE SCHOOL $3,277,054.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS SCHOOL $16,917,723.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON POLO PARK SCHOOL $19,643,835.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 • WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WASTE WATER WELLINGTON TREATMENT UTILITY $9,259,508.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN PINES A.L.F., INC. ADULT LIVING $266,093.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #14 FIRE STATION $398,703.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #22 FIRE STATION $8,000,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED GOLDEN GROVE SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED JUPITER FARMS SCHOOL $5,284,279.00 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED WESTERN PINES SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 TOTAL $347,413,153.00 3A -21 VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM COASTAL EROSION HAZARDS JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE ESTIMATED VALUE BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $8,974,393.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,989,518.00 GULF STREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 JUNO BEACH JUNO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,104,882.00 JUPITER INLET COLONY JUPITER INLET COLONY POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $58,452.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $1,401,240.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,401,240.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,368,745.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $23,230,865.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $3,027,557.00 SOUTH PALM BEACH SOUTH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,947,102.00 TOTAL $90,439,932.00 • • 3A -22 • VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM HERBERT HOOVER DIKE FAILURE ESTIMATED JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE VALUE BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 BELLE GLADE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 BELLE GLADE GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 BELLE GLADE GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 BELLE GLADE PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL /SHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XII LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 PAHOKEE GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 SOUTH BAY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 SOUTH BAY ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 • SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $1,172,982.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT $0.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 TOTAL $235,452,844.00 3A -23 VALUE OF CRITCAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM AGRICULTURAL HAZARDS ESTIMATED FACILITY TYPE VALUE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOUSHELTER $25,505,038.00 LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOUSHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XII LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 • PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 SOUTH BAY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT NA PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 TOTAL $154,787,593.00 3A -24 VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM COUNTY -WIDE OR LOCALIZED HAZARDS BY JURISDICTION JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE EST. VALUE ATLANTIS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #43 FIRE STATION $766,399.00 ATLANTIS JFK MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $67,884,466.00 ATLANTIS ATLANTIS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,301,044.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 BELLE GLADE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 BELLE GLADE GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 BELLE GLADE GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 • BELLE GLADE PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL /SHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 BOCA RATON ATRIUM AT BOCA RATON, THE ADULT LIVING $6,763,831.00 OAKBRIDGE TERRACE AL RESIDENCE AT ST ANDREWS BOCA RATON ESTATES ADULT LIVING $25,640,912.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON AIRPORT AIRPORT $119,336,710.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $2,884,268.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $51,700.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $8,974,393.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $714,342.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $1,376,163.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $568,590.00 • 3A -25 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #7 FIRE STATION $1,180,635.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $2,005,559.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL $49,772,820.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,083,891.00 BOCA RATON AVANTE AT BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $5,183,621.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $3,710,077.00 BOCA RATON FOUNTAINS NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $1,216,587.00 BOCA RATON MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES NURSING HOME $5,960,576.00 BOCA RATON REGENTS PARK NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $7,063,933.00 BOCA RATON WILLOWBROOKE COURT AT ST. ANDREWS NURSING HOME $25,023,255.00 BOCA RATON ADDISON MIZNER SCHOOL $121,260.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $7,185,808.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,985,529.00 BOCA RATON CALUSA SCHOOL $6,339,251.00 BOCA RATON DON ESTRIDGE SCHOOL $31,473,932.00 BOCA RATON J.C. MITCHELL SCHOOL $16,298,950.00 BOCA RATON OMNI SCHOOL $14,748,963.00 BOCA RATON SPANISH RIVER SCHOOL $2,936,772.00 BOCA RATON VERDE SCHOOL $6,696,522.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL /SHELTER $0.00 BOCA RATON BOCA RATON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $28,818,078.00 BOCA RATON HIGHLAND BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,636,951.00 BOYNTON BEACH A NEW BEGINING ASSISTED LIVING, LLC ADULT LIVING $231,432.00 BOYNTON BEACH BARRINGTON TERRACE OF BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $6,958,668.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $3,327,446.00 BOYNTON BEACH DOREEN'S ASSISTED LIVING HOME ADULT LIVING $255,801.00 BOYNTON BEACH GARDENS AT BOYNTON VILLAGE ADULT LIVING $5,903,468.00 • 3A -26 • BOYNTON BEACH HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $6,225,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH PARKSIDE INN ADULT LIVING $909,097.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINTE AT NEWPORT PLACE, THE ADULT LIVING $4,581,221.00 BOYNTON BEACH RUSTIC RETREAT RETIREMENT HOME ADULT LIVING $680,620.00 BOYNTON BEACH SIMPSON ADULT CARE FACILITY ADULT LIVING $133,776.00 BOYNTON BEACH SUNRISE ADULT CARE II ADULT LIVING $215,816.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $11,791,682.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $587,189.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $1,813,965.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $1,794,313.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $2,378,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH BETHESDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL $74,408,025.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $11,791,682.00 BOYNTON BEACH BARRINGTON TERRACE OF BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $6,958,668.00 • BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD MANOR NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $4,107,141.00 BOYNTON BEACH HAMLIN PLACE NURSING HOME $3,627,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $3,578,009.00 BOYNTON BEACH MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $5,972,114.00 BOYNTON BEACH CITRUS COVE SCHOOL $6,004,573.00 BOYNTON BEACH CONGRESS SCHOOL $10,244,805.00 BOYNTON BEACH CROSSPOINTE SCHOOL $11,730,159.00 BOYNTON BEACH FOREST PARK SCHOOL $5,340,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH FREEDOM SHORES SCHOOL $10,520,458.00 BOYNTON BEACH GALAXY SCHOOL $6,087,229.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINCIANA SCHOOL $412,131.00 BOYNTON BEACH ROLLING GREEN SCHOOL $11,496,893.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL /SHELTER $8,188,679.00 . 3A -27 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH EAST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,173,430.00 DELRAY BEACH ABBEY DELRAY HEALTH CENTER ADULT LIVING $29,613,503.00 DELRAY BEACH ASHLEY PLACE ADULT LIVING $239,202.00 DELRAY BEACH SOUTH COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $7,109,435.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $2,607,290.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,989,518.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $526,647.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $39,903.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $666,865.00 DELRAY BEACH SOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $12,129,812.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $43,355,569.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $5,259,482.00 DELRAY BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT IV LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,919,059.00 DELRAY BEACH HARBOURS EDGE NURSING HOME $41,610,620.00 DELRAY BEACH HEALTH CENTER AT ABBEY DELRAY NURSING HOME $29,613,503.00 DELRAY BEACH HEALTH CENTER AT ABBEY DELRAY SOUTH NURSING HOME $25,762,029.00 DELRAY BEACH BANYAN CREEK SCHOOL $6,541,773.00 DELRAY BEACH CARVER SCHOOL $12,036,686.00 DELRAY BEACH ORCHARD VIEW SCHOOL $9,305,379.00 DELRAY BEACH PINE GROVE SCHOOL $5,845,200.00 DELRAY BEACH PLUMOSA SCHOOL $2,542,703.00 DELRAY BEACH S.D. SPADY SCHOOL $12,183,277.00 DELRAY BEACH VILLAGE ACADEMY SCHOOL $9,624,453.00 DELRAY BEACH ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL /SHELTER $50,061,757.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $6,982,374.00 GREENACRES ARBOR OAKS AT GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $4,522,583.00 GREENACRES COTTAGES OF GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $3,351,648.00 3A -28 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #94 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #95 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES WOOD LAKE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $4,058,970.00 GREENACRES CHOLEE LAKE SCHOOL $11,466,924.00 GREENACRES DIAMOND VIEW SCHOOL $14,010,766.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES SCHOOL $7,999,301.00 GREENACRES HERITAGE SCHOOL $12,225,777.00 GREENACRES LC SWAIN SCHOOL $23,382,501.00 GREENACRES LIBERTY PARK SCHOOL $11,149,825.00 GREENACRES OKEEHEELEE SCHOOL $12,629,810.00 GREENACRES TRADEWINDS SCHOOL $31,545,717.00 GREENACRES JOHN I. LEONARD SCHOOL /SHELTER $40,463,849.00 GULF STREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 HAVERHILL EL PINAR CARE CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $217,904.00 HAVERHILL FAMILY RETIREMENT INN, INC. ADULT LIVING $0.00 HIGHLAND BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $6,525,577.00 HIGHLAND BEACH HIGHLAND BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,525,577.00 HYPOLUXO MANALAPAN WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $424,881.00 JUNO BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #15 FIRE STATION $792,490.00 JUNO BEACH JUNO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,104,882.00 JUNO BEACH WATERFORD HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $24,496,770.00 JUPITER COURTYARD GARDENS OF JUPITER ADULT LIVING $7,731,724.00 JUPITER MANGROVE BAY ADULT LIVING $15,731,344.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER INC #2 ADULT LIVING $325,781.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER, INC. ADULT LIVING $193,562.00 JUPITER ST JOSEPH'S ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $5,000,000.00 • 3A -29 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #16 FIRE STATION $974,679.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #18 FIRE STATION $4,576,326.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #19 FIRE STATION $291,905.00 JUPITER JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $33,820,959.00 JUPITER JUPITER PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $20,070,469.00 JUPITER JUPITER CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,432,364.00 JUPITER JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER PAVILION INC NURSING HOME $6,372,706.00 JUPITER BEACON COVE SCHOOL $10,065,593.00 JUPITER JERRY THOMAS SCHOOL $10,585,387.00 JUPITER JUPITER MIDDLE SCHOOL $11,745,241.00 JUPITER JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,364,324.00 JUPITER JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL $44,806,719.00 JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL $6,850,622.00 JUPITER LIMESTONE CREEK SCHOOL $10,453,135.00 JUPITER INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL /SHELTER $10,960,651.00 JUPITER JUPITER WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,767,040.00 JUPITER INLET COLONY JUPITER INLET COLONY POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $58,452.00 LAKE CLARKE SHORES LAKE CLARKE SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $499,288.00 LAKE PARK TROPICAL PALM ASSISTED ADULT LIVING $230,462.00 LAKE PARK PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #68 FIRE STATION $1,392,767.00 LAKE PARK PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT X LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,024,682.00 LAKE PARK NORTH LAKE REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $1,808,730.00 LAKE PARK LAKE PARK SCHOOL $929,197.00 LAKE WORTH CREST MANOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $745,173.00 LAKE WORTH NUESTRA CASA ADULT LIVING $237,292.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (ANNEX) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (HOME) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 40 3A -30 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #91 FIRE STATION $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #93 FIRE STATION $421,386.00 LAKE WORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XIV LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH, INC. NURSING HOME $3,416,962.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MANOR NURSING HOME $4,048,109.00 LAKE WORTH MEDICANA NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $1,839,940.00 TERRACES OF LAKE WORTH REHABILITATION AND LAKE WORTH HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $2,024,664.00 LAKE WORTH BARTON SCHOOL $2,917,474.00 LAKE WORTH HIGHLAND SCHOOL $11,820,781.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL $25,315,485.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL $10,597,470.00 LAKE WORTH NORTH GRADE SCHOOL $277,200.00 LAKE WORTH SOUTH GRADE SCHOOL $8,116,488.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,294,097.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #37 FIRE STATION $3,333,004.00 LANTANA A G HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL $39,127,458.00 LANTANA FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP L LAW ENFORCEMENT $39,127,458.00 LANTANA LANTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,333,004.00 LANTANA LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,891,698.00 LANTANA LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,088,327.00 LANTANA LANTANA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $3,333,004.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 MANALAPAN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #38 FIRE STATION $1,133,311.00 MANALAPAN MANALAPAN POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,133,311.00 . 3A -31 • MANGONIA PARK MANGONIA PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,134,878.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT #67 FIRE STATION $3,361,323.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,361,323.00 NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH SCHOOL $2,655,928.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $1,401,240.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,401,240.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XII LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 PAHOKEE GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,368,745.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $23,230,865.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL $12,421,456.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL ADULT LIVING $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS EMMANUEL CARE ALF, INC ADULT LIVING $276,353.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS INN AT LA POSADA ADULT LIVING $40,806,279.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PROSPERITY OAKS ADULT LIVING $20,723,717.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #61 FIRE STATION $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #62 FIRE STATION $872,691.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #63 FIRE STATION $2,975,818.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #64 FIRE STATION $867,013.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #65 FIRE STATION $0.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS NORTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $23,641,417.00 3A -32 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $20,000,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL NURSING HOME $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS GARDENS COURT NURSING HOME $7,890,186.00 HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - PROSPERITY PALM BEACH GARDENS OAKS NURSING HOME $3,787,592.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS NURSING CENTER AT LA POSADA, THE NURSING HOME $40,806,279.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS ALLAMANDA SCHOOL $4,982,710.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS HOWELL L. WATKINS SCHOOL $8,924,221.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS MARSH POINTE SCHOOL $6,540,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,581,566.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL $19,376,514.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS TIMBERTRACE SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WATSON B. DUNCAN SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WILLIAM T. DWYER SCHOOL /SHELTER $27,921,562.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS SEACOAST UTILITY HOOD ROAD WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $7,755,073.00 PALM BEACH SHORES PALM BEACH SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $6,395,575.00 PALM BEACH SHORES PALM BEACH SHORES PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,395,575.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #31 FIRE STATION $144,492.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS CLIFFORD O. TAYLOR / KIRKLANE SCHOOL $6,366,872.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,878,952.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL $132,566.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,188,102.00 RIVIERA BEACH GOLDEN YEARS ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $148,839.00 RIVIERA BEACH HARBOR HOUSE RESORT ADULT LIVING $460,681.00 3A -33 RIVIERA BEACH HOWARD HOUSE ADULT LIVING $152,059.00 RIVIERA BEACH MILLS ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $159,320.00 RIVIERA BEACH PALMS EDGE ADULT LIVING $2,890,714.00 RIVIERA BEACH SEAGULL PLACE ADULT LIVING $437,105.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $7,077,409.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $1,778,976.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $3,027,557.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $1,555,018.00 RIVIERA BEACH KINDRED HOSPITAL OFTHE PALM BEACHES HOSPITAL $2,600,895.00 RIVIERA BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $1,555,018.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,077,409.00 RIVIERA BEACH PORT OF PALM BEACH PORT $3,960,408.00 RIVIERA BEACH JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL $15,570,159.00 RIVIERA BEACH LINCOLN SCHOOL $5,915,152.00 • RIVIERA BEACH SUNCOAST SCHOOL $8,505,336.00 RIVIERA BEACH WASHINGTON SCHOOL $4,446,062.00 RIVIERA BEACH WEST RIVIERA SCHOOL $6,133,949.00 RIVIERA BEACH DR MARY McLEOD BETHUNE SCHOOL /SHELTER $9,554,070.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH WATER DEPT. UTILITY $3,466,467.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CASSIE'S CASTLE ADULT LIVING $238,466.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH MEADOWLARK INN ADULT LIVING $221,082.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ORANGE BLOSSOMS VILLA ADULT LIVING $203,285.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #28 FIRE STATION $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #29 FIRE STATION $485,685.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT IX LAW ENFORCEMENT $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL MANOR NURSING HOME $4,334,863.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CRESTWOOD SCHOOL $9,898,169.00 3A -34 ROYAL PALM BEACH CYPRESS TRAILS SCHOOL $6,024,553.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH H.L. JOHNSON SCHOOL $6,446,044.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,875,172.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL $39,304,062.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $12,371,800.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,349,946.00 SOUTH BAY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 SOUTH BAY ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 SOUTH PALM BEACH SOUTH PALM BEACH PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,947,102.00 TEQUESTA CLARE BRIDGE OF TEQUESTA ADULT LIVING $2,360,000.00 TEQUESTA STERLING HOUSE OF TEQUESTA ADULT LIVING $2,360,000.00 TEQUESTA TERRACE COMMUNITIES TEQUESTA, LLC ADULT LIVING $7,693,231.00 • TEQUESTA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #11 FIRE STATION $281,656.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA FIRE STATION $4,745,508.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $4,745,508.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA WELL FIELD 1 PUMP UTILITY $1,477,678.00 TEQUESTA TEQUESTA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,529,130.00 WELLINGTON A HOME FOR ME, INC ADULT LIVING $266,858.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON RESIDENCE AT PADDOCK PARK ADULT LIVING $247,554.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #20 FIRE STATION $718,038.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #27 FIRE STATION $546,419.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $29,049,326.00 3A -35 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON BINKS FOREST SCHOOL $13,123,925.00 WELLINGTON ELBRIDGE GALE SCHOOL $3,277,054.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS SCHOOL $16,917,723.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON POLO PARK SCHOOL $19,643,835.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $9,259,508.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 • WEST PALM BEACH ARDEN COURTS OF WEST PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $7,879,246.00 WEST PALM BEACH B P ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $245,088.00 WEST PALM BEACH DOREEN'S ADULT LIVING ADULT LIVING $432,593.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOUNTAINVIEW ADULT LIVING $13,700,000.00 WEST PALM BEACH GARDEN VILLAS ADULT LIVING $484,695.00 WEST PALM BEACH IT'S JUST LIKE HOME ADULT LIVING $136,165.00 WEST PALM BEACH LOURDES PAVILION ADULT LIVING $31,349,832.00 WEST PALM BEACH MARRIOTT HOME CARE ADULT LIVING $343,808.00 WEST PALM BEACH MI CASA ES TU CASA #2 ADULT LIVING $241,171.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $3,643,464.00 WEST PALM BEACH SAVANNAH COURT OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $6,005,834.00 WEST PALM BEACH ST MARY'S ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $975,033.00 WEST PALM BEACH TRADITION OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $25,301,615.00 3A -36 • WEST PALM BEACH WINDSOR COURT ADULT LIVING $2,389,315.00 WEST PALM BEACH WIZE CHOICE ADULT LIVING $467,985.00 WEST PALM BEACH WYNDHAM HOUSE ADULT LIVING $550,999.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #17 FIRE STATION $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $3,767,202.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,744,185.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $2,706,451.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $3,756,702.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $672,258.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #6 FIRE STATION $620,146.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #7 FIRE STATION $1,181,594.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $1,172,982.00 WEST PALM BEACH CRIMINALJUSTICE BLDG GOVERNMENT $29,529,660.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS GOVERNMENT $7,072,191.00 • WEST PALM BEACH GOVERNMENTAL CENTER GOVERNMENT $58,993,605.00 WEST PALM BEACH MAIN COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $141,088,099.00 WEST PALM BEACH PAUL G ROGERS FEDERAL BLDG GOVERNMENT $29,683,378.00 WEST PALM BEACH COLUMBIA HOSPITAL $14,875,656.00 WEST PALM BEACH GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $32,000,000.00 OAKWOOD CENTER OF THOSPITALE PALM WEST PALM BEACH BEACHOSPITALES, INC. HOSPITAL $6,212,989.00 WEST PALM BEACH ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $53,781,947.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $23,187,520.00 WEST PALM BEACH DARCY HALL OF LIFE CARE NURSING HOME $5,456,603.00 EDWARDJ. HEALEY REHABILITATION AND NURSING WEST PALM BEACH CENTER NURSING HOME $7,281,254.00 WEST PALM BEACH JOSEPH L MORSE GERIATRIC CENTER INC NURSING HOME $13,027,454.00 is 3A -37 • WEST PALM BEACH LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME $3,095,033.00 LOURDES - NOREEN MCKEEN RESIDENCE FOR WEST PALM BEACH GERIATRIC CARE, INC. NURSING HOME $31,349,832.00 WEST PALM BEACH MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $7,879,246.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM GARDEN OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $5,802,782.00 WEST PALM BEACH REHALABILITATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES NURSING HOME $4,966,513.00 WEST PALM BEACH SAVANNA COVE NURSING HOME $6,005,834.00 WEST PALM BEACH A.W. DREYFOOS HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SCHOOL $29,718,687.00 WEST PALM BEACH BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SCHOOL $19,211,081.00 WEST PALM BEACH BEAR LAKES SCHOOL $17,270,153.00 WEST PALM BEACH BELVEDERE SCHOOL $9,206,675.00 WEST PALM BEACH CONNISTON SCHOOL $19,579,247.00 WEST PALM BEACH EGRET LAKE SCHOOL $6,439,434.00 WEST PALM BEACH GRASSY WATERS SCHOOL $11,836,291.00 WEST PALM BEACH INDIAN RIDGE LEARNING CENTER SCHOOL $14,904,444.00 WEST PALM BEACH JEAGA SCHOOL $21,669,421.00 WEST PALM BEACH NORTHBORO SCHOOL $3,896,791.00 WEST PALM BEACH NORTHMORE SCHOOL $9,480,106.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH LAKES SCHOOL $22,901,573.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALMETTO SCHOOL $5,136,819.00 WEST PALM BEACH PLEASANT CITY SCHOOL $6,277,815.00 WEST PALM BEACH ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $23,325,267.00 WEST PALM BEACH ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL $23,325,267.00 WEST PALM BEACH SOUTH OLIVE SCHOOL $9,832,374.00 WEST PALM BEACH U.B. KINSEY / PALMVIEW SCHOOL $10,169,641.00 WEST PALM BEACH WESTWARD SCHOOL $4,152,285.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOREST HILL SCHOOL /SHELTER $35,130,044.00 3A -38 • WEST PALM BEACH WPB WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $8,669,182.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AAVALON OF PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $4,230,247.00 UNINCORPORATED ADULT LIVING HOME ASSISTED LIVING PLUS MORE ADULT LIVING $206,973.00 UNINCORPORATED ARDEN COURTS OF DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $8,955,804.00 UNINCORPORATED ASSISTED LIVING OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, INC ADULT LIVING $374,547.00 UNINCORPORATED ATLANTIS ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $2,573,016.00 UNINCORPORATED ATRIA MERIDIAN ADULT LIVING $9,451,409.00 UNINCORPORATED AVERY COTTAGE, INC. ADULT LIVING $167,580.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED B P ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY II ADULT LIVING $199,700.00 UNINCORPORATED BRIGHTON GARDENS OF BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $36,472,535.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 UNINCORPORATED CHRISTEL CARE INC ADULT LIVING $195,543.00 • UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE ADULT LIVING $0.00 UNINCORPORATED COLONIAL INN, LLC ADULT LIVING $1,860,361.00 UNINCORPORATED COUNTRY RETREAT ADULT LIVING $387,792.00 UNINCORPORATED CRESTHAVEN EAST ADULT LIVING $6,201,107.00 UNINCORPORATED FINNISH - AMERICAN REST HOME, INC. ADULT LIVING $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED HERITAGE PARK EAST, LLC ADULT LIVING $6,351,339.00 UNINCORPORATED HERON'S RUN ADULT LIVING $0.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN GARDEN ADULT LIVING $318,649.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN PINES A.L.F., INC. ADULT LIVING $266,093.00 UNINCORPORATED HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $5,088,811.00 UNINCORPORATED HOMEWOOD RESIDENCE AT DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $5,549,128.00 UNINCORPORATED INN AT CASA DEL MAR ADULT LIVING $19,156,498.00 UNINCORPORATED JOY OF LIVING CARE SERVICES ADULT LIVING $160,250.00 3A -39 UNINCORPORATED LEE RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $540,572.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 OAKBRIDGE TERRACE AL RESIDENCE AT EDGEWATER UNINCORPORATED POINTE EST. ADULT LIVING $36,185,684.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE ADULT LIVING $181,598.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE II ADULT LIVING $188,786.00 UNINCORPORATED PLEASANT RETIREMENT HOME INC. ADULT LIVING $201,664.00 UNINCORPORATED PREFERRED LIFESTYLE ADULT LIVING $260,881.00 UNINCORPORATED SUMMERVILLE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $10,715,440.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE ADULT CARE ADULT LIVING $190,418.00 UNINCORPORATED TERRACE AT WEST PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $20,437,452.00 UNINCORPORATED TRINITY CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $178,807.00 UNINCORPORATED TYVAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, LLC ADULT LIVING $189,306.00 UNINCORPORATED VILLA OF KINGS & QUEENS OF DELRAY BEACH ADULT LIVING $468,172.00 • UNINCORPORATED WHITE PALMS ADULT LIVING $328,447.00 UNINCORPORATED WHITEHALL BOCA RATON ADULT LIVING $8,642,874.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT $0.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK AIRPORT $54,375,512.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRPORT $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #14 FIRE STATION $398,703.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #22 FIRE STATION $8,000,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #23 FIRE STATION $2,569,719.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #24 FIRE STATION $408,126.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #32 FIRE STATION $664,046.00 3A -40 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #33 FIRE STATION $9,060,602.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #34 FIRE STATION $959,700.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #35 FIRE STATION $11,238,633.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #36 FIRE STATION $668,086.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #41 FIRE STATION $776,965.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #42 FIRE STATION $2,653,609.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #44 FIRE STATION $949,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #45 FIRE STATION $774,363.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #46 FIRE STATION $759,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #47 FIRE STATION $1,533,087.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #48 FIRE STATION $1,807,243.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #51 FIRE STATION $522,074.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #52 FIRE STATION $361,823.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #53 FIRE STATION $1,144,453.00 • UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #54 FIRE STATION $631,896.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #55 FIRE STATION $755,977.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #56 FIRE STATION $263,114.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #57 FIRE STATION $1,510,609.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #58 FIRE STATION $589,208.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #81 FIRE STATION $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED GUN CLUB ROAD COURT LOCATION GOVERNMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY EOC GOVERNMENT $12,554,898.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL -PALM BEACH, INC HOSPITAL $9,483,195.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $22,481,463.00 • 3A -41 • UNINCORPORATED FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP K LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,301,912.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT II LAW ENFORCEMENT $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VI LAW ENFORCEMENT $543,555.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VII LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,144,453.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VII M LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,765,578.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF HEADQUARTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED AMERICAN - FINNISH NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED AZALEACOURT NURSING HOME $3,188,109.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $6,526,815.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,513,754.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE NURSING HOME $0.00 UNINCORPORATED CONSULATE HEALTH CARE OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,572,157.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL BAY HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION NURSING HOME $0.00 • UNINCORPORATED CROSSINGS, THE NURSING HOME $4,236,012.00 HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE & REHAB CENTER - BOCA UNINCORPORATED RATON NURSING HOME $4,585,343.00 UNINCORPORATED LAKE VIEW CARE CENTER AT DELRAY NURSING HOME $3,672,551.00 UNINCORPORATED LIBERTY INN, LLC NURSING HOME $11,532,913.00 UNINCORPORATED MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES NURSING HOME $8,955,804.00 UNINCORPORATED MENORAH HOUSE NURSING HOME $3,746,403.00 UNINCORPORATED SIGNATURE HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,709,017.00 UNINCORPORATED STRATFORD COURT OF BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $36,472,535.00 UNINCORPORATED WHITEHALL BOCA RATON NURSING HOME $8,642,874.00 WILLOWBROOKE COURT AT EDGEWATER POINTE UNINCORPORATED ESTATES NURSING HOME $36,185,684.00 UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED ADULT EDUCATION CENTER SCHOOL $3,944,577.00 • 3A -42 UNINCORPORATED BENOIST FARMS SCHOOL $14,150,180.00 UNINCORPORATED BERKSHIRE SCHOOL $14,228,391.00 UNINCORPORATED CHRISTA McAULIFFE SCHOOL $508,868.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL REEF SCHOOL $11,852,417.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL SUNSET SCHOOL $11,023,107.00 UNINCORPORATED CRYSTAL LAKES SCHOOL $8,011,679.00 UNINCORPORATED DEL PRADO SCHOOL $6,997,363.00 UNINCORPORATED DISCOVERY KEY SCHOOL $9,848,622.00 UNINCORPORATED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SCHOOL $3,798,491.00 UNINCORPORATED EAGLES LANDING SCHOOL $574,750.00 UNINCORPORATED FOREST HILL SCHOOL $8,584,778.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED GOLDEN GROVE SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED GROVE PARK SCHOOL $5,053,586.00 UNINCORPORATED HAGEN ROAD SCHOOL $6,345,051.00 UNINCORPORATED HAMMOCK POINTE SCHOOL $11,554,847.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN OAKS SCHOOL $19,602,183.00 UNINCORPORATED INDIAN PINES SCHOOL $9,282,958.00 UNINCORPORATED JUPITER FARMS SCHOOL $5,284,279.00 UNINCORPORATED K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 UNINCORPORATED LOGGERS RUN SCHOOL $12,710,962.00 UNINCORPORATED MANATEE SCHOOL $8,474,829.00 UNINCORPORATED MEADOW PARK SCHOOL $10,700,731.00 UNINCORPORATED MELALEUCA SCHOOL $5,077,494.00 UNINCORPORATED MORIKAMI PARK SCHOOL $10,662,334.00 UNINCORPORATED ODYSSEY SCHOOL $12,947,066.00 UNINCORPORATED OLYMPIC HEIGHTS SCHOOL $28,200,318.00 3A -43 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PANTHER RUN SCHOOL $10,354,528.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED PINE JOG (03 -Y) SCHOOL $661,521.00 UNINCORPORATED ROYAL PALM SCHOOL SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SANDPIPER SHORES SCHOOL $11,508,210.00 UNINCORPORATED SANTALUCES SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE TRAILS SCHOOL $6,198,602.00 UNINCORPORATED STARLIGHT COVE SCHOOL $12,035,111.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE PARK SCHOOL $13,533,931.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNSET PALMS (03 -Z) SCHOOL $1,583,981.00 UNINCORPORATED WATERS EDGE SCHOOL $7,759,096.00 UNINCORPORATED WESTERN PINES SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED WHISPERING PINES SCHOOL $8,654,815.00 UNINCORPORATED WOODLANDS SCHOOL $12,567,750.00 UNINCORPORATED WYNNEBROOK SCHOOL $4,157,931.00 UNINCORPORATED PARK VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $43,566,148.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST BOCA RATON COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $22,486,715.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST GATE SCHOOL /SHELTER $14,774,822.00 UNINCORPORATED PET FRIENDLY (WEST BOYNTON RECREATION CENTER) SHELTER $7,114,795.00 UNINCORPORATED SPECIAL CARE UNIT (S. FL. EXPO BLDG) SHELTER $30,354,108.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH WEST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,874,704.00 UNINCORPORATED LAKE CLARKE SHORES UTILITY $102,299.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY REPUMP #5 UTILITY $3,850,109.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WASTE WATER TREATMENT 2 UTILITY $1,838,263.00 • 3A -44 • UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WASTE WATER TREATMENT 7 UTILITY $711,280.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #1 UTILITY $259,457,962.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #2 UTILITY $2,226,646.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #3 UTILITY $8,597,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #7 UTILITY $711,280.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #8 UTILITY $4,086,857.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #9S UTILITY $5,833,406.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,325,323.00 UNINCORPORATED PRATT & WHITNEY INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER UTILITY $40,000,000.00 SEACOAST UTILITY RICHARD ROAD WATER UNINCORPORATED TREATMENT UTILITY $2,022,660.00 TOTAL $6,269,489,798.00 • 3A -45 • VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM FLOOD HAZARDS JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE ESTIMATED VALUE ;. ATLANTIS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #43 FIRE STATION $766,399.00 ATLANTIS JFK MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $67,884,466.00 ATLANTIS ATLANTIS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,301,044.00 BOYNTON BEACH A NEW BEGINING ASSISTED LIVING, LLC ADULT LIVING $231,432.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINTE AT NEWPORT PLACE, THE ADULT LIVING $4,581,221.00 BOYNTON BEACH SIMPSON ADULT CARE FACILITY ADULT LIVING $133,776.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $1,813,965.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #5 FIRE STATION $2,378,370.00 BOYNTON BEACH HAMLIN PLACE NURSING HOME $3,627,559.00 BOYNTON BEACH HEARTLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER - BOYNTON BEACH NURSING HOME $3,578,009.00 BOYNTON BEACH CITRUS COVE SCHOOL $6,004,573.00 • BOYNTON BEACH CONGRESS SCHOOL $10,244,805.00 BOYNTON BEACH FREEDOM SHORES SCHOOL $10,520,458.00 BOYNTON BEACH GALAXY SCHOOL $6,087,229.00 BOYNTON BEACH POINCIANA SCHOOL $412,131.00 BOYNTON BEACH ROLLING GREEN SCHOOL $11,496,893.00 BOYNTON BEACH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL /SHELTER $8,188,679.00 DELRAY BEACH PINE GROVE SCHOOL $5,845,200.00 DELRAY BEACH VILLAGE ACADEMY SCHOOL $9,624,453.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $6,982,374.00 GREENACRES ARBOR OAKS AT GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $4,522,583.00 GREENACRES COTTAGES OF GREENACRES ADULT LIVING $3,351,648.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #94 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #95 FIRE STATION $6,028,767.00 3A -46 • GREENACRES GREENACRES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,028,767.00 GREENACRES WOOD LAKE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $4,058,970.00 GREENACRES CHOLEE LAKE SCHOOL $11,466,924.00 GREENACRES DIAMOND VIEW SCHOOL $14,010,766.00 GREENACRES GREENACRES SCHOOL $7,999,301.00 GREENACRES HERITAGE SCHOOL $12,225,777.00 GREENACRES LCSWAIN SCHOOL $23,382,501.00 GREENACRES LIBERTY PARK SCHOOL $11,149,825.00 GREENACRES OKEEHEELEE SCHOOL $12,629,810.00 GREENACRES TRADEWINDS SCHOOL $31,545,717.00 GREENACRES JOHN I. LEONARD SCHOOL /SHELTER $40,463,849.00 GULFSTREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 HAVERHILL EL PINAR CARE CENTER, INC. ADULT LIVING $217,904.00 HAVERHILL FAMILY RETIREMENT INN, INC. ADULT LIVING $0.00 JUNO BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #15 FIRE STATION $792,490.00 JUPITER COURTYARD GARDENS OF JUPITER ADULT LIVING $7,731,724.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER INC #2 ADULT LIVING $325,781.00 JUPITER MORNING STAR OF JUPITER, INC. ADULT LIVING $193,562.00 JUPITER ST JOSEPH'S ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $5,000,000.00 JUPITER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #19 FIRE STATION $291,905.00 JUPITER JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $20,070,469.00 JUPITER JUPITER CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $3,432,364.00 JUPITER JERRY THOMAS SCHOOL $10,585,387.00 JUPITER JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,364,324.00 JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL $6,850,622.00 JUPITER LIMESTONE CREEK SCHOOL $10,453,135.00 JUPITER INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL /SHELTER $10,960,651.00 3A -47 JUPITER JUPITER WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,767,040.00 LAKE CLARKE SHORES LAKE CLARKE SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $499,288.00 LAKE WORTH CREST MANOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $745,173.00 LAKE WORTH NUESTRACASA ADULT LIVING $237,292.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (ANNEX) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH TROPICAL GARDEN VILLAS INC. (HOME) ADULT LIVING $210,438.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #91 FIRE STATION $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #93 FIRE STATION $421,386.00 LAKE WORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XIV LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,471,068.00 LAKE WORTH AVANTE AT LAKE WORTH, INC. NURSING HOME $3,416,962.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MANOR NURSING HOME $4,048,109.00 LAKE WORTH MEDICANA NURSING AND REHAB CENTER NURSING HOME $1,839,940.00 TERRACES OF LAKE WORTH REHABILITATION AND HEALTH LAKE WORTH CENTER NURSING HOME $2,024,664.00 • LAKE WORTH BARTON SCHOOL $2,917,474.00 LAKE WORTH HIGHLAND SCHOOL $11,820,781.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL $25,315,485.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL $10,597,470.00 LAKE WORTH NORTH GRADE SCHOOL $277,200.00 LAKE WORTH SOUTH GRADE SCHOOL $8,116,488.00 LAKE WORTH LAKE WORTH MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,294,097.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #37 FIRE STATION $3,333,004.00 LANTANA A G HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL $39,127,458.00 LANTANA FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOP L LAW ENFORCEMENT $39,127,458.00 LANTANA LANTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $3,333,004.00 LANTANA LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,891,698.00 3A -48 LANTANA LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL $16,088,327.00 LANTANA LANTANA WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $3,333,004.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL $12,421,456.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL ADULT LIVING $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS EMMANUEL CARE ALF, INC ADULT LIVING $276,353.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #61 FIRE STATION $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #62 FIRE STATION $872,691.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE STATION #64 FIRE STATION $867,013.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $20,000,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $12,430,908.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS CHATSWORTH AT PGA NATIONAL NURSING HOME $6,856,348.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS HOWELL L. WATKINS SCHOOL $8,924,221.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS MARSH POINTE SCHOOL $6,540,000.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,581,566.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL $19,376,514.00 PALM BEACH GARDENS WATSON B. DUNCAN SCHOOL $21,676,687.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #31 FIRE STATION $144,492.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS PD LAW ENFORCEMENT $8,753,582.00 PALM SPRINGS CLIFFORD 0. TAYLOR / KIRKLANE SCHOOL $6,366,872.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $11,878,952.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL $132,566.00 PALM SPRINGS PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,188,102.00 3A -49 RIVIERA BEACH HOWARD HOUSE ADULT LIVING $152,059.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CASSIE'S CASTLE ADULT LIVING $238,466.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH MEADOWLARK INN ADULT LIVING $221,082.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #28 FIRE STATION $9,050,098.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL MANOR NURSING HOME $4,334,863.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CRESTWOOD SCHOOL $9,898,169.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH CYPRESS TRAILS SCHOOL $6,024,553.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH H.L. JOHNSON SCHOOL $6,446,044.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $10,875,172.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL $39,304,062.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WASTE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $12,371,800.00 ROYAL PALM BEACH ROYAL PALM BEACH WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,349,946.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 WEST PALM BEACH MI CASA ES TU CASA #2 ADULT LIVING $241,171.00 WEST PALM BEACH TRADITION OF THE PALM BEACHES ADULT LIVING $25,301,615.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #17 FIRE STATION $2,054,344.00 3A -50 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #4 FIRE STATION $3,756,702.00 OAKWOOD CENTER OF THOSPITALE PALM WEST PALM BEACH BEACHOSPITALES, INC. HOSPITAL $6,212,989.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 WEST PALM BEACH EDWARD J. HEALEY REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER NURSING HOME $7,281,254.00 WEST PALM BEACH JOSEPH L MORSE GERIATRIC CENTER INC NURSING HOME $13,027,454.00 WEST PALM BEACH EGRET LAKE SCHOOL $6,439,434.00 WEST PALM BEACH WESTWARD SCHOOL $4,152,285.00 WEST PALM BEACH FOREST HILL SCHOOL /SHELTER $35,130,044.00 WEST PALM BEACH WPB WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $8,669,182.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AAVALON OF PALM BEACH ADULT LIVING $4,230,247.00 UNINCORPORATED ASSISTED LIVING OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, INC ADULT LIVING $374,547.00 UNINCORPORATED ATLANTIS ASSISTED LIVING ADULT LIVING $2,573,016.00 • UNINCORPORATED ATRIA MERIDIAN ADULT LIVING $9,451,409.00 UNINCORPORATED AVERY COTTAGE, INC. ADULT LIVING $167,580.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED B P ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY II ADULT LIVING $199,700.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE ADULT LIVING $0.00 UNINCORPORATED CRESTHAVEN EAST ADULT LIVING $6,201,107.00 UNINCORPORATED FINNISH - AMERICAN REST HOME, INC. ADULT LIVING $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED HERON'S RUN ADULT LIVING $0.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN GARDEN ADULT LIVING $318,649.00 UNINCORPORATED LEE RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $540,572.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 UNINCORPORATED PERSONAL ELDER CARE II ADULT LIVING $188,786.00 UNINCORPORATED PLEASANT RETIREMENT HOME INC. ADULT LIVING $201,664.00 3A -51 • UNINCORPORATED PREFERRED LIFESTYLE ADULT LIVING $260,881.00 UNINCORPORATED SUMMERVILLE AT BOYNTON BEACH ADULT LIVING $10,715,440.00 UNINCORPORATED SUNRISE ADULT CARE ADULT LIVING $190,418.00 UNINCORPORATED TRINITY CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $178,807.00 UNINCORPORATED TYVAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, LLC ADULT LIVING $189,306.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK AIRPORT $54,375,512.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #24 FIRE STATION $408,126.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #32 FIRE STATION $664,046.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #33 FIRE STATION $9,060,602.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #35 FIRE STATION $11,238,633.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #36 FIRE STATION $668,086.00 • UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #46 FIRE STATION $759,069.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #57 FIRE STATION $1,510,609.00 UNINCORPORATED GUN CLUB ROAD COURT LOCATION GOVERNMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY EOC GOVERNMENT $12,554,898.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL -PALM BEACH, INC HOSPITAL $9,483,195.00 UNINCORPORATED FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROLTROOP K LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,301,912.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VI LAW ENFORCEMENT $543,555.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF HEADQUARTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT $137,358,713.00 UNINCORPORATED AMERICAN - FINNISH NURSING HOME NURSING HOME $6,072,674.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH REHABILITATION CENTER NURSING HOME $6,526,815.00 UNINCORPORATED CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT AT LAKESIDE VILLAGE NURSING HOME $0.00 UNINCORPORATED CONSULATE HEALTH CARE OF WEST PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,572,157.00 3A -52 UNINCORPORATED CORAL BAY HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION NURSING HOME $0.00 UNINCORPORATED CROSSINGS, THE NURSING HOME $4,236,012.00 UNINCORPORATED LIBERTY INN, LLC NURSING HOME $11,532,913.00 UNINCORPORATED SIGNATURE HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH NURSING HOME $3,709,017.00 UNINCORPORATED BERKSHIRE SCHOOL $14,228,391.00 UNINCORPORATED CORAL REEF SCHOOL $11,852,417.00 UNINCORPORATED CRYSTAL LAKES SCHOOL $8,011,679.00 UNINCORPORATED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SCHOOL $3,798,491.00 UNINCORPORATED FOREST HILL SCHOOL $8,584,778.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN OAKS SCHOOL $19,602,183.00 UNINCORPORATED INDIAN PINES SCHOOL $9,282,958.00 UNINCORPORATED MANATEE SCHOOL $8,474,829.00 UNINCORPORATED MEADOW PARK SCHOOL $10,700,731.00 • UNINCORPORATED MELALEUCA SCHOOL $5,077,494.00 UNINCORPORATED PINE JOG (03 -Y) SCHOOL $661,521.00 UNINCORPORATED ROYAL PALM SCHOOL SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED SANTALUCES SCHOOL $42,538,965.00 UNINCORPORATED STARLIGHT COVE SCHOOL $12,035,111.00 UNINCORPORATED WYNNEBROOK SCHOOL $4,157,931.00 UNINCORPORATED PARK VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL /SHELTER $43,566,148.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 UNINCORPORATED PET FRIENDLY (WEST BOYNTON RECREATION CENTER) SHELTER $7,114,795.00 UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH WEST WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,874,704.00 UNINCORPORATED LAKE CLARKE SHORES UTILITY $102,299.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #1 UTILITY $259,457,962.00 3A -53 • UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT #2 UTILITY $2,226,646.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $1,325,323.00 UNINCORPORATED SEACOAST UTILITY RICHARD ROAD WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $2,022,660.00 TOTAL - $2,326,904,662.00 • 3A -54 • VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE HAZARD ESTIMATED JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE VALUE LOXAHATCHEE GROVES PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #21 FIRE STATION $841,883.00 LOXAHATCHEE GROVES LOXAHATCHEE GROVES SCHOOL $5,926,736.00 WELLINGTON A HOME FOR ME, INC ADULT LIVING $266,858.00 WELLINGTON GOLDENCARE OF WELLINGTON, INC. ADULT LIVING $350,107.00 WELLINGTON RESIDENCE AT PADDOCK PARK ADULT LIVING $247,554.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #20 FIRE STATION $718,038.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #25 FIRE STATION $625,370.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #27 FIRE STATION $546,419.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #30 FIRE STATION $882,142.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL $29,049,326.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT VIII LAW ENFORCEMENT $6,000,000.00 WELLINGTON BINKS FOREST SCHOOL $13,123,925.00 WELLINGTON ELBRIDGE GALE SCHOOL $3,277,054.00 WELLINGTON EMERALD COVE SCHOOL $10,891,644.00 WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS SCHOOL $16,917,723.00 WELLINGTON NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL $5,496,729.00 WELLINGTON POLO PARK SCHOOL $19,643,835.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL $23,173,285.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,034,541.00 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON LANDINGS SCHOOL $13,585,849.00 WELLINGTON PALM BEACH CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $39,674,385.00 WELLINGTON POTABLE WATER UTILITY $4,260,423.00 VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WASTE WATER WELLINGTON TREATMENT UTILITY $9,259,508.00 3A -55 WELLINGTON VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $4,260,423.00 UNINCORPORATED A COUNTRY RESIDENCE ADULT LIVING $373,747.00 UNINCORPORATED AVOCADO SHADES, INC ADULT LIVING $358,545.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 UNINCORPORATED HIDDEN PINES A.L.F., INC. ADULT LIVING $266,093.00 UNINCORPORATED LOVING WITH CARE INC ADULT LIVING $441,502.00 UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED L IVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #14 FIRE STATION $398,703.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #22 FIRE STATION $8,000,000.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED PALMS WEST HOSPITAL $28,774,077.00 UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED GOLDEN GROVE SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED JUPITER FARMS SCHOOL $5,284,279.00 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED WESTERN PINES SCHOOL $52,305.00 UNINCORPORATED SEMINOLE RIDGE SCHOOL /SHELTER $41,468,460.00 TOTAL $347,413,153:00 3A -56 • VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM COASTAL EROSION HAZARDS JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE ESTIMATED VALUE BOCA RATON BOCA RATON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $8,974,393.00 DELRAY BEACH DELRAY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,989,518.00 GULF STREAM GULFSTREAM POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,094,177.00 JUNO BEACH JUNO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,104,882.00 JUPITER INLET COLONY JUPITER INLET COLONY POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $58,452.00 LANTANA PALM BEACH CLUB, LLC ADULT LIVING $29,000,000.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION $1,401,240.00 OCEAN RIDGE OCEAN RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,401,240.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #1 FIRE STATION $5,275,979.00 • PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #2 FIRE STATION $2,368,745.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $23,230,865.00 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $7,565,782.00 RIVIERA BEACH RIVIERA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #3 FIRE STATION $3,027,557.00 SOUTH PALM BEACH SOUTH PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT $1,947,102.00 TOTAL $90,43,932.?0 3A -57 • VALUE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM HERBERT HOOVER DIKE FAILURE ESTIMATED JURISDICTION FACILITY TYPE VALUE BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 BELLE GLADE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 BELLE GLADE GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 BELLE GLADE GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 BELLE GLADE PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOL /SHELTER $25,505,038.00 BELLE GLADE LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL /SHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 • PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PAHOKEE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT X11 LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 PAHOKEE GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 PAHOKEE PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 SOUTH BAY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 SOUTH BAY ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 WEST PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION #8 FIRE STATION $1,172,982.00 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT III LAW ENFORCEMENT $2,054,344.00 UNINCORPORATED CARING HANDS AT ACREAGE, INC ADULT LIVING $453,612.00 3A -58 • UNINCORPORATED YANIRI ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ADULT LIVING $341,496.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT $0.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #26 FIRE STATION $507,516.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 UNINCORPORATED ACREAGE PINES SCHOOL $6,148,248.00 UNINCORPORATED FRONTIER SCHOOL $9,656,300.00 UNINCORPORATED K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 UNINCORPORATED OSCEOLA CREEK SCHOOL $18,082,003.00 UNINCORPORATED PIERCE HAMMOCK SCHOOL $11,700,205.00 UNINCORPORATED N. COUNTY GENERAL AIRPORT UTILITY $30,548,545.00 TOTAL $235,452,844.00 3A -59 • VALUE OF CRITCAL FACILITIES AT RISK FROM AGRICULTURAL HAZARDS ESTIMATED`` FACILITY TYPE VALUE BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORT AIRPORT $355,511.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #73 FIRE STATION $2,706,958.00 GLADES GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,786,526.00 BELLE GLADE SCHOOL $8,786,840.00 GLADE VIEW SCHOOL $3,711,299.00 GOVE SCHOOL $4,321,950.00 PIONEER PARK SCHOOL $25,505,038.00 GLADES CENTRAL SCHOOUSHELTER $25,505,038.00 LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOUSHELTER $16,529,863.00 BELLE GLADE WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $574,741.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #72 FIRE STATION $784,921.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT XII LAW ENFORCEMENT $410,952.00 GLADES HEALTH CARE CENTER NURSING HOME $1,734,078.00 PAHOKEE SCHOOL $2,438,757.00 PAHOKEE MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL $11,566,413.00 PAHOKEE UTILITY $410,952.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION #74 FIRE STATION $898,711.00 ROSENWALD SCHOOL $4,029,995.00 SOUTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UTILITY $63,859.00 SOUTH BAY WATER TREATMENT UTILITY $398,048.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT AIRPORT $0.00 PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DISTRICT V LAW ENFORCEMENT $14,888,853.00 K.E. CUNNINGHAM / CANAL POINT SCHOOL $5,575,764.00 WEST COUNTY COURTHOUSE GOVERNMENT $14,888,853.00 • 3A -60 WEST COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BLDG GOVERNMENT $1,913,673.00 TOTAL $154,787,593,00 • • 3A -61 SECTION 3B: VULNERABILITY OF RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES This subsection assesses the structural vulnerability of residential and commercial properties by jurisdiction in terms of the dollar values of property at risk from key hazards, in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirement: Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(A): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of the types and numbers of existing and future buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities located in the identified hazard area .... Numbers, types and characteristics of existing residential, commercial and critical service facilities and infrastructure are described in detail in Special Appendix 11: The Palm Beach County Hazard Environment. Analyses of future facilities have been tabled in light of recent downturns in economic and real estate trends, the slowdown in relocations into the County, build -out in the eastern communities, slowdown in construction because of skyrocketing construction costs, and other factors which have rendered growth projections essentially meaningless. For purposes of this plan, growth in number of structures is assumed to be essentially flat for the 4 year planning period. Quantitative and evaluative analyses of the vulnerability of future residential, commercial and critical services structures is considered to best be tabled until these factors stabilize or are reversed The following observations are offered with regard to future facilities: • • Developable coastal areas of the County are substantially built out. Future development in these areas will likely be replacement and upgrading of existing facilities. • Development in the Coastal High Area is strictly limited by local ordinances and codes which tend to meet or exceed those recommended by the State of Florida. • Future growth throughout the County is guided by the managed growth tiers described in Land Use section of Special Appendix II which considers hazard vulnerability. • Virtually the whole County is potentially vulnerable to isolated flooding during excessive rain events, even areas lying outside Special Flood Hazard Areas. Repetitive flood loss properties are widely scattered, not clustered, as the County has only one river and no significant elevation variations to speak of. • All new residential, commercial and critical service facilities will be built to meet or exceed South Florida Building hurricane standards. Several local developers are now building Category 5 type structures. • Wildfire mitigation practices are being promoted for development in the wildland -urban interface areas. The following pages provide assessments of the dollar values of existing properties at risk at this writing, by hazard, by jurisdiction. Methodology for Assessing Vulnerability of Existing Structures After considering the advantages and limitations of the Hazards U.S. Multi- Hazard (HAZUS -MH) modeling software, it was decided instead to use local property appraisal databases, GIS • 3B -1 mapping capabilities and hazard environment profiles as the basis for identifying and quantifying property and dollars at risk from key hazards. Analyses of the types and numbers of existing buildings in Palm Beach County are complicated by the County's size and diversity, and by highly variable and incompatible databases and record keeping practices. The primary data source is the Property Appraiser Database (PAPA). The PAPA database is not well suited for purposes of vulnerability assessments but it is the best data available. A comprehensive profile of Palm Beach County's built environment is contained in the Special Appendix. It describes the residential, commercial, industrial, government, education, healthcare, religious and other building stocks. The paragraphs below provide a brief summary of existing residential and commercial properties. Residential Units According to Property Appraiser data, there are an estimated 310,600 residential structures in Palm Beach County. Nearly 77 percent of the county's single family residential units are single story structures, 17 percent are multi -story, and 6.2 percent are manufactured homes. The residential housing stock is well distributed throughout the eastern portion of the County. Forty seven (47) percent of residential units reside in the unincorporated areas of the county. The seven municipalities of West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Wellington and Delray Beach collectively have about 35% of the county's residential • units. The southern municipalities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach collectively have an estimated 46,348 residential units; the northern municipalities of Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter have 25,622 units; West Palm Beach in central county has 20,377 units; and the communities of Wellington and Royal Palm Beach have 24,696 units. The western communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay have approximately 4,850 total residential units. A breakdown of residential units by type by jurisdiction follows on the next page. The overwhelming majority of residential structures (79 %) are of CB Stucco construction. Thirteen and a half percent have exterior wall of wood in the form of wood siding, wood frame stucco or board batten. The balance are constructed of a variety of other materials. The County's database consists of approximately 25 categories, many of which have a multiplicity of variations. Commercial Properties Commercial properties were even more challenging to estimate. Property Appraiser data indicates that there are approximately 12,500 commercial and 6,750 industrial structures countywide. In addition other non - residential structures include 1,600 government structures, 64 healthcare facilities, and another 2,150 registered facilities of other types. A Property Appraiser analysis estimated the average age of structures countywide at 26 years and the average value at $218,355. Number & Assessed Values of Residential & Commercial Property at Risk Deriving an accurate estimate of residential property values at risk from hazards is complicated by a number of factors. Property Appraiser data is maintained on a parcel by parcel basis, not by structures. Certain gaps in values occur because of the diversity of property types. Land 3B -2 values had to be backed out of assessed property values. Assessments represent market values, not replacement costs. Homestead exemptions were also backed out of analyses. Multi- family residential structures (like high rise condominiums, co -ops, townhouses, zero lot line units) are considered to be understated in the results. The methodology used to estimate the value of residential property at risk involved a number of compromises using best available data. Parcel data was extracted from the Property Appraiser database. It was sorted by jurisdiction and hazard boundaries. A derived factor for land values was backed out of loss estimates to concentrate only on improved parcels. Estimating the Value of Property Contents Based in analyses of property records, values for residential contents at risk is assumed to be approximately 80% of the appraised value of the structure. Values for commercial contents and inventory at risk is assumed to be 175% of the appraised value of the structure. A countywide summary of property values at risk, including contents, is presented at the end of this Section. Critical Facilities This section contains a list of critical facilities and their assessed values derived from the Property Appraiser Database (PAPA). Critical facilities include but are not limited to law enforcement and fire rescue facilities, schools, government facilities, utility facilities, sea ports and airports, hospitals and other critical medical facilities, shelters, adult living facilities, etc. About the Following Tables Tables in this section include: • Number and assessed values of residential and commercial properties by hazard by jurisdiction • A summary of "improved" residential and commercial property values by jurisdiction • Estimated total residential and commercial dollar losses under various loss scenarios • Values of critical facilities at risk by hazard, by jurisdiction 3B -3 • • i Value of Parcels at Risk from Countywide Hazards Residential Vacant Ag /Open jurisdiction 'Commercial Assessed Value Property: Assessed Value Property Assessed Value Space Assessed Value ro p e rt Property y �P " Atlantis 34 $150,943,621.00 979 $275,444,538.00 19 $4,538,784.00 18 $175,736.00 Belle Glade 616 $103,977,172.00 2,705 $203,447,474.00 565 $10,389,340.00 55 $2,805,316.00 Boca Raton 1,393 $5,671,436,173.00 22,863 $9,516,856,766.00 924 $390,246,586.00 943 $17,081.00 Boynton Beach 1208 $1,423,276,457.00 18,193 $2,767,069,123.00 1,446 $241,414,273.00 832 $815,266.00 Briny Breezes 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $297,910.00 0 $0.00 Cloud Lake 6 $0.00 48 $6,456,750.00 8 $948,879.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 1,500 $1,874,938,546.00 15,342 $4,444,042,833.00 1,209 $305,153,950.00 643 $2,993,398.00 Glen Ridge 9 $2,795,600.00 80 $14,647,276.00 9 $1,935,580.00 1 $1,650.00 Golf 51 $33,473,729.00 151 $105,577,856.00 14 $3,784,979.00 6 $0.00 Greenacres 226 $344,218,761.00 8,811 $1,160,134,817.00 206 $24,331,362.00 286 $7,428.00 Gulf Stream 21 $15,387,576.00 309 $594,599,350.00 19 $26,013,251.00 1 $0.00 Haverhill 24 $15,950,001.00 559 $73,573,964.00 36 $2,624,927.00 10 $780.00 Highland Beach 11 $16,600,000.00 380 $594,436,112.00 49 $41,834,076.00 32 $321,759.00 Hypoluxo 27 $16,353,234.00 630 $149,967,628.00 51 $4,166,978.00 30 $0.00 Juno Beach 66 $183,873,234.00 704 $274,128,356.00 102 $28,259,389.00 60 $0.00 Jupiter 823 $1,165,784,244.00 17,663 $5,196,069,630.00 1,624 $360,298,991.00 1,433 $4,457,607.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 234 $244,197,187.00 4 $4,399,471.00 2 $0.00 Lake Clarke Shores 29 $20,251,504.00 1,396 $226,804,915.00 31 $2,632,326.00 9 $0.00 Lake Park 364 $274,704,120.00 1,571 $238,020,003.00 68 $23,529,508.00 21 $7,117.00 Lake Worth 1,082 $463,266,658.00 8,825 $1,324,215,139.00 559 $64,887,817.00 44 $91,128.00 Lantana 209 $194,435,170.00 2,712 $563,200,523.00 73 $37,060,665.00 21 $3,573.00 Loxahatchee Groves 190 $46,012,823.00 788 $165,343,217.00 184 $52,553,707.00 396 $55,700,924.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 31 $117,704,906.00 3 $300.00 Mangonia Park 166 $141,398,452.00 207 $26,298,618.00 88 $13,273,225.00 5 $0.00 North Palm Beach 171 $188,831,863.00 2,770 $965,323,627.00 54 $38,211,861.00 101 $122,170.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 82 $25,035,346.00 28 1 $55.00 Pahokee 232 $17,212,750.00 1,135 $66,458,464.00 298 $3,851,277.00 124 $6,924,778.00 Palm Beach 292 $1,319,404,452.00 2,411 $8,560,048,471.00 195 $618,834,978.00 50 $61,879.00 3B -4 • • • Value of Parcels at Risk from Countywide Hazards Palm Beach Gardens 718 $2,236,515,617.00 19,287 $6,761,065,630.00 1,050 $257,609,689.00 1,894 $5,566,577.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 25 $17,604,731.00 8 $0.00 Palm Springs 279 $215,581,145.00 4,154 $511,098,918.00 190 $31,029,184.00 106 $50,244.00 Riviera Beach 1,172 $927,701,537.00 9,792 $1,646,970,987.00 839 $112,026,122.00 152 $1,625,074.00 Royal Palm Beach 404 $640,945,158.00 10,597 $1,750,980,808.00 451 $91,430,707.00 415 $1,524,986.00 South Bay 131 $17,639,627.00 690 $36,530,949.00 154 $3,521,283.00 21 $428,981.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 129 $195,417,461.00 1,865 $512,429,808.00 47 $41,336,721.00 58 $0.00 Wellington 935 $1,189,231,949.00 18,439 $5,503,587,408.00 1,233 $408,454,209.00 1,168 $21,279,999.00 West Palm Beach 3,143 $3,820,247,143.00 25,104 $5,158,812,624.00 1,310 $389,310,938.00 903 $1,116,934.00 Unincorporated 8,460 $6,482,508,406.00 163,227 $37,920,729,474.00 10,056 $1,705,960,062.00 14,551 $1,036,781,630.00 3B -5 Value of Parcels at Risk from Agricultural Hazards Commercial Residential Vacant Assessed Ag /Open Space Jurisdiction; Assessed Value Assessed Value, Assessed Value Property Property Property Value Property Belle Glade 616 $103,977,172.00 2,705 $203,447,474.00 565 $10,389,340.00 55 $2,805,316.00 Pahokee 214 $79,432,066.00 1,135 $112,567,768.00 313 $6,710,724.00 128 $30,488,099.00 South Bay 123 $88,647,360.00 690 $67,299,592.00 162 $4,703,577.00 21 $3,177,032.00 Unincorporated 1,808 $26,438,961.00 456 $33,661,379.00 345 $10,015,260.00 2,915 $731,614,738.00 3B -6 Value of Parcels at Risk from Coastal Erosion Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Open Assessed Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Property Property Property Space Property Value: Boca Raton 35 $105,078,940.00 420 $340,907,113.00 35 $33,303,104.00 58 $743.00 Boynton Beach 3 $1,819,191.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Briny Breezes 15 $72,348.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 52 $90,231,128.00 651 $773,188,262.00 46 $76,910,307.00 24 $126,294.00 Gulf Stream 9 $4,281,011.00 78 $127,208,459.00 2 $609,607.00 0 $0.00 Highland Beach 2 $0.00 51 $148,834,355.00 21 $9,172,375.00 7 $919.00 Juno Beach 31 $26,711,715.00 327 $157,944,808.00 46 $16,487,761.00 27 $0.00 Jupiter 36 $1,775,209.00 344 $161,558,919.00 16 $6,269,089.00 50 $54,618.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 217 $211,607,310.00 4 $4,399,471.00 2 $0.00 Lake Worth 4 $77,001.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Lantana 4 $29,520,460.00 1 $1,643,040.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Manalapan 3 $98,798,854.00 7 $20,325,773.00 1 $1,420.00 0 $0.00 North Palm Beach 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $0.00 Ocean Ridge 15 $6,281,532.00 458 $389,081,375.00 59 $20,117,920.00 19 $0.00 Palm Beach 109 $665,299,310.00 1,447 $5,482,404,921.00 116 $468,188,081.00 29 $16,802.00 Palm Beach Shores 6 $3,591,070.00 2 $5,409,030.00 2 $5,400,000.00 0 $0.00 Riviera Beach 5 $23,660,427.00 53 $22,557,267.00 5 $22,000,419.00 21 $221,236.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 1 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 3 $0.00 Unincorporated 12 $5,383,375.00 82 $43,278,084.00 7 $15,419,370.00 15 $0.00 3B -7 ! ! ! Value of Parcels at Risk in Evacuation Areas Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Open Space Assessed Value Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value ' Property Property Property Property' Boca Raton 245 $746,874,243.00 5,728 $4,030,845,525.00 280 $200,076,321.00 143 $898.00 Boynton Beach 189 $119,227,543.00 1,141 $279,844,839.00 183 $108,018,589.00 61 $209,411.00 Briny Breezes 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $297,910.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 284 $316,834,463.00 2,409 $1,787,737,349.00 147 $142,281,169.00 110 $130,804.00 Gulf Stream 20 $15,387,576.00 292 $587,435,500.00 18 $25,772,923.00 0 $0.00 Highland Beach 11 $16,600,000.00 380 $594,436,112.00 49 $41,834,076.00 32 $321,759.00 Hypoluxo 11 $2,505,653.00 465 $133,094,010.00 6 $1,221,198.00 14 $0.00 Juno Beach 66 $183,873,234.00 704 $274,128,356.00 102 $28,259,389.00 60 $0.00 Jupiter 637 $824,021,587.00 10,740 $3,724,973,609.00 428 $175,826,264.00 511 $12,867.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 234 $244,197,187.00 4 $4,399,471.00 2 $0.00 Lake Park 30 $18,563,491.00 28 $5,688,154.00 0 $0.00 2 $0.00 Lake Worth 57 $23,274,645.00 1,662 $366,336,955.00 75 $16,109,339.00 12 $619.00 Lantana 45 $50,232,144.00 506 $308,239,639.00 38 $25,928,993.00 7 $13.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 31 $117,704,906.00 3 $300.00 North Palm Beach 145 $161,555,368.00 2,648 $897,553,259.00 46 $30,702,246.00 83 $90,886.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 82 $25,035,346.00 28 $55.00 Palm Beach 292 $1,319,404,452.00 2,411 $8,560,048,471.00 195 $618,834,978.00 50 $61,879.00 Palm Beach Gardens 311 $1,142,043,119.00 3863 $1,798,402,857.00 92 $36,139,248.00 415 $2,626.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 25 $17,604,731.00 8 $0.00 Riviera Beach 130 $82,554,162.00 984 $331,198,706.00 99 $41,244,123.00 44 $320,650.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 123 $186,417,461.00 1,732 $479,620,309.00 43 $35,649,933.00 52 $0.00 West Palm Beach 349 $651,583,057.00 2,453 $811,583,588.00 198 $91,681,335.00 17 $1,218.00 Unincorporated 214 $146,736,919.00 7,188 $3,476,824,460.00 459 $199,483,892.00 431 $3,937,851.00 3B -8 0 0 • Value of Property at Risk from Historical Flooding Jurisdiction Commercial Assessed Value Residential I Assessed Value Vacant Assessed Value Ag /Open Space Assessed Value Atlantis 34 $150,943,621.00 979 $275,444,538.00 19 $4,538,784.00 18 $175,736.00 Boca Raton 31 $43,055,384.00 290 $79,972,797.00 10 $2,787,912.00 9 $5.00 Boynton Beach 511 $880,809,934.00 10,324 $1,441,290,709.00 921 $70,301,606.00 587 $15,270.00 Cloud Lake 6 $0.00 48 $6,456,750.00 8 $948,879.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 160 $60,688,682.00 2,602 $1,113,988,955.00 156 $65,610,586.00 37 $4,498.00 Glen Ridge 9 $2,795,600.00 80 $14,647,276.00 9 $1,935,580.00 1 $1,650.00 Golf 2 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Greenacres 226 $344,218,761.00 8,811 $1,160,134,817.00 206 $24,331,362.00 286 $7,428.00 Gulf Stream 7 $281,011.00 58 $86,464,856.00 3 $2,396,360.00 0 $0.00 Haverhill 21 $15,051,405.00 251 $35,741,364.00 27 $1,899,735.00 4 $780.00 Hypoluxo 5 $6,361,854.00 137 $10,448,050.00 43 $2,749,014.00 3 $0.00 Juno Beach 17 $8,796,261.00 284 $118,107,203.00 38 $9,534,588.00 21 $0.00 Jupiter 467 $517,656,660.00 10,501 $2,177,852,344.00 760 $123,726,741.00 585 $82,292.00 Lake Clarke Shores 29 $20,251,504.00 1,396 $226,804,915.00 31 $2,632,326.00 9 $0.00 Lake Worth 1066 $447,315,234.00 8,446 $1,210,669,266.00 549 $60,482,651.00 37 $98,407.00 Lantana 194 $159,110,950.00 2,271 $276,290,467.00 44 $15,814,968.00 17 $3,559.00 Loxahatchee Groves 181 $44,553,258.00 726 $149,870,769.00 166 $45,490,292.00 361 $49,172,202.00 Mangonia Park 55 $33,400,458.00 33 $2,332,829.00 37 $6,058,011.00 1 $0.00 North Palm Beach 18 $21,376,771.00 446 $57,840,730.00 3 $14,394,032.00 8 $0.00 Palm Beach 172 $722,353,332.00 1,051 $3,033,744,081.00 74 $206,749,072.00 21 $39,599.00 Palm Beach Gardens 299 $762,688,033.00 12,789 $3,819,293,217.00 177 $68,032,614.00 868 $257,486.00 Palm Springs 279 $215,581,145.00 4,154 $511,098,918.00 190 $31,029,184.00 106 $50,244.00 Riviera Beach 70 $32,982,155.00 301 $29,534,005.00 32 $2,261,887.00 0 $0.00 Royal Palm Beach 213 $332,996,360.00 7,702 $1,131,275,514.00 321 $53,238,353.00 356 $1,518,468.00 Tequesta 7 $2,567,995.00 199 $40,180,650.00 3 $445,772.00 0 $0.00 Wellington 242 $232,611,277.00 8,664 $1,751,529,424.00 175 $26,465,005.00 401 $7,755,935.00 West Palm Beach 434 $737,103,622.00 2,756 $530,284,273.00 83 $28,701,776.00 38 $1,993.00 unincorporated 2,926 $1,926,807,694.00 62,525 $10,931,384,381.00 3,694 $539,299,295.00 2,593 $50,772,470.00 3B -9 Value of Parcels at Risk from Herbert Hoover Dike Breach Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Open Space Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Property Property Property Property, Belle Glade 616 $103,977,172.00 2,705 $203,447,474.00 565 $10,389,340.00 55 $2,805,316.00 Pahokee 214 $79,432,066.00 1,135 $112,567,768.00 313 $6,710,724.00 128 $30,488,099.00 South Bay 123 $88,647,360.00 690 $67,299,592.00 162 $4,703,577.00 21 $3,177,032.00 Unincorporated 2,273 $135,255,594.00 9,294 $1,912,738,901.00 2,545 $276,940,736.00 3,139 $755,849,332.00 3B -10 Value of Parcels at Risk from Muck Fires Jurisdiction Commercial Assessed Value Residential Assessed Value Vacant Assessed Value Ag /Open Space Assessed Value Belle Glade 616 $103,977,172.00 2,705 $203,447,474.00 565 $10,389,340.00 55 $2,805,316.00 Boca Raton 21 $71,435,882.00 323 $166,583,379.00 26 $2,151,783.00 41 $1.00 Boynton Beach 49 1 $163,916,757.00 1,099 $295,359,511.00 63 $4,662,262.00 96 $580.00 Delray Beach 16 $72,469,447.00 140 $32,252,508.00 3 $1,801,832.00 7 $270,299.00 Golf 0 $0.00 2 $2,542,362.00 0 $0.00 1 $0.00 Greenacres 0 $0.00 30 $2,801,791.00 8 $387,000.00 0 $0.00 Haverhill 0 $0.00 5 $901,758.00 0 $0.00 1 $0.00 Highland Beach 2 $0.00 3 $5,065,851.00 3 $797,740.00 3 $302,499.00 Hypoluxo 0 $0.00 53 $17,045,173.00 0 $0.00 2 $0.00 Juno Beach 3 $0.00 4 $915,782.00 15 $480,586.00 1 $0.00 Jupiter 17 $11,926,891.00 124 $137,545,390.00 1 $0.00 29 $171.00 Lake Park 4 $13,875,759.00 1 $4,160,000.00 1 $0.00 9 $1,440.00 Lake Worth 5 $2,819,224.00 0 $0.00 12 $1,895,096.00 2 $519.00 Loxahatchee Groves 4 $214,584.00 12 $2,899,634.00 0 $0.00 2 $417,116.00 Mangonia Park 14 $9,463,976.00 36 $2,971,669.00 33 $622,862.00 0 $0.00 North Palm Beach 0 $0.00 13 $13,058,474.00 1 $300.00 3 $0.00 Ocean Ridge 2 $0.00 0 $0.00 11 $1,210,111.00 1 $0.00 Pahokee 214 $79,432,066.00 1,135 $112,567,768.00 313 $6,710,724.00 128 $30,488,099.00 Palm Beach 3 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Palm Beach Gardens 11 $529,452.00 226 $65,132,114.00 2 $526,419.00 15 $0.00 Palm Springs 10 $8,863,600.00 299 $30,501,600.00 41 $5,966,989.00 11 $300.00 Riviera Beach 13 $20,768,995.00 358 $64,786,695.00 2 $1,324,080.00 23 $1,014,900.00 Royal Palm Beach 1 $451,868.00 128 $21,216,975.00 6 $646,447.00 11 $2,964.00 South Bay 123 $88,647,360.00 690 $67,299,592.00 162 $4,703,577.00 21 $3,177,032.00 Tequesta 0 $0.00 1 $31,162,765.00 0 $0.00 1 $0.00 Wellington 176 $112,242,557.00 481 $261,145,251.00 119 $83,409,530.00 132 $6,487,111.00 West Palm Beach 28 $88,278,037.00 123 $33,882,258.00 3 $7,598,656.00 15 $0.00 Unincorporated 1,789 $157,021,857.00 2,283 $510,180,842.00 457 $57,091,931.00 28,290 $722,805,114.00 3B -11 Value of Parcels at Risk from Radiological Hazards Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Clpen Space Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Property Property Property Property Belle Glade 0 $0.00 2 $2,186,201.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Cloud Lake 6 $0.00 48 $6,456,750.00 8 $948,879.00 0 $0.00 Glen Ridge 9 $2,795,600.00 80 $14,647,276.00 9 $1,935,580.00 1 $1,650.00 Greenacres 77 $136,736,756.00 4,274 $679,362,039.00 137 $14,089,305.00 239 $14.00 Haverhill 24 $15,950,001.00 561 $74,759,784.00 36 $2,624,927.00 13 $780.00 Juno Beach 66 $183,873,234.00 704 $274,128,356.00 102 $28,259,389.00 60 $0.00 Jupiter 823 $1,165,784,244.00 17,663 $5,196,069,630.00 1,624 $360,298,991.00 1,433 $4,457,607.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 234 $244,197,187.00 4 $4,399,471.00 2 $0.00 Lake Clarke Shores 28 $20,251,504.00 1,223 $194,473,112.00 31 $2,632,326.00 10 $0.00 Lake Park 364 $274,704,120.00 1,571 $238,020,003.00 68 $23,529,508.00 21 $7,117.00 Lake Worth 74 $35,703,650.00 785 $143,962,168.00 21 $3,001,254.00 13 $0.00 Loxahatchee Groves 190 $46,012,823.00 788 $165,343,217.00 184 $52,553,707.00 396 $55,700,924.00 Mangonia Park 166 $141,398,452.00 207 $26,298,618.00 88 $13,273,225.00 5 $0.00 North Palm Beach 171 $188,831,863.00 2,770 $965,323,627.00 54 $38,211,861.00 101 $122,170.00 Pahokee 232 $17,212,750.00 1,135 $66,458,464.00 298 $3,851,277.00 124 $6,924,778.00 Palm Beach 281 $1,211,428,465.00 2,358 $8,516,815,089.00 185 $603,218,742.00 38 $26,159.00 Palm Beach Gardens 718 $2,236,515,617.00 19,287 $6,761,065,630.00 1,050 $257,609,689.00 1,894 $5,566,577.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 25 $17,604,731.00 8 $0.00 Palm Springs 155 $114,620,249.00 2,908 $357,950,109.00 99 $18,886,040.00 38 $49,644.00 Riviera Beach 1,172 $927,701,537.00 9,792 $1,646,970,987.00 839 $112,026,122.00 152 $1,625,074.00 Royal Palm Beach 404 $640,945,158.00 10,597 $1,750,980,808.00 451 $91,430,707.00 415 $1,524,986.00 Tequesta 129 $195,417,461.00 1,865 $512,429,808.00 47 $41,336,721.00 58 $0.00 Wellington 687 $1,057,350,100.00 17,632 $5,136,345,827.00 1,071 $289,603,288.00 1,101 $16,142,650.00 West Palm Beach 3,151 $3,820,434,322.00 25,101 $5,158,134,861.00 1,310 $389,310,938.00 903 $1,116,934.00 Unincorporated 4,453 $2,461,019,547.00 52,153 $11,603,978,092.00 6,354 $1,037,673,987.00 3,904 $258,423,647.00 3B -12 Value of Parcels at Risk from Storm Surge Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Open Jurisdiction Assessed Value, Value Assessed Value Space Assessed Value Property Property Property Property Boca Raton 81 $129,997,593.00 4,511 $2,522,742,445.00 183 $114,934,093.00 90 $743.00 Boynton Beach 116 $52,092,878.00 379 $119,680,189.00 117 $33,468,707.00 44 $135,634.00 Briny Breezes 14 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $297,910.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 91 $119,646,923.00 1,721 $1,526,125,205.00 90 $115,585,430.00 68 $130,799.00 Gulf Stream 19 $15,387,576.00 257 $569,107,309.00 15 $25,502,228.00 0 $0.00 Highland Beach 11 $16,600,000.00 380 $594,436,112.00 49 $41,834,076.00 32 $321,759.00 Hypoluxo 10 $2,252,582.00 424 $124,068,322.00 5 $1,109,092.00 11 $0.00 Juno Beach 66 $183,873,234.00 704 $274,128,356.00 102 $28,259,389.00 60 $0.00 Jupiter 486 $582,362,734.00 8,985 $2,989,235,895.00 341 $146,559,995.00 590 $1,752,561.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 2 $0.00 108 $82,301,979.00 2 $943,938.00 1 $0.00 Lake Park 34 $15,516,026.00 160 $56,533,615.00 6 $273,826.00 5 $0.00 Lake Worth 28 $11,191,488.00 1,151 $247,639,017.00 38 $9,055,961.00 10 $619.00 Lantana 54 $53,272,701.00 469 $293,628,208.00 38 $25,806,052.00 6 $13.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 31 $117,704,906.00 3 $300.00 North Palm Beach 108 $132,256,716.00 2,382 $885,562,372.00 40 $29,174,881.00 88 $87,310.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 82 $25,035,346.00 28 $55.00 Palm Beach 292 $1,319,404,452.00 2,411 $8,560,048,471.00 195 $618,834,978.00 50 $61,879.00 Palm Beach Gardens 218 $371,280,385.00 1,521 $540,350,492.00 18 $17,366,182.00 133 $600.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 25 $17,604,731.00 8 $0.00 Riviera Beach 95 $61,068,396.00 993 $331,239,383.00 101 $40,580,831.00 43 $320,650.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 20 $9,782,541.00 786 $281,523,109.00 14 $3,700,147.00 18 $0.00 West Palm Beach 87 $336,873,803.00 1,168 $452,791,157.00 71 $41,675,836.00 13 $918.00 Unincorporated 230 $116,720,180.00 5,243 $3,036,419,070.00 274 $180,716,903.00 357 $3,930,587.00 3B -13 Value of Parcels at Risk from Transportation Hazards Jurisdiction Commercial Assessed Value Residential Assessed Value Vacant Assessed Value Ag /Open Assessed Value Atlantis 24 $123,387,500.00 348 $76,441,499.00 2 $992,935.00 5 $300.00 Belle Glade 550 $84,825,679.00 2,259 $159,076,115.00 494 $7,721,261.00 34 $965,939.00 Boca Raton 1,231 $4,635,307,455.00 17,588 $7,208,211,434.00 864 $353,369,444.00 564 $13,193.00 Boynton Beach 1,054 $911,953,042.00 13,414 $1,776,647,578.00 1,389 $221,454,500.00 463 $803,998.00 Briny Breezes 14 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $297,910.00 0 $0.00 Cloud Lake 6 $0.00 48 $6,456,750.00 8 $948,879.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 1,367 $1,468,270,656.00 11,042 $3,413,869,100.00 944 $295,448,292.00 398 $2,640,032.00 Glen Ridge 9 $2,795,600.00 80 $14,647,276.00 9 $1,935,580.00 1 $1,650.00 Haverhill 0 $0.00 17 $2,479,953.00 0 $0.00 1 $0.00 Hypoluxo 27 $16,353,234.00 630 $149,967,628.00 51 $4,166,978.00 30 $0.00 Jupiter 616 $836,590,167.00 10,907 $3,453,383,285.00 1,092 $283,968,586.00 965 $2,970,452.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 3 $0.00 231 $237,926,701.00 4 $4,399,471.00 1 $0.00 Lake Clarke Shores 29 $20,251,504.00 1,396 $226,804,915.00 31 $2,632,326.00 9 $0.00 Lake Park 316 $225,707,612.00 1,472 $195,254,996.00 58 $22,182,289.00 17 $6,475.00 Lake Worth 1,074 $463,189,657.00 8,822 $1,323,465,763.00 559 $64,887,817.00 45 $99,026.00 Lantana 209 $194,435,170.00 2,712 $563,200,523.00 73 $37,060,665.00 21 $3,573.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 31 $117,704,906.00 3 $300.00 Mangonia Park 166 $141,398,452.00 207 $26,298,618.00 88 $13,273,225.00 5 $0.00 North Palm Beach 72 $99,026.00 1,603 $324,242,500.00 29 $10,386,251.00 23 $5,146.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 82 $25,035,346.00 28 $55.00 Pahokee 183 $13,939,853.00 924 $50,199,577.00 258 $3,220,475.00 71 $5,428,896.00 Palm Beach 83 $293,553,987.00 596 $1,872,338,672.00 46 $114,269,219.00 10 $362.00 Palm Beach Gardens 420 $1,753,037,783.00 17,392 $5,655,787,215.00 978 $218,051,965.00 1,561 $4,768,341.00 Palm Beach Shores 8 $29,128,567.00 76 $35,249,935.00 3 $2,427,540.00 0 $0.00 Palm Springs 12 $8,302,696.00 432 $39,543,552.00 9 $1,195,291.00 8 $0.00 Riviera Beach 1,124 $865,707,449.00 9,058 $1,300,841,985.00 810 $80,286,428.00 213 $1,300,898.00 South Bay 127 $17,639,627.00 690 $36,530,949.00 151 $3,354,729.00 20 $376,781.00 3B -14 s 0 • Value of Parcels at Risk from Transportation Hazards South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 128 $195,417,461.00 938 $217,182,802.00 38 $38,084,845.00 46 $0.00 Wellington 4 $0.00 1721 $525,586,593.00 10 $398,000.00 103 $0.00 West Palm Beach 3009 $3,681,039,401.00 19930 $3,600,305,481.00 1206 $359,334,882.00 424 $494,897.00 Unincorporated 2442 $2,627,288,385.00 51432 $12,293,515,442.00 2869 $492,011,341.00 4444 $217,093,339.00 3B -15 Value of Parcels at Risk from Tsunamis Commercial Residential Vacant Ag /Open Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Property 'Property Property Space Property Boca Raton 367 $1,070,030,480.00 5,305 $3,682,803,001.00 260 $244,939,883.00 129 $831.00 Boynton Beach 445 $212,294,432.00 2,383 $448,896,300.00 375 $154,057,803.00 56 $80,732.00 Briny Breezes 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 2 $297,910.00 0 $0.00 Delray Beach 740 $825,459,572.00 3,909 $2,102,521,081.00 399 $202,616,412.00 177 $130,894.00 Gulf Stream 21 $15,387,576.00 309 $594,599,350.00 19 $26,013,251.00 1 $0.00 Highland Beach 11 $16,600,000.00 380 $594,436,112.00 49 $41,834,076.00 32 $321,759.00 Hypoluxo 21 $13,956,598.00 493 $139,519,578.00 8 $1,417,964.00 26 $0.00 Juno Beach 59 $87,235,401.00 552 $209,787,705.00 102 $28,259,389.00 44 $0.00 Jupiter 159 $219,719,001.00 3,201 $793,442,670.00 58 $54,814,385.00 2,254 $1,496,964.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 234 $244,197,187.00 4 $4,399,471.00 2 $0.00 Lake Worth 85 $36,823,840.00 1,999 $424,522,367.00 97 $18,293,960.00 20 $89,943.00 Lantana 84 $74,167,207.00 599 $323,169,764.00 42 $27,013,407.00 12 $3,527.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 31 $117,704,906.00 3 $300.00 North Palm Beach 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 7 $74,622.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 82 $25,035,346.00 28 $55.00 Palm Beach 292 $1,319,404,452.00 2,411 $8,560,048,471.00 195 $618,834,978.00 50 $61,879.00 Palm Beach Gardens 3 $49,508,870.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 25 $17,604,731.00 8 $0.00 Riviera Beach 45 $27,646,737.00 642 $280,002,810.00 24 $9,730,057.00 32 $320,650.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 0 $0.00 5 $15,003.00 Tequesta 93 $189,346,604.00 612 $116,803,574.00 31 $36,518,450.00 7 $0.00 West Palm Beach 39 $144,058,666.00 1,575 $559,807,444.00 99 $56,227,939.00 16 $1,218.00 Unincorporated 70 $73,669,875.00 1,532 $1,642,989,693.00 111 $109,912,840.00 87 $3,810,487.00 3B -16 Value of Parcels at Risk from Wellfield Contamination /Depletion Commercial Residential Vacant Ag/Open Space Assessed Jurisdiction .Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Property; Property Property Property Value Boca Raton 88 $671,900,665.00 4,800 $1,830,556,717.00 292 $18,358,421.00 125 $7,422.00 Boynton Beach 190 $93,131,197.00 2,737 $318,561,148.00 69 $20,899,651.00 27 $310,091.00 Delray Beach 943 $807,927,627.00 4,474 $899,117,508.00 657 $128,837,506.00 119 $1,249,984.00 Golf 3 $1,206,575.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Greenacres 12 $21,116,397.00 953 $158,634,600.00 17 $3,649,210.00 69 $0.00 Haverhill 0 $0.00 137 $16,861,546.00 4 $367,910.00 2 $0.00 Hypoluxo 22 $13,956,598.00 604 $143,419,770.00 49 $3,509,478.00 23 $0.00 Jupiter 470 $796,469,271.00 12,524 $3,704,791,329.00 1,460 $209,851,495.00 1,078 $2,834,456.00 Lake Park 298 $197,538,961.00 1,232 $168,379,344.00 55 $22,052,012.00 14 $6,185.00 Lake Worth 927 $383,620,217.00 7,047 $977,768,166.00 484 $43,986,320.00 22 $89,324.00 Lantana 182 $131,663,535.00 2,306 $297,535,358.00 52 $20,444,850.00 15 $3,573.00 Mangonia Park 76 $52,562,684.00 63 $4,401,149.00 9 $2,638,826.00 1 $0.00 North Palm Beach 46 $29,178,342.00 457 $65,145,852.00 9 $4,048,199.00 9 $300.00 Palm Beach Gardens 310 $970,891,041.00 14,450 $4,979,137,093.00 956 $186,426,374.00 1,360 $4,600,636.00 Palm Springs 9 $4,267,596.00 1,234 $150,079,375.00 7 $429,759.00 3 $0.00 Riviera Beach 637 $377,797,671.00 7,030 $1,075,085,215.00 581 $50,448,833.00 125 $1,304,014.00 Royal Palm Beach 1 $76,569.00 550 $74,420,603.00 4 $255,885.00 0 $0.00 Tequesta 0 $0.00 45 $4,892,454.00 0 $0.00 0 $0.00 Wellington 3 $3,524.00 232 $83,923,227.00 22 $3,260,000.00 30 $0.00 West Palm Beach 55 $97,772,995.00 2,511 $556,095,896.00 18 $5,459,125.00 174 $281.00 Unincorporated 542 1 $784,720,420.00 27,837 $5,985,225,529.00 1,057 $162,370,814.00 1,628 $5,031,365.00 3B -17 Value of Parcels at Risk from Wildland -Urban Interface Fires Commercial Residential Vacant AB /Open Jurisdiction Assessed Value Assessed Value Assessed Value Space Assessed Value Property Property Property Property Loxahatchee Groves 190 $46,012,823.00 788 $165,343,217.00 184 $52,553,707.00 396 $55,700,924.00 Wellington 935 $1,189,231,949.00 18439 $5,503,587,408.00 1233 $408,454,209.00 1168 $21,279,999.00 Unincorporated 1820 $147,850,423.00 19157 $3,849,488,860.00 3607 $494,739,232.00 639 $75,943,563.00 3B -18 Improved Property Values by Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Commercial Comm. Improved Value Residential Property Res. Improved Value Total Improved Value Properties Atlantis 34 $150,943,621.00 979 $275,444,538.00 $426,388,159.00 Belle Glade 616 $103,977,172.00 2,705 $203,447,474.00 $307,424,646.00 Boca Raton 1,393 $5,671,436,173.00 22,863 $9,516,856,766.00 $15,188,292,939.00 Boynton Beach 1,208 $1,423,276,457.00 18,193 $2,767,069,123.00 $4,190,345,580.00 Briny Breezes 0 $0.00 0 $1,700,000.00 $1,700,000.00 Cloud Lake 6 $0.00 48 $6,456,750.00 $6,456,750.00 Delray Beach 1,500 $1,874,938,546.00 15,342 $4,444,042,833.00 $6,318,981,379.00 Glen Ridge 9 $2,795,600.00 80 $14,647,276.00 $17,442,876.00 Golf 51 $33,473,729.00 151 $105,577,856.00 $139,051,585.00 Greenacres 226 $344,218,761.00 8,811 $1,160,134,817.00 $1,504,353,578.00 Gulf Stream 21 $15,387,576.00 309 $594,599,350.00 $609,986,926.00 Haverhill 24 $15,950,001.00 559 $73,573,964.00 $89,523,965.00 Highland Beach 11 $16,600,000.00 380 $594,436,112.00 $611,036,112.00 Hypoluxo 27 $16,353,234.00 630 $149,967,628.00 $166,320,862.00 Juno Beach 66 $183,873,234.00 704 $274,128,356.00 $458,001,590.00 Jupiter 823 $1,165,784,244.00 17,663 $5,196,069,630.00 $6,361,853,874.00 Jupiter Inlet Colony 5 $1,600,000.00 234 $244,197,187.00 $245,797,187.00 Lake Clarke Shores 29 $20,251,504.00 1,396 $226,804,915.00 $247,056,419.00 Lake Park 364 $274,704,120.00 1,571 $238,020,003.00 $512,724,123.00 Lake Worth 1,082 $463,266,658.00 8,825 $1,324,215,139.00 $1,787,481,797.00 Lantana 209 $194,435,170.00 2,712 $563,200,523.00 $757,635,693.00 Loxahatchee Groves 190 $46,012,823.00 788 $165,343,217.00 $211,356,040.00 Manalapan 9 $128,166,296.00 190 $743,570,994.00 $871,737,290.00 Mangonia Park 166 $141,398,452.00 207 $26,298,618.00 $167,697,070.00 North Palm Beach 171 $188,831,863.00 2,770 $965,323,627.00 $1,154,155,490.00 Ocean Ridge 34 $6,281,532.00 640 $551,078,161.00 $557,359,693.00 Pahokee 232 $17,212,750.00 1 $66,458,464.00 $83,671,214.00 3B -19 0 • • Improved Property Values by Jurisdiction Palm Beach 292 $1,319,404,452.00 2,411 $8,560,048,471.00 $9,879,452,923.00 Palm Beach Gardens 718 $2,236,515,617.00 19,287 $6,761,065,630.00 $8,997,581,247.00 Palm Beach Shores 64 $56,171,853.00 372 $144,646,972.00 $200,818,825.00 Palm Springs 279 $215,581,145.00 4,154 $511,098,918.00 $726,680,063.00 Riviera Beach 1,172 $927,701,537.00 9,792 $1,646,970,987.00 $2,574,672,524.00 Royal Palm Beach 404 $640,945,158.00 10,597 $1,750,980,808.00 $2,391,925,966.00 South Bay 131 $17,639,627.00 690 $36,530,949.00 $54,170,576.00 South Palm Beach 3 $5,221,940.00 19 $9,871,949.00 $15,093,889.00 Tequesta 129 $195,417,461.00 1,865 $512,429,808.00 $707,847,269.00 Wellington 935 $1,189,231,949.00 18,439 $5,503,587,408.00 $6,692,819,357.00 West Palm Beach 3,143 $3,820,247,143.00 25,104 $5,158,812,624.00 $8,979,059,767.00 Unincorporated 8,460 $6,482,508,406.00 163,227 $37,920,729,474.00 $44,403,237,880.00 Total 24,236 $29,607,755,804.00 365,842 $99,009,437,319.00 $128,617,193,123.00 3B -20 Estimated Property Dollar Loss by Jurisdiction under Various Loss Scenarios Assumed Loss Jurisdiction - 1% Loss 5% Loss 10% Loss 25% Loss 75 %Lass' Atlantis $4,263,881.59 $21,319,407.95 $42,638,815.90 $106,597,039.75 $319,791,119.25 Belle Glade $3,074,246.46 $15,371,232.30 $30,742,464.60 $76,856,161.50 $230,568,484.50 Boca Raton $151,882,929.39 $759,414,646.95 $1,518,829,293.90 $3,797,073,234.75 $11,391,219,704.25 Boynton Beach $41,903,455.80 $209,517,279.00 $419,034,558.00 $1,047,586,395.00 $3,142,759,185.00 Briny Breezes $17,000.00 $85,000.00 $170,000.00 $425,000.00 $1,275,000.00 Cloud Lake $64,567.50 $322,837.50 $645,675.00 $1,614,187.50 $4,842,562.50 Delray Beach $63,189,813.79 $315,949,068.95 $631,898,137.90 $1,579,745,344.75 $4,739,236,034.25 Glen Ridge $174,428.76 $872,143.80 $1,744,287.60 $4,360,719.00 $13,082,157.00 Golf $1,390,515.85 $6,952,579.25 $13,905,158.50 $34,762,896.25 $104,288,688.75 Greenacres $15,043,535.78 $75,217,678.90 $150,435,357.80 $376,088,394.50 $1,128,265,183.50 Gulf Stream $6,099,869.26 $30,499,346.30 $60,998,692.60 $152,496,731.50 $457,490,194.50 Haverhill $895,239.65 $4,476,198.25 $8,952,396.50 $22,380,991.25 $67,142,973.75 Highland Beach $6,110,361.12 $30,551,805.60 $61,103,611.20 $152,759,028.00 $458,277,084.00 Hypoluxo $1,663,208.62 $8,316,043.10 $16,632,086.20 $41,580,215.50 $124,740,646.50 Juno Beach $4,580,015.90 $22,900,079.50 $45,800,159.00 $114,500,397.50 $343,501,192.50 Jupiter $63,618,538.74 $318,092,693.70 $636,185,387.40 $1,590,463,468.50 $4,771,390,405.50 Jupiter Inlet $2,457,971.87 $12,289,859.35 $24,579,718.70 $61,449,296.75 $184,347,890.25 Lake Clarke $2,470,564.19 $12,352,820.95 $24,705,641.90 $61,764,104.75 $185,292,314.25 Lake Park $5,127,241.23 $25,636,206.15 $51,272,412.30 $128,181,030.75 $384,543,092.25 Lake Worth $17,874,817.97 $89,374,089.85 $178,748,179.70 $446,870,449.25 $1,340,611,347.75 3B -21 Estimated Property Dollar loss by Jurisdiction under Various loss Scenarios Lantana $7,576,356.93 $37,881,784.65 $75,763,569.30 $189,408,923.25 $568,226,769.75 Loxahatchee $2,113,560.40 $10,567,802.00 $21,135,604.00 $52,839,010.00 $158,517,030.00 Manalapan $8,717,372.90 $43,586,864.50 $87,173,729.00 $217,934,322.50 $653,802,967.50 Mangonia Park $1,676,970.70 $8,384,853.50 $16,769,707.00 $41,924,267.50 $125,772,802.50 North Palm $11,541,554.90 $57,707,774.50 $115,415,549.00 $288,538,872.50 $865,616,617.50 Ocean Ridge $5,573,596.93 $27,867,984.65 $55,735,969.30 $139,339,923.25 $418,019,769.75 Pahokee $836,712.14 $4,183,560.70 $8,367,121.40 $20,917,803.50 $62,753,410.50 Palm Beach $98,794,529.23 $493,972,646.15 $987,945,292.30 $2,469,863,230.75 $7,409,589,692.25 Palm Beach $89,975,812.47 $449,879,062.35 $899,758,124.70 $2,249,395,311.75 $6,748,185,935.25 Palm Beach $2,008,188.25 $10,040,941.25 $20,081,882.50 $50,204,706.25 $150,614,118.75 Palm Springs $7,266,800.63 $36,334,003.15 $72,668,006.30 $181,670,015.75 $545,010,047.25 Riviera Beach $25,746,725.24 $128,733,626.20 $257,467,252.40 $643,668,131.00 $1,931,004,393.00 Royal Palm $23,919,259.66 $119,596,298.30 $239,192,596.60 $597,981,491.50 $1,793,944,474.50 South Bay $541,705.76 $2,708,528.80 $5,417,057.60 $13,542,644.00 $40,627,932.00 South Palm $150,938.89 $754,694.45 $1,509,388.90 $3,773,472.25 $11,320,416.75 Tequesta $7,078,472.69 $35,392,363.45 $70,784,726.90 $176,961,817.25 $530,885,451.75 Wellington $66,928,193.57 $334,640,967.85 $669,281,935.70 $1,673,204,839.25 $5,019,614,517.75 West Palm $89,790,597.67 $448,952,988.35 $897,905,976.70 $2,244,764,941.75 $6,734,294,825.25 Unincorporated $444,032,378.80 $2,220,161,894.00 $4,440,323,788.00 $11,100,809,470.00 $33,302,428,410.00 Total $1,286,171,931.23 $6,430,859,656.15 $12,861,719,312.30 $32,154,298,280.75 $96,462,894,842.25 3B -22 • • • Number and Value of Residential and Commercial Properties Countywide at Risk from Select Hazards An estimated total 390,000 residential and commercial properties valued at $128.7 billion are at risk from a countywide hurricane. Nearly 148,000 residential properties (40.4% of county residences) valued at $28.4 billion and nearly 7,700 commercial properties (26% of county commercial properties) valued at $7.7 billion are located in historic flood areas of the county. Just under 40% of all residential and commercial properties are located in historic flood areas of the county. Approximately 47,000 residential properties valued at $22.7 billion and 3,200 commercial properties valued at $6.2 billion are situated in the evacuation zone. Approximately 13% of county residential and commercial properties are located in Evacuation A (Category 1 & 2 Hurricane) & B (Category 3, 4, 5 Hurricane) zones. The table below shows a breakdown of the number and values of properties in select hazard areas. Properties & Value of Properties at Risk from Select Hazards Hazard Residential Pro erties at Risk Commercial Properties at Risk Total Properties Total $ Value Total Properties Total $ Value Historical Flood Areas 147,824 28,425,975,054 7,681 7,722,358,961 Evacuation Zones 46,789 22,727,963,626 3,274 6,205,130,738 Coastal Erosion 4,157 7,895,820,665 350 1,069,403,511 Wildfire 5,024 955,747,1.48 2,945 1,383,095 Countywide Hurricane 365,842 99,009,737,319 24,236 29,607,755,804 Source: PAPA Property Appraisers database and GIS hazard boundaries Value of Residential & Commercial Properties at Risk Including Contents Total contents at risk can be approximated by adding 80% to the residential property values and 175% to the commercial property values above. This yields a worst case scenario for residential property at risk of $178,213,927,174 and a worst case for commercial property of $81,421,328,461. Theoretically, the estimated total value of residential and commercial property at risk from a worst case countywide threat is $259.6 billion. A breakdown by selected hazards is presented below. 313-23 Estimated Value of Residential & Commercial Properties Including Contents at Risk from Select Hazards Hazard Value Residential` Value: Commercial Value Residential Value Commercial Total Value Residential & Properties Contents Properties Contents Properties Incl. Properties;lnel; Commercial Properties 80% of Prop Value (0175% Prop Value Contents Contents Intl, Contents Historical Flood Areas 22,740,780,043 13,514,128,182 51,166,755,097 21,236,487,143 72,403,242,240 Evacuation Zone 18,182,370,901 10,858,978,791 40,910,274,527 17,064,109,529 57,974,384,056 Coastal Erosion 6,316,656,532 1,871,456,144 26,078,191,566 2,940,859,655 29,019,051,221 Wildfire 1 764,597,718 2,420,416 1,720,344,866 6,803,511 1,727,148,377 Count wide Hurricane 79,206,189,855 51,813,572,657 178,213,927,174 81,421,328,461 259,635,255,635 Estimated Value of Residential & Commercial Properties Including Contents at Risk from Select Hazards Approximately 28% of the total value of property at risk, including contents, resides in historic flood areas of the county. Twenty three (23) percent of property value at risk are located in the Evacuation Zone. 3B -24 • SECTION 4: INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF EXISTING HAZARD MANAGEMENT GOALS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, ORDINANCES, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES 4.1 GOVERNMENTAL 4.1.1 Federal From the federal perspective, the National Mitigation Strategy is its most important hazard mitigation initiative due to the comprehensive nature of the effort. It has been developed to provide a framework for reducing the exposure of all Americans to the catastrophic losses caused by natural disasters. Federal mitigation action planning is directed toward protecting U.S. citizens by: • Utilizing the scientific and technical knowledge resulting from the research efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and integrating it into local fire and building codes in order to reduce major urban fires and building failures; • Establishing under the NFIP a national program for floodplain management with strong mitigation provisions to significantly reduce flood losses; • Developing a national system of emergency management with a coordinated Federal Response Plan to replace the piecemeal approach to recovery only after disaster strikes; • • Establishing a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to increase the availability of applied seismic research, develop state seismic hazard reduction programs, and improve training and education on methods to the risk of loss of life and property to earthquakes; • Establishing a National Hurricane Program to minimize loss of life and property from hurricanes through better property protection, warning and evacuation procedures, and training and education; • Developing a National Inventory of Dams identifying high- hazard dams and encouraging the development of warning systems and emergency plans for many of these facilities; • Establishing an effective program of assistance to state and local governments for post - disaster mitigation actions through the Stafford Act's Section 404, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and under Section 406 in terms of the mitigation of damage to public facilities; and • Establishing a nationwide program of federal, state, and local preparedness consisting of trained personnel, facilities, equipment, training, and exercises to save lives and protect property through warning, evacuation, shelter, and other post- disaster actions. In addition to natural disasters, at the federal level considerable attention has been focused on the release of hazardous materials. In 1986, the United States Congress enacted the Emergency Planning and Community Right -to -Know Act. It imposed upon state and local • 4 -1 • governments planning and preparedness requirements for emergencies involving the release of hazardous materials. The role of the federal government in response to an emergency involving the release of hazardous materials is to support local and state emergency operations. Activation of the federal Regional Response Team (RRT) provides access to federal resources not available at the state and local levels. An on -scene coordinator is designated to manage federal resources and support. The national warning and communications center for emergencies involving the release of hazardous materials. It is manned 24 hours a day, and is located at the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. 4.1.2 State While many state agencies have significant roles in disaster response and mitigation, the Florida Department of Community Affairs (FDCA) has primary responsibility. Several years ago, the FDCA developed the Florida Hazard Mitigation Strategy (FHMS). Its purpose is to establish a comprehensive program for the FDCA to effectively and efficiently mobilize and coordinate the state's services and resources to make Florida's communities more resistant to the human and economic impacts of disasters. The Strategy achieves this purpose by the following actions: • Improving the understanding and awareness of the natural, technological, and societal • hazards faced by the people, property, businesses, and institutions within the State of Florida; • Defining the goals, objectives and priorities of the FDCA for hazard mitigation and post - disaster redevelopment in Florida; • Developing and implementing programs to promote hazard mitigation throughout the state; • Enhancing programs among state agencies and local governments to more effectively guide post- disaster redevelopment to minimize community vulnerability to future disasters; • Increasing the identification of mitigation opportunities and maximizing the utilization of available funding; • Improving coordination of programs within the FDCA related to hazard mitigation and post- disaster redevelopment; • Facilitating coordination between the FDCA and other federal, state, regional, local and private sector programs related to hazard mitigation and post- disaster redevelopment; • Describing clearly the State of Florida's hazards mitigation program - implementation tasks and establishing schedules for their completion; 4 -2 • • Designating who is responsible for the development and implementation of hazard mitigation and post- disaster redevelopment programs; • Encouraging public participation and involvement in the development and implementation of the strategy; and • Identifying and prioritizing hazard mitigation and redevelopment initiatives, programs, and projects prior to a disaster. The FHMS provides the FDCA with operational and programmatic guidance to promote the goals and objectives of the nationally based National Mitigation Strategy as coordinated by FEMA. The FHMS provides the FDCA with operational and programmatic guidance to promote the goals and objectives of the nationally based National Mitigation Strategy as coordinated by FEMA. The FDCA has the lead role in coordinating state resources to support local government unless the scope of the emergency warrants a higher degree of state involvement. This may occur when emergencies involve multi - jurisdictional hazards, when local governments believe the emergency is beyond the capabilities of local resources, or when the Governor determines there is an overriding concern for the safety of the public. For these situations, the Governor can designate the primary responsibility for emergency response to the state by issuing an Executive Order under the provisions of Section 252.36, Florida Statutes (F.S.). • The DEM is the designated State Warning Point in the event of a hazardous materials incident. As such, the DEM is responsible for receiving notification of an emergency from the county Communications Coordinator, and coordinating the request(s) for county support, if requested. The DEM is responsible for assisting LEPCs in providing warnings and instructions to the general public. Over the past several years, extensive damage has resulted from wildfire. The Florida Division of Forestry (DOF) has major responsibility for protecting forest lands and the public from the effects of wildfire. Local fire - rescue departments have primary responsibility for structural fires. They also are the first responders to all fires. If the local fire - rescue department has determined that the wildfire event is beyond its capacity to fight, the local fire - rescue department can request assistance from the DOF. When that occurs, an incident command control is established with state and local fire - rescue departments working together to extinguish the wildfire. 4.1.3 Regional 4.1.3.1 Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council The TCRPC was created under Section 186.501, F.S. The council is multi- county entity encompassing Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties. It has responsibility for addressing growth management issues that are multi - jurisdictional in scope. This includes working in cooperation with federal and state agencies planning for emergency management • 4 -3 issues as described in Section 252.34(4) F.S. The TCRPC provides full -time staffing for the District X LEPC. The LEPC is charged with administering regional compliance with hazardous materials reporting and training laws. Its many initiatives include the State Hazardous Materials Training Task Force; District X Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan; training for emergency first response personnel; hospital and hazardous materials response team needs; public hazardous chemical awareness and reporting seminars; public and private sector hazardous materials emergency exercises; and assisting public and private facilities with chemical emergency preparedness planning. Section 186.507, F.S. directs regional planning councils to prepare strategic regional policy plans. One of the elements that the plan must address is emergency preparedness. The TCRPC promotes mitigation initiatives within Section 5.0, Emergency Preparedness, of its "Strategic Regional Policy Plan ". Specific strategies that promote mitigation are summarized below. These strategies and the policies that implement them are listed in the Inventory of Existing Hazard Management Goals, Strategies, and Policies Matrix (Appendix D). • Strategy 5. 1.1 Direct development away from areas most vulnerable to the effects of natural and manmade disasters. • Strategy 5. 2.1 Utilize land use, transportation, and community planning processes to address vulnerability issues. • Strategy 5.3.1 Provide shelter space for residents of areas susceptible to flooding from the effects of hurricanes and other storms. • Strategy 5.4.1 Develop the mechanisms necessary to ensure that emergency planning agencies have in -put into the local government decision - making process. • Strategy 5. 5.1 Initiate disaster preparedness activities which will protect lives and property and reduce evacuation times. • Strategy 5. 5.2 Establish mechanisms and regulations necessary for post- disaster reconstruction to occur in a consistent manor making future disasters less destructive to life and property. 4.1.3.2 South Florida Water Management District The creation of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) along with the four other water management districts were enabled under Section 373.069, F.S. As required under Section 373.036(2), F.S., each district has prepared a district water management plan. The plan provides the overarching vision for the districts. The key elements of the plans are: • Environmental protection and enhancement; • Water supply; • Flood protection; and • Water quality protection. 4 -4 • One of the purposes of the plan is to provide a framework to address issues of water conservation, extreme drought and flooding. The SFWMD administers several programs that achieve hazard mitigation relative to flooding, hurricanes, and drought. Historically, water management districts were created primarily to mitigate the impacts of flooding. Over the years, the districts' roles have been expanded considerably. The SFWMD operates and maintains the regional drainage system throughout its jurisdictional area. Local drainage systems are operated by a variety of special districts, private property owners, and local governments. The local systems typically convey water from individual projects to the regional system. The SFWMD's responsibilities for flood protection relate primarily to serving as the regional water conveyance and storage entity. To meet this responsibility the SFWMD maintains an ongoing "Canal Conveyance Capacity" evaluation program. The objectives of the program are: • To implement a systematic approach to the inspection of all SFWMD canals to determine the need for periodic dredging; • To inspect all canals over a five year period; • To establish standard canal survey criteria; and • To develop construction plans and specifications to implement restoration of conveyance to the canals. In addition to private applicants, local units of government involved in building new stormwater systems or retrofitting older ones are required to petition the SFWMD for a surface water management permit approval. Besides flood control, the SFWMD is responsibility for protecting existing water resources from excessive drawdown during periods of drought, and protecting wellfields from contamination. Also, the District administers the "Save Our Rivers" program for the purpose of protecting environmentally sensitive lands. Some of the lands purchased under the program have been situated in the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA); thus, in addition to achieving the program's primary goal - the protection of environmentally sensitive resources - the intensity and density of development in CHHAs is reduced. 4.1.4 Local 4.1.4.1 Palm Beach County Note: A comprehensive profile of the Palm Beach County hazard environment is contained in Special Appendix II. It will become part of the enhanced risk assessment process planned in the near future. Until the new process is approved by the LMS and completed, the following approved profile will continue to be included. Palm Beach County occupies approximately 1,993 square miles on Florida's southeastern Atlantic coast. It is the second largest county in the state in terms of land area. It has approximately 44 miles of coastal shoreline that fronts the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the • 4 -5 Atlantic Ocean to its east, the county is bounded by Martin County on the north, Broward County on the south, and Lake Okeechobee and Hendry County to the west. Palm Beach County is the fifth most populated county in the state. In 2000, the countywide population topped the one million mark at 1,131,184 (U.S. Census). It is projected that by the year 2020, the population will increase nearly 60 percent, to 1,597,535. The majority of the growth is expected between the coastal ridge and Water Conservation Areas. Thirty -eight municipalities exist in the county. In terms of population, they vary significantly. The City of West Palm Beach is the largest (105,068) while the Town of Cloud Lake (176) is the smallest (see Table 4.1). There are three urban centers of population along the coast: in south Palm Beach County, the Boca Raton /Delray Beach /Boynton Beach area (combined population — 216,528); the West Palm Beach /Lake Worth /Riviera Beach area (combined population — 180,218) in central Palm Beach County; and in north Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach Gardens /Jupiter area (combined population — 97,650). Two other centers of population exist in the county. One is the Glades agricultural communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay that border on Lake Okeechobee, (combined population — 24,988). This area has unique needs because of its relative physical isolation from the highly urban area along the Atlantic coast. The other area, rapidly urbanizing, is the Royal Palm Beach/Wellington /Greenacres City (combined population — 117,364) area. Based on projected population, the City of Palm Beach Gardens is expected to experience the largest population increase among the municipalities in Palm Beach County by the year 2020. As growth has occurred, and the county has become more and more urbanized, large portions • of the county have experienced shifting land use patterns, moving from rural, agricultural areas to emerging residential communities, industrial and business employment centers. Land in Palm Beach County is used for three major purposes: urban uses, agriculture, and protecting environmentally sensitive resource areas (e.g., water conservation areas, Corbett Wildlife Refuge, beach areas). Table 4.2 provides a synopsis of each municipality. From a hazards perspective, transportation is an important component shaping the overall development pattern. Being a major urban county, the residents and businesses are serviced by many suppliers that depend upon the air, rail, and trucking industries that distribute goods throughout the region. Key major modes of transportation traverse throughout Palm Beach County. The area is served by major transportation corridors (e.g., Interstate 95, Florida Turnpike), three rail lines (Florida East Coast Railroad, CSX Railroad and Tri- Rail), the Port of Palm Beach, and Palm Beach International Airport. As the area becomes more urban and more congested, the potential for transportation accidents will increase. Within Palm Beach County, the SFWMD operates six major drainage canals: C -18, C -17 (Earman River), C -51 (West Palm Beach Canal), C -16 (Boynton Canal), C -15 (drains 75 square miles in southeastern Palm Beach County), and the Hillsboro Canal. Secondary stormwater drainage canals drain into these regional conveyance system drains. Prior to the construction of the extensive SFWMD canal system, flooding was a common occurrence, and served as a limiting factor to growth. In addition to providing drainage relief, the regional drainage facilities also benefit the area's water resources. Eastern Palm Beach County generally relies upon local rainfall and water stored in the Water Conservation Areas for its water. The regional SFWMD system can move water from Lake Okeechobee, through the Water Conservation Areas, and then to eastern Palm Beach County where the water helps supplement local recharge of urban • 4 -6 • wellfields. Palm Beach County's connection to the SFWMD regional system makes it less vulnerable to drought conditions than if it depended solely on local supplies. The south county wellfields would be seriously impacted by the loss of recharge from surface water systems. It is the goal of Palm Beach County to protect human life and property by limiting public expenditures in areas subject to destruction by natural disasters (especially within the coastal high hazard area), maintaining and implementing an effective emergency management program, and providing for orderly recovery and redevelopment in a post- disaster period. Toward this end, the county and its 38 municipalities maintain a series of coordinated, interlinked preparedness and recovery plans including, but not limited to: Comprehensive Plans at County and municipal levels which focus on environmental resources management, managed avoidance of development in high hazard areas, and responsible post disaster redevelopment; Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan which establishes the framework to ensure that Palm Beach County will be adequately prepared to deal with the hazards threatening the lives and property of county citizens and details pre and post- disaster hazard mitigation strategies, policies and activities; Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan which describes county -wide strategies and projects for mitigating the effects of identified vulnerabilities to natural, technological and societal hazards; Continuity of Operations Plan which ensures the continuance of essential governmental • functions during any emergency or situation that might otherwise disrupt normal operations. Through the Planning Subcommittee of the Local Mitigation Strategy, these and other plans relevant to the protection of life and property are closely monitored in an effort to ensure their language, policies, procedures and practices are compatible, consistent, coordinated, and mutually beneficial. Palm Beach County and its 38 municipalities participate in a full complement of federal state and local mitigation programs and initiatives. Representative of these programs and initiatives are the Local Mitigation Strategy, Community Rating System, National Flood Insurance Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance Program, CERT, Continuity of Operations, Businesses Addressing Readiness & Recovery program, counter - terrorism and radiological emergency preparedness initiatives, hazardous materials. The collective purpose of these activities is the elimination or mitigation of hazards presenting significant risk to the county and its residents. Palm Beach County's Unified Local Mitigation Strategy, and its companion mitigation programs (e.g. Community Rating System program, Flood Mitigation Assistance program, and National Flood Insurance Program are detailed below. • 4 -7 • Table 4.1. Population growth in Palm Beach County City 1980 1990 2000 Increase/ 2010 Increase/ 2020 Census Census Census Decrease (Estimated) Decrease (Estimated) Data Data Data (1990 -2000) ( 2000 -2010) (Estimated) Atlantis 1,325 1,653 2,005 352 2,166 184 2,189 Belle Glade 16,535 16,177 14,906 -1271 15,499 593 17,812 Boca Raton 49,447 61,492 74,764 13,272 85,296 10,532 86,749 Boynton Beach 35,624 46,194 60,389 14,195 66,952 6,563 72,918 Briny Breezes 387 400 411 11 518 107 1,000 Cloud Lake 160 121 167 46 181 14 186 Delray Beach 34,329 47,181 60,020 12,839 65,781 5,761 77,097 Glen Ridge 235 207 276 69 322 46 328 Golf Village 110 234 230 -4 238 8 301 Greenacres 8,780 18,683 27,569 8,886 32,688 5,119 35,926 Gulfstream 475 690 716 26 826 110 921 Haverhill 1,249 1,058 1,454 396 1,556 102 1,640 • Highland Beach 2,030 3,029 3,775 746 4,188 413 5,132 Hypoluxo 573 830 2,015 1,185 2,828 813 2,890 Juno Beach 1,142 2,121 3,262 1,141 3,704 442 3,853 Jupiter 9,868 24,986 39,328 14,342 58,825 19,497 63,785 Jupiter Inlet Colony 378 405 368 -37 401 33 407 Lake Clark Shores 3,174 3,364 3,451 87 3,557 106 3,595 Lake Park 6,909 6,704 8,721 2,017 8,885 164 9,735 Lake Worth 27,048 28,564 35,133 6,569 37,328 2,195 38,766 Lantana 8,048 8,392 9,437 1,045 10,000 653 11,079 Loxahatchee -- -- -- -- 3,000 -- Groves Manalapan 329 312 321 9 380 59 387 Mangonia Park 1,419 1,453 1,283 -170 1,488 205 1,526 North Palm Beach 11,344 11,343 12,064 721 12,753 689 13,000 Ocean Ridge 1,355 1,570 1,636 66 1,851 215 1,913 Pahokee 6,346 6,822 5,985 -837 6,357 372 9,192 Palm Beach 9,729 9,814 9,676 -138 11,041 1,365 11,343 Palm Beach 14,407 22,965 35,058 12,093 52,694 17,636 68,488 • 4 -8 • City 1980 1990 2000 Increase/ 2010 Increase/ 2020 Census Census Census Decrease (Estimated) Decrease (Estimated) Data Data Data (1990 -2000) ( 2000 -2010) (Estimated) Gardens Palm Springs 8,166 9,763 11,699 1,936 16,781 5,082 18,062 Riviera Beach 26,489 27,639 29,884 2,245 40,345 10,461 54,223 Royal Palm Beach 3,423 14,589 21,523 6,934 32,000 10,477 36,000 South Bay 3,886 3,558 3,859 301 4,172 313 5,173 South Palm Beach 1,304 1,480 1,531 51 716 -815 1,550 Tequesta 3,685 4,499 5,273 774 5,900 627 6,500 Wellington -- -- 38,216 -- 56,183 17,967 62,061 West Palm Beach 63,305 67,643 82,103 14,460 104,270 22,167 112,269 Unincorporated 212,303 406,210 521,447 115,237 715,749 194,302 819,992 Area County Total 576,758 863,518 1,131,184 267,666 1,467,519 334,577 1,657,890 % Population Increase from 1990 to 2000 = +31 % Increase from 2000 to 2010 = +23% (estimated) Change County • Wide • 4 -9 Table 4.2. Community characteristics within Palm Beach County Community Percent Economic Base Municipality Location Urban /Rural Character (Residential/Working Built Year Source (Agricultural /Business /Industrial/ /Retirement) Out Residential /Retirement) Atlantis Inland Urban Residential NI Residential /Retirement Belle Glade Lakefront Rural Working 75 89 Agricultural Boca Raton Coastal Urban Working NI Business Boynton Beach Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential /Commercial Briny Breezes Coastal Urban Retirement 100 89 Retirement Cloud Lake Inland Urban Residential 94 89 Retirement/Residential Delray Beach Coastal Urban Residential/Working 98.9 08 Business Glen Ridge Inland Urban Residential 86.3 89 Residential /Commercial Golf Inland Urban Residential NI Residential Greenacres Inland Urban Residential 97 06 Residential /Commercial Gulfstream Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential Haverhill Inland Rural /Urban Residential 96 89 Residential /Commercial Highland Beach Coastal Urban Residential/ 98 08 Residential /Retirement Retirement Hypoluxo Coastal Urban Residential NI Retirement Juno Beach Coastal Urban Residential 90 98 Residential /Commercial Jupiter Coastal Urban Residential/Working 90 06 Business Jupiter Inlet Coastal Urban Residential 99 08 Residential /Retirement Colony Lake Clark Inland Urban Residential 96 89 Residential /Commercial Shores Lake Park Coastal Urban Working 95 08 Business Lake Worth Coastal Urban Residential NI Commercial Lantana Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential /Commercial IGoxahatchee Rural roves Inland Residential NI 09 Residential Manalapan Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential Mangonia Park Inland Urban Working NI 89 Business /Industrial North Palm Coastal Urban Residential 98 89 Residential /Commercial Beach Ocean Ridge Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential /Retirement Pahokee Lakefront Rural Working NI Agricultural 4 -10 Community Percent Economic Base Municipality Location Urban /Rural Character Built Source (Agricultural /Business /IndustriaV (Residential/Working Out Year Residential /Retirement) /Retirement) Palm Beach Coastal Urban Residential 97 97 Residential /Commercial Palm Beach Coastal Urban /Rural Residential/Working NI Agricultural /Business Gardens Palm Beach Coastal Urban Residential NI Residential /Retirement Shores Palm Springs Inland Urban Residential 96 89 Residential /Commercial Riviera Beach Coastal Urban Working 94 Industrial Royal Palm Inland Urban Residential 90 Business /Industrial Beach South Bay Inland Rural Residential/Working 91 89 Agricultural /Industrial South Palm Coastal Urban Residential 100 89 Residential /Retirement Beach Tequesta Coastal Urban Residential 95 89 Residential /Retirement Wellington Inland Urban Residential NI Residential West Palm Beach Coastal Urban Residential NI Business 4 -11 Listing of County Agencies Within the existing county organizational structure, there are a number of departments that play key roles in hazard mitigation. They include: Department of Public Services - Emergency Management Division, Department of Planning, Zoning and Building Development, and the Department of Environmental Resource Management. Public Safety Department (PSD). The PSD is composed of six sections: Division of Emergency Management (DEM), Animal Care & Control Division, Consumer Affairs Division, Medical Examiner's Office, Victim Services & Support, and the Youth Affairs Division. During emergency events (e.g., hurricanes), the DEM has the lead role in coordinating the resources and key agencies, non - profits, and private sector entities involved in the emergency situation. In addition, the Board of County Commissioners has assigned the DEM with a new responsibility, being lead agency in the development of the county's Local Mitigation Strategy. Department of Planning, Zoning & Building (PZ &B). The PZ &B is comprised of three divisions: Planning, Zoning and Building. The PZ &B has primary responsibility for administering the Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan, and appraising and updating it from time to time. In addition to its long -range planning role, PZ &B is responsible for processing development petitions (i.e., rezoning petitions, site plans). The Building Division issues and oversees compliance with all building permits. The Zoning Division administers the Zoning Ordinance and Lot Clearing Ordinance. The County also issues building permits for one municipality Gulf Stream. • Department of Environmental Resource Management (ERM). The ERM is involved in the evaluation and assessment of environmental projects (e.g., shoreline stabilization projects, beach erosion initiatives), and administering various environmental ordinances (i.e., Irrigation & Water Conservation, Sea Turtle Protection /Sand Preservation Ordinance, Stormwater Pollution Prevention, Vegetation Protection and Preservation, Turnpike Wellfield Protection). To mitigate erosion and enhance and restore the beaches and dunes along its coastal shorelines, the County has developed a Shoreline Protection Plan. The County avoids the use of shoreline armoring (except as a measure of last resort). Preferred alternatives include beach nourishment, dune restoration, and inlet sand transfer. Department of Facilities Development and Operation. This department is responsible for the development of county buildings including sitting, real estate, design and construction, and operations of the facilities. The Department is responsible for overseeing the construction of capital projects as well as the long -term maintenance of county facilities (e.g., emergency management operations center). Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPK9. The DEPW is responsible for project design and construction of roads and bridges and street improvements (includes stormwater drainage facilities), and vehicular and pedestrian traffic control, as well as the maintenance of the facilities. Fire - Rescue Department. The County Fire - Rescue Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention and community education programs throughout Palm Beach County. The department not only serves the unincorporated county, but many municipalities. They include: Belle Glade, Cloud Lake, Glen Ridge, Haverhill, Juno Beach, • 4 -12 Jupiter, Lake Clarke Shores, Lake Park, Lantana, Manalapan, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, South Palm Beach and Wellington. The County also has a joint venture agreement with Pahokee and Canal Point. The County also provides fire - rescue dispatch service to Jupiter Inlet Colony, Lake Worth, Mangonia Park, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Tequesta, and West Palm Beach. Besides emergency services, the Department provides other types of services. The Bureau of Safety Services is responsible for ensuring that buildings comply with appropriate fire codes. The department also offers public education programs which focus on fire safety guidelines for schools, community groups, and individuals. In addition, the department has responsibility for coordination of fire protection, hazardous materials mitigation, and advance life support services. Sher'iff's Department. Besides their responsibilities for crowd and traffic control during emergency events such as hazardous waste truck spills, the Sheriffs Department is responsible for enforcing the county's dumping ordinance. Mitigation Policies and Ordinances Policy Plans. The two key policy plans that address issues related to natural and technological hazards include: the County Comprehensive Plan and the County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. They are described, briefly below. • County Comprehensive Plan The Comprehensive Plan serves not only as a blueprint for Palm Beach County's future, but also as the County's policy document. It defines county positions as they relate to development and redevelopment. The Comprehensive Plan contains the nine required plan elements, as set out in Section 163.3161, F.S. They include: Conservation, Coastal Management, Infrastructure (i.e., potable water, sanitary sewer, stormwater management, solid waste, natural aquifer recharge), Future Land Use, Housing, Recreation and Open Space, Transportation, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Capital Improvement. In addition, the county has added several optional elements to the Comprehensive Plan. These addresses: Aviation, Fire - Rescue Services, Health and Human Services. The issue of hazards is dealt with in 9 of 13 plan elements. A complete listing of all hazard mitigation relevant goals, objectives, and policies by plan element for Palm Beach County and jurisdictional Comprehensive Plan are located in Appendix D. Natural hazards, primarily flooding, hurricanes, drought, and beach erosion are the focus of the Comprehensive Plan. Technological -type hazards such as aquifer contamination and wellfield contamination are addressed in several elements. The Future Land Use Element prohibits increases in density in the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA). The Comprehensive Plan contains a Fire - Rescue Services Element that establishes level of service criteria, promotes fire safety inspections and recognizes the importance of having staff continually trained in the most current methods of fire fighting. The Conservation Element focuses on policies related to protection of the shallow aquifer from contamination, as well as protection of areas around wellfields. Air quality is also 4 -13 • addressed in the Conservation Element. While much of the focus of the Element is on reducing vehicle emissions, it is recommended that open burning of land to clear debris needs to be examined closely. The County through its Coastal Management Element, establishes a public policy stating that the County will not subsidize new or expanded development in the coastal area. Further, it is the County's position that population concentrations be directed "away from known or predicted coastal high- hazard areas, and shall discourage increases in population densities that would reduce hurricane evacuation times." The Coastal Management Element also contains a discussion about emergency preparedness and the lead role of the Division of Emergency Management in directing and controlling activities during any disaster, including preparedness, response and recovery. The Comprehensive Plan in the Potable Water Sub - element addresses issues related to drought. Water conservation through xeriscaping, requiring use of irrigation quality (I.Q.) reclaimed water for irrigation, and use of increasing block utility rate structures are priority issues for the county. The Potable Water Sub - element also has an objective of replacing smaller 4" water lines with 6" lines to achieve adequate fire flow. It is also a policy of the county to mitigate against droughts by reducing per capita water consumption. Finally, the flooding hazard is addressed primarily in the Stormwater Management Sub - element. The county has adopted the concept of Level of Protection, which is designed to: • • Provide protection from flooding and inundation consistent with the severity of the potential threats to health, safety, welfare, and property; • Maintain stormwater runoff rates at levels compatible with safe conveyance capacities of receiving waters. Effective October 25, 2002, Palm Beach County's Comprehensive Plan contains specific language which recognizes, concurs with, and links the county's LMS objectives, processes and project prioritization criteria with capital improvement and coastal management policies and priorities. Key references can be found in Policy 1.4 of the Capital Improvement Element; and Section 2, Objective 2.4 and Policies 2.4 -e and 3.1 -c of the Coastal Management Element. By virtue of their intended purpose to mitigate public hazards, projects carried on the LMS Prioritized Project List are considered to meet the county's standards for categorization as "Essential." The Comprehensive Plan also recognizes that the governing body of the Unified Local Mitigation Strategy program shall be comprised of representatives assigned by each of the 38 municipalities and Palm Beach County and be governed by appropriate policies, procedures and /or either interlocal agreements or resolutions. • Palm Beach County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) The Board of County Commissioners has adopted a CEMP. It is an operations - oriented document that establishes the framework for effective management by range of hazards. They include: . 4 -14 • - Hurricanes & Tropical Storms - Flooding - Freezes - Wildfires - Tornadoes - Droughts - Property Loss /Agricultural Hazards - Hazardous Materials - Toxic Contamination of Water Supply - Fixed Nuclear Power Facilities - Coastal Oil Spill - Dam Failure - Terrorism - Mass Immigration - Mass Casualty - Epidemics The CEMP addresses evacuation in terms of local and regional evacuation, public shelter, post- disaster response and recovery, rapid deployment of resources, communications and warning systems, training exercises, and agency responsibilities. These responsibilities constitute Emergency Support Functions (ESF). See Table 4.3. Each ESF is headed by a lead agency which has been selected based on its authorities, resources, and capabilities in the functional area. The ESFs also serve as the primary mechanism through which outside • assistance to Palm Beach County is coordinated. At this writing, the ESF terminology is being dropped in favor of terminology consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). In the Mitigation section of the CEMP, there is extensive language stating the objectives and details of the Local Mitigation Strategy. The mitigation techniques within the two plans include projects, policies, or programs which will reduce, eliminate, or alleviate damage caused by disasters. Moreover, the CEMP and the Local Mitigation Strategy work collectively to improve the community's resistance to damage from known natural, technological, and societal hazards. Ordinances. Hazard - related ordinances are administered primarily by the PZB, ERM or Fire - Rescue. The list of relevant ordinances includes: - Irrigation & Water Conservation - Sea Turtle Protection /Sand Preservation - Stormwater Pollution Prevention - Countywide Wellfield Protection - Turnpike Wellfield Protection - Lot Clearing - Zoning - Building Code - Fire Prevention Code - Vegetation Protection and Preservation • 4 -15 Table 4.3. Emergency Support Functions and their designations* Emergency Support Function Designation Transportation ESF - 1 Communications ESF - 2 Public Works and Engineering ESF - 3 Firefighting ESF - 4 Information and Planning ESF - 5 Mass Care ESF - 6 Resource Support ESF - 7 Health and Medical Services ESF - 8 Search and Rescue ESF - 9 Hazardous Materials ESF - 10 Food and Water ESF- 11 Energy and Utilities ESF - 12 • Military Support ESF - 13 Public Information ESF - 14 Volunteers and Donations ESF - 15 Law Enforcement and Security ESF - 16 Animal Care ESF - 17 Business & Industry ESF - 18 *At this writing the county is transitioning from an ESF to Incident Command System structure County Mitigation Plans, Programs Projects /Initiatives There are a number of projects and initiatives the county has implemented to mitigate potential damage resulting from various hazards. Through Palm Beach County's 1991 $100 Million Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquisition General Obligation Bond Program, the county has purchased a number of important parcels in the CHHA. Most were purchased because they exhibited environmentally significant habitat; however, the county also gained by reducing the intensity and density of development in a high risk area, the CHHA. Palm Beach County has also made a statement of the importance of hazard mitigation, by incorporating within its Comprehensive Growth Management Plan policy statements regarding the development of a county -wide Local Mitigation Strategy. In addition to its CEMP, there are special hazard plans that apply to unique situations. They address hazards such as coastal oil • 4 -16 • spills, hazardous materials, and airport safety. In addition, in a county that experiences substantial development each year, Fire - Rescue actively participates on the county development review committee. The Fire - Rescue staff reviews and comments on whether there is adequate access to buildings by both personnel and apparatus, and whether there is adequate vehicle ingress and egress. The Fire - Rescue Department has a significant role relative to hazardous materials. Fire - Rescue staff pre - identifies hazardous chemical waste facilities and pre -plans emergency response. In addition, staff works with the facility managers by assisting in writing their emergency operations /evacuation plans. Also, as many other counties have done since Hurricane Andrew, the county has upgraded its building code. It requires that all structures be able to withstand 110 mph wind load. The code now requires a finished floor elevation at 6 inches above minimum 100 -year flood level. The county's building code also requires corrosion resistant hurricane clips, water resistant adhesives for shingles, and trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models. Unlike many counties in Florida, Palm Beach County also requires shutters for all new single family homes, and glazing of exterior windows to achieve impact resistance from windborne debris. Another mitigative activity of Fire - Rescue involves pre - planning for hurricanes. This involves identifying "target hazards." These are buildings /developments that are highly vulnerable to damage during a hurricane. In pre -storm stage, Fire - Rescue personnel identify residents that did NOT evacuate, and where they live in the event Fire - Rescue staff has to search for individuals following the storm event. • All fire stations have been fitted with shutters and have emergency generator and LP gas power sources. Also, all new facilities are being built to updated standards and have fire sprinkler /alarms. National Flood Insurance Programs (NFIP) The function of NFIP is to provide flood insurance to homes and businesses located in floodplains at a reasonable cost, and to encourage the locatiori of new development away from the floodplain. The program is based upon mapping areas of flood risk, and requiring local implementation to reduce that risk, primarily through guidance of new development in floodplains. Congress created the NFIP in 1968 to minimize response and recovery costs and to reduce the loss of life and damage to property caused by flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers the NFIP. The two fundamental objectives of NFIP are to: 1. Ensure that new buildings will be free from flood damage; and 2. Prevent new developments from increasing flood damage to existing properties. The primary benefits of the NFIP are to: 1. Provide flood insurance coverage not generally available in the private market; 2. Stimulate local floodplain management to guide future development; 3. Emphasize less costly nonstructural flood control regulatory measures over structural measures; and 4. Reduce costs to the federal and state governments by shifting the burden from the general taxpayer to floodplain occupants. • 4 -17 • Palm Beach County and all 38 municipalities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In return for NFIP making flood insurance available to property owners, the county and municipalities are required to adopt ordinances to manage development within 100 - year floodplains to prevent increased flooding and minimize future flood damage. Palm Beach County Flood Insurance Rate Maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dating as far back as 1978, are used as the basis for delineating the 100 -year floodplain and identifying regulated land. It is not uncommon to have adjacent areas with two different 100 - year water levels due to wave run up. The FIRM depicts the flood plain as determined by FEMA. Explanation of the various zones on the maps follows. Appendix C Flood Section has these zones mapped for Palm Beach County. Explanation of Zone Designations Zone Explanation A Areas of 100 -year flood; base flood elevations and flood hazard factors not determined. AO Areas of 100 -year shallow flooding where depths are between one (1) and three (3) feet; average depths of inundation are shown, but no flood hazard factors are determined. AH Areas of 100 -year shallow flooding where depths are between one (1) and three (3) feet; base flood elevations are shown, but no flood hazard factors are determined. • Al -A30 Areas of 100 -year flood; base flood elevations and flood hazard factors determined. B Areas between limits of the 100 -year flood and 500 -year flood; or certain areas subject to 100 -year flooding with average depths less than one square mile; or areas protected by levees from the base flood. C Areas of minimal flooding. D Areas of undetermined, but possible, flood hazards. V Areas of 100 -year coastal flood with velocity (wave action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors not determined. V1 -V30 Areas of 100 -year coastal flood with velocity (wave action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors determined. Flood Damage Prevention Ordinances Palm Beach County's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, covering the unincorporated areas of the county, can be accessed through the Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning and Building Division's website. Municipal residents should contact their respective building department officials to determine what requirements are in effect for their jurisdictions. The ordinance has been revised and rewritten using the FEMA model. At this writing, the ordinance is being prepared for presentation to and approval by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners. • 4 -18 . Floodplain Permitting The NFIP requires participating counties and municipalities to issue permits for all development in the 100 -year floodplain. Development is broadly defined by NFIP to include any man -made change to land, including grading, filling, dredging, extraction, storage, subdivision of land, as well as the construction or improvement of structures. Proposed development must not increase flooding or create a dangerous situation during flooding, especially on neighboring properties. If a structure is involved, it must be constructed to minimize damage during flooding. Permitting officials work with applicants to discourage development in the floodplain wherever possible, but when unavoidable, the effects of development must be minimized. The permitting review process is a requirement for continued community participation in the NFIP. Violations can not only jeopardize a community's standing in the NFIP; moreover, they can impact the ability of residents to obtain flood insurance. Residents witnessing development occurring without permits are asked to protect their rights by reporting violators to the local permit office. Map Modernization Program Palm Beach County is an active participant in the Map Modernization Program. Since September 2000, the county and the 37 municipalities have been working with FEMA, their contract consultants, local engineering agencies, the South Florida Water Management District ( SFWMD) and the county's contract consultant in the development of a complete new set of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). The data being provided to FEMA's contractor includes new accurate LIDAR developed elevation data obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and from a county contract with Florida International University. • At this writing, the new elevation data is available for virtually all of the county's topography and covers all critical areas including on barrier islands, the intra - coastal areas, riverine areas, and the District's ( SFWMD) flood control canal systems and their drainage basins. In addition, SFWMD completed a hydraulic and hydrology study of the canal system and the sub - basins to establish the 100 year elevations within the system. Preparation of maps by the Army Corps was slowed by Hurricane Katrina and Herbert Hoover Dike priorities. It is now anticipated that new FIRMs for all of Palm Beach County will be available by October 2010. The coordination process established between all of the agencies listed above should permit faster coordination of future changes with FEMA, and ensure continued improvement in the currency and accuracy of the FIRMs. CRS Since 1968, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has administered the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which offers federally backed insurance money to communities that agree to adopt and enforce minimum standards for flood plain management to reduce future flood damage. In 1991, the NFIP implemented the Community Rating System (CRS) for encouraging and recognizing community flood plain management activities that "exceed" these minimum NFIP standards. Today more than 900 communities across the nation participate in CRS, including Palm Beach County and most of its municipalities. Palm Beach County joined the CRS program in October of 1991. As an incentive and reward for participation, the flood insurance rates of residents in CRS communities may be reduced by up to 45% to reflect the reduced flood risk resulting from activities that meet CRS's three goals: reducing flood losses, facilitating accurate insurance 4 -19 • ratings, and promoting the awareness of flood insurance. Communities can earn points in as many as 18 different creditable activity areas grouped into four areas of emphasis: promoting public awareness, reduction of flood damage, improved mapping and regulations; and enhanced flood preparedness. Based on the number of points earned, each CRS community is ranked in one of ten classes (with Class 1 requiring the most points). In turn, a community's class rating determines the amount of flood premium reduction its residents are eligible to receive. Communities are encouraged to improve their class ratings. Property owners residing within a Special Flood Hazard Area, an area subject to the one percent chance a year, may qualify for anywhere between 5% and 45% discount. Property owners outside the Special Flood Hazard Area qualify for a standard discount of 5 %. The county strongly encourages all of its communities to take part in the CRS program. The county and its CRS participating municipalities track repetitive loss properties county -wide on an ongoing basis using information gathered annually from FEMA and state Focus reports. For analysis, LMS GIS maps and databases are updated using these inputs to reflect repetitive loss property locations relative to historical flood areas and designated Special Flood Hazard Areas. In accordance with CRS guidelines, letters are mailed annually to repetitive loss property owners by the county and municipalities explaining NFIP program benefits, the availability of mitigation assistance funding through the Flood Mitigation Assistance program and other mitigation assistance programs. Repetitive loss properties are an ongoing discussion and planning priority for the Mitigation Strategy Development and Flood Mitigation Advisory committees of the LMS. These committees, comprised of public and private sector • representatives, are encouraged to develop and promote mitigation project ideas and strategies. Table 4.4 identifies the communities involved in the CRS program and their status of this writing. All the communities involved in the CRS program have program activities that follow the same strategies. Palm Beach County's CRS program activities overlap and are inextricably interlinked with the activities of the unified LMS program. While the objectives of the CRS program are many, its key strategic objectives include: 1. Heightening public awareness of flood threats in the county 2. Discouraging /managing development in flood plains 3. Minimizing flood losses in the community 4. Mitigating to eliminate repetitive loss properties 5. Ensuring residents have access to the most cost affordable flood insurance possible Some of these goals are met through the Education and Outreach Subcommittee formed during the development of the Palm Beach County Local Mitigation Strategy. This committee's purpose is to provide information to the community and involve the community in mitigation efforts. One major effort of this subcommittee has been to encourage countywide participation in the CRS program by providing technical assistance to communities wishing to enter the CRS program, and assisting those communities already participating in the CRS program to improve their CRS ratings. Most communities in Palm Beach County are already participants in the program. Those outside the special flood hazard area and not part of the CRS also meet most if not criteria of the CRS. These objectives are met by encompassing county and municipal plans and programs including • 4 -20 FMA, CRS, Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans, Comprehensive Plan, Capital Improvement Plan and the Unified Local Mitigation Strategy. All have the objective to ensure the successful mitigation activities to reduce repetitive loss properties throughout the county and its municipalities. Outreach & Education The Local Mitigation Strategy administers and otherwise supports a range of community Outreach and Education initiatives. Detailed descriptions of these activities and initiatives are contained in the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, the Five Year Strategic Plan, documentation associated with Community Rating System recertification, Businesses Addressing Readiness & Recovery program documentation, the Emergency Management Website, etc. Outreach activities take many forms, including (but not limited to): presentations, workshops, courses, multilingual brochures, flyers, websites, media releases, plans, telephone directory postings, mailings and inserts, expos, on -site briefings, special websites and website postings, and library holdings. Many of these activities are done in cooperation with private - public partners and sponsors. As part of its participation in the Community Rating System program, the County maintains a collaborative Outreach Project Strategy Program (OPS), which encompasses a number of major outreach activities which are updated and reported to the Insurance Services Office as part of the annual recertification process. A representative listing of some of the more significant outreach and education activities includes: • Annual publication of a Hurricane & Flood Survival Guide (3 languages) • Annual Hurricane & Flood Awareness Expo(s) • Bell South Directory Emergency Information Pages (4 Directories) • Preparation /distribution of hazard and audience - specific brochures • Business preparedness and post- disaster needs posting websites • Business disaster planning guide - CD • Flood Information website • Emergency Information website • LMS meetings open to the public • Library holdings through the County Library System • Special programs for association represented communities • On -site presentations, structural evaluations, and planning assistance for special- interest groups such as home owner associations, property management firms, businesses, churches & synagogues, public gathering facilities, etc. • Speakers bureau of county, municipal, not - for - profit and private business volunteers • Participation in numerous fairs and expos hosted by public and private sector groups • Annual hurricane call -in event sponsored by a local TV affiliate • Course offerings (Certified and not) on safety and preparedness topics • Participation as presenters /instructors at the National, Governor's, and South Florida hurricane conferences • Published articles, papers Most of the activities above are provided on an ongoing or seasonal basis. Details of most activities are documented in one or more of the following forms: In program specific reports, recertification packages, post- activity reports, monthly status reports, and in plan updates. The 4 -21 County and municipal jurisdictions maintain and distribute government and not - for - profit publications as appropriate. Lists of most distributed and held government and not - for - profit publications are contained in the county's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and relevant Community Rating System documentation. The County has established a "first of its kind in the U.S." CRS Users' Group which works on collaborative initiatives in all 18 CRS activity areas. ISO regularly attends the group's monthly meetings. National representatives have visited meetings as well and the first Coordinators class outside of EMI in Maryland was conducted in Palm Beach County. FEMA uses the User Group and its flood awareness website as national models at their classes at EMI. FMA The Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program is a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) initiative administered by the Florida Department of Community Affairs to help communities identify and implement measures to reduce or eliminate the long -term risk of flood damage to homes and other structures insurable under the National Flood Insurance Program. Presently Palm Beach County offers the program on a limited basis to owners of "repetitive flood loss" properties based on the availability of federal and state funds and the availability of local resources to administer the program. The program provides homeowners with reasonable, cost - effective hazard mitigation options and potential public and private financing alternatives. The Federal Emergency Management Agency contributes 75% of eligible mitigation costs. The remaining 25% must come from non - federal sources. The homeowner must contribute at least 12.5 %. However at the present time, Palm Beach County requires the homeowner to contribute the full non - federal share. Examples of flood mitigation projects that might qualify for FMA funding assistance include: - Elevation of flood prone structures - Relocation of flood prone structures - Demolition (with or without rebuilding at higher elevation) - Acquisition - Various flood proofing measures. Information and support is provided in a variety of forms to potential FMA applicants to assist them in developing projects and preparing application packages. Through the county's new LMS committee structure, the Project Support Committee is available to offer technical and administrative guidance and assistance to applicants, including assistance with benefit -cost computations. More information on the status and activities of the NFIP and CRS is provided in Special Appendix III, Appendix J and Special Appendix II. 4 -22 • Table 4.4. Summary of Community Rating System (CRS) Status (August 2009) Community Community Name CRS Rating % Reduction in Number NFIP Rates 120192 Palm Beach County - Unincorporated 6 20% 120193 City of Atlantis 8 10% 000000 City of Belle Glade NP 0% 120195 City of Boca Raton 8 10% 120196 City of Boynton Beach 8 10% 000000 Town of Briny Breezes NP 0% 120198 Town of Cloud Lake 8 10% 125102 City of Delray Beach 9 5% 120200 Town of Glen Ridge 10 0% 000000 City of Greenacres NP 0% 125109 Town of Gulf Stream 7 15% 120205 Town of Haverhill NP 0% i 125111 Town of Highland Beach 9 5% 120207 Town of Hypoluxo 8 10% 120208 Town of Juno Beach 5 25% 125119 Town of Jupiter 7 15% 120162 Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony 8 10% 120211 Town of Lake Clark Shores 8 10% 120212 Town of Lake Park 9 5% 120213 City of Lake Worth 9 5% 120214 City of Lantana 8 10% Loxahatchee Groves I eluded in PB 20% �ount 120215 Town of Manalapan 9 5% 120216 Town of Mangonia Park 8 10% 120217 Village of North Palm Beach 7 15% 125134 Town of Ocean Ridge 7 15% 120219 City of Pahokee NP 0% • 4 -23 • Community Community Name CRS Rating % Reduction in Number NFIP Rates 120220 Town of Palm Beach 7 15% 120221 City of Palm Beach Gardens 7 15% 125137 Town of Palm Beach Shores 9 5% 120223 Village of Palm Springs 8 10% 125142 City of Riviera Beach NP 0% 000000 Village of Royal Palm Beach NP 0% 000000 City of South Bay NP 0% 120227 City of South Palm Beach 8 10% 120228 Village of Tequesta NP 0% 125157 Village of Wellington 7 15% 120229 City of West Palm Beach 6 20% • Based on the FEMA Florida Repetitive Loss List • NP Non - Participant in the CRS Program • UK Unknown • 4 -24 • Elevation of New and Substantially Improved Structures Damage to "nevi' and "substantially improved" floodplain structures is minimized by elevating the lowest floor of occupied areas a specified amount above the 100 -year flood elevation. Substantially improved structures are those where the cost of reconstruction, rehabilitation, additions or other improvements equals or exceeds 50% of the building's market value. Substantially improved structures are subject to the same elevation standards as new structures. Check with your local permit office for specific requirements in your jurisdiction. Elevation Certificates To verify that a building has been properly elevated, building officials require the completion of an Elevation Certificate by a professional engineer or surveyor. After the lowest floor is in place, its elevation above sea level is determined by a survey. The Elevation Certificate is part of the permit record and must be submitted before the building may be occupied. Further information on the requirements for floodplain development, the permitting process and Elevation Certificates can be obtained from your local permit office. Documented Repetitive Losses Palm Beach County adheres to FEMA's definition of repetitive loss properties, that is, properties whose owners have received payment for more than one claim within a 10 -year period of their flood insurance policies as recorded by the NFIP. The total number of repetitive losses in each jurisdiction is contained in the Special Appendix. Specific information on repetitive loss properties is not published in public access documents. Palm Beach County and the incorporated areas. Also, present data on each community's CRS score indicates the percent • reduction in National Flood Insurance rates each community's residents receive if they participate actively in the CRS program. Appendix J identifies and locates each repetitive loss property and evaluates its continued vulnerability to flooding damage. At this writing, FEMA records accounted for 183 registered repetitive loss properties within Palm Beach County unincorporated and its jurisdictions. The number has grown steadily with the increased tropical activity and extraordinary rain events the county has experienced. A significant percentage of these repetitive loss properties lie outside the county's recognized special flood hazard areas. The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy's goal is to reduce the number of repetitive loss properties throughout the county and prevent new properties from being added to the list. The county takes great strives in trying to reduce and prevent repetitive loss properties. The county takes part in various programs to reduce and prevent repetitive losses such as FMA and CRS as demonstrated above. The LMS also has various plans incorporated into it to ensure it correlates with the other objectives throughout the county and its jurisdictions. The LMS is referenced throughout the Mitigation section of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan as the guiding source for mitigation activities pre and post disasters. Also, the Capital Improvement Plans reflect mitigation objectives to prevent repetitive loss properties. Since its inception, Palm Beach County's LMS has placed a major emphasis on drainage improvement projects as a major flood mitigation strategy. Indeed, drainage improvement projects have had a predominant representation on the LMS prioritized project list. Some large - scale drainage improvement projects, perceived to be beyond the threshold for funding assistance applications, have historically been handled locally by Capital Improvement Plans • 4 -25 rather than through the LMS. The LMS drainage projects are often coordinated with larger self - funded community drainage improvement projects. Drainage improvement projects; however, are often not the answer for isolated repetitive flood loss properties. Increasingly, the LMS has been moving toward a more comprehensive program of mitigation directed at repetitive loss problems. The county's network of CRS communities provides an excellent mechanism for identifying repetitive flood loss properties and coordinating comprehensive activities to launch mitigation initiatives. The LMS program not only provides the strategic guidance necessary to coordinating flood mitigation initiatives, it also helps in translating those strategies into viable flood mitigation projects. The final component in Palm Beach County's multi - program strategy is participation in the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program. Mitigation Projects to Repetitive Loss Properties The county first submitted project applications for FMA assistance in 1999. It was not until 2002 that the initial two projects were approved for FMA funding. The projects were completed in 2003. These projects provided all jurisdictions an opportunity to learn about the program and information that would be useful in planning their own programs. These two completed projects have been successful since two properties have been taken off the repetitive loss properties list. Project #1 - Elevation Project The first project involved a home in the unincorporated area of Palm beach County referred to as "The Acreage." The property has amassed four insurance losses since 1988 despite. The • property does not reside in Special Flood Hazard Area. The elevation involved raising a slab on grade structure with the slab intact and placing it on extended foundation walls. A series of coordinated hydraulic jacks were used to achieve the target elevation above the base flood elevation. Openings for equalization of flood forces were included per FEMA specifications. Project #2 — Flood Wall Project The second FMA project involved a multiple flood loss property located in a residential community in the Lake Park area. The property did not suffer from flood water build up. Instead, flood water run off from neighboring properties tended to enter the slab at grade level structure, flowing through the house before exiting to lower elevations on the opposite side of the home. The project involved a combination of mitigation measures, including construction of a deflection wall, creation of swales, and the installation of improved drainage systems. These measures permit flood water runoff to be redirected around the structure rather than through it. These projects served two important purposes. They gave the county's CRS participating communities opportunity to observe and learn about the requirements and procedures of the FMA program and what will be required to organize and manage their local initiatives. They also provided lessons learned that will be valuable in developing a model for county jurisdictions and residents seeking FMA assistance. 4.1.4.2 Municipalities Within Palm Beach County, there are 38 municipalities (see Table 4.1). There is wide variation is 4 -26 among the jurisdictions in terms of community character. Community character is shaped by factors such as land use mix, density, size of population, and location (e.g., on the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Lake Okeechobee, inland). Due to the differences, it is not unusual for local governments to have different perspectives relative to the significance various hazards have on their community. Certainly there are hazards that all jurisdictions, regardless of the community character, have concern over such as flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes. In agricultural communities like Pahokee or Belle Glade, biological pest control, freezes, and drought are more likely to be of greater concern, while in communities bordering the Atlantic Ocean (e.g., Ocean Ridge, Palm Beach, Jupiter), hazards such as beach erosion and shoreline stabilization generate considerable concern among the residents. Table 4.2 delineates the location, type, community character, economic base, and degree to which each of the participating municipalities within the county is "built -out" at the present time. The following defines the headings displayed in the table: • Location Coastal - Municipality borders on the Atlantic Ocean Inland - Municipality does not border on the Atlantic Ocean or Lake Okeechobee Lakefront - Municipality borders on Lake Okeechobee • Urban /Rural Urban - Area characterized by activities predominantly based on the • manufacture, production, distribution, or provision of goods and services in a setting which typically includes residential and nonresidential development uses other than those which are characteristic of rural areas Rural - Areas characterized by activities which are largely based on agricultural uses or the extraction of natural resources, or areas containing large proportions of undeveloped, unimproved, or low density property • Community Character Residential - Land use is primarily for housing Retirement - Land use is primarily for adult housing communities Working - Land use is primarily connected with the sale, rental, and distribution of products or performance of services • Percent Built Out • Economic Base Agricultural - Main source of income is activities within land areas which are predominantly used for the cultivation of crops and livestock Business - Main source of income is primarily connected with the sale, rental, and distribution of products or performance of services Industrial - Main source of income is activities predominantly connected with manufacturing, assembly, processing, or storage of products • 4 -27 Residential /Retirement - Main source of income is primarily connected with real estate. Listing of Municipal Agencies The organizational structure of each municipality in the county differs in terms of organizational complexity and functional responsibility. A city like West Palm Beach (population — 105,068) has an organizational structure that is considerably more complex than some of the smaller communities in the county like Atlantis, Cloud Lake or Jupiter Inlet Colony. The following is a brief discussion of typical agencies within the municipal organizational structure having hazard mitigation functional responsibilities. Emergency Management. Emergency management responsibilities generally fall within the purview of public safety, fire, and /or police departments. West Palm Beach is one of the few municipalities that have a staff person whose sole responsibility is emergency management. It is not unusual in many cities that emergency management is an individual's secondary responsibility. During emergency events, such as hurricanes, each local government has an "executive group" (e.g., Mayor, city manager, police chief, fire chief) which coordinates the city's efforts with the county Division of Emergency Management. Planning. The larger jurisdictions such as West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Jupiter, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens operate planning departments with professional staffs. Some of the smaller jurisdictions have single - person staffs, while the smallest assign those duties to a lay planning and zoning board and provide staff support by a building official or • comparable staff person. The community development departments review zoning petitions, site plans, and other development orders (e.g., variances, special exceptions), as well as administering their local comprehensive plan. Building. Most municipalities issue their own building permits. However, for two municipal governments, the County Building Division issues their permits. They include Ocean Ridge and Gulf Stream. All operate under the Standard Building Code. Modifications are made to the various sections (e.g., building, plumbing, fire) of the Code from time to time; however, municipalities may or may not amend their local building code to reflect those changes. They do if they feel that the code modification is appropriate to their community. Public Works & Engineering. While not all municipalities have a public works and engineering department, all generally perform this function in some manner. If it is under a contractual arrangement, there is someone in the jurisdiction responsible for overseeing the consultant. The group having responsibility for public works and engineering has the responsibility for implementing structural improvements (e.g., stormwater facility retrofit, shuttering buildings, constructing new EOCs). Fire Departments. While many cities contract with the County Fire - Rescue Department, there are others that operate their own fire - rescue departments. In some instances, smaller jurisdictions contract with a larger municipal neighbor. For example, Boynton Beach provides fire service to Golf, and Ocean Ridge and Delray Beach provides fire service to Gulf Stream. Municipal Mitigation Policies, Ordinances, and Plans Policy Plans. • 4 -28 • Municipal Comprehensive Plans Like the county, each city has an adopted Comprehensive Plan. It serves as a policy instrument for each city and defines that particular city's development and redevelopment policies. All comprehensive plans are required by Section 163.3161, F.S. to contain 8 plan elements: Conservation, Infrastructure (i.e., potable water, sanitary sewer, stormwater management, solid waste, natural aquifer recharge), Future Land Use, Housing, Recreation and Open Space, Transportation, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Capital Improvement. For units of local government abutting the Atlantic Ocean, they must also prepare a Coastal Management Element. In Palm Beach County, 19 municipalities border the Atlantic Ocean coastline. There is considerable variation among local governments in the depth to which hazards are addressed in their comprehensive plans. Certainly the population size, geographic spatial limits, diversity in mix of land uses, and depth of understanding of hazard mitigation affects the level of detail local governments apply to the issue of hazards. Any extended discussion of hazards occurs, for the most part, in the Conservation, Coastal Management, and Infrastructure elements. A city -by -city hazard mitigation inventory, categorized by comprehensive plan element, is summarized in Table D -2. Specific mitigation - related policies from each municipality's Comprehensive Plan are described and cross - referenced in Appendix D. • Local Emergency Management Plans A number of municipalities have adopted emergency management plans. Most follow the content of the county CEMP. Their focus is on emergency response versus long -term hazard mitigation. Ordinances and Other Plans. Other types of ordinances and plans municipalities that have adopted that are relevant to hazard mitigation include: • Incorporating the 1997 edition of Standard Building Code complete with Appendices A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J and K; • Adding window glazing and /or shuttering requirements to their building codes; • Becoming affiliated with the Community Rating System (CRS) program (currently 29 out of 37 local governments are CRS qualified); • Emergency Water Restriction ordinances; • Stormwater Master Plan; • Flood Damage Prevention and Protection Ordinance Mitigation Projects /Initiatives A LMS Survey was prepared and distributed to all participating local governments as a means to inventory and assemble data on mitigation projects and initiatives each governmental entity had or was implementing. Projects are defined as capital facilities. Initiatives can be anything from purchase of property and relocation of homes or businesses, to upgraded building codes, to incentives, to public information campaigns, to preparedness training and drills, to professional development seminars. Thirty -six municipalities responded. Existing municipal hazard mitigation projects, and programs are summarized in Table D -3. There is wide variation; 4 -29 • while a number of municipalities have not undertaken any mitigation projects, others have been highly proactive, completing multiple projects /initiatives. The following provides a general discussion of what is being accomplished by municipal governments in Palm Beach County. Also, there are a few communities that already have well - developed hazard mitigation programs in place. A brief discussion of each is included. Projects. Shuttering public facilities, and upgrading or correcting drainage facility deficiencies are the two most common types of hazard mitigation projects undertaken by Palm Beach County municipalities. Other types of projects reported in the local government LMS Survey are: • Glazing exterior windows on public facilities to achieve impact resistance from windborne debris; • Replacing and /or upgrading drainage pumps; • Installing emergency power generators; • Installing a radio telemetry monitoring system for public utilities; • Sirens /loudspeaker warning system used for severe storms /lightning Codes/Ordinance Amendments. Many municipalities incorporated the updated Standard Building Code modifications introduced in 1994. Some of the more important features include: • Modifying building codes to require floor slab or wood joists be above the 100 -year floodplain and a minimum of 18 inches above the crown of the road; • Requiring the elevation of structures; and • • Trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models Other actions municipalities have taken include: • Modifying existing Local Development Regulation (LDR) to incorporate windborne debris impact standards; and • Amending LDR to include section titled, "Building and Property Maintenance: Hurricane Precautions. Professional Development Training. Twenty -three municipalities reported that their staff received professional development training over the course of a year. The amount of training staffs received differed by jurisdiction. City staff receiving training in emergency management activities typically comes from the following offices: fire- rescue, police, recreation, building, community development, and utilities. Types of training have included: • Damage assessment • Computer -aided management of emergency operations • Amending LDR to include section titled, "Building and Property Maintenance: Hurricane Precautions. • Orientation to disaster assistance programs • Radiological emergency management • Annual state hurricane conference training sessions • Natural hazards mitigation and recovery • Yearly conference of National Fire Protection Association • 4 -30 • Yearly conference of Building Officials Association of Florida • Training sessions with Federal Emergency Management Agency • Building Inspector courses on topics like hurricane resistant structural design, roofing updates, wood construction, and fire resistance and egress Preparedness Training. Fourteen local governments reported that they conduct preparedness training and drills for emergency situations. A number reported that annually, they carry out a mock hurricane disaster. Other types of preparedness training reported in the LMS Surveys included: • Structural fire drills • Tornado drill • Chemical spills • Terrorist response • Chlorine leak drills • Communication tests • Generator tests Education /Public Awareness. It is common practice among local governments to distribute informational materials to its citizens, especially as it relates to hurricanes. Among the 18 local governments reporting, the scope of their programs varied. The following are methods municipalities in Palm Beach County use to disseminate information about hazards or an impending emergency event: • Annual correspondence mailed to the residents reminding them of the need to be prepared for a hurricane • Hurricane Survival Guide • A Homeowner's Guide to Hurricane Retrofit • Classes on Emergency Response Training (C.E.R.T.) • Discussions with residents about hurricane preparedness • Hurricane preparation video shown on city cable station • Brochures on variety of disaster /emergency topics, including insurance, pet care, business interests, children and disasters, lightning and tornado safety • FAX -back system with a menu of public safety information • Dialogic System which automatically dials and plays recorded information regarding imminent emergencies • City newsletter 4.1.5 Intergovernmental Coordination An essential element of the hazard mitigation process is intergovernmental coordination. Disasters know no boundaries; governments and service providers increasingly must work together to strengthen communities against the loss of life and property. Coordination is important not only horizontally at the local level between county, municipalities, non - profit organizations, and the private sector, but also vertically with key state and federal agencies. Besides the potential of the LMS initiative, there are several other coordination mechanisms that already exist. They are described briefly below. • 4 -31 Metropolitan Planning Organization The Metropolitan Planning Organization of Palm Beach County, commonly known as the MPO, coordinates local, state, and federal funding for thoroughfare improvements. The policy board is comprised of 18 voting members (i.e., 5 representatives of the Board of County Commissioners, 13 representatives from the municipalities), and one non - voting member (i.e., Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, District IV). Two key policy documents of the MPO are the long -range transportation plan, and the five -year transportation improvement plan (TIP). The TIP identifies and schedules all future roadway improvements in the near -term. Local Government Comprehensive Plans One mechanism to achieve intergovernmental coordination is the local comprehensive plan. As identified in Appendix D, each comprehensive plan contains an intergovernmental coordination plan element. Palm Beach County Comprehensive Emergency Plan The county's CEMP as described in the section titled, Mitigation Policies and Ordinances, is very important in terms of coordination. It identifies coordination of the responsibilities and functions of agencies and organizations during disaster situations. District X Local Emergency Planning Committee The LEPC is an important vehicle to coordinate administering regional compliance with hazardous materials reporting and training laws. The TCRPC provides full -time staff to administer the activities of the Committee. State Emergency Management Plan The State of Florida CEMP establishes the framework of a coordination system to ensure that the State of Florida is prepared to respond to the occurrence of emergencies and disasters. The plan describes roles and responsibilities of state agencies, special districts, local governments, and voluntary organizations, unites the efforts of these groups for a comprehensive approach. The plan is divided into three sections. The Basic Plan: Outlines how the state will assist counties in response, recovery, and mitigation of disasters; details responsibility at various levels of government; describes method of operations and financial management policies; ensures continuity of government; and addresses recovery issues. Specific Response /Recovery Actions: Actions that are unique to a specific hazard, and are described in the Basic Plan and Response Functions sections. Response Functional Annexes: Present the State's strategies for disaster response by outlining Emergency Support Functions (ESF). ESF's are structured from the Federal Response Plan. 4 -32 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Coordinated Review Committee The Comprehensive Plan Amendment Coordinated Review Interlocal Agreement establishes a countywide Comprehensive Plan Coordinated Review Process. It is designed to provide coordination of proposed plan amendments, cooperation between affected local governments and service providers, and opportunities to resolve conflicts only within the Plan Amendment Process. This process includes the following actions: • Proposed plan amendments must have sufficient distribution and dissemination to insure that initial transmittal and final approval do not occur without adequate notice to local governments and service providers who may be adversely affected by the action. • An avenue for discussion and evaluation of the proposed plan amendments is created so that the governing body is aware of objections, the basis for them, and the reasonableness of the objection. • An opportunity is created for conflict resolution of an item which, if approved, may result in a potential problem for another local government or service provider. • The Comprehensive Plan Amendment Coordinated Review Process does not diminish or transfer existing authority with respect to planning and implementation decision of the participants. The Multi - Jurisdictional Issues Coordination Forum The forum has been established through an resolution /interlocal agreement. The primary goal of this entity is to establish a mechanism that will provide a means of communication and education between the various local governments and service providers. This is accomplished through the receipt and review of reports; through presentations of items of multi jurisdictional impact; and through the review of actions taken by the Executive Committee. All members of this forum must be participants in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Coordinated Review Interlocal Agreement. EM Team EM Team is an organization of professionals from agencies and municipalities throughout Palm Beach County who share a mutual interest in emergency management issues. The EM Team meets once a month. Meeting notices of related interest, and other information are distributed in advance of the scheduled meeting date. Members of EM Team benefit by: • Receiving the latest information from federal, state and local levels of government concerning all issues relating to comprehensive emergency management; • Strengthening ties and sharing information with the county, neighboring municipalities and other agencies in the area; • Exchanging ideas and receiving information regarding training opportunities in emergency management (many of which are free or involve minimal costs); • Meeting the managers and officials they may need to call on in times of emergency or disaster. • 4 -33 4.2 PRIVATE SECTOR BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS 4.2.1 Background Major disasters have repeatedly demonstrated that all components of the community can be significantly impacted, either directly or indirectly by the event. It is therefore important that mitigation and redevelopment planning efforts also involve the entire community. Involvement of the private sector in the LMS process was given high priority from the outset of the program by the Division of Emergency Management (DEM). Besides receiving funding from the Florida Department of Community Affairs (FDCA) to prepare a LMS, the FDCA also awarded Palm Beach County a grant pursuant to Chapter 9G -19, Florida Administrative Code, to develop a Business Community Recovery and Redevelopment Strategy Implementation. Since private sector involvement was important in both efforts, the DEM a committee for education and outreach was created. In addition, staff from the DEM and the Palm Beach County Office of Economic Development coordinated with each other on all relevant issues of mutual interest to both programs. The following groups have participated actively in the program: • Business Alliance • Business Loan Funds • Florida Light & Power Company • The Palm Beaches • Palm Beach Community College • Florida Insurance Council • Black Business Investment, Inc. • Brown Distributing • Home Depot • Tourist Development Board • Motorola • Farm Bureau West • Port of Palm Beach • Palm Beach County • Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Purchasing Department • Delray Beach Community Dev Agency • WPBF Channel 25 • Palm Beach County Information • The Boynton Beach Mail System Services Department • Palm Beach County • Fidelity Federal of the Palm Beaches Economic Dev. Office • The Northern Palm Beach • Poe & Brown, Inc Chamber of Commerce • Small Business Bank • Marine Industries Association of • Suntrust Palm Beach County, Inc • Pratt & Whitney • Office Depot • Bank Atlantic • IBM • NCCI Holding • Florida Atlantic University • Tropical Shipping • Florida International University 4 -34 • Perhaps the greatest accomplishment, beyond the specific accomplishments outlined in this section, has been special collaborative relationships now established between the private sector and public sector entities. Cornerstone partnerships in this endeavor now exist between the Palm Beach County DEM and Economic Development Divisions, and participating municipalities on the public side and a network of participating Chambers of Commerce. The initiatives outlined in this section are an integral part of the ongoing local disaster mitigation strategy. In the private sector, efforts are directed at minimizing private sector losses, improving business survival rates, protecting and preserving the economic base provided by businesses, and speeding the overall community recovery process. Four key objectives were addressed: Objective 1 Establish improve intergovernmental and private sector coordination. Obiective 2 Refine the hazard and vulnerability analysis for the economic sector. Obiective 3 Evaluate local available resources, identify gaps and develop appropriate funding mechanisms and strategies to fill any gaps. • Obiective Create a public education program focusing on educating the business community to be prepared for disasters and able to recover quickly. 4.2.2 Accomplishments The following summarizes the improved accomplishments of the private sector work effort of the Outreach and Education Committee by objective: 4.2.2.1 Objective 1: Establish improved intergovernmental and private sector coordination. Three tasks related to this objective represent the beginning points for an ongoing, long -range program to improve intergovernmental and private sector collaboration, coordination and relations. Task 1 Prepare a comprehensive vendor list and inventories of equipment and supplies. The primary thrust of this task was to create a system whereby businesses victimized by disasters could access vendors and suppliers to procure goods and services necessary to rebuild and resume normal business operations. Early in the project, the Economic Development Specialist met with the purchasing staff of several county and municipal agencies relative to the characteristics of their databases and their 4 -35 • potential suitability for business disaster applications. With the assistance of representatives from the Information Systems Services Department (ISS), the idea was conceived of housing the vendor database in the business section of the Palm Beach County Emergency Management web site. Upon further discussion, the idea eventually evolved to the creation of a reverse vendor database, an emergency need posting system for disaster - impacted businesses. This approach avoids most of the maintenance costs and burdens that are associated with traditional vendor databases. ISS was subsequently commissioned to develop this system, eventually dubbed the "Emergency Business Buyers' Database." Development and testing were successfully accomplished in early July; the system awaits activation if and when a local disaster occurs. Task 2 Develop a comprehensive list of needs for emergency contracts and agreements, and secure sources for items needed by the response community which are usually not needed in day to day operations. Research determined that the Palm Beach County Purchasing Department has in place item lists, source lists, and systems and procedures necessary for fully meeting the needs of the County's response community and to satisfy the assistance requirements spelled out by the mutual aid agreement with Orange County. Efforts to publicize the existence of this list to the local community are being made through the Chambers of Commerce to facilitate local involvement, when possible. • Task 3 Establish Business Hotlines, Business Aid and Redevelopment Assistance Centers. An important element in the support of private sector preparedness and timely recovery is the ability of businesses to stay abreast of critical information. An objective in this project was to provide the business community with a single -point contact for accessing important business - related information to assist pre- disaster preparations and post- disaster recovery activities. As part of its partnership agreements with various Chambers of Commerce throughout the county, Palm Beach County Emergency Management is encouraging chambers to dedicate one or more telephone lines to serve as an emergency "hot line" service for community businesses. At the time of this writing, discussions were underway with the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce to decide remaining operational, administrative and technical details of the system. Thereafter, an emergency "hot line," staffed at the Chamber by its members, will attempt to coordinate and respond to pre and post disaster business concerns and needs. 4.2.2.2 Objective 2: Refine hazard and vulnerability analysis for the economic sector The Steering Committee definition of critical facilities includes several economic sector facilities, notably nursing and convalescent centers, and public communication facilities in what are designated as primary critical facilities, and financial institutions, pharmacies, reconstruction material suppliers, medical clinics, and food distribution centers in what are designated as secondary critical facilities. Private sector primary critical facilities are included in the ArcView database, and, when the Property Appraiser's office completes the automated inventory conversion of commercial and industrial properties into an ArcView database, secondary critical facility information will be merged with the database file. • 4 -36 The vulnerability of the business community to potential disasters was analyzed. Mapping and tabular products were developed that may be used by commercial /industrial property owners for performing self - analysis of hazard vulnerabilities. These products also provide a better understanding of the various hazards that could potentially impact segments of business community. An Economic Disaster Management Information System ( EDMIS) was developed and designed. Unfortunately, this product cannot be used until database conversion is completed by the Property Appraiser's Office. Once on -line, however, EDMIS will be used to more fully explore mitigation opportunities in the private sector. 4.2.2.3 Objective 3: Evaluate local available resources, identify gaps, and develop appropriate funding mechanisms and strategies to fill the gaps. Exploratory initiatives were explored relating to ensuring post- disaster cash flow, creating emergency loan programs and community credit programs, expediting the processing of post - disaster loans, and establishing a "bridge loan" capability. The policies and programs of area banks were reviewed, various loan funds examined, and state and federal agency programs, including "Operation Open for Business," were reviewed. Among the most glaring "gaps" uncovered that could impact Palm Beach County businesses were the following: • Meeting the managers and officials they may need to call on in times of emergency or disaster. • • Insurance typically does not cover all business losses. • Banks will not necessarily loan money to victimized businesses and may not relax their requirements for financial documentation and credit status in emergency periods. • Business interruption insurance is seldom purchased by businesses because it is so costly. • Low interest loans for mitigation projects are not yet available in Palm Beach County. The challenge of dealing with these issues, however, is indeed complex. The decision authority for creating policies and programs dealing with these issues invariably resides at levels outside Palm Beach County. Creation of emergency business assistance programs will likely require legislative initiatives and corporate lobbying beyond the influence of even regional interests. Even so, the need for creative funding mechanisms and strategies was a consistent theme throughout the project and was a common speaking point at private sector and public sector forums. The project team of a year 1999 -2000 grant funded to Palm Beach County, entitled Businesses Addressing Readiness & Recovery (BARR), will continue efforts to mobilize sufficient support to positively influence private sector and public sector decision makers to institute meaningful emergency assistance programs for businesses. It will support other related initiatives underway at the state level. The BARR program will also pattern many of programs and initiatives after those of Project Impact and the City of Deerfield Beach's Operation Open for Business. • 4 -37 • 4.2.2.4 Objective 4: Create a public education program focusing on educating the business community to be prepared for a disaster and able to recover quickly. Two tasks of this objective address a program to enable the business community to educate and prepare itself, reaching the greatest number of businesses in the shortest time possible. Task 1 Train Chamber of Commerce staff and the business community. During the course of the project, staff members attended, participated in, and led a variety of business - related forums on disaster issues, including disaster conferences, workshops, professional association meetings, expos and trade shows, and community planning sessions. They also worked closely with private and public sector experts on a number of significant community initiatives and reviewed extensive literature from FEMA, state, federal and non - government organization sources. Among the many methods employed to reach and educate the business community throughout Palm Beach County were: • Insurance typically does not cover all business losses. • Distribution of specially designed BARR pamphlets and business cards • "Of Interest To Business" location on the County's Emergency Management web site • Booths in expos, fairs, trade shows • Presentations to business, professional and public sector groups • Media interviews and articles • Presentations at the 1999 National Hurricane Conference • Participation in other initiatives (e.g. Project Impact and Operation Open For Business) One -on -one contingency planning assistance for larger businesses. In this task, members of several Chambers of Commerce and mentors from large- and medium -sized businesses have been trained to train others and make presentations raising the business community's awareness of preparedness issues and options. These efforts will continue. Task 2 Develop a written business contingency planning guide. It was reasoned that preparation and distribution of a business contingency planning workbook and a business contingency plan template would be practical and productive contributions to building a more disaster resistant business community. The workbook that has been developed serves as the primary text for Emergency Management's ongoing series of contingency planning workshops. Following the template, small- to middle -sized businesses are able to easily prepare contingency plans tailored to their specific needs. A copy of the contingency planning workbook and promotional materials produced in conjunction with hosting Chambers of Commerce is available from the DEM. At the time of this writing, approximately 125 businesses have attended workshops and prepared plans. Conducting workshops will continue to be a priority, as will be the training of industry trainers and the development of mentors to continue planning initiatives after the grant period concludes. • 4 -38 4.3 STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS As has been described in the text, local governments in Palm Beach County have taken steps to strengthen themselves both in terms of capital facility improvements and ordinances, regulations, and programs. Becoming more disaster - resistant is not limited to just hardening of structures. There are a number of activities that the County and municipalities can undertake to strengthen the role of local governments to lessen the impacts resulting from emergency events which do not require expending money on capital projects. Plans can be modified, laws and regulations can be amended, informational materials published and distributed, and professional training augmented. Ideas were generated from a variety of sources: interviews with local jurisdictions, and information generated from LMS Survey forms, the LMS Steering Committee and subcommittees, and discussions with local governments. The suggestions for countywide projects resulting from the various discussions with local government include: 1. Projects on the LMS PPL should be incorporated in local government comprehensive plans, capital improvement elements (CIE), at the time the CIE's are reviewed on an annual basis in accordance with Section 163.3177 (3) (a), Florida Statutes (F.S.). 2. As permitted under Section 163.3177 (7) (h) & (1), F.S., local governments could incorporate optional comprehensive plan element for public safety, or a hazard mitigation /post- disaster redevelopment plan; 3. Integrate the LMS into the Palm Beach County CEMP as appropriate and within the state specified guidelines. • 4. Assess existing CRS programs to determine ways to strengthen and improve the local jurisdiction's CRS rating and support non -CRS communities to join the program. 5. Recommend that public building construction, whether it be new construction or renovation of older public structures, incorporate hazard mitigation building practices, whenever financially feasible; 6. Recommend to the appropriate authorities, the incorporation of safe room requirements in the local building code. 7. Update existing Palm Beach County post- disaster redevelopment plans, and prepare a model plan as a guide for local jurisdictions. 8. Support BARR in the continuing effort of coordination and mutual support between the county, local, and business community, before, during and after a disaster event. 9. The LMS Steering Committee should work with the partner communities and the county to continue ongoing funding and staffing for the continuation of LMS. 10. Recommend emergency building permit procedures to local authorities and jurisdictions. 11. Seek avenues to provide technical assistance in grant writing and engineering for local jurisdictions in the support of LMS projects. 4 -39 • 12. Develop a model CEMP mitigation element as a guide for local jurisdictions in mitigation plan development. 13. Seek opportunities and potential funding sources to bury electrical wires, especially in multi jurisdictional projects. 14. In order to increase shelter capacity countywide, support the retrofitting of all appropriate structures suitable for use as shelters. 15. Develop and disseminate multi -media outreach program countywide which will support the goals of LMS. Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan (PDRP) In 2006 Palm Beach County published the nation's first Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan designed to guide decisions and actions dealing with long -term recovery, reconstruction and economic redevelopment following catastrophic disaster events. Development of the plan involved county, municipal, state and federal government agencies and representatives, private sector and NGO organizations, healthcare and education representatives, and a panel of national experts on catastrophic disaster recovery, urban planning, economic development, and post disaster housing. Funding came from a federal grant, a foundation, and eight corporate sponsors. Challenging topics addressed by the plan include, but are not limited to rebuilding smart vs. rebuilding quickly, sustaining public services in the face of economic collapse, repopulation in the face of housing shortages, business survival and retention, and quality of life issues. Several civic groups including 46 members of Leadership Palm Beach County were instrumental in organizing workshops. The PDRP has been acknowledged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an effective public - private partnership and by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in a Congressional Report. The plan served as a strawman model for a subsequent state -wide PDRP initiative. 4 -40 SECTIONS: PROJECT PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY This appendix satisfies, in part, the following FEMA requirements: Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(111): [The mitigation strategy section shall include] an action plan describing how the actions identified in section (c)(3)(ii) will be prioritized, implemented, and administered by the local jurisdiction. Prioritization shall include a special emphasis on the extent to which benefits are maximized according to a cost benefit review of the proposed projects and their associated costs. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(iv): For multi - jurisdictional plans, there must be identifiable action items specific to the jurisdiction requesting FEMA approval or credit of the plan. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(ii): [The mitigation strategy shall include a] section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and infrastructure. Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(ii): [The mitigation strategy] must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. 6.1 DEVELOPMENT AND RATIONALE • The project prioritization methodology is the means by which the LMS Steering Committee or some designated subset of that Committee will develop the single prioritized list of mitigation projects, which is one of the ultimate goals of the LMS effort. The only projects eligible for FEMA approval have to be submitted by a local government who participated in the planning process. These local governments must follow and continue to follow Palm Beach County's Local Mitigation Strategy's participation rules in Section 1. Palm Beach County established a scoring procedure when the plan was first written in 1999. The scoring procedure is detailed below along with examples in Appendix K. This procedure remains in place thus the county has a structured scoring process for projects seeking alternative funding sources other than federal programs. However, there could be changes made due to new Federal regulations. The LMS has been proactive in getting its participants the ability to perform a Benefit Cost Analysis to keep Palm Beach County eligible to compete for federal monies nationwide. Projects being submitted for federal funding require a Benefit Cost Analysis to be completed along with an application for submission. The objective is to create an adequate strategy for Palm Beach County to prioritize projects for possible funding other than federal funds, which are going to be prioritized based on strictly on Benefit Cost Analysis, Environmentally sound and Technically feasible. A column has been added to the Project Prioritized List (PPL) to include whether or not the project has a Benefit Cost Analysis completed. Moreover, Palm Beach County encourages all projects with the potential of a Benefit Cost Analysis greater than 1 to be completed. The PPL can be referenced in Appendix E. In addition, Appendix F is a list of potential funding sources for mitigation projects. There was a column added to the PPL to Page 5 -1 illustrate each individual project's potential funding source referenced to a narrative detailing these funding sources. There was also a column added to express time frame of potential funding for each individual project. To be effective and gain the support of all the communities involved, the criteria used to rank and prioritize proposed mitigation projects must accomplish the following objectives: 1) They must be fair and objective Mitigation projects proposed by small communities must have equal opportunity to achieve as high, or a higher priority than mitigation projects proposed by larger communities or the County. Likewise, mitigation projects proposed by poor communities must have the opportunity to achieve as high or higher a priority than those projects proposed by richer communities. In short, the project evaluation criteria must ensure that each proposed mitigation project is evaluated and ranked based on individual merit; 2) They must be flexible enough to effectively rank projects mitigating for a variety of hazards. The LMS is an "all hazards" program. The criteria used to rank potential mitigation projects must be capable of ranking individual mitigation projects with diverse goals such as flood mitigation, wildfire protection, or hazardous waste spill prevention; 3) They must be functional and tied to real -world considerations such as competitive -grant funding requirements. Palm Beach County will be developing a list of prioritized mitigation projects that will have to compete with a prioritized list of similar type projects from other counties in the state. It does no good to develop a list which • ranks non - competitive, non - fundable projects as high priority mitigation projects; 4) They must be simple, easily understood, and relatively easy to apply. Many, perhaps hundreds, of potential mitigation projects will have to be prioritized by the Steering Committee or some subset thereof. This means that individual committee members will be scoring many projects. These individuals must be able to work through the project scoring process relatively rapidly for each project they evaluate; and 5) They must be individually well defined and specific. Each individual scoring criteria category must be well defined with the possible points to be awarded broken down in as much detail as possible to eliminate arbitrary variation in how various individuals might score the same category. Examples and guidelines need to be provided to those doing the actual scoring. The prioritization process will be an ongoing process as the LMS is continually refined and updated. New individuals will be called upon to apply these scoring criteria in the years ahead. The criteria must be such that the new people can step in and apply them in a consistent manor with a minimal learning curve. Much work has been done in the form of testing, revising, and fine tuning the Project Prioritization Criteria proposed in draft form with the 31 October deliverable. The fourteen originally proposed scoring criteria have been divided up based of three overarching mitigation requirements. Page 5 -2 These overarching requirements are as follows: 1) Community Benefit The single most important consideration for any mitigation project is "What benefit does the community derive from this effort?" How, and to what extent does this mitigation project benefit the citizens of a community? 2) Community Commitment. What is the community's level of commitment that is proposing this mitigation project? All mitigation projects have to compete for funding. If the community or governmental entity proposing a given project is not willing to commit substantial time and effort to it, this project has less chance of ever being accomplished even if it is a very worthy project. There is no point in ranking a project highly that may never be accomplished even if funds are made available. 3) Protect Implementation. Is this project technically, financially, and legally feasible? Basically this overarching requirement addresses the ease with which a project can be implemented. How easily can required permits be obtained? What is the time frame for accomplishing this project's goals? Are there any technical problems that must be overcome to implement this project? There is no point in ranking as "high priority" mitigation projects that have such severe legal, technical, or environmental drawbacks that years of study and /or litigation might be required before they could be implemented. The rationale for each scoring criterion on the Project/initiative Evaluation Score Sheet, its connections to known funding sources, and directions on specific numbers of points to award • are discussed below. 5.1.1 Community Benefit 5.1.1.1 Community Rating System (CRS) Credit - Does the proposed project or initiative facilitate the objective of, or provide points toward improving the community's CRS Classification? The CRS rating system determines the discounts community residents receive on flood insurance premiums. Flooding from rain events, tropical storms and hurricanes, and storm surges is one of the most significant hazards faced by residents along the Gold Coast. Activities that reduce the community vulnerability to flooding and at the same time provide points toward improving the community CRS rating have an obvious benefit to the community. In addition, FEMA makes available certain monies specifically for flood mitigation projects. Award of these grants is closely tied to a community's participation in the CRS program and efforts made to improve their rating. At present, all communities must have an adopted floodplain management plan to be eligible for these FEMA flood mitigation grants. The LMS has been accepted as partial fulfillment of the floodplain management plan requirement, thus making several more communities within the county eligible for these funds. Eventual inclusion of a more comprehensive county -wide floodplain management plan in the LMS is planned. CRS points are awarded after a project is completed and reviewed by the CRS coordinator, but we must obviously score this category before that project actually happens. To account for this, points within our evaluation are awarded based on those activities that have the highest • Page 5 -3 potential point awards from the CRS program. In this case, the breakdown is as follows: CRS Activity Category Points Awarded Flood Damage Reduction 10 Mapping and Regulatory 8 Flood Preparedness 6 Public Information 4 5.1.1.2 Project Benefit - Does the project address critical elements of the community infrastructure? The critical question addressed here is, does this proposed project help protect the community by hardening some critical element in the community's infrastructure that will reduce the potential loss of life or property damage sustained by the community if a disaster strikes? Specific programs offering state and federal grant money are available for mitigation projects to make community infrastructure or property critical to public safety more disaster resistant. Points under this criterion are awarded based on the nature of the facility or infrastructure element being hardened or protected. If the proposed projects mitigate a problem in a primary critical facility such as a hospital, EOC, or emergency shelter it would receive 10 points under this criterion. Primary critical facilities are defined as "Facilities critical to the immediate support of life and public safety." These are the facilities the community cannot afford to have any loss of function, even for a short period of time. Flooding produces a widespread direct and indirect danger to large segments of the community, while at the same time damaging or potentially damaging such critical infrastructure elements as roads and storm water drainage systems. Therefore, a project reducing or preventing storm water accumulation and flooding during storm events would receive 8 points under this criterion. Secondary critical facilities are defined as, "Facilities that will be critical for community recovery and restoration of services." Projects that help protect these types of facilities will be awarded 6 points. Public convenience facilities are quality of life facilities such as parks, recreation areas, and non - essential public buildings. Projects protecting these types of public property will be awarded 4 points under this criterion. 5.1.1.3 Community Exposure - Does the project mitigate a frequently occurring problem or a problem to which a community is particularly vulnerable? This criterion attempts to balance the actual risk of a specific disaster occurring versus the community's exposure in terms of life and property damage if the disaster does occur. For example, a nuclear power plant meltdown would be catastrophic if it occurred, but the frequencies with which meltdowns occur is unknown in the U.S. and optimistically extremely low. Therefore, a project proposing to mitigate for possible nuclear power plant meltdown by Page 5 -4 • providing lead lined emergency shelters would score lower than a project which mitigates for a more frequent, but less catastrophic type of disaster, such as the flooding of a library. Data for this evaluation will come from the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) portion of the LMS project, and will be community specific. For example, all communities along the Gold Coast experience thunderstorms, lightning, and frequent localized short term flooding, but in most, the exposure in terms of life and property damage is relatively low. Some specific communities, however, such as mobile home parks, or areas with know drainage problems, have much higher exposures to ill effects from thunderstorm hazards. The entire Gold Coast has a high exposure to damage from tropical storms and hurricanes. Category 1 and 2 hurricanes occur with a relatively high frequency, while category 3, 4, and 5 hurricanes are less frequent. All of these factors must be evaluated in weighing the merits of one mitigation project against another. Specific guidelines for assigning points under this evaluation criterion are as follows: Community Exposure Frequency or Risk # of People or Points Awarded $ Value of Property of Occurrence High High 10 Points Moderate High 8 Points • Low High 6 Points High Moderate 9 Points Moderate Moderate 7 Points Low Moderate 4 Points High Low 5 Points Moderate Low 2 Points Low Low 1 Points 5.1.1.4 Cost Effectiveness - What is the benefit/cost ratio of the project applying the following Benefit/Cost ratio formula: (Loss Exposure ($) Before Project - Loss Exposure ($) After Project) = Cost of the Project "A key criterion for mitigation projects to be eligible for funding is that they be cost effective." This is a direct quote from the FEMA 1996 guidelines for determining the cost - effectiveness of mitigation projects. "Mitigation efforts can be justified only to the extent to which the averted losses in terms of life and property exceeds the cost of a given mitigation project or effort." In other words, if a mitigation project costs more than what it is designed to protect, why do it? • Page 5 -5 • While a positive Benefit/Cost Ratio is an absolute requirement for FEMA funding, it should be a primary consideration in evaluating any mitigation idea. For this reason, it is the single most highly valued component of the project prioritization criteria. For any mitigation project to receive FEMA money, the mitigation project application will have to include a detailed Benefit/Cost analysis. Depending on the complexity of the proposed project and the amount of funding required, this Benefit/Cost analysis may require engineering drawings and /or evaluation of alternatives. Such a detailed analysis is beyond the scope of the LMS and in most cases beyond FEMA requirements. In 1996, FEMA published a new guideline for mitigation project evaluation titled "How to Determine Cost - Effectiveness of Hazard Mitigation Projects - A New Process for Expediting Application Reviews ". The above formula is derived from that publication. It was developed to allow administrators to rapidly screen potential mitigation projects in a three step process: 1) Screen the project by reviewing the application data; 2) Conduct a quick Benefit/Cost analysis; and (a) If the quick analysis yields a Benefit/Cost Ratio greater than one, continue processing the application; or (b) If the Benefit/Cost analysis is less than one, request additional information from the proposer • An example application of the Benefit/Cost formula is as follows: A community has an estimated $90,000 worth of books that may be lost due to storm surge. To shutter the Library will cost $20,000 and will prevent loss from surges associated with category 1 to 3 hurricanes. Category 1 to 3 storms represent 70% of the hurricanes likely to strike this community so the risk of loss is assumed to be reduced by 70 %, leaving a remaining exposure of 30% or $27,000. Applying the formula: ($ 90,000 - $ 27,000) _ $ 20,000 = 3.15 This project has a Benefit/Cost ratio of 3.15. The community is also considering raising the floor of this library building by 2 ft at a cost of $75,000. Such a project would protect the books from storm surge under all but category 5 hurricane conditions, or approximately 85 % of the time. The residual exposure associated with this plan would be 15 % or $ 13,500. Applying the formula: ($ 90,000 - $ 13,500) _ $ 75,000 = 1.02 The benefit/cost ratio on this plan is only 1.02. While this is still a positive ratio, the better return on dollars invested is achieved under the first alternative, shuttering the Library. • Page 5 -6 The higher the Benefit/Cost ratio, the better return per dollar invested is achieved. Under the first example the community is receiving $3.15 return in terms of lost prevention for every dollar invested. Under the second example the community is receiving only $ 1.02 return in terms of loss reduction for every dollar invested. Points under this criterion will be awarded as follows: Benefit/Cost Ratio Points 4.0 or greater 20 Points 3.0 to 3.9 16 Points 2.0 to 2.9 12 Points 1.0 to 1.9 8 Points <1.0 0 Points 5.1.2 Community Commitment 5.1.2.1 Contained Within the Existing Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP) - Is the project or initiative consistent with or incorporated in the existing Comprehensive Growth Management Plan? i Projects which are already contained within the approved Capital Improvements or other sections of an existing Comprehensive Growth Management Plan have already been designated as both needed and wanted within a community and are already approved by the community's elected representatives. They have the force of law behind them. Ten points will be awarded to projects falling into this category. Points will be awarded under this criterion in the following manner: Contained within a specific "Policy" 10 Points Contained in "Goal" with proposed "Policy" 8 Points amendment Contained within a broad "Goal" 5 Points Contained in a proposed amendment 3 Points Not in conflict with the CGMP 1 Point 5.1.2.2 Contained Within an Existing Emergency Management Plan or Other Functional Plan Developed by an Official Local Governmental Entity - Has this project or initiative already been proposed as a management initiative or structural improvement in any emergency or growth management plan proposed or adopted by County or local jurisdictions? • Page 5 -7 This applies to both officially adopted plans and to those plans or amendments to plans which have been proposed but not yet officially adopted. One of the objectives of the LMS is to encourage local governments to officially adopt mitigation measures into their Comprehensive and Emergency Management Plans. If a community wants to improved the score of a proposed mitigation project or initiative it can propose and amendment to its CGMP or CEMP containing the measure. Points will be awarded under this criterion in the following manner: Officially adopted 10 Points Proposed /Not officially adopted 6 Points Not in conflict with any plan 2 Points 5.1.2.3 Public Support - Is there demonstrated public support for this project or recognition of this problem? The question of. how "public support" should be demonstrated has caused much discussion. It has been decided that points under this criterion should be awarded as follows: Has this project or problem been the subject of: a) An Advertised Public Meeting = 3; and b) Written evidence of public support = 2. • Has the project or problem been the subject of both: a) an advertised public meeting, and b) written evidence of public concern or support. If so award 5 points. 5.1.3 Project Implementation 5.1.3.1 Consistency with Existing Regulatory Framework - Is the project consistent with existing legal and regulatory and environmental /cultural framework? Does the proposed project require any changes or waivers in existing building, zoning, or, environmental statutes or ordinances? If changes or waivers are required, there will be an extra step in implementing such a project and the timeline to accomplish the project must be extended accordingly. Projects which are consistent with the existing legal and regulatory framework will receive 5 points. Projects which are in conflict with some aspect of the existing regulatory framework will receive lower point scores depending upon the seriousness and numbers of regulatory barriers to be overcome in implementing the proposed project. Points will be awarded under this criterion as follows: Page 5 -8 • No regulatory issues 5 Points Local issues 4 Points Regional issues 3 Points State issues 2 Points Federal issues 1 Point 5.1.3.2 Funding Availability - Is there a funding source currently available for this particular project? Ten points will be awarded to any project for which funding is currently available. If funding is anticipated but currently not available, points will be awarded as follows: Funds available now 10 Points Available in 1 year 8 Points Available in 2 years 6 Points Available in 3 years 4 Points • Available in 4 years 2 Points Available in 5 years+ 1 Point 5.1.3.3 Matching Funds - Are matching funds or in -kind services available for this project? This criterion has been added because many, if not most, funding sources require local sponsors to put up some form of match either in terms of funds or services. Points will be awarded under this criterion as follows: Match of 50% or more 5 Points 40 to 49% 4 Points 30 to 39 % 3 Points 20 to 29 % 2 Points 1 to 20 % 1 Point • Page 5 -9 5.1.3.4 Timeframe for Accomplishing Objectives - How long will it take for the proposed mitigation project to accomplish its stated goals? Projects which can be accomplished quickly have an inherent advantage over long -term projects, although long -term projects may ultimately be more beneficial to the community. The following weighted scale assigns points to proposed projects based on the length of time that will be required before a community begins to receive benefits from the project. 1 Year 5 Points 2 Years 4 Points 3 Years 3 Points 4 Years 2 Points 5 Years + 1 Point In order for the individuals scoring mitigation projects to perform their jobs adequately and in a meaningful time frame it is critical that those proposing a mitigation project or projects provide as much of the critical information required for scoring as possible when they submit their projects. To help with this the attached Mitigation Project Proposal Form has been developed. Appendix G contains four examples showing how this scoring process is applied in • ranking proposed mitigation projects. 5.2 TIE -BREAK PROCEDURE In the case of tie scores, three questions may be applied. • Ties decided by #1 will be so ranked: remaining ties not broken with question #1 will have question #2 applied. • Ties decided by question #2 will be so ranked; remaining ties not broken will have question #3 applied. • Ties decided by question #3 will be so ranked; remaining ties not broken with question #3 will be ranked in the order of the magnitude of effect on the community - these projects will be ranked in accordance with the number of people that will be helped by the project, largest first. Question #1: Which project has the highest Community Benefit score? Question #2: Which project has the highest Community Commitment score? Question #3: Which project mitigates for the most frequently occurring hazard? • Page 5 -10 5.3 LMS EVALUATION PANEL The Evaluation Panel is responsible for reviewing and scoring proposed projects submitted to the LMS as a basis for prioritization. A minimum of 5 people serve on the Panel at any given time. Panelists are solicited by the LMS Coordinator on behalf of the Steering Committee based on LMS member recommendations and are subject to approval by the Steering Committee. Volunteers are also eligible for consideration. Candidates must possess a technical and administrative understanding of the LMS program and its goals and objectives. In addition, candidates are expected to exercise objectivity and independent judgment in their evaluations and scoring. 5.3.1 Eligibility for Federal Funding In order to be deemed eligible for federal monies projects must: • Produce a Benefit Cost Analysis ratio greater than 1, and • Meet additional program requirements, including being judged to be "environmentally sound" and "technically feasible." Federal funding may require additional applications or supporting documents which will be requested based upon each individual federal program. The LMS Coordinator and County Division of Emergency Management serves as staff for the • Evaluation Panel. 5.4 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION UPDATING PROCESS STEP 1 Each year in January and July, the existing unified, countywide Project Prioritization List (PPL) will be updated. The approved PPL will be in effect until a new PPL has been adopted by the Palm Beach County LMS Steering Committee. The Palm Beach County DEM staff will activate the update process by distributing "Project or Initiative" Proposal Forms to local governments, as well as to non- profits and other entities seeking funding for hazard mitigation -type projects, and by notifying all Evaluation Panel members that the PPL ranking process is being initiated. All applicants will have to submit their proposed projects /initiatives by the submission date in order to have their proposed projects considered for inclusion in the updated PPL. In addition, at the time an applicant submits their proposed projects, they must also identify which of their projects are already on the existing, adopted PPL and have been completed or in for the funding process. All proposals will be submitted to the DEM office, on the "Project or Initiative" Proposal Form by the submission date identified in the letter of solicitation. For a project/initiative to be considered, Proposal Forms must be filled out completely. The contact person and fax number listed on the Proposal Form will serve as the official point -of- contact for the applicant. Page 5 -11 • STEP 2 Once the proposals have been received, DEM staff will review each proposal for completeness. DEM staff will notify, in writing via fax, those applicants who's Proposal Form(s) have not been completed fully. The applicant will be notified that they have one week from the date of receipt of the notification fax to submit additional information. If supplemental information is inadequate or no new information is submitted, the proposer will be notified in writing that their project will not be eligible for inclusion on the PPL this cycle. STEP 3 DEM staff will schedule a meeting of the Evaluation Panel. DEM staff will compile copies of the proposals (includes supporting materials), and transmit copies to the Evaluation Panel members no later than four weeks prior to the scheduled Evaluation Panel meeting. STEP 4 Each Evaluation Panel member will score only that portion of the "Project or Initiative" Proposal Form for which their Panel subgroup has responsibility, such as Community Benefit, Community Commitment, or Project Implementation. Each member will fax and /or mail copies of their scored "Project or Initiative" Proposal Forms to DEM staff, no more than 14 days after they received the forms. For the scoring to be valid, three of five members of each subgroup will have to score their particular section of the "Project or Initiative" Proposal Form. STEP 5 DEM staff will average the attribute scores for each project received from each subgroup Evaluation Panel member. DEM staff will create a summary sheet that documents the results of the scoring. A "new" Draft PPL will be generated based on the scores received from the Evaluation Panel. • STEP 6 DEM staff will provide each applicant the "new" Draft PPL prior to the LMS Evaluation Panel meeting, and invite applicants to attend and provide comment. To ensure that there will be adequate space for the Evaluation Panel meeting, and to gain an understanding of how long the meeting might last, applicants will be asked to notify DEM staff seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting if they intend on objecting to the "draft" ranking. STEP 7 The Evaluation Panel will hold a meeting to review the scoring and finalize the Draft PPL. (To conduct an official meeting, a quorum of the Evaluation Panel must be present. Nine (9) members of the fifteen [15] member Evaluation Panel will constitute a quorum.) During the meeting, Panel members will discuss possible inaccuracies and /or reliability of information used by proposers, such as obsolete cost data, questions regarding project feasibility, and project tie - breakers (see Project Tie -Break Procedure). Before the meeting concludes, the Panel will vote approval of the "new" Draft PPL as submitted by the Evaluation Panel or as modified. DEM staff will transmit a copy of the approved "new" Draft PPL to the Steering Committee for approval. As its last act of the meeting, the Panel will select a Chair for the coming cycle. STEP 8 The DEM staff will schedule a meeting of the Steering Committee. One week in advance of the scheduled meeting, the "new" Draft PPL will be distributed to the Page 5 -12 Steering Committee membership along with a listing of applicants planning to attend to object to the "draft" ranking. STEP 9 At the scheduled Steering Committee meeting, the Draft PPL will be presented. (For only the purpose of adopting the PPL, eleven (11) members of the Steering Committee must be present to constitute a quorum). Project applications received after the submission deadline, but before the next project prioritization updating process, may be accepted by the Steering Committee as UNRANKED projects. Prior to the PPL adoption vote, such projects will be presented for consideration. The Steering Committee may vote to include any or all of these projects on the draft PPL as "unranked." Unranked projects will be listed on the PPL under the sub - heading of Unranked Projects which will appear immediately following the list of ranked projects. Unranked projects will automatically be ranked in the next ranking cycle. Following discussion of the Draft PPL, the Steering Committee will adopt it as submitted or with modifications. Specific justification is required for any modification to the ranking of the projects as submitted by the Evaluation Panel, excepting inclusion of unranked projects. STEP 10 DEM staff will distribute copies of the new revised PPL to all appropriate entities. • Page 5 -13 SECTION 6: CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES 6.1 BACKGROUND With multiple local governments involved in the development of the Palm Beach County LMS, differences of opinions may arise over the course of the program with regard to goals, objectives, policies and projects. Governments often have differing interests, priorities and needs, as well as distinct constituents. In cases where an impasse occurs, a procedure is needed that can be activated to resolve such conflicts. This section describes the procedure that will be used to resolve conflicts arising among the participating governmental entities in the development and implementation of the Palm Beach County LMS. The Conflict Resolution Process is depicted in the LMS Conflict Resolution Flowchart, Figure 6.1. The specific steps are described in detail in Section 6.2. The methodology is designed to be simple, user - friendly, and time efficient. Prior to developing the process, other dispute resolution processes were investigated. They included the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Dispute Resolution Process, the Indian River County Multi- Jurisdictional Issues Coordination Forum, the South Florida Growth Management Conflict Resolution Consortium, the Volusia County Coastal Management Element Conflict Resolution Program, and the Monroe County procedures adopted for resolving disputes during the planning, design, construction, and operation of wastewater collection /treatment and effluent disposal facilities. • This initial project, the development of a unified LMS, will be completed in October 1999. One of the long -term LMS goals is to address conflict resolution within the LMS process. This procedure accomplishes that purpose: all LMS conflicts will follow this resolution procedure. The two types of conflicts that may arise are issues and disputes. Issues are technical problems that are susceptible to informal solution by DEM staff. Disputes are problems that require formal resolution by neutral third parties. In either case, resolution and settlement are best settled through mutually agreed -upon understanding between the disputing parties. When that is not possible, some form of binding resolution is needed. Developing an LMS is a cooperative, collaborative process, and local governments will likely be able to reach consensus on most issues and problems that arise during both the development and implementation periods. When occasions arise where local governments cannot reach agreement on a particular issue or project, one or more of the disputing parties may petition a hearing of the issues before the Conflict Resolution Subcommittee. The Subcommittee will be comprised of three people: one member of the Subcommittee will be appointed by the Steering Committee Chair, a second person by an individual representing the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, and a third member will be someone drawn from the Steering Committee who has been selected by mutual agreement of the Steering Committee Chair and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council representative. Once the Subcommittee has been selected, DEM, as lead agency will prepare a memorandum delineating the dispute, include supporting documentation when available, and schedule the Subcommittee meeting. If no resolution could be reached, the issue would then be heard by the entire Steering • Page 6 - 1 Committee. The vote of the Steering Committee would be binding. The Palm Beach County DEM staff would provide staff support. 6.2 CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURE The following provides a detailed, step -by -step procedure that would be followed should a dispute arise under the LMS. Objective: To institute a fair, effective, and efficient process to resolve conflicts among local governments during the development and implementation of the LMS. During the development or implementation of the LMS, a local government(s) may reach an impasse on a particular issue or position. The local government has an opportunity to exercise the following LMS Conflict Resolution Procedure which has been adopted by the Palm Beach County LMS Steering Committee. STEP 1 The local government would submit a letter of dispute (LOD) to the Palm Beach County DEM Director explaining in as much detail as possible, describing their concern and position along with documentation to support their position. Also, they would outline potential alternative solutions. STEP 2 The DEM would review the LOD making sure that it clearly outlines the position of the local government(s) and provides sufficient information supporting their position so the dispute in question can be readily understood by the members of the Conflict Resolution Subcommittee. If the DEM determines that additional facts are needed to describe the dispute outlined in the LOD, the DEM will provide, in writing a letter identifying the information that will clarify the position of the disputing party. STEP 3 Once the LOD is determined to be complete, within (7) calendar days the County DEM staff will notify and arrange a telephone conference call or a meeting of the Steering Committee Chair and TCRPC representative to select individuals to serve on the Conflict Resolution Subcommittee. Before the selection process is completed, a verification of a willingness to serve will have been completed. (Only voting members or alternates of the Steering Committee are eligible to serve on the Subcommittee). STEP 4 Within a day of the Subcommittee selection, (see STEP 3), the DEM staff will send a follow -up letter to each Subcommittee confirming their appointment. STEP 5 Included with the follow -up letter will be the LOD and any supportive materials provided by the disputing party. STEP 6 In an effort to expedite the process, the DEM staff will make every attempt to schedule the meeting within two (2) calendar weeks from the date the LOD has been determined complete. STEP 7 The conflict resolution meeting is held. The DEM will provide staff to document the proceedings of the meeting. Every effort on the part of the two parties will attempt to resolve the impasse at the meeting. Page 6 - 2 • STEP 8 If resolution is achieved, the DEM staff will prepare a memorandum documenting the issue and the mutually agreed upon resolution. The memorandum will contain three signature blocks, one for the Chair of the Subcommittee and two for the representatives of the disputing parties. By their signature, all parties will formally agree to the mediated result. A copy will be provided to each party and another copy filed at the DEM. STEP 9 If no resolution is achieved at the meeting, within seven (7) days following the conclusion of the conflict resolution meeting, the Subcommittee will develop an alternative proposal which will be proffered to the disputing party. If accepted, the DEM staff will implement STEP 8; however, if resolution is still not achieved, the process will move to STEP 9. STEP 10 If the impasse is not resolved at the Subcommittee level, the DEM will schedule a meeting of the full LMS Steering Committee. In an effort to continue to try to resolve the impasse expeditiously, the DEM staff will make every attempt to schedule the meeting within two (2) calendar weeks from the date that a solution cannot be achieved at the Subcommittee level. Each member will be sent a copy of the LOD and any supportive materials provided by the disputing party. The disputing party will be notified of the meeting date and time. STEP 11 A meeting of the Steering Committee is held. The representative of each disputing party will present their positions and the Chair of the Subcommittee will present the views of Conflict Resolution Subcommittee. Based on the ensuing discussion, hopefully resolution will be achieved. At the end of the meeting, if no mutually acceptable compromise is achieved, the Steering Committee will vote to accept one solution from among the offered solutions or those that may developed at this special Steering Committee meeting. This resolution vote of the Steering Committee will be final. The outcome of the meeting will be detailed in a memorandum of understanding that will be prepared by the DEM. This memorandum will be signed by the Steering Committee. Thereafter, a disputing party can exercise the legal remedy of going to court. • Page 6 - 3 • SECTION 7.0: LMS REVISION PROCEDURE This Section describes the LMS revision procedure in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirement: Requirement §201. 6(c)(4)(i): [The plan maintenance process shall include a] section describing the method and schedule of monitoring, evaluating, and updating the mitigation plan within a five -year cycle. Comments on the 2009 LMS Update ;Process The Palm Beach County Local Mitigation Strategy deviated somewhat from the standard update process described in the section below for the 2009 plan submittal cycle for the following reasons. With the agreement of the 'LMS Steering Committee and the Palm > Beach County Division of Emergency Management, several significant enhancements to the LMS plan format and content are currently under development, but could not be accomplished, in time for the November 2009 submission. ;Rather than making substantial short- lived changes to the existing plan while also working on an enhanced plan, it was decided to minimally update the 2004 plan as necessary for compliance purposes, while including some sections indicative of the direction of the, planned enhancements. This has caused certain inconsistencies in plan content. It was also determined by the LMS_ Steering Committee and the Planning Committee that the plan update process was unnecessarily complex and time consuming. The update procedures described in this section of the plan are expected to be streamlined to better accommodate the current LMS committee structu re, 'speed the revision process, and enhance opportunities for involvement of the public, businesses, educational institutions and NGO organizations. For the 2009 update, the 'LMS Coordinator is working closely with the Steering Committee to execute proposed changes in the plan content and format. When approved, changes will be posted to the Palm Beach County ;Emergency Management website for review and comment by the LMS warkgroup and public commentwill be invited. The LMS is a dynamic planning process that results in the development of set of prioritized projects and initiatives with the goal of mitigating hazard impacts. To assure that the LMS remains current and relevant, it is important that it be periodically updated. In developing the updating process, two key sources were consulted and shaped the process and procedures developed herein: Section 163.3191, Florida Statutes, the evaluation and appraisal process of local government comprehensive plans, and the American Red Cross, Ten -Step Informative Model. A key objective in the development of the process was to keep it from being bureaucratic and cumbersome. Based on the information provided in a survey made of local governments in Palm Beach County, it was the opinion of the majority that the interval between LMS updates be five years. Further, respondents also indicated that there needed to be some abbreviated reassessment of the LMS following a declared emergency (e.g., hurricane, tornado, hazardous spill in a major traffic corridor). The regular LMS Review /Update process is depicted in Figure 7.1, while the process that would occur following a presidentially declared emergency event is graphically portrayed in Figure 7.2. • 7 -1 An LMS Review /Update Subcommittee is responsible for preparing the update reports and submitting them to the Steering Committee for final approval. The procedures for the regular update of the LMS is described in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 outlines the procedures to be followed subsequent to a declared emergency. Objective: To provide a rational, uncomplicated process to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing LMS and update the strategy. The methodologies of the Palm Beach County All Hazards Local Mitigation Strategy are monitored on a continuous basis by the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management's Senior Mitigation Planner. This process is to ensure that the most critical mitigation initiatives are identified within the county. And to ensure that mitigation projects are identified and completed for the unincorporated county and the jurisdictions to maximize the effectiveness of the existing LMS. 7.1 REGULAR LMS UPDATE PROCEDURES The regular updating process will occur every five years. The administrative steps, as described below, constitute the procedures that will be followed. STEP 1 The Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management (DEM) will activate the update process by notifying each member of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee of the initial organizational meeting. At that time, the DEM requests informational update on those serving on the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee (name of person, address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address, if available). At this time, the public and other organizations would be invited to attend meeting /meetings to receive additional comments and suggestions concerning revisions. STEP 2 DEM prepares meeting agenda in coordination with the Chair of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee and distributes a week in advance of the meeting to members of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee. STEP 3 LMS Update /Review Subcommittee held. Brief review of review /updating process discussed. Discussion of whether evaluation criteria is still appropriate or modifications or additions needed due to change of conditions over the period since the last update process occurred. Data needs reviewed, data sources identified, responsibility for collecting information assigned to members. STEP 4 Draft report prepared. Evaluation criteria to be addressed includes: A. Changes in the community and government processes which are hazard - related and have occurred since the last LMS review; 1. Community Change a. Growth and development in hazard vulnerable areas; b. Impact of actions resulting from growth that adversely affect natural resources in vulnerable areas, such as seawalling, beach erosion, heightening deposition in inlets; 7 -2 C. Demographic changes; d. New hazards identified; e. Changes in community economic structure; and f. Special needs population changes 2. Government process changes a. New or changing federal and state laws, policies, and regulations; b. Changes in funding sources or requirements; C. Change in priorities for implementation; d. Changes in government structure; and e. Shifts in responsibility and mitigation committee resources B. Progress in implementing LMS initiatives and projects - The LMS initiatives and projects as compared with actual results at the date of the report; C. Effectiveness of the previously implemented initiatives and projects; D. Evaluation of unanticipated problems and opportunities that may have occurred between the date of adoption and date of report; E. Evaluation of hazard - related public policies, initiatives, and projects; and F. Review and discussion of the effectiveness of public and private sector coordination and cooperation. STEP 5 DEM coordinates and organizes second meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee. Draft LMS update report distributed to the participants prior to scheduled meeting. Meeting held. Consensus reached on changes to draft. STEP 6 DEM incorporates modifications /additions resulting from LMS Update /Review • Subcommittee meeting. STEP 7 DEM, in consultation with Steering Committee Chair, establishes appropriate method(s) to solicit public input. DEM responsible for public noticing /advertising requirements, if any. Besides LMS Update /Review Subcommittee members, all Steering Committee members informed and requested to attend public meeting. STEP 8 Public meeting held. DEM presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations of LMS effort. STEP 9 DEM distills and synthesizes public comments, and circulates them among LMS Update /Review Subcommittee members for comment. If comments are extensive and /or controversial, meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee scheduled and organized by DEM. STEP 10 If appropriate, meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee held. Comments discussed. Consensus reached. STEP 11 DEM modifies draft report based on the outcome of the results of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee meeting (STEP 10), or makes modifications resulting from public comments generated during STEP 9. STEP 12 DEM schedules and notifies Steering Committee members of meeting to review Draft LMS update report. Copy of Draft distributed to Committee members in advance of scheduled meeting. DEM and members of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee prepare presentation. • 7 -3 STEP 13 DEM and members of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee present draft LMS update report to the Steering Committee. Steering Committee members make comment on draft report. Discussion ensues among members. Consensus reached on modifications to draft report. If agreement cannot be reached by certain local governments on certain issue(s) and /or project prioritization(s), conflict resolution process may be triggered for those specific items to which parties cannot agree. Vote taken securing approval of the draft LMS update report, contingent upon integrating Steering Committee comments into draft report. STEP 14 DEM finalizes LMS Update Report. Copies distributed to Steering Committee members. STEP 15 Each Steering Committee member presents the LMS Update Report to their local governing body, and other interested parties. If there are new or modified recommendations that their local government could implement to further the county -wide LMS, member seeks direction from governing body to implement appropriate strategies. 7.2 DECLARED EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT Should a declared emergency occur, a special review will be triggered. The administrative steps, as described below, constitute the procedures that will be followed. STEP 1 Within six (6) months following a declared emergency event, the DEM will initiate a post disaster review and assessment. The DEM will activate the assessment. Each member of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee will be notified that the assessment process is being commenced. STEP 2 The DEM will draft a Technical Report. The purpose of the report is to document the facts of the event, and assess whether the LMS effectively addressed the hazard. The Report should contain and answer, at a minimum, the following: A. Identify whether the hazard creating the declared emergency has been addressed in the LMS; B. Prepare documentation of the event: the magnitude of the event, areal extent of damages, specific damages sustained (public infrastructure (e.g., potable water and wastewater treatment and collection systems) and private infrastructure (e.g., utilities, power); C. Discuss impacts to private sector, such as obstacles to recovery, utilization local vendor, deficits in types of products needed, accessibility of vendor suppliers, demand for space for temporary relocation, local business contingency plans, etc.; D. Analyze effectiveness of coordination among institutional entities (e.g., local governments, Florida Light & Power, Southern Bell, Red Cross, Salvation Army, South Florida Water Management District, FDCA, Florida Department of Transportation) and make recommendations, as necessary; 40 7 -4 E. Evaluate the accuracy of the hazard vulnerability and risk assessment in LMS relative to actual event; F. Focus on LMS initiatives /projects that had been implemented to mitigate impacts of the type of hazard creating the emergency event and evaluate effectiveness; G. Discuss unanticipated impacts, and identify potential mitigation measures; and H. Synthesize information and prepare conclusions. Recommend whether the LMS needs to be amended. STEP 3 DEM schedules a meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee and distributes copies of draft Technical Report prior to meeting. STEP 4 Meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee held. Members discuss the Report findings, conclusions, and recommendations, and make a determination whether the LMS needs to be amended. STEP 5 If conclusion that NO modification needed for LMS, Report is approved and DEM transmits to local governments. STEP 6 If it is determined that the LMS is to be amended, DEM prepares Draft Amended LMS. The Amended LMS should: A. Utilize information from Technical Report; . B. Provide justification of need to amend LMS; C. Contain a review and analysis of existing LMS Initiatives /Projects in light of new Initiatives /Projects recommended in Technical Report; and D. Include a re- prioritization of Initiatives /Projects. STEP 7 LMS Update /Review Subcommittee reviews and comments on Draft Amended LMS. Draft Amended LMS is provided to each member, in advance of the scheduled meeting. STEP 8 DEM, in consultation with Steering Committee Chair, establishes appropriate method(s) to solicit public input. DEM responsible for public noticing /advertising requirements, if any. Besides LMS Update /Review Subcommittee members, all Steering Committee members informed and requested to attend public meeting. STEP 9 Public meeting held. DEM presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations of Draft Amended LMS. STEP 10 DEM distills and synthesizes public comments, and circulates them among LMS Update /Review Subcommittee members for comment. If comments are extensive and /or controversial, meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee scheduled and organized by DEM. STEP 11 If appropriate, meeting of LMS Update /Review Subcommittee held. Comments discussed. Consensus reached. 7 -5 STEP 12 DEM modifies draft report based on the outcome of the results of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee meeting (STEPS 7 & 11), or makes modifications resulting from public comments generated during STEP 9. STEP 13 DEM schedules and notifies Steering Committee members of meeting to review Draft Amended LMS. Copy of Draft distributed to the Committee members in advance of scheduled meeting. DEM and members of the technical subcommittee /committee prepare presentation. STEP 14 DEM and members of the LMS Update /Review Subcommittee present Draft Amended LMS to the Steering Committee. Steering Committee members make comment on Draft. Discussion ensues among members. Consensus reached on modifications to draft report. If agreement can not be reached by certain local governments on certain issue(s) and /or initiative /project prioritization(s), conflict resolution process may be triggered for those specific items parties can not agree upon. Vote taken securing approval of the Draft Amended LMS, contingent upon integrating Steering Committee comments into Draft Amended LMS. STEP 15 DEM finalizes Amended LMS. Copies distributed to Steering Committee members. STEP 16 Each Steering Committee member presents the Amended LMS to their local governing body, and other interested parties. If there are new or modified recommendations that their local government could implement and further the county -wide LMS, member seeks direction from governing body to implement appropriate strategies. • 7 -6 Appendix A: Risk & Vulnerability Analyses Data The risk and vulnerability data presented in this Appendix are submitted in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirements: RISK ASSESSMENT §201.6(c)(2): The plan shall include a risk assessment that provides the factual basis for activities proposed in the strategy to reduce losses from identified hazards. Local risk assessments must provide sufficient information to enable the jurisdiction to identify and prioritize appropriate mitigation actions to reduce losses from identified hazards. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(iii): For multi - jurisdictional plans, the risk assessment must assess each jurisdiction's risks where they vary from the risks facing the entire planning area. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(1): The risk assessment shall include a] description of the ... location and extent of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. The plan shall include information on previous occurrences of hazard events and on the probability of future hazard events. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment shall include a] description of the jurisdiction's vulnerability to the hazards described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section. This description shall include an overall summary of each hazard and its impact on the community. • Additional information relating to these requirements is contained in Section 3, in the Palm Beach County Hazard Environment, in Appendix C, and in the new hazard write -up sections of the Plan. This Appendix presents the results of updated risk, vulnerability and impact analyses for the original hazards identified in the 2004 Plan. The summary tables for these analyses are indicated below: Table A -1 Relative Vulnerability to hazards by local government Table A -2 Relative Probability of hazards by local government Table A -3 Data Sources used for the Palm Beach County Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Table A -4 Palm Beach County Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessments by Jurisdiction Table A -4 (a) Risk Assessment by Hazard by Jurisdiction Table A -5 Palm Beach County Impact Analysis • Page A -1 0 • i Table A -1: Relative Vulnerability to Hazards, by Local Government MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 c c m c a) Hazard Category 0 0 0 0 _M 0 0 2 _ ° 1 w „- c 0 w ` 0 3 o c H c >' 0 0 0 > 0 t 3 c m a> m 0 0 0 ° U o c c o c o w c a _ U H 3 3° 3 0 0 c 0 o F- o o . 3� 0 — V co o o 0 M 0 O V O 0 c 0 0 0 c 3 c C9 0 Y aS ° o m> m m rn N N Community Vulnerability ° U U o U �- 0 0 c U U) 0 U 3 m m c� (n �; m v m `_° m H: High '-0 $ m Y m ai 0) H m 0 0 m Y Y� H� � o E.2 U v v v • c W� �; E >�� M: Medium ° U ca m c as m `_° _ ° x a ~ m `m ° cd Q c m aS o ) a) a) n m co m � o m o :y C7 o m-0 M > c U) m C a) a) U 0_ t N rn -C c 0 0] m m U m n m 0 (D U) 0), 4 V: Very Low c o o ° 6 m o c - >>1 3 3 m m m m o m o m m m m m? o o 00 0 rY Q m m m m U 0 C9 0 0 0= 2 2 -5 J J J _j _j 2 2 Z 0 a 0 0_ 0_ 0_ 0_ (n (A NATURAL HAZARDS Flood H M M H H M M HIM M M M M M L M H M M H H H H L M H L M H H M M H L M M M H H Hurricane /tropical storm H M H H H H M H M M M H M H M H H H M H H H H M M H H H H M H M H M H H M M H Tornado L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Severe thunderstorm and H M M M M H M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M H I M I M M M H M M M M M H M M M M H lightning Drought H L H M M L L M H H L M L H L M M M L L L Li H L L M L H M M L M L L H L L H M Temperature extremes M L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L M L L H L L L M L L L L L H L M M Agricultural pests and H V H L L L V L V V L L V V V L M V V V V V M V V L V H L M V V V V H L V M L disease Wildfire /urban interface H L H M L V L L M M L L L V V L M V V V L L M V V L V H V M V V L M H V V M M zone Muckfire H V H V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V L V V V V H V V V V V L H V V L L Soil /beach erosion M L M M M M V M H H V M V H V H H V L V M M L V M M H V H M M L H V V H M V V Seismic hazards (sink holes /soils failure) L V V JHH V V V M M V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Tsunamis L M V H M H M M L M L H H H H H H H H H V H L H rH V H M H I L L V V H V V L TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS Hazardous materials M L M M M V L H H H M V M V H L H V M M M M M H M M V L V M V M H L M L V TMH� accident Page A -2 _ < r 2 n lD N O N 7 N N O_ _ EL _ CO) mn 3 "mo o a= N n O T � 0) --1 O 7 n 3 (n O 3 3 CD G, n O M O N ai 0 n (� - � � 3 ca o Q m m= is a, 3 ' c °—' < 0 D n_ o m rt0 w c o' r °-' _' y y 0 t D (D w = y 0 �' m 'm o 0 n M N v o y N, N fD n C fD N '* Cr v 7 CO � 0 U3 fu cCD N y 3 3 r Unincor orated Count CD r- < < Atlantis, City of r _ K r < Belle Glade, City of < < < < r r K K < Boca Raton, City of < r < z = K < Boynton Beach, City of r r r K K < < Briny Breezes, Town of r _ K < < Cloud Lake, Town of < < < < < < _ K < Delray Beach, City of < < < < r r r < Glen Ridge, Town of r = r r < Golf, Village of < < < = r � < < Greenacres, City of < < < = r I < < < Gulf Stream, Town of < r < < <1 < r < < Haverhill, Town of < < < < <1 < L< < < Highland Beach, Town of < < < < < r < < Hypoluxo, Town of d < < < < < < r < r Juno Beach, Town of < < < < < r K r' Jupiter, Town of CD Y < r< r r r r < r Jupiter Inlet Colony, Town of 3 :c r < Lake Clarke Shores, Town of Z < < < < < < K < Lake Park, Town of 0 < < < < r K < Lake Worth, City of r r r < r K < Lantana, Town of r r r < r r K < Loxahatchee Groves N r r r < r r < < Manalapan, Town of r r r K r r < Mangonia Park, Town of < < < < < r K < < North Palm Beach, Village of < r r < r < < < Ocean Ridge, Town of < < r r r < Pahokee, City of r < < < < < < < < Palm Beach, Town of < < < r K < Palm Beach Gardens, City of < K < < < < < r < Palm Beach Shores, Town of << r K K < r r r Palm Springs, Village of < < r < < K r Riviera Beach, City of r r r < r r < Royal Palm Beach, Village of r r r 2 K r < South Bay, City of < < < r r r < South Palm Beach, City of < < < = r K < Tequesta, Village of r < < _ < r K < < Wellington, Village of < r r r K _ K r West Palm Beach, City of < < < r 0 0 0 Table A -2: Relative Probability of Hazards, by Local Government MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 c c a� c m .- Hazard Category 0 3 0 0 o w m >°_, ° c o o w° o ° u; ai 0 3 c ° c vi rn U o U o >, o c ,� c T m o o o c m a� m t° m 0 o c c o c c 3 o U o o c r- c o 0 0 3 3 ,� m �— o o m > m >, m m m Community Vulnerability o 0 0 0 w I— Z� o U 3 m o f c U m ° U 3 U m - c7 co �; m '= m M = o H: High m ai c a n�i o m ui o ff 3 •. o o a rn t t rn m U >> m a° m m Y m ai rn a� m o c E a U 5 5 o c m E >; E 6E M: Medium ° U m e ;v m m= ° x a ~ c m° cd Q c m a a a n m m m m m o m o .N U o m J >, > c " m? m L U d 9 c m ca o a c Y m m m U) m d m o_ a L: Low c m e >. m m m a� o 0 °3 m� m rn m o m r •� �- V: Very Low m W o o ° a� °� 0- cm — j: m m m m o m m o o m m m m m? 0 0 0 > � > m Q m m m m U C9 U U 2 2 2-)�� J J J J J M 2 Z O o_ d d d 0_ w w (n fn H NATURAL HAZARDS Flood H M M H H M M H M M M H H H H H H H M H H M M H M H H M H H I H M H I L M H M M H Hurricane /tropical storm H M M H H H M H M M M H M H H H H H M H H M H H M H H M H M H M H I M M H M M H Tornado M L L L L L L L L L L L L I L L L M L L L M L L L L M L M M M L L L M M M L M H Severe thunderstorm/ H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H lightning Drought H L H L M L L M L L L L L L L L M L L L L L M L L L L H M M L L L L H L L H M Temperature extremes M L M L I L V L L L L L V L V V V H V L V V L M V L L V M L L V L L L M L L M M Agricultural pests and H V H L M V V M V V L V L V V V M V L V V L M V L V V H L L V L L V H L V M L disease Wildfire /urban interface H V H L M V V L V V L V L V V V M V L V L L H V L L V H V L V V L M H V V M M zone Muck fire H V H V L V V L V V V V V V V V V V V V V V L V V V V V H V V V L L I H V V L L Soil /beach erosion M V L M M M V M V V V M V M M H H H V V M V V H V M H L H I V I H V H V L H M V L Seismic hazards V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V L V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V (sink holes /soils failure) Tsunamis V V V V Ly V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V L V V V V V L TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS _ Hazardous materials M L L M M V V L L V V V V V V V L V V L L V L V L M V M V L V L M L M L V M H accident I II II II I 111 Page A -4 MUNICIPALITIES 0° p o 0 0 c 3 a> c 0 Hazard Category 0 0 0 0 m U 0 0 _ ° 0 0 0 3 0 ~~ '� 3 > c ° C ui rn °> U .� o U 0 0 ° �' c c 0 c H 0 c a 0 0 >° c 3 c t° a) U V H 3 U 3 �° c 4 - ° 0 c >, o 0 3 0 0 0 0 U ° m rn m 0 0 o ° �« 0 c ° 0 0= 3 '= c ,� as R o o m > >. m Community Vulnerability a o v v v �; o U 3 3 m o U U° m c� cn °' °' f — a) a> o c U 3 �— ca m aS ui m m— H: High ai = M N 6 0 a) ui 0 ° H 3 0 ~� o� a a U t �� a 0 U >> m W 0 m° Y M ai 0) °° m 0 0 c E a c> c> c> c 0 E E M: Medium ° U m 0 c m M m m = x L a ~ m c`o ° co 0 M 'c 0 M M M n m m M co c o m CO (D X o m` ° c° m L U a c 0 o a m m m m c0 co a m a �, 0) a p T > C (n f6 a) a w M a L Y : Low 0 c 0 M c >, � m c � 0� 0 t o o a) a) m ca c c -C aa) = E E E E .� >, 0 0 in V: Very Low :° 4) o o ° 5 °� o �' ° m °_> ���� M m m M o m m °° m m m m m? 0 0 o m Q m m m m U CD (9 (D 2 I 2 J J J J J 2 Z O a a a a a a' W (n U) H >> Radiological accidents (including nuclear power V V V V V V V L V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V p lant accidents Communications failure M V L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L V L L L L L L M V L M Hazardous material L L L L L V L H L V L V V V V L L V V L L V L V M M V L V L V V L L L L L M H release Transportation system H L M M M V L H L V L V L V V V L V V L L L M V M M V M V M V V M L M L L M H accident Wellfield contamination M L V M M V V M L V V V V V V V L V V L L V M V M L V I L V L I V V M L L V V M H Power failure (outages) M M V M M M M M M M M M M M M MINA M M M L M M M M M M L M M M M M M M H M V M SOCIETAL HAZARDS Civil disturbance M V L L L V VIM V V L I V V V V V L V V L L V V V L L V L L L V V L V L V V V M Terrorism and sabotage L V V L L V V L V V V V V V V V L V ±VV LL V L V V V L LL V V V L V L V V V M Immigration crisis L V L L L L V M V V V L V L L L L L V L L V L L V V L V L V L L V V M Page A -5 Table A -3: Data sources used for the Palm Beach County Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment • Natural Hazards - Hazards resulting from weather conditions, geologic conditions, or disruption of naturals stems Hurricanes and Severe Storms (Includes Tropical Storms and Northeasters) Source Data Type Natural Hazards Research Center Historical and current data on all types of natural hazards Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Database Historical data on hurricane tracks and intensities NOAA Tropical Cyclone Database Historical hurricane data Colorado State University (Dr. Gray on -line site) Hurricane probability NASA Natural Disaster Reference Database Historical data on all types of natural hazards National Weather Service Weather statistics National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Weather statistics Atlantic Ocean and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division Hurricane forecast models Federal Emergency Management Agency Emergency management procedures • Tropical Storm Watch Database Tropical storm data worldwide Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Community Status Book Areas vulnerable to potential rising water Storm Surge Atlas for Palm Beach County (SLOSH Areas vulnerable to storm surge flooding based model) on the SLOSH model U. S. Geological Survey Base maps and historical flood plane and elevation data Florida State University (Meteorology Department) Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural hazards Florida Atlantic University Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural hazards National Severe Storms Laboratory Storm effects data Independent Insurance Agents of America (Natural Probability data and estimated exposure Disaster Risk Database) Building code recommendations to reduce exposure Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of The Arbiter of Storms (TAOS)@ maps and Emergency Management computer model projections as well as technical support and data Page A -6 Florida Department of Environmental Protection Environmental risk, exposure to hurricanes, environmental effects and hazards Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Hurricane effects of fish and wildlife Florida Department of Corrections Prison statistics and emergency management plans Florida Department of Education School and Board of Education emergency guidelines Climatic and weather data, hydrologic data, water South Florida Water Management District release schedules, and emergency management plans Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Building codes and impacts of proposed statewide unified building code Palm Beach County Airports Department Weather data and hurricane protection procedures Palm Beach County Comprehensive Growth Land management, zoning, and hurricane Management Plan mitigation related ordinances Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning, and Building Department Building codes and zoning ordinances Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Tax assessor records for use in determining dollar value of exposed property • Palm Beach County Automated Information Map products and GIS data Management Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works Engineering, drainage, road elevations, and Department storm water data Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Environmental and beach erosion data Management Department Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue Department Critical facilities locations and emergency management plans Palm Beach County Health Department Critical facilities and health risk data Palm Beach County School Board Schools, shelter, and critical facilities data and emergency management plans Palm Beach County Law Library Building codes and ordinances Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Environmental and recreational data and potential impacts data Palm Beach County Public Safety Department Emergency management plans, historical data, Division of Emergency Management critical facilities, special needs, and general guidance Palm Beach County Division of Criminal Justice County prison population and emergency management plans Page A -7 Division of Emergency Medical Services Emergency management plans • Division of Animal Regulation Animal protection, regulation, and control plans following natural disasters (hurricanes) Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Emergency management plans and law enforce- ment procedures following a natural disaster Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Potential economic loss and specific areas of economic vulnerability Palm Beach County Water Utilities Critical facilities locations and emergency management procedures Palm Beach County has a total of 38 municipalities and all are participating in a unified LMS process with the All municipalities will be contacted to determine County. Various departments corresponding to individual vulnerabilities, populations at risk, and The Property Appraisers Office; dollar values of exposure. Emergency plans Public Works; building codes, storm water management Public Safety; engineering, and police and fire emergency Health Department; management plans will be reviewed Building, Planning, and Zoning; and Fire and Rescue will be contacted within each municipality. Palm Beach County Red Cross Historical data, shelter data, and emergency management plans Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Facilities Critical facilities locations, special equipment, special needs, and evacuation plans Florida Power and Light and Other Municipal /Private Power grid vulnerabilities, structure, and Power Companies (Lake Worth Utilities, etc.) emergency management plans Home Depot/Lowes Emergency management supply plans for preparation and recovery Publix/Winn Dixie Emergency food supply plans Southern Bell Critical facilities locations, and emergency communication maintenance plans AT &T Wireless Services Critical facilities locations, and emergency communication maintenance plans U. S. Cellular Wireless Communications Critical facilities locations, and emergency communication maintenance plans The Palm Beach Post Historical hurricane data Critical facilities location and emergency Local Radio and Television Stations management plans (operating plans) during natural disaster Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Natural Hazards Research Center Historical and current data on all types of natural hazards Page A -8 The Tornado Project On -Line Historical data Optical Transient Detector Data Base Lightning associated with thunder storms (lightning statistics) NASA Natural Disaster Reference Database Historical data all types of natural hazards National Weather Service Weather statistics National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Weather statistics NOAA Wind Related Fatalities Data Base Wind related fatalities NOAA Tropical Prediction Center Storm predictions Florida State University Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural hazards Florida Atlantic University Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural hazards National Severe Storms Laboratory Storm and tornado statistics and storm effects Independent Insurance Agents of America (Natural Financial data concerning losses resulting from Disaster Risk Database) thunder storms and tornadoes Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Incident reports and historical data Emergency Management South Florida Water Management District Climatic data Palm Beach County Airports Department Weather data and protection plans and procedures during thunderstorms and tornadoes Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue Department Thunderstorm and tornado fire and fatality data Palm Beach County Public Safety Department Thunderstorm and tornado historical data Division of Emergency Management Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Medical Historical data on thunderstorm and tornado Services related medical emergencies Palm Beach County has a total of 38 municipalities and all are participating in a unified LMS process with the County. Various departments corresponding to Historical data on impacts of thunderstorms and Public Safety; tornadoes at the local level Health Department; and Fire and Rescue will be contacted within each municipality. Palm Beach County Red Cross Historical data on impacts Florida Power and Light and Other Municipal /Private Historical data on impacts to the power grid Power Companies (Lake Worth Utilities, etc.) Southern Bell Historical data on communication impacts AT &T Wireless Services Historical data on communications disruptions • Page A -9 U. S. Cellular Wireless Communications Historical data on communications disruptions • The Palm Beach Post Historical data general Local Radio and Television Stations Historical data on losses and possible future losses Lightning /electromagnetic disturbances (normally included under thunderstorms but along the Gold Coast we believe this hazard is significant enough to be considered alone) Natural Hazards Research Center Lightning research and statistics NASA Natural Disaster Reference Database Lightning statistics National Weather Service Lightning strike data National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Lightning strike data NOAA Lightning Related Fatalities Data Base Lightning fatalities National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) Lightning research and protection measures Florida State University Data and expertise concerning all natural hazards Florida Atlantic University Data and expertise concerning all natural hazards University of Florida Lightning Research Laboratory Current research on lightning causes and effects • National Severe Storms Laboratory Lightning statistics Independent Insurance Agents of America (Natural Financial losses attributable to lightning and Disaster Risk Database) related electromagnetic discharges Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Data on major fires caused by lightning Emergency Management Florida Fire Chief's Association Data on fires caused by lightning South Florida Water Management District Data on lightning related losses Palm Beach County Airports Department Lightning data and protective measures Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue Department Lightning related fires and injuries Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Data on lightning related losses Palm Beach County Public Safety Department Division of Emergency Management Lightning protection procedures Division of Emergency Medical Services Lightning related injuries Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Data on communication disruption Florida Power and Light Financial losses and power grid disruptions due to lightning • Southern Bell Financial losses and communications disruptions due to lightning Page A -10 AT&T Wireless Services Financial losses and communications disruptions due to lightning U. S. Cellular Wireless Communications Financial losses and communications disruptions due to lightning The Palm Beach Post Historical data on significant lightning related events Coastal and Riverine Flooding Association of State Floodplain Managers Floodplain data, flooding statistics, and mitigation approaches Natural Hazards Research Center Technical data on all natural hazards NOAA Flood Related Fatalities Data Base Flood related fatalities NOAA Hydrologic Information Center Hydrologic data NOAA Tropical Cyclone Database Rainfall associated with storm type events NASA Natural Disaster Reference Database Specific flooding and mitigation data nationwide NASA Flood Hazard Research Center Flood research and mitigation approaches National Weather Service Climatic data National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Weather /rain fall historical data National Flood Proofing Committee Data Base Mitigation procedures National Association of Flood and Storm Water Storm water management data and procedures Management Agencies Atlantic Ocean and Meteorological Laboratory, Historical meteorological data Hurricane Research Division Federal Emergency Management Authority Historical flooding data Tropical Storm Watch Database Rainfall events and flooding data Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Community Status Identification of properties within the flood plane Book U. S. Geological Survey Topographic maps U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Historical flooding data and flood prevention projects Dartmouth Flood Observatory Flooding research Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) Floodwatch Data Historical flooding data Base Florida State University Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural hazards Florida Atlantic University Data and expertise concerning all Florida natural Is hazards Page A -11 National Severe Storms Laboratory Rainfall data and related flooding events • Independent Insurance Agents of America (Natural Property and financial losses as a result of Disaster Risk Database) flooding Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Historical data on flooding events in Palm Beach Emergency Management County Florida Association of Floodplain Managers Flooding data specific to Florida Florida Department of Environmental Protection Environmental parameters and risk associated with flooding Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Wildlife resources impacted by flooding South Florida Water Management District Water management, hydrology, and flood prevention procedures Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning, and Building Zoning ordinances and building codes that affect Department flood protection Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Property value within flood zones Palm Beach County Automated Information Historical flooding and critical facilities in flood Management zones Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works Highway and storm water management Department procedures Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Water resources and flooding data Management Department Palm Beach County Fire and Rescue Department Flooding associated fires and injuries Palm Beach County Health Department Disease risk and contamination potential associated with flooding Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Recreational resources at risk due to flooding Palm Beach County Public Safety Department Historical flooding data and emergency Division of Emergency Management management procedures Division of Emergency Medical Services Flooding related injuries Division of Animal Regulation Animal control problems associated with flooding Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Emergency management procedures associated with flooding Palm Beach County Water Utilities Critical facilities at risk due to flooding and potential impacts Municipal offices to be contacted in participating cities: All municipalities will be contacted to determine The Property Appraiser's Office; individual vulnerabilities, populations at risk, and Public Works; dollar values of exposure. Emergency plans Public Safety; Health Department; building codes, storm water management Building, Planning, and Zoning; and engineering, and police and fire emergency • Fire and Rescue management plans will be reviewed Page A -12 All independent drainage districts will be Independent Drainage Districts contacted for historical data and identified areas is at risk Palm Beach County Red Cross Historical flooding data and repetitively damaged structures data Florida Power and Light Flooding emergency plans and critical facilities at risk The Palm Beach Post Historical data on flooding incidents Freezing Temperatures National Weather Service Historical records on freezing temperatures National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Historical records on freezing temperatures U. S. Department of Agriculture - County Extension Local agricultural data on frequency, impacts, Agents and financial losses due to freezing temperatures Frequency and amount of financial losses to Florida Citrus Commission citrus crops due to freezing temperatures and long term industry impacts Frequency and amount of financial losses to Florida Department of Citrus citrus crops due to freezing temperatures and current mitigation strategies Frequency and amount of financial losses to all Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services agricultural business as a result of freezing temperatures Frequency and amount of financial losses to all Florida Farm Bureau agricultural business as a result of freezing temperatures and current mitigation and risk reduction strategies Florida State University Agricultural research and new mitigative strategies to reduce freeze impacts Florida Atlantic University Freeze impacts to aquaculture industry University of Florida Agricultural research and new mitigative strategies to reduce freeze impacts University of Miami Agricultural research and new mitigative strategies to reduce freeze impacts Environments at risk from freezing and Florida Department of Environmental Protection environmental consequences of current agricultural mitigation strategies South Florida Water Management District Climate records and water demands associated with freeze mitigation Historical impact and financial losses resulting 61 1 Palm Beach County Department of Agriculture from freezing temperatures in Palm Beach County Page A -13 Palm Beach County Citrus and Farming Interest Historical freeze losses and current mitigation strategies Palm Beach County Red Cross Impacts to poor and homeless due to freezing temperatures Wildfires (Urban interface wildfires and muck fires) National Weather Service Climate data /drought predictions National Interagency Coordination Center Reports Wildfire repots National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Climate data U. S. Forest Service Wildfire reports and preventative measures U. S. Department of Agriculture - County Extension Controlled burning /muck deposits Agents U. S. Geological Survey Soil types /muck deposits Florida Geological Society Soil types /muck deposits The Wildfire Assessment System Wildfire statistics and containment procedures Florida Forest Protection Bureau Florida specific wildfire statistics and current preventative practices Florida Department of Environmental Protection Natural resources at risk and protective measures • Florida specific wildfire statistics, fire fighting Florida Fire Chief's Association technology, and potential mitigative measures for Florida communities South Florida Water Management District Water resources and right of way management practices Palm Beach County Department of Agriculture Land use patterns in Palm Beach County to establish areas at risk Palm Beach County Planning Zoning & Building Land use patterns in Palm Beach County to Department establish areas at risk Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Land use patterns in Palm Beach County to establish areas at risk Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department - Fire Land use patterns in Palm Beach County to Prevention Bureau establish areas at risk and current or in -place protective measures Wildfire Magazine Data Base Wildfire statistics Palm Beach Post Historical data on Palm Beach County wildfires /muck fires Drought and High Temperatures National Weather Service Climate data and drought predictions Page A -14 National Climate Data Center - On -Line Data Base Climate data U.S.G.S. Historical and Real Time Data on Water Water resources Resources of South Florida U. S. Department of Agriculture - County Extension Historical data on droughts and the economic Agents impacts to local agriculture Florida Citrus Commission Economic losses to the citrus industry from droughts Florida Department of Citrus Economic losses to the citrus industry from droughts and current irrigation technology Florida Forest Protection Bureau Drought statistics Florida Department of Environmental Protection Environmental impacts of droughts to natural ecosystems Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Agricultural losses due to droughts and current irrigation technology South Florida Water Management District Water allocations during drought conditions Palm Beach County Department of Agriculture County specific economic losses from drought and current economic vulnerability Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Recreational resources impacted by droughts Impacts from droughts of the potable water Palm Beach County Water Utilities supplies and impacts in urban areas Water rationing plans Impacts of and water allotment plans during Municipal water utilities times of droughts in cities Water rationing plans Erosion (Beach and Waterways) U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Palm Beach County beach erosion statistics and beach restoration projects Maintenance records for the Intracoastal Florida Inland Navigational District Waterway and other Palm Beach County navigable waters South Florida Water Management District Canal maintenance and erosion Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Environmental problems associated with erosion Department control and natural resources threatened by erosion Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works Current erosion prevention measures Department Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Current erosion prevention measures Palm Beach County Coastal Municipalities Current erosion prevention measures Page A -15 Jupiter Inlet District Information on beach erosion in and around Jupiter Inlet Information on beach erosion in and around Port of Palm Beach channel and inlet Agricultural Pest and Diseases U. S. Forest Service Forest diseases and current problem /preventative measures U. S. Dept. of Agriculture - County Extension Agents Local agricultural pest and potential exotic treats U. S. Customs Current programs to prevent introduction of agricultural pest and diseases Florida Farm Bureau Economic losses due to agricultural pest and diseases Florida Citrus Commission Citrus losses due to agricultural pest and diseases Florida Forest Protection Bureau Forest diseases and current problem /preventative measures Florida State University Agricultural research and pest control Florida Atlantic University Agricultural research and pest control University of Florida Agricultural research and pest control University of Miami Agricultural research and pest control Environmental resources at risk and Florida Department of Environmental Protection environmental consequences of current or proposed control measures Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Economic losses from agricultural pest and diseases and current control technology Palm Beach County Department of Agriculture Economic losses and current control programs Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department Pest control programs on public lands Seismic Hazards (Sinkholes, Tidal Waves, and Other Geologic Hazards) U. S. Geological Survey Geologic structure and seismic risk Florida Geological Society Geologic structure and soil characteristics Technological /Manmade Hazards - Hazards due to accidents involving man -made facilities or functions. Radiological Hazards U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear power plant regulation, accident statistics, and emergency procedures Federal Emergency Management Agency Nuclear power plant accident statistics, and emergency procedures Page A -16 National Emergency Management Agency Nuclear power plant and radiological emergency management procedures Florida Division of Emergency Management Nuclear power plant and radiological emergency management procedures Florida Emergency Preparedness Association Radiological emergency management procedures State & Local Emergency Data Users Group Data Base Radiological accident management database Florida Power and Light Emergency Plan Industry emergency management plans Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management Comprehensive Emergency Management Local radiological emergency management plan Plan (CEMP) Hospital Plans - Both Radiological Materials Disposal (Hazardous Waste) and Mass Radiation Casualties or Local radiological emergency plans and Nuclear Accident Plans safeguards Hazardous Material Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazardous material emergency management guideline National Transportation Safety Board Hazardous material transport regulation, spill cleanup procedures, and spill statistics Occupational Safety and Health Agency Hazardous material handling requirements U. S. Environmental Protection Agency List of hazardous materials Hazardous Chemicals Database (On -line) Hazardous materials data Material Safety Data Sheets (On -line) Specific chemical facts State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) Spill response procedures Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials Florida District and Local Emergency Planning. Committee (LEPC) Emergency Plan for Hazardous Local sources and emergency management Materials plans (vulnerabilities) Facilities Database for Users of Extremely Hazardous Geo- referenced local database of users Substances (EHS) and Hazardous Materials Florida Division of Emergency Management Methodology for handling hazardous material releases Florida Emergency Preparedness Association Methodology for handling hazardous material releases Highway spill data for hazardous material spill Florida Department of Transportation data Methodology for handling hazardous material releases State & Local Emergency Data Users Group Database Spill and release of hazardous materials statistics Page A -17 Hazardous material emergency plans and Florida Fire Chiefs Association containment procedures Spill /release statistics Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Methodology for handling hazardous material Management releases Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department Methodology for handling hazardous material releases Municipal Fire and Police Departments Methodology for handling hazardous material releases Palm Beach County Health Department Methodology for handling hazardous material releases and emergency treatment procedures Identified Users of EHS Emergency Plans Industry control and emergency management plans for hazardous material Local Gasoline and Natural Gas Companies Location of critical facilities /infrastructure elements Transportation System Accidents Federal Aeronautical Administration Aircraft accident statistics and airport safety procedures National Transportation Safety Board Aircraft accident statistics Boating /shipping accidents (including oil and U. S. Coast Guard hazardous materials releases) and spill containment procedures Florida Department of Transportation - Motor Carrier Truck accidents (including oil and hazardous Compliance Division materials releases) Florida Highway Patrol Truck accidents (including oil and hazardous materials releases) Boating /shipping accidents (including oil and Florida Marine Patrol hazardous materials releases) and spill containment procedures Palm Beach County Airports Department Aircraft accident statistics and airport safety procedures Palm Beach International Airport Aircraft accident statistics and airport safety procedures Port of Palm Beach Port Authority Port management, accident statistics, and emergency management procedures Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department- Marine Unit Boating /shipping accidents (including oil and and Environmental Crimes Unit hazardous materials releases), spill containment procedures, and environmental crimes statistics Railway accident statistics (including oil and Florida East Coast Railway hazardous materials releases), and safety procedures Page A -18 Railway accident statistics (including oil and CSX Rail hazardous materials releases), and safety procedures Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department and Accident statistics involving injuries in Palm Emergency Medical Services Beach County Municipal police and fire departments Accident statistics involving injuries in the cities Power /Communications /Computer Gird System Failures Florida Power and Light Emergency Management Plans Historical data and emergency management and Historical Database plans Bell South Emergency Management Plan and Historical Historical data and emergency management Database plans Cellular and Satellite Communication Companies Historical data and emergency management plans The Banking Industry (Large Area Network - LANs Historical data and emergency management Protection and Emergency Restoration Plans, as well as plans historical data on system failures) Societal Hazards - Hazards arising from disruptions in normal government and community function. Civil Disturbance Federal Bureau of Investigation Database Historical data National Security Council Database Historical data and risk analysis Drug Enforcement Agency Database Historical data Immigration and Naturalization Service Database Historical data U. S. Customs Service Historical data U. S. Census Database Population demographics Florida Department of Law Enforcement Historical data and situation plans Florida Department of Health Education and Welfare Historical data Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department Historical data and situation plans Municipal Police Departments Historical data and situation plans Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department Historical data and situation plans Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Historical data and situation plans Emergency Medical Services Division Terrorism and Sabotage Federal Bureau of Investigation Database Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis National Security Council Database Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Drug Enforcement Agency Database Historical data Page A -19 Immigration and Naturalization Service Database Historical data and preventative measures U. S. Census Database Population demographics Florida Department of Law Enforcement Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Florida Department of Health Education and Welfare Population demographics Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Municipal Police Departments Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Historical data on injuries Emergency Medical Services Division American Society for Industrial Security Risk analysis techniques and database Mass Immigration U. S. Coast Guard Historical data and situation plans Immigration and Naturalization Service Historical data, situation plans, and risk analysis Florida Marine Patrol Situation plans and interagency coordination Florida Department of Law Enforcement Historical data, situation plans, risk analysis, and interagency coordination • Florida Department of Health, Education and Welfare Population demographics Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Historical data, situation plans, risk analysis, and interagency coordination Municipal Police Departments Historical data, situation plans, risk analysis, and interagency coordination Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department Situation plans and interagency coordination Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Historical data and medical risk analysis Emergency Medical Services Division Other Hazards - Crime, Drug Abuse, Economic Crises, Communicable Diseases Federal Bureau of Investigation Database Historical data National Security Council Database Historical data Drug Enforcement Agency Database Historical data Immigration and Naturalization Service Database Historical data U. S. Census Database Population demographics U. S. Public Health Service - Center for Communicable Disease risk Disease Florida Department of Law Enforcement Historical data [ Florida Department of Health Education and Welfare Historical data Page A -20 Florida Department of Labor Historical data Palm Beach County Sheriff Department Historical data Municipal Police Departments Historical data Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department Historical data Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Emergency Medical Services Division Historical data Palm Beach County Health Department Historical data • Page A -21 • • i Appendix A- 4: Risk Assessment Hazard Evaluation for Palm Beach County Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard Catego NATURAL HAZARDS Flood Flooding significant enough to damage Damages resulting from the 1999 flooding Property damage along the coast of Palm Beach County occurs most Frequency HIGH property has occurred 4 times in the last totaled often in the late winter or early spring and is associated with winter decade and twice in the last 12 months storms and northeasters. Flooding in the inland portions of the county Vulnerability HIGH $7,823,330 occurs most often in the fall and is often associated with tropical depressions and tropical storms. Incidences of flooding in specific Exposure HIGH Countywide vulnerability is high, but area areas of Palm Beach County seem to be on the increase. Flooding specific exposure for Palm Beach County based on the tropical storm flooding Risk HIGH data from the TAOS database is: $373,723,710 Hurricane/Tropical storm Tropical Storm Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County High from rain- associated flooding damages; The major cause of damage associated with tropical storms are heavy Frequency HIGH once or twice every year relatively low from wind damage rain and flooding. Many communities within Palm Beach County have particularly high vulnerabilities to flooding associated with these Vulnerability HIGH storms. Tropical Storm Exposure for Palm Beach County based on the TAOS model is Exposure MODERATE $647,366,005 Risk HIGH Category 1 Hurricane Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County High from rain - associated flooding, moderate The continental shelf off Palm Beach County is the narrowest along Frequency HIGH once every 3.1 years from wind damage. the entire U.S. Atlantic coast. Consequently, Palm Beach County's vulnerability to storm surge from the Atlantic is relatively low. Palm Vulnerability HIGH Beach County is, however, extremely vulnerable to storm surge from _ Lake Okeechobee. Category 1 Hurricane exposure for Palm Beach Exposure HIGH County based on the TAOS model is Risk HIGH $3,663,876,408 Category 2 Hurricane Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County High from rain - associated flooding; significant Winds in category 2 storms range from 96 to 110 mph. Significant Frequency HIGH once every 5.3 years from wind damage. damage is possible in older wood frame residential constmction. Category 2 hurricane exposure for Palm Beach County based on the Vulnerability HIGH TAOS model is: Exposure HIGH $10,587,319,465 Risk HIGH Category 3 Hurricane Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County Very high from rain - associated flooding Winds in category 3 storms range from 111 to 130 mph. These winds Frequency MODERATE once every 11.5 years coupled with storm surge; major from wind can do major damage to most residential construction. Category 3 damage. Hurricane exposure for Palm Beach County based on the TAOS model Vulnerability HIGH is: Exposure HIGH $25,072,808,943 Risk HIGH Page A -22 Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard tego o Category 4 Hurricane Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County Very high from rain - associated flooding Sustained winds in a category 4 hurricane range from 131 to 155 mph. LOW once every 202 years coupled with storm surge; massive from wind There are very few commercial structures in Palm Beach County Frequenc damage engineered to withstand such winds. Category 4 hurricane exposure for Palm Beach County based on the TAOS model is: Vulnerability HIGH $52,040,209,850 Exposure HIGH Risk MODERATE Category 5 Hurricane Pass within 100 miles of Palm Beach County High from rain - associated flooding; catastrophic Sustained winds in a category 5 hurricane range upward from 155 Frequency VERY LOW once every 1,500 years in terms ofwind damage. mph. Very few structures can withstand these winds. Massive flooding may occur in the western part of the county resulting from the Vulnerability HIGH storm surge in Lake Okeechobee. Category 5 Hurricane exposure for Palm Beach County based on the TAOS model is Exposure HIGH $101,344,978,155 Risk LOW Tornado Between 1950 and 1998 there were 135 During the 48 years from 1950 to 1998, 73 Tornadoes are rated from 0 to 5 based on their path length and mean Frequency MODERATE tornadoes, waterspouts, and funnel clouds people were killed by tornadoes (1.52 deaths per width (Fujita- Pearson Scale). FO tornadoes cause light damage and F5 reported within Palm Beach County. Of these, year). tornadoes cause incredible or catastrophic damage. 91 touched down on land and were officially Vulnerability LOW classified as tornadoes (1.90 tornadoes per Total property damage by tornadoes over this Of the 91 tornadoes recorded in Palm Beach County between 1950 and year). same time period has been estimated at $21 1998, 54 were classified as FO (59 28 (31 %) were classified Fl, 8 million or approximately $440,000 per year. (9 %) were classified as F2, and 1 (1 %) was classified as an F3 tornado. Exposure LOW In tornado prone Southeast Florida, the odds of a tomado striking any specific location are Risk LOW once every 250 years. Severe Thunderstorm/Lightning Between May 1996 and July 1997, 22 severe These stones resulted in 1 fatality and 18 Thunderstorms with strong wind, down bursts, hail, and lightning are Frequency HIGH thunderstorms were reported in Palm Beach injuries (from lightning), and a total of $50,000 very common on Florida =s southeast coast. Property losses due to County (1.69 per month), in reported property damage (also from lightning are poorly documented. Based on statewide insurance Vulnerability MODERATE lightning). This represents an average of $3,846 claims, it is estimated that the actual property damage from lightning is in damages per month. close to $390,000 or $32,500 per month. Exposure MODERATE Risk MODERATE Drought Every year, some portion of the U.S. endures Palm Beach County's most direct exposure to Palm Beach County's vulnerability to drought related damage and Frequency HIGH drought conditions. Florida has recently drought is the economic loss endured by its economic loss can occur in many areas. Direct impacts include experienced drought conditions annually in agricultural community. The average annual reduced crop yield, increased fire hazard, reduced water levels, the spring and summer. market value of agricultural products from Palm increased livestock and wildlife mortality rates, and damage to wildlife Beach County is approximately $900 million. and fishery habitat. Social impacts include public safety, health, Vulnerability HIGH In addition to this direct impact, Palm Beach conflicts between water users, and general reduction in the quality of County is also particularly vulnerable in terms life. Exposure MODERATE of potable water resources- Countywide potable water reserves are not extensive, and drought Risk MODERATE increases salt water contamination of critical well fields. Page A -23 Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard Catego Temperature Extremes Between 1970 and 1999, 7 significant freezes Palm Beach County as a whole has a high While the loss of life from either extreme low or high temperances in Frequency LOW have affected Palm Beach County. economic vulnerability to freezing temperatures. Palm Beach County is not great compared to national statistics, the The most significant area of impact is the county does have a significant economic exposure to low temperatures Prolonged periods of extremely high commercial agricultural segment of the in both the public and private sectors. temperatures are relatively rare in Palm Beach community, but countywide, cold - sensitive Vulnerability MODERATE County; however, due to the consistently high ornamental landscaping also leaves many humidity the local Aheat index@ is often entities, public and private, open for significant Exposure MODERATE significantly above the actual temperature economic loss. during the summer months. Risk MODERATE While the frequency of "heat waves" is low, the frequency of heat indexes within the range of causing health problems is moderate to high during the stunmer months. Exposure is high if one were to occur since Palm Beach County has a Tsunamis There has never been a tsunami to affect Palm The vulnerability is high since Palm Beach vast coast line with most ofthe population concentrate along the coast Frequency LOW Beach County. County has a vast coast line however the probability ofone occurring is low. Vulnerability MODERATE Exposure MODERATE Risk LOW Frequency MODERATE Agricultural Pests and Disease The most significant agricultural pests and Palm Beach County is highly vulnerable to Exposure to these pests is high in terms of the county's agricultural diseases affecting Palm Beach County are as agricultural diseases and pests due to its location community. Vulnerability HIGH follows: and the importation of agricultural products $ Citrus Canker; through its port. Exposure HIGH $ Mediterranean fruit fly; S Sugarcane pest; and Mitigation for these types of agricultural pests Risk MODERATE $ Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. largely involves public and private participation and works best when a county or region -wide These pests are a constant problem for the approach is used. agricultural community. Wildfire/Urban Interface Zone Wildfires have become a common annual Wildfire is a significant and frequent hazard in Exposure to wildfire varies greatly across Palm Beach County- While Frequency MODERATE occurrence in wooded areas during Florida's specific areas of Palm Beach County. exposure is relatively low along the county's urbanized coastline, it is dry season. quite high in some of the landlocked communities. Vulnerability MODERATE Vulnerability varies extensively with location. Mitigation projects addressing this issue need to be evaluated on a case Exposure LOW (Countywide by case basis. Risk MODERATE Muck Fires Muck fires are not a frequent threat to Palm Communities and areas with the highest There have been no significant muck fires in Palm Beach County in Frequency LOW Beach County. They occur during periods of exposure to this hazard are on the western side the last 30 years and this hazard is considered to be a limited danger. extreme drought, when the swamp muck ofthe county. There were significant muck fires in the everglades in the 1980's. becomes dried out and is ignited. Once Because the fires are so difficult to extinguish, they become significant Vidnerabil ity LOW ignited, these fires burn deep within the muck air quality problems. Specific mitigation projects must be evaluated and are extremely difficult to extinguish. based on location and potential danger. Exposure LOW Risk LOW Page A -24 Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard Catego Soil/Beach Erosion Beach erosion constantly occurs along Palm All the coastal communities have high Some specific locations have a higher "immediate exposure" than Frequency HIGH Beach County's coastline. In some areas, vulnerability relative to beach erosion. others, specific structures are threatened. Beach erosion problems require public and private cooperation to address. Stormwater drainage outfall and canal bank stabilization projects Other specific sites where erosion is a should be evaluated based on site specifics. MODERATE persistent problem are along stormwater Potential long term mitigation will focus on Vulnerability drainage points into the Intra- Coastal overall sand budgets and sand transport rates. Waterway and along canals. Mitigation projects in this area should be evaluated carefully by experienced coastal Exposure LOW engineers. The erosion vulnerability is associated with stormwater outfalls and canals is limited and site - specific in nature. Seismic Hazards Sinkholes are not considered to be a Countrywide vulnerability to this type o£hazard Overall, the frequency and community exposure to these type hazards Frequ LOW (sinkhole, soil failure) significant hazard in Palm Beach County. is low, however areas that might be affected by is low other than in specific locations and under specific dam or levee failure need to be evaluated circumstances. Vulnerability MODERATE Soil failure or collapse is rare in Palm Beach carefully. County and is generally related to some other There is a significant exposure of life and property in the western Exposure MODERATE natural hazard, such as dam or levee failure The most significant levee in the county is the portion of the county should storm surge breach the Okeechobee dyke. during a period of flooding. dyke around Lake Okeechobee. Risk MODERATE TECHNOLOGICAL Hazardous Materials The frequency with which hazardous materials Countywide, Palm Beach County has a Countywide, the exposure relative to a site specific hazardous Frequency MODERATE Accident incidents occur in Palm Beach County is moderate vulnerability with respect to materials releases is low. relatively high when compared to other hazardous materials releases. counties located along the major Florida east Vulnerability MODERATE coast transportation corridor. Minor spills Some areas such as the City of West Palm occur with a moderate frequency. Beach have a high vulnerability to this hazard due to specific circumstances. Exposure LOW Risk MODERATE Radiological Accidents (including To date, the frequency of radiological Palm Beach County is moderately vulnerable to Countywide, the exposure to a nuclear power plant accident must be Frequency VERY LOW nuclear power plant accidents) accidents and releases has been very low. radiological accidents due to its location with considered moderate and exposure to other types of radioactive respect to the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant. materials releases is considered low. Vulnerability MODERATE Exposure MODERATE Risk LOW Palm Beach County=s exposure in the event of a major Communications Failure Major communications failures have occurred Palm Beach County is a center of business and communication system failure is relatively high due to the major Frequency LOW infrequently in Palm Beach County to date. commerce along Florida's east coast. As such, banking, finance, and governmental centers located here. it has a higher than average vulnerability to communication system break down. Vulnerability MODERATE Page A -25 Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard Category Exposure HIGH Risk MODERATE Hazardous Material Release Palm Beach County has over 1,100 reported Due to the number and location of hazardous Countywide exposure in terms of life and property from toxic material Frequency LOW (Section 302) hazardous material sites, most material sites within the community, Palm release is considered moderate to high. of which are located in urban areas. To date, Beach County must be considered to have a Vulnerability MODERATE the frequency of releases from these facilities moderate vulnerability with respect to this has been low compared to the number of hazard. Exposure MODERATE releases from transportation accidents. Risk MODERATE Transportation System Accidents Palm Beach County has major rail lines, Due to this concentration of transportation Low countywide, but high in specific areas. Frequency LOW north -south highway corridors, an industries and activities throughout Palm Beach international port, and an international airport. County, the county has a high vulnerability to Vulnerability HIGH Minor transportation accidents occur quite transportation system accidents. frequently. Major transportation accidents Exposure LOW Coun ide such as rail and plane crashes are less frequent. Risk MODERATE Wellfield Contamination There have been incidences of wellfield The eastern part of the county along the Exposure in terms of property value is high with regard to this hazard. Frequency LOW contamination in Palm Beach County and the coastline is particularly vulnerable to this County maintains a program designed to hazard. This is the area with the greatest Vulnerability HIGH monitor this risk. population and the most industrialization. During times of drought, this area is also Exposure HIGH vulnerable to wellfield contamination from salt water intrusion. Risk MODERATE Power Failure (outages) Business and industry in Palm Beach County All modem societies are highly vulnerable to Short term power loss has a significant, but hard to quantify economic Frequency LOW (For major are regularly affected by power fluctuation prolonged power failures. Even power failures impact in terms of equipment damage and lost productivity. Prolonged ower disco bons and short term power outages. Major, long of 12 to 24 hours would have significant power failures lasting days or weeks would be a major disaster for term outages are rare. impacts on both the county's economy and on Palm Beach County, both economically and in terms of human health Vulnerability HIGH human health and safety. and safety. Exposure HIGH Risk MODERATE Frequency LOW Civil Disturbance There have been significant civil disturbances Overall vulnerability to civil disturbance in Exposure in terms of dollars to the effects of civil disturbances must be in Palm Beach County. Minor civil Palm Beach County is low, however there are considered low within the overall perspective of the county. Exposure Vulnerability LOW (Countywide) disturbances occur with moderate frequency in several specific areas and jurisdictions which in terms of human health and safety is moderate. specific jurisdictions. are moderately, if not highly vulnerable to this hazard. Exposure MODERATE Risk LOW Page A -26 Hazard Evaluation Risk Frequency Vulnerability Exposure (Potential for Loss) Hazard Catego Other than random "hate crimes," there have Palm Beach County has two areas of Palm Beach County's exposure to this hazard is greater than some Terrorism and Sabotage never been any significant acts of terrorism or vulnerability with respect to this hazard. These other areas, but overall must be considered only moderate. There are Frequency LOW sabotage in Palm Beach County. are: many other areas offering equally attractive targets in the U.S., and ! Celebrity Terrorism potentially directed at there are several climatological, geographic, and infrastructure aspects Vulnerability MODERATE some of its wealthy and internationally to Palm Beach County which reduce its attractiveness to large scale known residents. In this area Palm Beach acts of terrorism. The warm temperatures, onshore winds, high rates Exposure LOW County is more vulnerable than many of sunlight (UV exposure), and rainfall in Palm Beach County make places in the United States just because of this area a less favorable target for biological or chemical terrorism Risk MODERATE the nature of its population, and than many other areas of the United States. The population here is TO LOW Target specific terrorism directed against dispersed when compared to major cities in the northeastern U.S., and specific government buildings and the transportation system infrastructure is highly dependent upon businesses. As a seat of government in an individual vehicles. Both of these features make Palm Beach County a industrialized county, Palm Beach's less desirable target for transportation system or conventional type vulnerability here is higher than some Waal (bomb related) terrorist acts. Florida counties, but no more that any other center of business and industry in modern America. Immigration Crisis Illegal immigration has and continues to Because of its demographics and large Exposure in terms of dollars from an immigration crisis would result Frequency MODERATE (Over impact Palm Beach County. While major agricultural industry, Palm Beach County has a mainly from the stress on local police and health services. Exposure in the last decade) immigration crises are rare, Palm Beach high vulnerability to immigration crisis arising terms of human health and safety would result from the possible County has been affected by most of those from anywhere in the Caribbean, Latin introduction of diseases and stress on the existing healthcare network. that have occurred. America, or South America. Vulnerability HIGH Exposure MODERATE Risk MODERATE Page A -27 • 0 0 Table A -4 (a): Risk Assessment by Hazard and Jurisdiction MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 _ c c a) c a) w Hazard Category 0 w 3 F- �, c 0 0 �; ° 0 o ' ° w o ° °° o ° ui a> 0 3 c c ui rn U ° 0° U o c w c ° c I- 0 c c o o > c �° t 3 c m �o v o v N a) U _ U 3 o C c 0 0 —° ° c °° 3 c ° 0 o N 0 > U m m 0) m °~ o o c 0 ° o o 3 c C7 0 ,� a) o U U o ui o U H 3 H a� H 1- m 0 c U cn 0 U� 0 H m m ai U m 0 m U m — > CO M a) Vulnerability Rating m z c N ° ° w 0 a) H 3 W~ 0 0 o_ rn U� s� 0) m U m m m CO v 0 I- � m E N m N a) E >' c E H: High a m m a� m m a m y _ -° x a ~ 5 m m o m y m E L ai a� a� a> a m m m m a o m M: Medium U o m >, > c m? m U a c o a c Y m m m cn c`a a °o o_ a) m a c m °) ° o - a� a) a) :g m 0)-C m o E E E E a� > L: Low c m a� o o ° m o° m °_> a 3 m m m m o m m o m m m m m? o 0 o 0 °� m 0 Q CO CO m m 0 0 0 (9 0(9 2 2 = J J J J J 2 2 Z O d a a o_ a_ W W m U NATURAL HAZARDS Flood Frequency H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Vulnerability H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Exposure H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H NH JH H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Risk H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Hurricane/Tropical Storm Frequency H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Vulnerability H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Exposure M H M H H H H H H H M H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H H H H M M H M M H Risk H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H M H H Tornado Frequency M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M L M M M M M M M Vulnerability L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Risk L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Thunderstorm /Lightning Frequency H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Page A -28 b �v va a CD N m C n y 5. n _ C �? to v � m< x 0 N C f�D C 5 CD m " C n w =� 3 y N m< x 0 N !D C 5 N m - C fD n cD 'a y .� ,k„ 3 (D x N m< x 0 y [D C 3-0 CD T - C M n 0 f 3� .•► x N m< x a y CD C 3 N d r = N ° Q 3 y e' a CL 3 n ,a (D 0 Q r r r _ _ = Unincorporated County r r K r K K z z K K z Atlantis, City of Belle Glade, City of Boca Raton, City of Boynton Beach, City of Briny Breezes, Town of Cloud Lake, Town of Delray Beach, City of Glen Ridge, Town of Golf, Village of Greenacres, City of Gulf Stream, Town of Haverhill, Town of Highland Beach, Town of Hypoluxo, Town of Juno Beach, Town of Jupiter, Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony, Town of Lake Clarke Shores, Town of Lake Park, Town of Lake Worth, City of Lantana, Town of Loxahatchee Groves Manalapan, Town of Mangonia Park, Town of North Palm Beach, Village of Ocean Ridge, Town of Pahokee, City of Palm Beach, Town of Palm Beach Gardens, City of Palm Beach Shores, Town of Palm Springs, Village of Riviera Beach, City of Royal Palm Beach, Village of South Bay, City of South Palm Beach, City of Tequesta, Village of Wellington, Village of West Palm Beach, City of 3 C z 0 a r M co z z z K z z r== r K K r__ K K z K K z K K = F r K K r K K K r K K__ K K= r z z r K K K r __ K K= K K = r r r r K K K r__ K K 2 K r r r r K K r K K__ K K z r z z r K K r K _ z K K z r r r r r 2 2= K r == r K r K K__ K K= r r r 2 2 K 2 r== r K K K r rK K z z K F. z K r z 2 r K K K r K z 2 K K z r== r K K r K z z K K = r K K r K K K r K K z z K K z r z z r K K g r K K z z K K z � r = = r K K K r K K _ _ K ?. = r r K K K r K K z z K K = r r r r K K K r K K 2 2 K K = r= z r K r__ K z r 9 K r K K K r K K__ K= r z = r K r K K__ K K= K r == r K K K r K 9__ K K= r r r r z 2 2 r =___ 2 2 r z z r r__ K z K K = r r r r r K K K r K K K_ K K= K r r= r K K K r__= r r r r K K K r = x =__= r r r r = _ = r = _ _ _ _ = rM z r K K K r K K__= r r r r r r r r= r qz: K r K 9___= 9 r = r K r= z K 9= • • • MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 c c a) y c (D 0 3 3 rn U o 0 o Hazard Category 0 ° C _ 0 C �, c >, c 0 0 0 3 0 0 w 3> c ° c w 0°> o U 0 0 0 "= : ° y 0 c H, c � m 0 0 > ° ° c 3 c 0 m m r t� t ° 0 U _ U F 3 U 3 _ o c o o —° ° 0 r ° ° 3 ~ m H 0 o m r-> V M 0 N m M - 0 o O w 0 3 c C7 O 0 H 0 O D U U (A H L I- O U F - ?� H U (n O U 3 O H m m N U W 0 C m U m > m Vulnerability Rating c a N ° ° w ° °� Z 3 ° ~ ° a� a rn _ t L °' > o a o m 0 Y CU 0) m 4) M~ m 0 0 m m U m c m W >: E += E H: High 0 V m m c (D m o p a 0 m =� ° c CO f S m o r a c m m 0 0 0 a m m m f0 o o m J >+ iE > m L i O m m 0 0.. C D m m m (n m d m 0- ti d M: Medium C9 o m c m? m a) � U a m-C m rn m o t° c c m m c �, ° m c ,� m u� 0 0 ._ a� a� a� m c c - m O E E E E m >, 0 0 ,,— vi L: Low �' ' J J J J J 2 Z 0 a a a D- m W fn U) H Vulnerability H M H M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M H M M M L M M M H M M M Exposure H L H L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L +LH L L L L L L H L L L L Risk M L H L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L H L L L L Wildfire /Urban Interface Frequency M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L I L M L L L L L L M L L L M L L L M L Vulnerability M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L M L L L L L L M L L L M L L L M L Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Risk M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L M L L L L L L M L L L M L L L M L Muck Fires Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Risk L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Soil /Beach Erosion Frequency L L L M M L L L M L L L L KHL M ffLL M L L M L M M L M L M L M L L L M L L Vulnerability L L L H H L L L H L L L L H H L L H L H H L H L H L H L L L H L L Exposure L L L M M L L L M L L L L H H L L H L H H L H L H L H L L L H L L Risk L L L M M L L L M L L L L M M L L M L M M L M L M L M L L L M L L Seismic Hazards Frequency L I L I L I L I L L L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L Page A -30 MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c c ° > . c a) 0 0 3 0 o m U 0 °� ° Hazard Category w 3> ° 0 0> 0 >, 0 0 0 3 0 ° ° 0 ° U 0 C c ° c H �° C C N ° 0 > C t �' U O U a) a) E U r H 3 V 3 o C c 0 0 00° o 3 C ° o Y N H 0 0 `m 0 > U m m rn m ca o V U E) v; �—° c H o U 3 m 0 c U cn o U H `m m ai ~ U m v m U °o N > m Vulnerability Rating m m °� 0 0 ui ° 0 H 3 �- m~ 0 a� a 0) (i c a) N ai ° ai rn m E m o o Y H t c E a U 0 0 0 .c a >, E c E H: High a U m m m� m m v �° 0 a 0 `m o as 0 n m ai 0 0 Q n m m m 0 ` vi J N t s M M ° d m m m (n fa M: Medium 0 C9 o m >, > c ci) ` to ? m 0 U d o s m rn c '� E E E E m c >. ° c c a� ,� a) t ° o a� a� a� m c c a� o a) m .. ° •- L: Low c o o ° a� °� o m °' >�, m m m m o as f 0 0 m m m m? o 00 a�i m Z) Q m m m m U o C9 C9 C9 C9 2 2 2 J J J J J 2 Z 0 D d d 0 0_ Vulnerability L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L ± L L L L L L L L L L Risk L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS Hazardous Materials Accident Frequency M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Vulnerability M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Risk M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Radiological Accidents Frequency L L L L L L L L I L I L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L I L I L L L L L L L L L L L L L Exposure M L L L L L L L L L L L M L I L M M M M L M L L L L M L L M M M L M L L L L L M Risk L I L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L I L L L L I L L L L L Communications Failure Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L I L L L L L L L L L L I L I L I L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M L M M M M M M M Exposure M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M L M M M M M M M Risk M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M L M M M M M M M Page A -31 MUNICIPALITIES 0 o o 0 0 0 0 - a) 0 w w 0 3 0 0 m U o o m o Hazard Category °, c '� o 6 0 3 0 ~~ c 3 > 0 c N rn 0 > U 0 U U 0 0 V 3 o c Z c o c� N 0 c c p o o w> c 0 r 3 c a 3_ 3° c 3° o c z°° 3 0 0 o° U c ° m 0) m o o U o w ° c ° o o 3 c C7 0 a� ~° F - m a� a� = as CD ° U U m ai ~ I- o U~ o m o~ c U cn U 3 H m m aS '� m U m — > m U L t L Rating ° CL U - m aa) M m a' a) M m F- o o '� �e °c m m E °- V m c"o c°a a) E >' c E H: High `o ui o m m 3 m a`) a`) U d m Lu u 0 a- Y m m m 0 CL Ca M m 0 - an d a M:Medium c c m m c >. m e 4 o ,� ° o o .- = 0 0 0 .. M c c m o E E E E p m r — N L: Low w m o o ° a� °� o m >°, 3 3 3 c c m c o m m o v m m m m is ? o 0 o 0 °� > Q m m m m U O O O O O = 2 2 J J J J J Z O D_ 0_ 0_ d O' O' (n U) H > Hazardous Material Release Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Imim L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M M M M M L M M M M M L M L M L M M M M M M L L M L M M M M M M L L M M Exposure M M M M M L M M M M M L M L M L M M M M M M L L M L M M M M M M L L M M Risk M M M M M L M M M M M L M L M L M M M M M M L L M L M M M M M M L L M I M Transportation Accident Frequency L L I L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M L M M M L I L M M L L L M L M L M I L L M M M M L M L L M L M L L M L M L M L M Exposure M L M M M L L M M L L L M L M L M L L M M M L L M L L M L M L L M L M L M L M Risk M L M M M L L M M L L L M L M L M L L M M M M L M L L M L M L L M L M L M L M Wellfield Contamination Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L I L I L L L L L L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M L L M M L L M L L L M L L L L M L L M L L M L M L L L L M L L L L L L L M M Exposure M L L M M L L M L L L M L L L L M L L M L L M L M L L L L M L L L L L L L M M Risk M I L L M M L L M L L L M L L L L M L I L M L L M L M L L L L M L I L L L L L L M M Power Failure (Outages) Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L L L L L M L L L L L L L Vulnerability M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Exposure M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Page A -32 MUNICIPALITIES 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 o w 0 3 rn 3 ° 0 ° 0 0 0 m U 0 0 m ° 3 Hazard Category _ �, 0 0 " 0 ,� ' w 0 0° .� ° o ° ui WO 3 c = ui rn o U o c � 0 c E m o o > c ° 00 60C-2: , C t 3 m w v 0 v m rn 0 3 o c o P 0 0 - 0 U 0 U 3 0 _ 0 ° 3 m N m rn cu v o o _ ° 0 0 3 c C7 0 ,i H o o co r> >, m 0 U U U vi H t H o U H ?� 3 H (n o U Y ~ U' m t N ._ N co = N m m (D ° ° ui °° H C 3 U° F- o m m m t rn 0 m U m => m Vulnerability Rating N C N N dj t m a rn U m 0 U a o m a� M rn 0 m m 0 o E Y H c= E v 0 0 0 . c ° E >; E c E H: High n ca ° c 0" m o p a — 0 _ x aa) m `m o w a co m 0 0 0 a m m m m ;g o N m t = m m ° d ° m m m cn ° D_ m 0 u) rn d M: Medium 0 C7 � o m� m�> c�� m? Co m ) a) U a� M � m rn s m o LD L: Low c ya o o ° m 0 o M °' >°. 3 m m m m o m° o v m m m m m? 0 0 0 D Q m m m m U 0 0 0 U` 0 2 2 2 "') J J J J J 2 2 Z O d d 0_ d a- (n U F- IL Risk I M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M SOCIETAL HAZARDS Civil Disturbance Frequency L I L I L L L L I L I L L L L L L L L L L L L L I L I L L L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L I L L L I L I L L Vulnerability L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Exposure L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Risk L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Terrorism and Sabotage Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M L M M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M L L M L M L L L M Exposure M L M M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M L L M L M L L L M Risk M L M M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M L L M L M L L L M Immigration Crisis Frequency L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Vulnerability M L M L M L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L M L M L M L L L M Exposure M L M L M L L M L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M L L M L M L M L L L M Risk L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Page A -33 Table A -5: Impact Analysis With the assistance of Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, the LMS conducted impact analyses to assess the potential for detrimental impacts from all identified natural, technological and societal hazards. Results of these analyses are summarized below. Impacts were categorized into the following groupings: health and safety of the resident population in the affected area; health and safety of incident responders; impacts on the continuity of government and non - government operations; impacts to property, facilities and infrastructure; impacts to the critical community services; impacts to the environment; economic and financial impacts; impacts on regulatory and contractual obligations; and impacts negatively affecting the county's reputation, image, and /or ability to attract public and commercial interests. An impact rating of "Love' for any hazard type means the hazard is not likely to have any measurable or lasting detrimental impact of a particular type and consequences will likely be rectified promptly with locally available resources. An impact rating of "Medium" means there will likely be a measurable detrimental impact which may require some time to rectify and may require outside resources and /or assistance. An impact rating of "High" means the impact will likely be severe and of longer duration, and require substantial time, resources, and /or outside assistance to rectify. Multiple ratings indicate detrimental impacts might easily vary within the range indicated. • Page A -34 • 0 0 Table A -5: Impact Analysis Potential Detrimental Impacts Health & Health & Continuity Property, Economic Regulatory Facilities Historical Delivery of Environ- Reputation Hazard Safety Safety of Infra- Resources Services ment &Financial Contractual of County Residents Responders Operations structure Conditions Obligations Natural Flood Medium Medium Low Medium Medium/ Medium Medium Medium Low Low Tropical Storm Medium Medium Low Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Low Hurricane Cat 1 Medium Medium Low Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Low Hurricane Cat 2 Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Low Low Hurricane Cat 3 Medium/ Medium/ Medium/ Medium/ Medium/ Medium/ High Medium/ Medium Low/ High High High High High High High iMedium Hurricane Cat 4 High High High High High High High High High Medium/ High Hurricane Cat 5 High High High High High High High High High Medium/ High Low/ Low/ Low/ Tornado Medium Medium Low Medium Low /High Low Medium Medium Low Low Severe Thunder Low/ Storm /Lightning Low Low Low Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low Drought Low Low Low Low Low Low Low/ Medium/ Low Low Medium High Temp. Extremes Medium Low Low Low Low Low Medium Medium Low Low Agricultural Low/ Medium/ Low/ Pest/Disease Low Low Low Low Low Low Medium High LOW Medium Wildfire /Urban Low/ Medium/ Low Medium/ Low Low Low/ Medium/ Low Low Interface Zone Medium High High Medium High Muck Fires Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Soil /Beach L Low/ Medium/ Medium/ Low/ Erosion Low Low Low Medium Low /High Low High High OW Medium Seismic Hazards (Sinkhole, soil Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low failure) Page A -35 Health & Health & Continuity Property, Economic Regulatory Facilities Historical Delivery of Environ- Reputation Hazard Safety Safety of Infra- Resources Services ment & Financial Contractual of County Residents Responders Operations structure Conditions Obligations Technological Hazardous Medium/ Medium/ Low/ Medium/ Low/ Materials Accident High High Medium Low Low Low High Medium Low Low Radiological Low/ Low/ Low/ Low/ Low/ Accidents Medium Medium Low Low Low Low Medium Financial LOW Medium Communication Medium Medium Medium/ Low Low Medium/ Low Medium/ Low Low Failure High High High Hazardous Medium/ Medium/ Low/ Medium/ Low/ Material Release High High Medium Low Low Low High Low /High Medium Medium Transportation Low /High Low /High Low /High Low /High Low LOW/ Low Low /High Low Low/ Accidents Medium Medium Wellfield Low/ Low/ Low/ Medium/ Low/ Contamination Medium Low Low Medium LOW Medium High Medium Low Low Power Failure Medium/ Medium/ Medium/ Low/ Low Medium/ Low Medium/ Low Low/ (Outage) High High High Medium High High Medium Societal -r Civil Disturbance Low /High Low /High Low /High Low /High Low Low /High Low Low /High Low Low /High Terrorism & Medium/ High Medium/ Low /High Low Medium/ Low /High Low /High Low/ Medium/ Sabotage High High High Medium High Low/ Low/ Low/ Low/ Immigration Crisis Medium Medium Low Low Low Low Low Medium LOW Medium Page A -36 • Appendix B: Countywide Mitigation Initiatives Appendix B provides a description of representative mitigation programs and initiatives undertaken by Palm Beach County and its jurisdictions and the principles guiding intergovernmental coordination. These programs and initiatives served as the basis for the mitigation projects outlined in Appendix E. This appendix includes: Section B -1 Mitigation Initiatives of Palm Beach County; and Section B -2 Jurisdictional Initiatives within Palm Beach County, and Section B -3 Intergovernmental Coordination Section B -4 Private Sector Coordination This section addresses the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201. 6(c)(3)(1): The hazard mitigation strategy shall include a description of mitigation goals to reduce or avoid long -term vulnerabilities to the identified hazards. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(11): The mitigation strategy shall include a section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and • projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and infrastructure. The mitigation strategy must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(iii): The mitigation strategy section shall include an action plan describing how the actions identified in section (c)(3)(ii) will be prioritized, implemented, and administered by the local jurisdiction. Prioritization shall include a special emphasis on the extent to which benefits are maximized according to a cost benefit review of the proposed projects and their associated costs. Page B -1 Appendix B -1: Palm Beach County Initiatives Palm Beach County and its 38 municipalities participate in a full range of federal, state and local mitigation programs and initiatives. Representative of these programs and initiatives are the Unified Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), Community Rating System (CRS), National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA), Pre - Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM), Hazard Mitigation Grant program (HMGP), Emergency Management & Assistance Program (EMPA), CERT, Continuity of Operations, Post Disaster Redevelopment Planning (PDRP), ESF18, Private - Public Partnership, counter - terrorism, radiological emergency preparedness initiatives, hazardous materials, etc. The overarching purpose of these activities is the elimination or mitigation of hazards presenting significant risk to the county and its residents. At this writing, Palm Beach County is involved in a detailed self- assessment and upgrade (as necessary), of its mitigation programs and activities in the context of the jurisdiction's overall Emergency Management program as part of its efforts to meet or exceed the national standards required to become accredited under the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). The county hopes to be among the first Florida communities fully accredited under EMAP. The Unified Local Mitigation Strategy program and its companion mitigation programs are described in greater detail in Section 4.1.4. A major mitigation priority of the LMS is the reduction of repetitive flood losses to properties. The county and its CRS participating municipalities track repetitive loss properties countywide on an ongoing basis using data gathered annually from FEMA and the State's Focus reports. For mitigation planning and strategy development purposes, LMS maintains updated GIS maps and informational databases of repetitive loss property locations relative to historical flood areas and designated Special Flood Hazard Areas. Repetitive loss properties are an ongoing discussion and planning priority for the LMS, CRS, and Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory committees. These committees, comprised of public and private sector representatives, are encouraged to develop and promote mitigation project ideas and strategies. At this writing, approximately 40 flood mitigation projects were in various stages of execution or on the drawing board of the Technical Advisory Committee. In accordance with CRS guidelines, letters are mailed annually to repetitive loss property owners by the county and municipalities explaining NFIP program benefits, the availability of mitigation assistance funding through the Flood Mitigation Assistance program and other mitigation assistance programs. Non CRS members of the LMS are encouraged to stay in compliance with NFIP standards. A summary of NIP practices by jurisdiction are presented in Special Appendix III. Information and support is provided in a variety of forms to potential FMA applicants to assist them in developing projects and preparing application packages. Through the county's new LMS committee structure, the Technical Advisory Committee is available to offer technical guidance and assistance to applicants, including assistance in preparing benefit -cost analyses. Mitigation projects are prioritized and implemented according to their direct potential for loss reduction or for their potential in contributing to longer -term, comprehensive plans • Page B -2 and strategies for loss reduction. Once projects are underway, it is the responsibility of each jurisdiction to support and monitor performance in accordance with FEMA, state and local guidelines and codes and to oversee and coordinate documentation and funding processes. In addition to support of projects, mitigation is encouraged and promoted through a variety of community awareness and education activities including presentations, workshops, expos, panel discussions, plan reviews, publications, websites, etc. prepared and presented utilizing networks of public - private sector partners. As opportunities present themselves, lending institutions and insurers are urged to provide financial incentives for mitigation. Jurisdictions are urged to accelerate permitting and inspections and, if allowable, to waive or reduce fees for mitigation projects. In addition to mitigation incentives, millions of dollars of annual insurance premium savings are realized by a significant segment of county residents residing within the county's CRS participating jurisdictions. Involvement of Planning, Zoning, Building, Fire - Rescue and other departments in LMS activities, including committee participation, bolsters communication among key agencies and the LMS and ensures that mitigation interests are appropriately represented in local building codes, fire codes, land -use ordinances, flood loss prevention ordinances, and other governing documentation. The Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy plan articulates the unified goals and objectives of the county and its municipalities to avoid and /or reduce long- term vulnerability to hazards identified by the hazard identification and risk assessment processes. More detailed descriptions of the strategies, programs and actions are contained in the body of the plan and reflected in the list of prioritized projects in Section 5 and Appendix E. Under the revised committee structure of the LMS program, increased attention is given to expanding and refining hazard - specific mitigation strategies exclusive of jurisdictional boundaries, capabilities and interests and to giving appropriate attention to mitigation in planning future land uses (see Appendix D). The process and criteria employed for ranking mitigation projects and initiatives are described in detail in Section 5.0 of the LMS plan. In response to new federal guidelines applying to grant awards through the Pre Disaster Mitigation, Flood Mitigation Assistance and Hazard Mitigation grant programs, particular emphasis is given to technically feasible and environmentally responsible projects having attractive ratios of loss reduction benefits to cost. Projects involving hard to quantify, but otherwise worthy, benefits are still given serious consideration in light of different sets of criteria and are referred to appropriate alternative funding sources not requiring stringent benefit -cost justifications. Short-term and long -term recovery strategies are addressed by the County and municipal Continuity of Operations Plans, the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, the Post - Disaster Redevelopment Plan, and specialized plans and procedures covering key recovery issues such as debris removal, public services resumption, temporary housing, unmet needs, etc. These plans, procedures and projects address and provide guidance on priorities, processes, schedules, resource requirements, restoration and redevelopment of critical facilities, infrastructure, services, and economic redevelopment. Page B -3 The Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan includes the following elements: Land Use, Transportation, Housing, Utility, Recreation and Open Space, Conservation, Coastal Management, Intergovernmental Coordination, Capital Improvement, Economic, Fire - Rescue, Public School Facilities, Health and Human Services, Library Services and Historic Preservation. These elements define the components of the community and the interrelationship among them, integrating the complex relationships of each of these elements in reference to the people who live, work and visit Palm Beach County. Linkages of the COMP plan and LMS have been incorporated into the COMP plan. Post - disaster mitigation initiatives are developed in response to needs and opportunities identified through collective federal, state and local inputs following the guidance offered by the Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan. The County and LMS members are also available to work state and federal Mitigation Assessments Teams. It is the county's goal following disasters to rebuild to a higher standard (meeting or exceeding codes) and, whenever practicable, to apply sound mitigation practices to reduce future risk. • Page B -4 • Appendix B -2: Jurisdictional Initiatives Appendix B -2 provides a brief summary of representative jurisdictional initiatives reported by the County's 38 municipalities: • City of Atlantis The City of Atlantis has instituted a high speed notification solution (reverse 911) for automating processes of delivering critical and other information to responders, citizens and other interested parties. We participate in the Community Rating System program. Our rating of 8 permits our residents in the special flood hazard area to obtain a 10% reduction in their flood insurance premiums. We provide our staff with opportunities to attend training seminars to advance and perfect their skills and knowledge relating to natural, societal and technological hazards. We contract with the City of Greenacres for Fire Protection and EMT services. Eleven of our police officers have EMT training, and six of those are also trained as firefighters, maximizing the coordination between the City of Green Acres and the Atlantis Police Department. • • City of Belle Glade The City of Belle Glade is not presently active in the CRS program, but hopes to rejoin the program. The city has an active storm water rehabilitation and drainage program as part of its NPDES affiliation. Storm drainage improvements to the Hillsboro Canal are an ongoing priority. The City does swale work and storm drain cleaning on a daily basis. As the city rebuilds its streets, it is installing and /or upgrading storm drain systems. The City maintains a website for public outreach and provides translated editions of hurricane and flood guides in Spanish and Creole to its immigrant population. The City plans to link its website to the county's flood information website. HAZMAT training is offered through county resources as needed. Shuttering of Public buildings is also an ongoing priority for outside funding. • City of Boca Raton The City of Boca Raton has a continuous program of installing hurricane shutters on new construction and replacing older shutters with shutters that meet current building codes. The City uses a variety of methods to educate its residents regarding all types of disasters, as well as special programs for flood mitigation and hurricane preparedness. These methods include use of the City's cable channel 20, a low- powered City radio station, classes, presentations, videos, printed materials on a variety of emergency issues, and a special 40 Page B -5 hurricane flier mailed to all households within the City. The City has a contract in place in the event that a large number of area households must be contacted for emergency purposes. Currently the telephone emergency notification system can call approximately 60,000 telephone numbers within an hour. In addition, the City of Boca Raton has implemented the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, training over 300 people, and will soon initiate a local Citizen Corps chapter. Continuing education and drills, using a variety of topics and scenarios, keep up the interest and skills of the CERT participants. The City requires a storm water drainage plan for all new construction. Also, the City administers an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program, removes debris from catch basins, as needed, and annually trims trees along Al A. The City's building code requires brace gable and roof framing; trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models, and finished floor elevations to be 18 inches above the minimum 100 -year flood level. Also, the City incorporates an exterior glazed opening requirement to provide for hurricane missile impact protection. Flooding concerns have been addressed in its flood damage prevention • and floodplain management regulations. They include provisions such as anchoring to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of structure, as well as requiring steps be taken to afford protection of electrical and generating, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment from flooding. Being in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has allowed the City the opportunity to participate in the Community Rating System (CRS). CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Boca Raton has a CRS rating of 8. This enables City residents to realize a 10% reduction in their NFIP rates. Employees from departments throughout the City have attended a broad range of classes on various aspects of emergency management, including response activities, volunteer management in disasters, damage assessment and cost recovery, use of technology for emergency management, mitigation, and terrorism. City building inspectors have taken courses on: retrofitting and flood mitigation, hurricane - resistant structural design, roofing updates, wood construction and fire resistance. Drills and exercises are held throughout the year with staff members at all levels from all City departments. The City's Emergency Preparedness Plan involves all departments and is updated annually. In addition, the City coordinates with the County and other nearby communities and organizations through participation in the LMS Steering Committee, the Local Emergency Management Network (LEMN), the • CRS program, Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning, and many Page B -6 other emergency management initiatives. We work closely with the Red Cross regarding emergency shelter issues, and with Florida Atlantic University to hold exercises and share information and resources. The City is a participant in the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement and the Fire Rescue Services Department has mutual assistance agreements with fire rescue departments in the County and neighboring communities. The City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is a dedicated facility equipped with computers, weather station and satellite, specialized emergency management/communications software, satellite telephone, and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) equipment. Technology upgrades and expansions for the EOC are reviewed annually and implemented as necessary. • City of Boynton Beach The City of Boynton Beach has initiated a number of storm water infrastructure projects designed to address flooding problems in the city's central area. These include construction of a large retention basin in the city's downtown watershed area as well as the replacement of existing clay sewer mains to eliminate groundwater infiltration. In addition, the city has initiated the replacement of aging asbestos water mains with cement lined ductile iron pipe in order to provide code compliant fire protection for • the area. The city has also introduced a new Water, Wastewater and Storm water rate structure to encourage conservation. Being in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has allowed the City the opportunity to participate in the Community Rating System (CRS). CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Boynton Beach has a CRS rating of 8. This enables City residents to realize a 10% reduction in their NFIP rates. In 2004 the city adopted local administrative amendments to the Florida Building Code establishing minimum building and construction standards. Among these is an ordinance addressing impacts of construction. This requires the developer, owner or contractor of new residential development resulting in a decrease of 800 square feet or more of permeable area to provide a professionally prepared site drainage plan. The City recently added an additional fire station to the southeast quadrant of the city and relocated another station to provide coverage to the southwest quadrant. A fifth fire station was approved and is now under construction in the northwest quadrant of the City that will also serve as the fire headquarters and emergency operations center. The City is also updating existing facilities. It is using the proceeds of a federal grant to fund the installation of an updated hurricane barrier system for the second floor of the City Hall Complex. In order to protect vital records and meet state requirements the city has also entered into • Page B -7 an agreement with a national provider for disaster recovery services for its information technology infrastructure. As part of its Local Housing Assistance Plan the City of Boynton Beach has stipulated that funds from the State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (SHIP) will be directed to provide emergency repairs to income eligible households in the aftermath of a natural disaster to address emergency housing needs. • Town of Briny Breezes Briny Breezes is a very small coastal town, occupying an area of less than .1 square miles. Year round residents total just over 463. An additional 800 plus are seasonal residents. With funding assistance obtained through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, the town hall was fitted with hurricane shutters. Plans currently call for securing a portable generator to operate the town's lift stations during storm related power outages. As a coastal community, flood, wind, and surge mitigation remain primary priorities. At this writing, the town is in the process of entering long -term agreements with the City of Boynton Beach for fire and medical services and with Boynton Beach for police services. The town retains a third party • engineer and building inspector to ensure code enforcement is in conformance with Florida Statutes. The town recently conducted a comprehensive study to ensure its Comprehensive Growth Plan complies with applicable building codes. The town raises public awareness for disaster preparedness through a number of initiatives including annual mailings to all residents and hurricane preparedness messages and tips posted on the town's website. The town maintains an ongoing program of yard and open space debris cleanup to reduce the potential for windstorm damage. • Town of Cloud Lake The Town completed a storm drainage upgrade, which included additional roadside swales in 1992. In 1993, the drainage pump was replaced with a more modern up-to -date system. And in 1999, the 24" culvert under Lang Road was replaced with a 30" culvert. Current building codes require bracing and strapping of roof in framing and must meet wind load specifications, impact resistant or glazing required of all openings. The town participates in the Community Rating System program. It has a rating of 8, which allows its residents to receive a 10% reduction on their flood insurance premium. Flooding concerns are addressed in the flood damage prevention and floodplain management regulations. These Page B -8 • regulations require finished floor elevations to be 24" above the base flood elevation or 18" above the crown of the road, whichever is higher. The town has a Storm Drainage Regulation Ordinance. It requires all new development to provide adequate drainage for a five -year frequency, 24 -hour duration. Also, the town has established a set of maintenance operating procedures for its storm water drainage system, which includes regularly scheduled maintenance. Cloud Lake has established Outreach Program. It contains information about flooding and hurricane preparedness tips. Information is distributed to residents and out -of -town property owners at least annually. Hurricane guides are also included in this distribution. In addition brochures on flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc are available at the Town Hall. • City of Delray Beach The City of Delray Beach has undertaken numerous capital projects to retrofit critical city facilities. They include: shuttering the police, fire stations, environmental services, water treatment plant, and lifeguard headquarters. Also, new generators have been installed at the raw water wells, 6 new storm water pumps stations, and a radio telemetry monitoring system for public utilities. • The city has implemented its Storm water Master Plan that provides for drainage upgrades to verify that all areas of the city can accommodate a minimum 10 -year flood event. Regularly scheduled maintenance includes exercising city emergency generators once a month, and regular debris removal is conducted by the BFI through Code Enforcement Department. The city's building code requires brace gable and roof framing; trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models, and finished floor elevations to be 18 inches above the minimum 100 -year flood level. The city code also requires impact resistance or glazing for building openings. Being in the NFIP has allowed the city the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Delray, with a CRS rating of 9, enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. Emergency drills including structural fires, tornadoes, chemical spills, and terrorist response training. Also, the city sends staff to various training conferences (Federal Emergency Management Center in Maryland, National Fire Protection Association, and the Building Officials Association of Florida). The fire department distributes hurricane preparedness pamphlets, and does presentations to public and private groups. The fire department also conducts citizen training classes on Emergency Response Training (CERT) to residents and other communities. Page B -9 The City has projects on the Project List, which are all preventative measures. The City proposes to rehabilitate eight of the barrier island storm water pump stations as a preventative measure to improve the drainage capabilities in this critical area. Finally, the City proposes to construct a major drainage trunk main in areas on the barrier island that have experienced ponding during storm events. • Town of Glen Ridge The Town of Glen Ridge is proactive with mitigation initiatives. The town has hazard specific building codes. The town has a public information campaign to educate its residents. The town encourages its employees to attend preparedness and professional training. The town has an emergency operations and post- disaster recovery plan. Glen Ridge supports the acquisition of property as a mitigation technique. In addition, the town retrofits its government buildings. The town promotes maintenance programs such as storm water drainage, tree trimming and general litter removal. There are flood damage ordinances in place. The town has a warning system for its residents. The town used to participate in the CRS program. However, the town does plan on reapplying but will have to start with FEMA from scratch. . The town conducts ongoing public awareness campaigns on hurricane preparedness, flood tips and information, and other hazard - related topics, through its quarterly newsletter that is distributed to all residents. The Town of Glen Ridge is a small community with a population of less than 300 and occupies an area of about .2 square miles. For the past six years the town has focused on hurricane mitigation and resolving recurrent flooding problems. Unable to secure grant funding, the town recently self- funded the elevation and shuttering of its Town Hall. During recent flood events, the town's sewage system overflowed into the C51 canal. The community is part of a major drainage improvement project being investigated by Palm Beach County and the South Florida Water Management District to resolve this and other flooding problems in the C51 basin. • Village of Golf The Village of Golf has incorporated hazard specific building codes. The residents also can take advantage of tax incentives for mitigating. The village of Golf conducts a public information campaign to educate their residents. The employees of Golf receive preparedness training. Some mitigation initiatives the village partakes in are maintenance programs, storm water drainage. The village has in place emergency operations plan and post- disaster recovery plan. The Village of Golf also has a warning system in place. • Page B -10 • City of Greenacres To reduce the loss of life, property, and repetitive damage, the City of Greenacres has identified potential projects as part of the Palm Beach County LMS. - Make structural improvements /retrofit to the roof of the City's Public Safety building that serves as the City's Emergency Operations Center. - Install hurricane shutters that comply with the Florida Building Code on the windows and glass doors at City Hall. - Rescue tools & equipment for emergency rescue /recovery personnel. - Install a generator at City Hall to provide emergency electric power. - Community Awareness Campaign - Emergency Preparedness Video To achieve a safe and sustainable community, the City annually assesses Capital Improvement needs. Storm water Management has been identified as a mitigation measure; $40,000 has been allocated in FY 2006 for canal cleaning. To reduce potential repetitive loss properties, the City adopted the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance #2003 -17 to ensure that any properties developed within the floodplain meet the required regulations. Since there are no SFHA's within the City's boundaries, the City does not participate in the CRS program. To optimize the establishment of partnerships, the City participates in Intergovernmental Coordination. In addition to the Local Mitigation Strategy initiative, participation in other pre- and post- disaster coordination mechanisms includes: - Metropolitan Planning Organization coordinates roadway improvements. - Palm Beach County Comprehensive Emergency Plan coordinates and identifies responsibilities during disaster situations. - Multi- Jurisdictional Issues Coordination Forum establishes communication between local governments and service providers. - Local Emergency Management Network (LEMN) furthers communication among agencies with involvement in emergency management issues. To continue the distribution of flood information, hurricane /emergency brochures are made available to residents and visitors; certain information is distributed periodically to residents in the City publication, Citylink; and emergency information is presented in person to gatherings of Home Owner Associations. • Page B -11 To improve the coordination of mitigation concerns, the City actively participates in the LMS and LEMN projects. Additionally, the building code requiring gable bracing, glazed openings protected for impact resistance, and buildings constructed in accordance with the 140 mph fastest -mile wind speed, is strictly enforced. To have a program in place for orderly recovery after a disaster, the City Council has adopted the Greenacres Emergency Management Plan. To ensure the implementation of a local hazard mitigation strategy, the City Council has adopted the plan produced by the Palm Beach County Local Mitigation Strategy. • Town of Gulf Stream The Town has completed several storm drainage projects and upgrades to existing system. These include the installation of two (2) submersible pumps, pipe systems, easements and generator to provide emergency electric for pumps and Town Hall EOC. Various other catch basins and drainage pipes to approved outfalls. The Town participates in the Community Rating System program. It has a rating of 8 which allows its residents to receive a 10% reduction in their flood insurance premium. The Town has participated in emergency drills with the City of Delray Beach. Delray Beach provides fire and EMS for the Town. The Town paid for a "Wastewater Feasibility Study" from its engineers, Mathews Consulting Inc., covering the entire Town. This study has identified five (5) service areas A -E with special consideration of needs for each. The study provided cost estimates, verified available capacity and identified regulatory agency involved for approval of project. • Town of Haverhill The Town Hall and Maintenance Buildings have been fitted with impact resistant storm shutters. In addition to the drainage improvement projects completed in the Briarwood and Tall Pines developments, the Town recently completed the Durham Street drainage project, the Rutherford Road improvement project and the Briarwood curb and gutter project that eliminated some storage of water that would have accumulated in the street. There are additional projects pending to relieve flooding within the Town and immediate adjacent areas. Palm Beach County has been awarded a FEMA HMGP for the Briarwood area and Palm Beach County has received approval for a flood mitigation project from Woodland Avenue to the E -3 canal. • Page B -12 • The Town of Haverhill has installed a generator at the Town Hall facility to provide a continuity of emergency and business services during major storm events. The Town of Haverhill had received a grant from Palm Beach County to resurface 90 percent of the Town's roads resulting in drainage improvements throughout the Town. During Tropical Storm Fay, there was substantial flooding throughout Cyprus and Park Lanes, recently annexed areas of the Town. The Town of Haverhill may wish to submit for HMGP funding to alleviate this problem by piping the swales and resurfacing the streets resulting in improved drainage and runoff in the area. The Town of Haverhill is actively pursuing funding to install a lift station at the Town Hall property. The current budget includes funding for swale reconstruction, paving, and grading roads and the installation of sidewalks along Club Road. Future Capital Improvements include Outfall ditch piping to Club Road drainage and installation of an exfiltration trench at the Towner Park subdivision. The Town of Haverhill distributes quarterly newsletters to all residents to promote public awareness, disaster preparedness and mitigation tips. Other than the grant received from Palm Beach County, funding for all projects has been through the Town's budgetary process. • Town of Highland Beach The Town of Highland Beach has retrofitted a number of facilities to make them more disaster resistant. Also, the town has fitted all public buildings with hurricane panels or impact glass. As documented in its Comprehensive Plan, Capital Improvement Element, the town plans to implement a number of hazard mitigation capital projects and initiatives over the next five years. The Town is using the current edition of the Florida Building Code as mandated by the Florida Building Commission. Highland Beach has addressed hazards in its Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the town has prepared and adopted a Floodplain Management Plan in 1997, which qualified the town to be in the NFIP, qualifying the residents of the town to receive reduced flood insurance premiums. Reductions in the NFIP premiums have been achieved, because the town actively participates in the CRS program. The Town of Palm Beach has a CRS rating of 9, which enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. The Town has installing an automatic telephone notification system that will play recorded information regarding imminent • emergencies. Page B -13 • Town of Hypoluxo Up to now, Hypoluxo has self- funded its mitigation initiatives. The town participates in the Community Rating System, holding a class 8 rating, which enables residents to receive a 10% reduction in NFIP rates. All public buildings are fitted with hurricane shutters. Emergency services are contracted out to surrounding communities. Annually, in conjunction with its CRS outreach activities, the town distributes mailings to all households to promote public awareness and to provide residents with disaster preparedness and mitigation tips and information. The town also offers disaster preparedness brochures at its town hall. Town officials hold regularly scheduled meetings with home owner associations on a variety of subjects including disaster preparedness and mitigation measures. • Town of Juno Beach In 2004, the Town amended their local codes to bring them current with the change to the Unified Florida Building Code. The municipal complex is fitted with storm shutters and impact glass, has an emergency generator and utilizes a reverse 9 -1 -1 emergency alert system. The Town participates in the Community Rating System program and has 0 an impressive class 5 rating (currently the highest rating in the County), which qualifies residents with a 25% reduction on their flood insurance premiums. Residents receive frequent newsletters containing hurricane, flooding and other disaster preparedness information. The Town hosts resident meetings as part of its CRS program. One of the Town's two loss structures was recently mitigated by a special drainage improvement project. The Town has two repetitive loss properties. Because the Town's coastline is particularly susceptible to serious beach erosion, it maintains an aggressive beach restoration and re- nourishment program. The Town recently annexed 340 acres of environmentally sensitive land which it plans to maintain in its nature state. • Town of Jupiter The Town of Jupiter has made improvements to major drainage canals and systems over the last couple of years. The Jupiter Hospital drainage canal has been cleaned and modifications to the fixed weir structures have been made. The modifications allow for an increased discharge of water during a major storm. The salinity barrier has been converted to an operable structure allowing the town to discharge water prior to and during a major storm event. The Loxahatchee Drive canal has been improved with erosion control system. Sims Creek has had a revetment installed for erosion control. The Pennock Industrial Park area drainage system has been improved to prevent street flooding. The Cypress Drive drainage project has been completed. Page B -14 • The town has implemented its Storm water Master Plan that recommends drainage improvements for areas that have marginal systems. The Master Plan was updated in September of 2007. Regularly scheduled maintenance includes exercising the pump station generators once a month and inspecting inlets for debris on a regular basis. The town has adopted the 2004 Florida Building Code. The criteria used for finish floor elevations is the greater of the South Florida Water Management District's criteria, six inches (6 ") above the 100 year flood elevation established by the FIRM map or eighteen inches (18 ") or seven inches (7 ") ( respectively for residential and non residential construction) above the adjacent crown of the road. The town's "Guide for Development Design and Construction Standards" provides the minimum design criteria for developments. Road design criteria for developments are based on the ten (10) year one (1) day rainfall event. Local roads are permitted to flood to the crown of the road. Collector roads must have their width of the road dry. The Guide also has criteria for erosion and sediment control. The town has a Storm Emergency Response Plan that outlines the activities it will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. An Emergency Operations Center was built in 2002 and is fully operational. The town is in the process of developing a floodplain • master plan. Being in the NFIP has allowed the town the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Jupiter, with a CRS rating of 7, enables their residents to realize a 15% reduction in their flood insurance rates. • Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony The Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony has retrofitted its Administration /Police facility with hurricane shutters to make it more disaster resistant. The Town has a portable generator to provide power to the Administration /Police facility in the event of an emergency situation. The emergency generator is maintained and exercised regularly. In 2008, the Town updated its Building Code by adopting by reference the Florida Building Code together with all amendments thereto, including but not limited to, the Building Code 2004 edition with 2005, 2006, and 2007 Amendments, the National Electrical Code 2005 edition, Fuel Gas Code 2004 edition with 2005 Amendments, Mechanical Code 2004 edition with 2005 Amendments, Plumbing Code 2004 edition with 2005 Amendments, Residential Code 2004 edition with 2005 and 2006 Amendments, Florida Existing Building Code 2004 edition with 2005 and 2006 Amendments, and Florida Fire Prevention Code 2004 edition. In addition to the Building Code, the Town's Code of Ordinances • addresses coastal construction, flood damage prevention and reduction, Page B -15 and storm drainage regulation. Coastal construction requires all new construction to be anchored to their foundations in such a manner as to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure. Pile foundations are required for structures located in Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map "V" "velocity" zones or where impacted by wave action. This requirement for all new construction as well as substantial improvements is also applicable to flood damage prevention in all areas designated special flood hazard. Flood damage prevention requires electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, air conditioning equipment, and other service facilities in areas of special flood hazard to be designed and /or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding. The storm drainage regulation requires all new construction to provide a plan for adequate drainage for a five (5) year frequency, twenty - four (24) duration rainfall intensity curve. Additionally, the Town has established a storm drainage maintenance plan, which provides for periodic storm water inspection of its drainage system and hydraulic vacuum cleaning of all basins and lines. Bi- annual inspection of properties in the Town requires and enforces the clearing, cleaning, and trimming of vegetation and trees or the removal of dead or substantially dead trees and other abatement, such as removal of coconuts, as the Town deems necessary for the health and safety of its residents. Coastal Management has also been addressed in the Town's Comprehensive Plan. i Jupiter Inlet Colony has a Hurricane Plan for safeguarding the residents and outlines the activities the Town will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. The Plan provides for coordination of effective emergency management utilizing and cooperating with existing government agencies and resources in conjunction with private resources and equipment. Post - disaster inspection, damage assessment, and recovery are also addressed. The Town disseminates information relative to disaster planning, preparedness, evacuation, and mitigation to its residents via an automated telephone messaging system and a community newsletter. It also coordinates and works in cooperation with the Property Owners' Association, which has established a "telephone squad" to quickly inform and instruct residents in the event of an emergency situation. Residents are advised to monitor local radio and television stations for weather updates and evacuation information. Copies of Palm Beach County's Hurricane & Flood Survival Guide are available to residents at the Town Administration /Police facility. • Town of Lake Clarke Shores The Town participates in the Community Rating System program and currently has a 9 rating. This gives our residents a 5% reduction in their flood insurance rates. Storm drains are maintained by the Utilities Department. The drains are Page B -16 • checked on a regular basis to ensure that the drains are free from debris and are in good condition. The town has an emergency generator that will allow the town hall and police department to continue operation in the event of power outages during tropical storms, hurricanes or other disasters. The generator is tested on a weekly basis to ensure proper working order. In April, 2007, the Town began construction on the new Town Complex. The Town Hall and Police Department buildings have been built as per current construction standards, which include having impact resistant windows and meeting wind load requirements. The Town Hall has been completed and in use since April 2008. The Police Department/EOC has been in use since November of 2008. The Town relied solely on town funds to finance the construction. The Chief of Police attends Florida Police Chief's Association seminars that include emergency management classes. Town Police Officers have received incident Command training and Biological, Chemical and Explosives training. The officers participate in ongoing training as 1s' responders and receive EMT training. Town residents are mailed a newsletter each month. This newsletter contains various informational articles including flooding and hurricane • preparedness. A Code Guidelines booklet also offers hurricane information and tips on how to prepare for an upcoming storm, in addition to information on various town codes. • Town of Lake Park Lake Park is a town of approximately 9,100 residents located on the Intracoastal Waterway in northern Palm Beach County. The Town was established as Kelsey City in 1923. Its Town Hall was constructed in 1927 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Town Hall not only survived the 1928 hurricane, but, at the time, it served as a shelter for residents. The Town Hall has recently been restored and hardened with impact resistant windows that met standards for Historic Preservation. Accordion shutters and new doors are the next hardening projects proposed for Town Hall. Lake Park participates in the Community Ratings System as a Class 9 community. This CRS involvement directly relates to a reduction in homeowner flood insurance rates. A CRS rating of 9 enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. The Town has an active, ongoing program of drainage improvements and swale reconstruction, jointly funded with local, county, state, and federal funds. In 2008 the Town initiated a Storm Water Utility to help expedite storm water improvements. The Town is a NPDES community. A major storm drainage project proposed for 2009 is Lake Shore Drive ($3.5 . million) anticipated to be funded by the storm water utility, legislative Page B -17 appropriation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), TMDL and 319 Non -Point Source Pollution. Also a Park Avenue reconstruction project ($3.1 million) anticipated to be funded by FDEP, TMDL, Palm Beach County, FDOT /MPO and 319 Non -Point Source Pollution, will include storm drainage improvements. A seawall project at Lake Shore Park has been completed funded in part by FIND and FWC. Cleanup and tree replacement at Kelsey and Lake Shore parks associated with the 2004/2005 hurricanes have been accomplished funded in part by a Fish and Wildlife conservation grant and a Florida Department of Agriculture Urban Forestry grant. The Town's Lake Park Harbor Marina is a priority with future mitigation initiatives to include two breakwater barriers, generators, and dredging. Additional hurricane hardening projects include: • Public Works /EOC windows and generator ($75,000) • Library accordion shutters, roof and generator ($100,000) • Town Hall accordion shutters on doors on north side of building ($130,000) A project is currently underway to reconstruct alleyways in the downtown • district. The project includes better storm drainage. The project is funded in part by CDBG. • City of Lake Worth The City of Lake Worth continues to make enhancements that protect the citizenry and employees of the community during devastating weather. Through a grant from the State we were able to receive funding that allowed the city to purchase a telephonic system that allows us to contact each citizen in times of an emergency. This communication format permits our Emergency Operation Center to contact specific areas of the city and alert residents to either evacuate the area or alert them of a specific problem in their neighborhood. Through another grant the City was able to purchase shutters for our police /fire dispatch area. This addition ensures our emergency operators remain safe during inclement weather. Our most precious asset, our employees, can now work without fear of harm. The City in its attempt to protect its beach from soil erosion has planted vegetation that protects the shoreline during high wave action. The City also ensures during the season that our catch basins are cleared at least three times between June and November. The City passes out reminders in public places (libraries, restaurants, bars, and city structures) the need for all to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. Table toppers are placed on tables and counters of Page B -18 • these establishments asking customers "ARE YOU READY "? This medium has allowed us to reach potential victims and suggest they begin preparations now to protect their families from harm. Being in the NFIP has allowed the city the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to a reduction in homeowner flood insurance rates. City of Lake Worth with a CRS rating of 9 enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. • Town of Lantana Most town -owned facilities have been shuttered, including the Emergency Management Operations Center, which is housed at the First Baptist Church on Lantana Road. Lantana participates in the Community Rating System. The CRS rating is a 9, which enables the residents to receive a 5% reduction in the NFIP rates. And, is a major participant in the Outreach Project Strategy (OPS). The town repaved all town roads during the period 2001 -2003 and re- contoured all swales to restore proper drainage throughout the community. In 2004, the town's code was revised to require new developments to provide deeper swale cross sections for greater water retention and drainage capacity. All signalized intersections on Dixie Highway (US1) have been retrofitted with wind - resistant mast -arm traffic signal poles and the town plans to coordinate with the county to ensure all traffic signals east of Interstate 95 are retrofitted as soon as possible. • The Town of Loxahatchee Groves The Town of Loxahatchee Groves is 12.5 square miles with 29 miles of unpaved roads and 30 miles of canals. The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District's (LGWCD) main responsibilities are the maintenance of secondary and primary drainage systems within our service area boundaries. The regional surface water management system is operated by the South Florida Water Management District ( SFWMD). SFWMD does not get involved with the day -to -day operations of LGWCD. However, they do have permitting authority over outfall sites, allowable discharge rate, water use, and water quality. The District builds, operates, and maintains canals and water control structures. In Loxahatchee Groves, seven north -south canals drain to the south into the C -51 Canal that flows west to the SFWMD's Storm Water Treatment Areas and east to the Intracoastal Waterway. The District has the responsibility in proper management of storm water run -off. Each year the Town receives, on average, 60 inches of rain. The average rainfall in the Town equates to over 13 billion gallons. If you placed all of the water the Town received annually into one - gallon containers, those containers would circle the Earth over 50 times. It is important to manage the flow of this volume of water through the Town's • canals for maximum protection and benefit to property owners. Page B -19 The drainage system operates by gravity flow. Any storm water that is not absorbed into the ground moves southward through the Town in a network of canals. First the water flows into the Town's maintained canals known as the "secondary" drainage system. The final movement of the water is into the "primary" drainage system that consists of the larger canals, such as the C -51. The primary drainage system is the responsibility of the South Florida Water Management District. The Town of Loxahatchee Groves was incorporated in November 2006 and the Town Council started meeting in March 2007. In the Town's short time, it has not received any grants for emergency related issues however; the Town is researching and pursuing grants in Fiscal Year 2008. The Town does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program at this point in time. The Town has a brief and concise emergency management plan that will be activated along with the Town's Emergency Operations Center in the event of a disaster. The Town of Loxahatchee Groves has an active volunteer base that assists the Town in preparing the EOC for activation; Loxahatchee Groves Certified Emergency Responders Team. Emergency drills are held periodically. Staff is currently completing all necessary NIMS certification. • Town of Manalapan • The Town has installed storm shutters at its Public Library, which is used as an emergency operations center during hurricanes and other disasters. In 2003, the town amended their local codes to bring them current with changes in the various standard codes (e.g., fire prevention, gas, building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical) along with the Model Palm Beach Countywide Amendments to the building, gas, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and roofing codes. The town participates in the Community Rating System program. It has a rating of 9, which allows its residents to receive a 5% reduction in their flood insurance premium. The town has a Storm Drainage Regulation Ordinance. It requires all new development to provide adequate drainage for a five year frequency, 24 -hour duration. Also, the town has established a set of maintenance operating procedures for its storm water drainage system. Manalapan has an established Outreach Program. It contains information about flooding and hurricane preparedness. Also, new generators have been installed at the raw water wells, 6 new storm water pumps stations, and a radio telemetry monitoring system for public utilities. Page B -20 • The city has implemented its Storm water Master Plan that provides for drainage upgrades to verify that all areas of the city can accommodate a minimum 10 -year flood event. Regularly scheduled maintenance includes exercising emergency generators once a month, and regular debris removal is conducted by the Town staff through the Code Enforcement Department. The city's building code requires brace gable and roof framing; trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models, and finished floor elevations to be 18 inches above the minimum 100 -year flood level. The city code also requires impact resistance or glazing for building openings. Being in the NFIP has allowed the city the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Manalapan, with a CRS rating of 9, enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. Emergency drills including structural fires, tornadoes, chemical spills, and terrorist response training. Also, the city sends staff to various training conferences (Federal Emergency Management Center in Maryland, National Fire Protection Association, and the Building Officials Association of Florida). The Town is also providing NIMS training to staff. The fire department distributes hurricane preparedness pamphlets, and • does presentations to public and private groups. The fire department also conducts citizen training classes on Emergency Response Training (CERT) to residents and other communities. • Town of Mangonia Park Mangonia Park participates in the Community Rating System program. The Town publishes and distributes a quarterly newsletter to all residents and businesses to keep the community abreast of projects and activities relating to flood and hurricane preparedness, mitigation, infrastructure, public safety issues, etc. At this writing, the town has a major storm water improvement project planned for the Hill Avenue area. The Town participates in the NPDEF program and has numerous storm water management, water quality, and storm structure cleaning projects on the drawing board. An emergency generator was recently installed at the water plant. The purchase of an additional generator is planned for the Town Hall /Police Administration building. Shuttering of all critical public buildings has been completed. The Town's next priority is setting up generators for public buildings. • Village of North Palm Beach The Village of North Palm Beach, on a continuing basis, updates local Codes to bring them to current standards. As of March, 2009, The Village has adopted the 2007 edition of the Florida Building Code. The Village Codes also include provisions for coastal construction, constructions • requirements for canals, bulkheads, seawalls, docks, piers and erosion Page B -21 control structures as well as preservation of sand dunes and mangrove stands and flood damage protection. In 2000, the Village started a dredging program for the internal canal channels. Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the overall project are complete. Phase 4 began at the end of 2008. The Village has a Comprehensive plan in place that outlines and provides a long -range plan for the development and continued maintenance of the Village. Mitigation projects completed by the Village since 2007 include seven drainage repair projects, six of which have been routine repair projects and one being an emergency repair. The Village has funded each one of these repairs through their budgeting process. The Village participates in the Community Rating System (CRS). The Village currently has a CRS rating of 8, which allows the residents to receive a 10% reduction in their Flood Insurance premium. The Village participates and conducts National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) inspections for construction sites to minimize the impact of storm water erosion and sedimentation control. The Village currently contracts out the sweeping of the alleys that parallel U.S. #1 on a monthly basis. This has reduced the amount of debris and • litter that would have ended up in the Lake Worth Lagoon. The Village publishes a monthly newsletter that is distributed to residents and businesses. The newsletter has provided pertinent information regarding hurricane preparedness and maintenance of drainage swales among other items. The Village website also contains helpful information reference to hurricane preparedness. In addition the Village makes available a new resident package that contains a brochure that outlines hurricane preparedness information. Pre - disaster educational programs are offered to any Village group that requests them and an annual Village -wide pre- hurricane season educational program is offered by the Public Safety Department. The Village has an Emergency Response Plan that outlines activities that it will take in the event of an approaching hurricane. The Village encourages employees to become well versed in the Village's emergency management procedures. The Village receives automatic aid for fire and emergency medical related incidents as a result of a Level or Service requirement that has been instituted throughout Palm Beach County. The Village's Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Division is a participant in Palm Beach county as well as NAMAC (Northern Area Mutual Aid Consortium of Palm Beach County). The Village of North Palm Beach is also a signer of the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement. The Village is represented as a member of the Local Mitigation Strategy Committee in Palm Beach County and is also a participating member of • Page B -22 the Palm Beach County Emergency Management Team, which holds bi- monthly meetings on emergency management issues. • Town of Ocean Ridge In April 2000 the Town of Ocean Ridge started topographical surveying and a flood control study for storm water drainage for certain flood prone areas of Town. In December 2000 the flood control study was completed to provide design solutions and the estimated costs to alleviate these flooding problems. In August 2001 the Town directed the Engineers to design and permit a specific set of recommendations from the flood control study for the storm water drainage improvements. The Town is presently is the process of implementing the storm water drainage improvement project. The majority of the Town's 13 Repetitive Loss Properties are located in the area where the Town is implementing the storm water drainage improvements. The Town actively cleans, maintains and repairs the existing storm water drainage system throughout the Town. The Town completed a project of purchasing 2 portable 6" suction pumps for emergency situations to assist in alleviating flooding problems in flood prone areas of Town during storm events. The Town participates in the NFIP Community Rating System Program. The Town has a rating of 8, which allows its residents to receive a 10% reduction in their flood insurance premiums. The Town has adopted the Florida Building Code and the Palm Beach County Amendments to the Florida Building Code as the building code for the Town of Ocean Ridge. The Town has adopted the most recent editions of the Standard Fire Prevention Code as the fire code of the Town. The Town had also adopted the most recent edition of the Life Safety Code, as promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA -101). The Town has a flood damage prevention ordinance whose purpose is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by different provisions. The Town has a storm water systems ordinance for the enforcement, inspections and monitoring of these systems, industrial activity, illicit discharges, spills and dumping whose purpose is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants and to comply with federal and state law and regulations regarding water quality. The Town has a landscaping ordinance, which has a section on dune preservation whose purpose is to protect the functional integrity of the beach /dune system. The Town has a coastal construction ordinance whose purpose is to provide minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings and structures to reduce the harmful effects of hurricanes and storms along the coastal areas of the town, in conformance with the requirements of F.S. Ch. 161. It is further the intent Page B -23 • of this ordinance to establish a coastal protection zone as required by law. The Town also has ordinances on minimum finished floor elevations in the construction of buildings, drainage requirements for construction, and flood damage prevention for utility systems. The Town has a Hurricane Policy Manual that outlines the activities it will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. At least one hurricane preparedness drill is conducted annually. The Town distributes flood and hurricane information; hurricane /emergency brochures are made available to residents and visitors, certain information is distributed periodically to residents in the Town newsletter and the Town newspaper, and emergency information is given to residents directly by contacting the Police Department. The Town approved Resolution # 2001 -07 adopting the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement for catastrophic disaster response and recovery. The Town approved Resolution # 2000 -15 executing an Inter -local Agreement between the Town of Ocean Ridge and Palm Beach County adopting the Local Mitigation Strategy. • City of Pahokee The City of Pahokee has retrofitted critical facilities to make them more disaster resistant. The City's Comprehensive Growth Management Plan addresses the following elements as mitigation initiatives air pollution, drought, flood, hazardous materials and Wellfield contamination. There are future land use ordinances to address floods, hurricanes and Wellfields. The City of Pahokee has adopted the Palm Beach All Hazards Local Mitigation Strategy. • Town of Palm Beach The Town of Palm Beach has retrofitted a number of facilities to make them more disaster resistant. Construction of a new central Fire - Rescue station and EOC began in May 2003. The projected completion date is July 2004. As documented in its Comprehensive Plan, Capital Improvement Element, the town completed the following projects in 2003: Lake Way storm drainage improvements from Orange Grove Road to Mediterranean Road. Storm drainage, water mains and sanitary sewers were improved or upgraded within the project area. Two sanitary force mains for the E -1 and E -2 pump stations were replaced during the Lake Way drainage improvements: the storm drainage improvement project from Emerald Lane to the D -4 storm water pumping station south of Miraflores Drive. The Town has completed the north -end and mid -town beach re- nourishment project. Three beach nourishment projects will be undertaken, north -end, mid -town and south -end. • Page B -24 The Town's Building Code, recently (2002) has been updated by adopting by reference the 2001 Edition of the Florida Building Code. The building code includes key hazard - specific provisions. The code requires: brace gable end roof framing, corrosion resistant hurricane clips, storm shutters for windows, and exterior doors and skylight, and trusses manufactured to meet 140 -mph 3 second gust. In addition, the Code requires sprinkler systems in new commercial and multi - family (3 or more units) structures, as well as in single family homes over 10,000 square feet. The town has amended the code to include requirements for uses using liquid fuel. They reflect the standards recommended by the National Fire Protection Association. Besides the building code, other pertinent town ordinances address: coastal construction, dune removal or alteration, and flood damage prevention. The coastal construction code provides for more stringent building standards in the coastal building zone, the land area between the seasonal high water line of the Atlantic Ocean and the waters of Lake Worth. The purpose of the Dune Removal or Alteration Ordinance is to protect the functional integrity of the beach /dune system. It establishes exclusionary areas where no construction can occur or motor vehicles can travel. The town's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance is to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions by restricting or prohibiting uses, requiring flood damage construction techniques are applied at the time of initial construction, control alteration of the natural floodplain, control filling, grading and dredging, and controlling the use of flood barriers that might adversely affect neighboring properties. Palm Beach has addressed hazards in its Comprehensive Plan (see Table D -2). In addition, the town has prepared and adopted a Floodplain Management Plan in 1997, which qualified the town to be in the NFIP, qualifying the residents of the town to receive reduced flood insurance premiums. Reductions in the NFIP premiums have been achieved, because the town actively participates in the CRS program. The Town of Palm Beach has a CRS rating of 7, which enables their residents to realize a 15% reduction in their NFIP rates. The town has developed a Hazard - Specific Emergency Response Plan which includes: Hazard - Specific Emergency Response Plans, Emergency Response Plan Appendices, Functional Annexes, Functional Annexes Addenda, and Authority Reference. The Town conducted a five -week mock emergency response training, which included activating the EOC and involving personnel from all Town Departments. The Town of Palm Beach is a member of the Florida Floodplain Managers Association (FFMA). Staff involved with emergency management and building inspection are provided several opportunities each year to attend seminars and conferences to advance their skills and knowledge regarding natural and technological hazards. Page B -25 • City of Palm Beach Gardens The City of Palm Beach Gardens has been in FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS) for seven years, with a rating of 7 and will likely qualify for a higher rating soon. The City participates in several CRS activities such as public outreach to residents in Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). These activities include providing flood zone information to residents and insurance agents, providing hurricane protection information in the local newsletter, and participating in the annual Hurricane Expo in cooperation with Palm Beach County. As a result of involvement in the CRS, reductions in the flood insurance premiums have been achieved by City residents. The City also actively participates in FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The Fire Department hosts CERT training for all residents, as well as City employees. The City has adopted the Florida Building Code. The building code includes key hazard - specific provisions. The code requires: brace gable end roof framing, corrosion resistant hurricane clips, storm shutters for windows, and exterior doors and skylight, sand trusses manufactured to meet the required wind load speed. Besides the building code, the other pertinent City ordinance addresses flood damage prevention. The City's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance is to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions by restricting or prohibiting specific uses, requiring flood damage construction techniques are applied at the time of initial construction, control alteration of the natural floodplain, control filling, grading and dredging, and preserving open space when possible, in the flood plain. The City also requires elevation certificates for each newly constructed building in the SFHA. The City has a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan that outlines the activities it will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. Training is conducted annually for essential personnel and preparedness drills are conducted prior to the hurricane season. Staff has also been trained in such programs as Rapid Assessment Planning by the State of Florida. The City requires a storm water drainage plan for all new construction. Also, the city administers an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program, which involves removing debris from catch basins and canals, as needed. The City also is involved in an ongoing swale restoration project in the older areas of the City. • Town of Palm Beach Shores The Town of Palm Beach Shores has constructed significant infrastructure projects over the past 24 months. Included was the • construction of eleven (11) open drainage areas providing additional Page B -26 • exfiltration of storm water. These drainage areas were constructed at 5 interior crosswalks throughout the Town and assist in groundwater recharge and improvement of water quality. Roadway improvements were made to Lake Drive, which included renovations of catch basin aprons and grates as well as the replacement of a storm water pipe at Lake Drive and Bamboo Road. Provided exfiltration to a new public works entrance located on Cascade Lane at the north of the Town Municipal site. This area assists in groundwater recharge and improvement of water quality. A hazardous spill program exists through an interlocal agreement with Palm Beach County, The City of West Palm Beach being primary responder to the Town of Palm Beach Shores. If there is a hazardous material spill in Town, it is required that appropriate state and local authorities are notified. The Town flood control is dictated through SFWMD. All new development must comply with SFWMD requirements with a professional Building Official certifying all projects for compliance. The Town of Palm Beach Shores, through its comprehensive plan, has a storm water drainage design for storms of 3 -year frequency, 24 -hour duration. The Town has also adopted an ordinance requiring new development and significant redevelopment projects to be in compliance • with South Florida Water Management District requirements for both quantity and quality. Although new development is very limited, all projects have met the required quantities and quality as set by South Florida Water Management District with proper inspections being performed on all sites. Being in the NFIP has allowed the town the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to a reduction homeowner flood insurance premium rates. The Town of Palm Beach Shores, with a CRS rating of 9, enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. • Village of Palm Springs The Village of Palm Springs is a Community Rating System participant, holding a class 8 rating. It conducts various mitigation and public outreach activities in accordance with NFIP and CRS guidelines. Its building codes have been upgraded in accordance with the state's Standard Building Code. The Village recently built new Administration, Recreation and Public Safety buildings that meet or exceed the new, more stringent, building standards, including hurricane shutters. The Village has made numerous infrastructure upgrades in its recently annexed areas, including construction and enlargement of swales for improved drainage, and the construction and interlinking of catchment basins. • City of Riviera Beach • Page B -27 The City of Riviera Beach has installed a flexible wind abatement system on the administrative buildings to provide support during dangerous hurricane winds. The city recently installed an automatic telephone notification system that will play recorded information regarding imminent emergencies that affect the residents of the community. Also, the City is in the process of installing a new generator in the Police /Fire Communications Center. The City recently implemented an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program to remove debris from catch basins, as needed. The fire department distributes hurricane preparedness pamphlets, and does presentations to public and private groups. The City has a Storm Emergency Response Plan that outlines the activities it will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. At least one storm preparedness drill is conducted annually. Staff assigned to the City's Emergency Management Team conducts tabletop emergency drills for response to emergencies such as tornadoes, chemical spills, and terrorist response training. City staff from Administration, Fire - Rescue Services, Recreation Services, Police Services, Public Works and Water Utilities has attended classes on • emergency management. The City adopted a new flood protection ordinance in 2001, which implemented new standards for finished floor elevations. Additionally, regulations addressing wetlands have been incorporated in site plan projects that require developers to maintain the wetlands or restore them if disturbed by construction. The City's dune re- nourishment and realignment standard requires that the dune aligns with the natural dune line. The City adopted a storm water management system in 2002 which imposed restrictions on all developments within the City and assessed fees on the developments depending on the type to offset the cost of managing the system. To prevent the loss of essential services at the municipal complex, the City has weatherproofed the buildings and is making various renovations to update the facilities. Through the Comprehensive Plan, permanent residential development is being directed away from the Barrier Island and coastal high hazard areas. Over the past two years, the City Engineer and Building Official have taken courses including adopting new regulations in preparation for the City to be a part of the Community Rating System. • Village of Royal Palm Beach All of the critical public buildings in the Village of Royal Palm Beach, including Village Hall, Police and Fire Stations, Recreation Center, and • Water Treatment Facility, are fitted with hurricane protection shutters. Page B -28 • The Village is an active participant in the Community Rating System to the extent necessary. Fortunately none of the village is within a 100 year flood plain so the amount of active participation needed is minimal. A major drainage improvement project was recently completed in the La Mancha area following flooding in connection with Hurricane Irene in 1999. Other significant drainage improvements are underway along State Road 7. The Village has an ongoing drainage improvement program, and provides routine maintenance of swales, catch basins, etc. Public outreach is accomplished primary through quarterly newsletters, which go out to all residents and businesses within the Village. These newsletters keep residents advised on the status of mitigation and public works type projects and provide general and seasonal preparedness tips and information on a variety of hazard threats. Village professional personnel keep abreast of disaster related practices through active participation in educational forums and training workshops. • City of South Bay The City of South Bay is small rural community situated in the extreme western area of the county near Lake Okeechobee. It is predominantly an agricultural community with a significant immigrant population. Better • prepared and with a more modern road system, the community hopes to avoid a recurrence of a deadly hurricane like the 1928 storm that devastated the area. In the event of a disaster, the City has plans to coordinate with county and state enforcement agencies and with the School Board to safely evacuate residents (particularly the disadvantaged and elderly) to the City's primary shelter or out of the area. The community actively supports public disaster awareness efforts, including multi - lingual publications and events directed at its large Spanish and Creole speaking population. The Okeelanta Cogeneration Plant, a 74- megawatt biomass cogeneration project is located six miles south of South Bay. It is the largest bagasse /biomass cogeneration plant in the U.S. The plant provides process steam and power to area sugar refineries and sells its excess electricity to Florida Power & Light. To meet stringent emissions requirements, special initiatives have been implemented to protect the environment. • Town of South Palm Beach The town requires a storm water drainage plan for all new construction. Also, the town administers an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program, removes debris from catch basins, as needed, and annually trims trees along A1A. • Page B -29 • Being in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has allowed the town the opportunity to participate in the Community Rating System (CRS). CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. This enables town residents to realize a reduction in their NFIP rates. In addition, the town has installed accordion shutters to protect the Town Hall and police department. A 90kw generator was installed and will supply the Town Hall, EOC, and police department during an emergency. Also, a commercial ice maker was purchased to provide residents with ice for medical needs during an emergency. The Town contracts with the County to use the Dialogic system on an as needed basis. The condominiums and residents are provided with hurricane and evacuation plans prior to hurricane season each year. The Town also implemented an emergency ID card system for key personnel so they can return to the island after an emergency. The Town has government television channel that can be viewed by approximately 90% of the residents. The Town also raises public awareness by distributing a hurricane guide to all buildings annually. Brochures are made available to the residents • on a variety of disaster /emergency topics including hurricane information, insurance, pet care, business interests, children and disasters, lightning and tornado safety. Town staff has attended classes on emergency management. All key personnel have been trained in ICS. • Village of Tequesta The Village has recently completed construction of a Public Safety Building that contains a state of the art Emergency Operations Center that is compatible with the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center. The Village's EOC has a concrete hardened hurricane rated shelter that has a secondary generator and is shuttered and provides alternative power supply for the EOC. The EOC also has communications and backup communications systems. The Village's Building Code, has been updated to comply with the Florida Building Code, as is mandated by the state of Florida. In addition, the Code requires sprinkler systems in new commercial and multi - family (3 or more units) structures, as well as in single family homes over 10,000 square feet. The town has amended the code to include requirements for uses using liquid fuel. They reflect the standards recommended by the National Fire Protection Association. The Fire Department complies with all National Fire Protection Association regulations. Page B -30 • Besides the building code, other pertinent village ordinances address: coastal construction, dune removal or alteration, and flood damage prevention. The coastal construction code provides for more stringent building standards in the coastal building zone, the land area between the seasonal high water line of the Atlantic Ocean and the waters of the Intracoastal Waterway. Village of Tequesta has addressed hazards in its Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the village has prepared and adopted a Floodplain Management Plan, which qualified to be in the NFIP, qualifying the residents of the town to receive reduced flood insurance premiums. Reductions in the NFIP premiums have been achieved, because the town actively participates in the CRS program. The Village of Tequesta has a CRS rating of 7, which enables their residents to realize a 15% reduction in their NFIP rates. The village has a Storm Emergency Response Plan that outlines the activities it will undertake in the event of an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. Staff involved with emergency management and building inspection are provided several opportunities each year to attend seminars and conferences to advance their skills and knowledge regarding natural and technological hazards. The Village has a Storm Drainage Regulation Ordinance. It requires all new development to provide adequate drainage for a 25 year frequency, • 24 -hour duration. Also, the village has established a set of maintenance operating procedures for its storm water drainage system. The Village of Tequesta has an established Outreach Program. It contains information about flooding and hurricane preparedness tips. The Village's building code requires brace gable and roof framing; trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models, and finished floor elevations to be 18 inches above the crown of the road and 8.5 feet above mean sea level. The city code also requires impact resistance or glazing for building openings. Being in the NFIP has allowed the city the opportunity to participate in the CRS. This CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. Delray, with a CRS rating of 9, enables their residents to realize a 5% reduction in their NFIP rates. The Village requires a storm water drainage plan for all new construction. Also, the city administers an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program, removes debris from catch basins, as needed, and annually trims trees. • Village of Wellington The Village of Wellington has over 80 miles of canals and 250+ acres of lakes. The Village also has six (6) pump stations in place to assist in the Page B -31 moving of surface water. Procedures are in place to ensure that all canals, drainage structures and pump stations are maintained The Village of Wellington has been very active in its mitigation efforts. In the late 1990's, the Village of Wellington received a Hazard Mitigation grant from the State of Florida to improve the drainage in a subdivision of Wellington. The project entailed culvert improvements, easement improvements, elevating a road and pump station improvements at a total cost of approximately $750,000. The Village of Wellington also received a grant to assist in the construction of the Villages' EOC. This grant was obtained in 2000. In addition, the Village of Wellington is currently shuttering the Wellington Community Complex, which serves as the Council Chambers and is the hub of the community activity. It also serves as a Red Cross Recovery site. A grant was also obtained for this project. The Village of Wellington participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and consequently is in the Community Rating System program. It currently has a rating of 9, which allows its residents to receive a 5% reduction in their flood insurance premiums. The Village started participating last year and plans on lowering the rating as a result of some planned activities. • The Village recently adopted an ordinance titled "Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities for Storm water Systems. The ordinance provides regulations for the operation and maintenance of water management systems within the Village of Wellington. The Village of Wellington has an active volunteer base that assists the Village in preparing the EOC for activation. Emergency drills are held periodically. Staff is sent to various training conferences and classes. • City of West Palm Beach The City of West Palm Beach has retrofitted a number of facilities to make them disaster resistant. These facilities include all Fire Rescue Stations with door bracing and window protection, the Police Station with window protection, City Hall and Recreational facilities with window protection and door bracing. The City has installed an Emergency Alerting and Notification Phone System in order to pass information quickly to employees and citizens of West Palm Beach. The City's Building Code has been updated by adopting the 1997 Edition of the Standard Building Code. The building code includes key hazard - specific provisions. The city's building code requires brace gable and roof framing; trusses manufactured in accordance with local wind models, and is finished floor elevations to be 18 inches above the minimum 100 -year Page B -32 flood level. Also, the city recently incorporated an exterior glazed opening requirement to provide for hurricane missile impact protection. The City's Code also reflects the standards recommended by the National Fire Protection Association. The city requires a storm water drainage plan for all new construction. Also, the city administers an on -going storm water inspection and maintenance program, removes debris from waterways, as needed. Flooding concerns have been addressed in its flood damage prevention and floodplain management regulations. They include provisions such as anchoring to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of structures, as well as requiring steps be taken to afford protection of electrical and generating, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment from flooding. The City opened a new Fire Station in the south end of the City in 2003. New stations are scheduled in the near future for the north end and western communities. The City increased Storm water Rates this year to fund future Storm water Projects. This rate increase is expected to raise 26 million dollars. A Bond Issue is scheduled for July, 2004. Being in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has allowed the city the opportunity to participate in the Community Rating System (CRS). • CRS involvement directly relates to reduced homeowner flood insurance rates. West Palm Beach has a CRS rating of 7. This enables city residents to realize a 15% reduction in their NFIP rates. The City's Comprehensive Plan is upgraded at least yearly. West Palm Beach employs a full -time Emergency Management Coordinator (one of only a handful full -time municipal emergency managers in the State). The Coordinator has developed a 24/7 Emergency Operations Center, a City Warning Point, numerous All- Hazard Plans, vulnerability studies and assessments, Recovery Plans, Debris Management Plans, and a new Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (March, 2004) that thoroughly coordinates city efforts and responsibilities and integrates the County CEMP, where needed, with the City Plan. The CEMP has been approved by the City Mayor and Commission, The Emergency Manager distributes hurricane preparedness pamphlets, and does presentations to city employees, public and private groups. The Fire Rescue and Police departments have developed a robust Citizen Corps and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program and conducts citizen training classes on Emergency Response Training to residents, employees, and special groups. Over 400 persons have graduated from these classes in 2003 -2004. Page B -33 i City staff from Municipal Services, Fire - Rescue Services, Development Services, Recreation Services, Police Services, and Utility have attended classes, seminars and conferences pertaining to emergency management and /or other mitigation issues. Building inspectors have taken courses on: retrofitting and floor mitigation, hurricane - resistant structural design, roofing updates, wood construction and fire resistance. Staff involved with emergency management issues and building inspection are provided several opportunities each year to attend seminars and conferences to advance their skills and knowledge regarding natural and technological hazards. Emergency drills and training include structural fires, hurricanes, excessive rain, flooding, tornadoes, chemical spills, and terrorist response training. • Page B -34 Appendix 13-3: Inter - Governmental Coordination Coordination among the numerous governmental entities of Palm Beach County is essential for meeting the needs of Palm Beach County residents, particularly as it relates to issues involving life and property. The County, its 38 municipalities, the South Florida Water Management District, more than a dozen secondary drainage districts, the School Board, regional and state agencies, authorities and taxing districts are among the long list of key players who make direct or indirect decisions that impact on residents, visitors, the economy and quality of life. The LMS seeks to develop and maintain close working relationships with these agencies. Guidance on how intergovernmental coordination will be conducted and managed is contained in the Intergovernmental Coordination Element of the County's Comprehensive Plan. Goal 1 Objectives 1.1 through 1.5 of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element state that it is the goal of Palm Beach County to provide a continuous coordination effort with all affected governmental entities in order to accomplish the goals of the Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan and to consider recommendations of affected governmental entities in the County's decision - making process and to ensure consistency with state and regional plans. Objective 1.3 states that intergovernmental coordination strategies will be used to satisfy special planning needs and to further the goals, objectives and policies of the Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan that would be advanced by intergovernmental cooperation. The LMS conforms with and applies the principles and guidance offered by the Comprehensive Plan to ensure that the Unified LMS plan considers, is consistent with, and is supportive of the County's Comprehensive Plan, the related plans of all municipalities and other governmental entities, and with regional, state and federal plans and requirements. The LMS also ensures that the Unified LMS is consistent with and supports the county and municipal comprehensive emergency management plans, post - disaster redevelopment plans and other plans. • Page B -35 Appendix B -4: Private Sector Coordination The LMS works closely with member and non - member business and NGO organizations on a range of initiatives to create a more disaster resilient community and economy. Key mechanisms for this inter - sector coordination are the LMS, the Executive Committee of the Post Disaster Redevelopment program, the Business & Industry Unit (ESF18), and the Private - Public Partnership. In its third year of existence, the Private - Public Partnership has identified 31 mitigation related initiatives to pursue. Three of these initiatives, The Business Continuity Information Network (BCIN), Florida First (a banking consortium to ensure the continuity of banking services after disasters) and a private sector - driven program dubbed "First Responders First" are well along in development as of this writing. Page B -36 • Appendix C: Hazard & Risk Assessment Maps Appendix C contains hazard boundary and risk assessment maps. Using county and municipal GIS capabilities, facility inventory lists and property appraiser databases, and other local, regional, state and national agency databases, the LMS is able to map any location- specific hazard risk or event and estimate associated physical and financial losses, on demand. A representative sample of hazard maps available for risk assessment, strategy development, and other mitigation planning activities are presented in the following sections of this appendix. The maps and data in this appendix are presented in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(i): The risk assessment shall include a description of the type of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(i): The risk assessment shall include a description of the ... location and extent of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. The plan shall include information on previous occurrences of hazard events and on the probability of future hazard events. Requirement §201. 6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment shall include a description of the jurisdiction's vulnerability to the hazards described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section. This description shall include an overall summary of each hazard and its impact on the community. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment must also address National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insured structures that have been repetitively damaged floods. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(11)(A): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of the types and numbers of existing and future buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities located in the identified hazard area. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(B): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of an estimate of the potential dollar losses to vulnerable structures identified in paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(A) of this section and a description of the methodology used to prepare the estimate. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(C): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of providing a general description of land uses and development trends within the community so that mitigation options can be considered in future land use decisions. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(iii): For multi - jurisdictional plans, the risk assessment must assess each jurisdiction's risks where they vary from the risks facing the entire planning area. Further risk assessment detail pertinent to these FEMA requirements are contained in Section 3.0, in Appendix A, in the Palm Beach County Hazard Environment section, and in the newly formatted, completed or nearly completed hazard write -ups. There are three sets of maps included in this appendix. The first set of maps displays the boundaries for each specific hazard relative to municipal and county boundaries. The second set of maps depicts the type and number of critical facilities and infrastructure that would be at risk • from each type of hazard. Accompanying this second set of maps are brief narrative assessments Page C -1 • of the risk posed by each type of hazard and a listing of critical facilities and infrastructure, by jurisdiction, at risk. Appraised property values are included to assist in estimating potential pre - disaster exposures and post- disaster dollar losses. The third set of maps included in this appendix is a representative compilation of other types of planning information available for mitigation activities. For purposes of risk assessment, facilities were considered "critical facilities" based on their importance in delivering vital services, protecting residents, providing for the needs of special populations, and other considerations. The types of critical facilities and infrastructure presented include: schools, police and fire stations, select government buildings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, shelters, the Herbert Hoover Dike, Turnpike, 1 -95, water treatment facilities, waste water treatment facilities and airports. Notes For security reasons, critical facility listings and property values are excluded from publicly distributed copies of the LMS plan. The LMS recognizes that some loss estimates are overstated because entities share common facilities and the database has no way of splitting property value data. Planners are cautioned to consider this duplication in their risk assessments. The value of some properties is listed at $0.00. This means no property appraisal data was available in the database ... not that the property has no value. • Page C -2 PALM BEACH COUNTY HAZARD MAP PRIMARY DATA SOURCES Map Source Date FIRM "A" Zones FEMA Oct. 2003 Historical Flood Prone Areas South Florida Water Mgt. District Oct. 2003 Storm Surge Areas Army Corps of Engineers Oct. 2003 Evacuation Zones PBCDEM LIDAR /Army Corps of Oct. 2003 Engineers Coastal Erosion Boundary PBC Environmental Resources Mgt. Oct. 2003 Hebert Hoover Dike Breach Reach South Florida Water Mgt. District Oct.2003 Wellfield Protection Zones PBC Environmental Resources Mgt. Oct. 2003 Wildland Fire Areas Dept. Forestry/PBC Fire - Rescue Oct. 2003 Radiological Ingestion Pathway Zone Florida Power & Light Oct. 2003 Muck Fire Areas PBC Environmental Resources Mgt. Oct. 2003 Transportation Areas PBC Public Safety GIS Oct. 2003 Hurricane Peak Wind Potentials National Weather Service /National Oct. 2003 Hurricane Center Other County -wide Hazard Threats PBC Public Safety GIS Oct. 2003 (Tornado, Extreme Temps, etc.) Agricultural Pests PBC Environmental Resources Mgt. Oct. 2003 Tsunami Buffer Tsunami Society Oct. 2003 • INDEX OF FACILITY ABBREVIATIONS GOV Governmental Facility FD Fire Department Facility PD Police Department Facility NSG Nursing Home ALF Assisted Living Facility WTP Water Treatment/Water Control District Facility WWTP Waste Water Treatment Facility • Page C -3 • PALM BEACH COUNTY HAZARD MAPS WITH JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES Part 4: Hazard Maps Page (Behind Appendices) • Agricultural Pests HM -1 • County -Wide Hazards HM -2 • Coastal Beach Erosion HM -3 • Evacuation Zones HM -4 • Flood Hazards — Flood Prone Areas HM -5 • Dike Breach HM -6 • Hurricane — Peak Wind Speed Potentials HM -7 • Muck Fires HM -8 • Radiological Hazard HM -9 • Storm Surge Areas HM -10 • Transportation System Hazards HM -11 • Tsunami Threat HM -12 • Wellfield Hazards HM -13 • Wildland Fires HM -14 0 Page C -4 • Appendix D: Incorporation into Other Planning Mechanisms This appendix addresses the following FEMA requirement: Requirement §201. 6(c)(4)(ii): The plan shall include a process by which local governments incorporate the requirements of the mitigation plan into other planning mechanisms such as comprehensive or capital improvement plans, where appropriate. Under the direction of the LMS Steering Committee and the LMS Coordinator, the ad hoc Plan Integration Committee interfaces with appropriate governmental and non- governmental agencies and offices to ensure LMS goals, objectives, and priorities are consistent with and cross - referenced with those articulated in other existing plans. In addition the LMS will seek opportunities at the regional, county and municipal levels to: • Update plans, policies, regulations and other directives to include hazard mitigation priorities • Encourage the adoption of mitigation priorities within capital and operational budgets and grant applications • Share information on grant funding opportunities • Offer guidance for carrying out mitigation actions • Explore opportunities for collaborative mitigation projects and initiatives Among the principal plans with formally adopted references to the LMS are: • Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan (Coastal Management Element) • Palm Beach County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan • Palm Beach County Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan • Palm Beach County Strategic Economic Development Plan • Florida Regional Catastrophic Disaster Plan (Draft) • Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Comprehensive Management Plan • Palm Beach County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Below are references that demonstrate the relationships among the Regional and County Comprehensive Plans and the Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy. These relationships are further demonstrated in Appendix B. These plans work in tandem toward the shared goal of reducing damage from specific hazards. Section 3 contains a section profiling current and future land uses in each of the county's five Managed Growth Tiers. Section 1 Table D -1 Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Comprehensive Management Plan Section 2 Table D -2 Palm Beach County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Table D -3 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan hazard mitigation inventory of plan elements Table D -4 Existing hazard mitigation projects and programs Section 3 Current & Future Land Uses in Palm Beach County • Page D -1 Table D -1: Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, Emergency Preparedness Element, (Dec. 1995) Source Page Number Hazard Goal 5.1 5 -27 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Strategy 5.1.1 5 -27 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.1 5 -27 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.2 5 -27 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.3 5 -27 Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.4 5 -28 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation; Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.1.1.5 5 -28 Hazardous Materials Disaster Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.6 5 -28 Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.1.1.7 5 -28 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Goal 5.2 5 -28 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Strategy 5.2.1 5 -28 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.1 5 -28 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation; Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.2.1.2 5 -28 Hazardous Materials Disaster Mitigation, Wellfield • Contamination Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.3 5 -29 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.4 5 -29 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.5 5 -29 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.6 5 -29 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.7 5 -29 Hurricane Mitigation, Hazardous Materials Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.2.1.8 5 -29 Flood Mitigation Goal 5.3 5 -29 Flood Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Strategy 5.3.1 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.1 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.2 5 -30 Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.3 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.4 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.5 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Page D -2 • Source Page Number Hazard Policy 5.3.1.6 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.7 5 -30 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.8 5 -31 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.9 5 -31 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.3.1.10 5 -31 Hurricane Mitigation Goal 5.4 5 -31 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Strategy 5.4.1 5 -31 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.4.1.1 5 -31 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.4.1.2 5 -32 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.4.1.3 5 -32 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.4.1.4 5 -32 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.4.1.7 5 -32 Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation • Goal 5.5 5 -32 Post- Disaster Redevelopment Strategy 5.5.1 5 -33 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.5.1.1 5 -33 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation; Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.1.2 5 -33 Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Policy 5.5.1.3 5 -33 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.5.1.5 5 -33 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.5.1.6 5 -33 Hurricane Mitigation Policy 5.5.1.7 5 -33 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation; Post - Disaster Redevelopment Strategy 5.5.2 5 -34 Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation; Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.2.1 5 -34 Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.2.2 5 -34 Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.2.3 5 -34 Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.2.4 5 -34 Post - Disaster Redevelopment Policy 5.5.2.5 5 -34 Post - Disaster Redevelopment Page D -3 • Table D -2: Palm Beach County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (November 1997) Plan Element Source Page Number Hazards A Policy 1.1 -h 3.0 -AV Airport Safety Mitigation A Policy 1.2 -a 3.0 -AV Airport Safety Mitigation A Policy 1.2 -1 5.0 -AV Airport Safety Mitigation C Policy 3.1 -e 8.0 -C Wellfield Contamination Mitigation C Policy 3.1 -f 9.0 -C Wellfield Contamination Mitigation C Policy 3.1 -g 9.0 -C Wellfield Contamination Mitigation C Policy 3.1 -h 9.0 -C Wellfield Contamination Mitigation C Objective 4.1 11.0 -C Air Pollution Mitigation C Policy 4.1 -c 11.0 -C Air Pollution Mitigation IC Policy 5 -d 14 -IG Hurricane Mitigation, Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation CM Policy 1.2 -c 10.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation CM Policy 1.2 -d 10.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation CM Policy 1.2 -e 10.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation CM Policy 1.2 -g 10.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation CM Policy 1.2 -h 10.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation CM Goal 2 12.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.1 -c 12.0 -CM Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Objective 2.2 12.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.2 -a 12.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Objective 2.3 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.3 -a 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.3 -b 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.3 -c 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Objective 2.4 13.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation CM Policy 2.4 -a 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.4 -b 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.4 -c 13.0 -CM Hurricane Mitigation CM Objective 2.5 14.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation Page D -4 Plan Element Source Page Number Hazards CM Policy 2.5 -a 14.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation CM Policy 2.5 -b 14.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.5 -c 14.0 -CM Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation CM Policy 2.5 -d 14.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation CM Policy 2.5 -e 14.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation CM Policy 2.5 -f 14.0 -CM Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation FLU Policy 1.1 -d 5.0 -LU FLU Policy 1.1 -g 7.0 -LU Flood Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation FLU Policy 1.1 -h 7.0 -LU Flood Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation FLU Policy 1.1 -i 8.0 -LU Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation FLU Policy 1.3 -h 12.0 -LU Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation FLU Policy 1.3 -i 12.0 -LU Erosion Mitigation, Flood Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation FLU Policy 2.1 -a 17.0 -LU Flood Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation FR Goal 1 3 -FR Fire Mitigation FR Policy 1.1 -b 3 -FR Fire Mitigation FR Policy 1.2 -d 5 -FR Fire Mitigation FR Policy 1.2 -f 5 -FR Fire Mitigation FR Policy 1.4 -c 6 -FR Fire Mitigation FR Policy 1.4 -d 6 -FR Fire Mitigation HH Policy 6 -b 8 -HS Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation I Objective 1.7 12.0 -UT Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Policy 1.7 -a 11.0 -WS I Policy 1.7 -b 11.0 -WS Hazardous Materials Disaster Mitigation, Hurricane Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Policy 1.7 -c 12.0 -WS Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation I Goal 2 13.0 -WS Drought Mitigation, Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Objective 2.1 13.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 13.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -b 14.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -c 14.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 A 14.0 -WS Drought Mitigation • Page D -5 Plan Element Source Page Number Hazards I Policy 2.1 -e 14.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -f 14.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -g 15.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -h 15.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Policy 2.1 -i 15.0 -WS Drought Mitigation I Objective 2.2 15.0 -WS Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Policy 2.2 -a 15.0 -WS Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Policy 2.2 -b 15.0 -WS Wellfield Contamination Mitigation I Goal 1 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Objective 1.1 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.1 -a 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.1 -b 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.1 -c 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.1A 4.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Objective 1.2 6.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.2 -a 6.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 1.2 -b 6.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Objective 3.2 7.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 3.2 -a 7.0 -SM Flood Mitigation I Policy 3.2 -b 7.0 -SM Flood Mitigation T Policy 1.16 -j 46.0 -TE Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation .F-- T TPolicy 1.17 -a 46.0 -TE Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation A = Aviation Element C = Conservation Element CM = Coastal Management Element FLU = Future Land Use Element FR = Fire Rescue Element HH = Health and Human Services Element I = Infrastructure Element IC = Intergovernmental Coordination Element T = Transportation Element Note: Only the above referenced elements in this Comprehensive Growth Management Plan contain hazard mitigation initiatives. • Page D -6 Table D -3: Com rehensive Growth Management Plan, Hazard Mitigation Inventor Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Elements Recreation Capital Coastal Fire Intergovernmental and Open Municipality Improvements Management Conservation Rescue Future Land Use Housing Infrastructure Coordination Transportation Space Atlantis NT A,D,F,HZ,W F,W D,F,HZ,W D,F,HZ,NT,W F,W Belle Glade NT A,D,F,HZ F,W D,F,HZ,NT,W Boca Raton E,F,H D,E,F,H,HZ, A,D,E,H,HZ,NT E,F,H,HZ,W H,F D,F,W D,E,F,H,NT,P,W D,E,F NT,P W Boynton Beach D,E,F,H E,F,H,NT,P A,D,F,HZ F,H,HZ,NT,W D,F,HZ,W H,HZ,NT,P Briny Breezes F,NT E,F,H,P D,HZ F,H,W D,F Cloud Lake F,NT,W A,D,E,F,W D,H,HZ,F,W F D,F,W D,H,NT,F,HZ,W W,E,F Delray Beach F,NT,H,P E,F,FI,H,NT,P A,D,E,H,HZ,W F,H,P F F D,F,HZ,W NT Glen Ridge NT A,D,E,F D,E,F,H,HZ,P F D,E,FFI,HZ„ F,NT D,F,H,P NT Golf A,D,HZ,W F,W D,F,W Greenacres A,D,E,F,W D,E,F,W D,F,W D,F Gulfstream E,F,H,NT E,F,H,HZ, A,D,F,W F,H,W D,F,FI,HZ,NT, NT,P,W W Haverhill NT A,D,W NT,W D,F,HZ NT Highland Beach A,E,F,H,HZ,NT A,E,F,H,HZ,NT D,F,H,NT D,F ,P,W 1P,W Hypoluxo F F,H,NT,P,W A,F,H,NT,P,W F,W Juno Beach E,F,H,NT E,F,H,NT,P,W HZ,W E,F,H,NT,W D,F NT Jupiter NT,E,F,H E,F,H,N,NT,P A,D,E,F,HZ,W F,H,HZ,W W,D,F,HZ W,HZ,D,H H H,F Jupiter Inlet Colony E,F,H,NT E,F,H,NT,P D D,F D,F,HZ,NT D Lake Clark Shores NT A,D,F,HZ,W D,F,H,W F D,F,W Page D -7 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Elements Recreation Capital Coastal Fire Intergovernmental and Open Municipality Improvements Management Conservation Rescue Future Land Use Housing Infrastructure Coordination Transportation Space Lake Park E,F,H,NT E,F,H,NT,P A,D,F F,W D,F,HZ,NT,W F,NT,W Lake Worth E,F,H,NT D,E,F,H,HZ, A,D,HZ E,F,H,HZ,NT,W F,H D,F,HZ,W D,F NT, P Lantana F, E,P HZ P,H, F Loxahatchee TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Groves Manalapan F,W E,P D P,H,W D,F,W Mangonia Park H,E,A,D,F,HZ, F,W W, P North Palm Beach E,F,H,NT,P E,F,H,P A,D F,HZ,W D,F,NT,W NT Ocean Ridge F,H H,P A,D F,H,W D,F,FI,HZ Pahokee NT A,D,F,HZ,W F,HZ,W F F Palm Beach E,F,H,NT E A,E,F,H,P F Palm Beach E,F,H,NT,P A,D,F,NT,W NT E,F,H,NT,W A,D, F,HZ,W Gardens Palm Beach Shores F E,F,H,HZ, A,D,HZ,W E,F,H,NT D,F,W E,F,H,NT NT, P Palm Springs D,F,NT FI,A,D,HZ,W,E F,W E,D,F,FI,W F,NT F Riviera Beach E,F,H,NT E,F,H,P A,D,F,HZ,W F,H,W D,F,W F,FI,H,P Royal Palm Beach A,D,F,HZ,W F,W D,FI,HZ,NT South Bay A F,W D,F,NT,W South Palm Beach E,F,H E,F,H,NT,P A,D,F,HZ E,F,H D,F,HZ NT Tequesta E,F,H,NT,P E,F,H,HZ, A,D,E,F,H, E,F,H,W D,F,FI,W NT, P HZ Wellington NT A,D,F,W F,HZ,W D,F,NT D,F,H Page D -8 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Elements Recreation Capital Coastal Fire Intergovernmental and Open Municipality Improvements Management Conservation Rescue Future Land Use Housing Infrastructure Coordination Transportation Space West Palm Beach E,F,FI,H,W D,E,F,H,NT,P A,D,F,HZ,NT, D,E,F,H,NT,P,W D,E,F,FI,HZ, F,HZ,NT,W W W W A = Air Pollution Mitigation HZ = Hazardous Materials Disaster Mitigation D = Drought Mitigation N = Nuclear Disaster Mitigation E = Erosion Mitigation NT = Natural and Technological Disaster Mitigation F = Flood Mitigation P = Post- Disaster Redevelopment FI = Fire Mitigation TBD = To Be Determined H = Hurricane Mitigation W = Wellfield Contamination Mitigation Note: Only the above referenced elements in these Comprehensive Growth Management Plans contain hazard mitigation initiatives. Page D -9 CD (D V d 3 (O In N N Y 2 S c mN m'2 oi�.t O O (O O N (D O N d O. m A n �_�, N x N 7 O O c 6 0 D O O V v m m N 7 --1 =�a =d IG N 0 (�� B g �0 j 0 N B o �� do O W 7 N N o mo a an N i NjQ to y N 'O n n T o �° m p'�m 3 N p (D N QO < L L L L L L L L L L Unincorporated County L L L L Atlantis, City of L L L Belle Glade, City of L L L L L L L L L L Boca Raton, City of L L L L L L L L L Boynton Beach, City of L L L Briny Breezes, Town of L L L L L L L L L Cloud Lake, Town of L L L L L L L L L L L Delray Beach, City of L L L L L L L L L L Glen Ridge, Town of L L L L L L Golf, Village of L L L L L L L Greenacres, City of L L L L L Gulf Stream, Town of L L L L L L L L Haverhill, Town of L L L L L L Highland Beach, Town of L L < Hypoluxo, Town of L L L L Juno Beach, Town of L L L L L L L Jupiter, Town of L L L L L L Jupiter Inlet Colony, Town of c Z L L L L L L Lake Clark Shores, Town of D L < L L L L L Lake Park, Town of r m L L L L L L L L Lake Worth, City of L L L L L L L L Lantana, Town of L L L L L L L L L L Manalapan, Town of L L L L L L L L L Mangonia Park, Town of L L L L L North Palm Beach, Village of L L L L L L L < Ocean Ridge, Town of L Pahokee, City of L L L L L L L L L Palm Beach, Town of L L L L L L L L L L Palm Beach Gardens,City of L L L L L L L L Palm Beach Shores, Town of < L L < Palm Springs, Village of L L L L L L L L Riviera Beach, City of L L L L L L L Royal Palm Beach, Village of < L L L South Bay, City of L < South Palm Beach, City of L L L L L L L Tequesta, Village of L L L L Wellington, Viillage of L L L L L L L L West Palm Beach, City of 0 0 N d 3 Q O d N d Cr M v M X rt . 7 W w 2 W w W I CL 3 .A rt W fu rt O V O V. M A rt fu a T , O W a) 3 L4 0 • • O?! o v_T _U m K2 9 TO O 0 jN 7 jN NM —I o N O 3 `° �a o� " 1 dy v o = 3 0 m w v 3 ° c o�i d `� m m m v� m y — r 3 °M 3. o c CD a �- x 3 0 �' m • m ° m 03 CD M m N n m � �� � 20 3 CD j N L 0 N N f77 L L L L L L L L L < Unincorporated County X N L L L L L Atlantis City Of f0 L L L L Belle Glade, City of N L L L L L L L L L L Boca Raton, City Of Q L L L L L L Boynton Beach, City of (C d c L L L L L Briny Breezes, Town of L L L L L L L L c Cloud Lake, Town of io rn L L L L L L L < L Delray Beach, City of m 3 Q L L L L L L L L L Glen Ridge, Town of V O m L L L L Golf, Village of d 3 N L L L L L L L L L Greenacres City Of L L L L L L Gulf Stream, Town of L L L L L L Haverhill, Town of L L < L Highland Beach, Town of L L L L L L Hypoluxo, Town of ICJ L L L L L L L L Juno Beach, Town of A� VQ • Jupiter, Town of L L L L L L �-` Jupiter Inlet Colony, Town g c z L L L L L L L L L Lake Clark Shores, Town 0 v L L L L L D Lake Park, Town of � m L L L L L L < Lake Worth City of N L L L L L L L L Lantana Town Of L L L L L Manalapan, Town of L L L L L L L L L Mangonia Park, Town of L L L L L North Palm Beach, Village L L L L L L L L L Ocean Ridge Town of < Pahokee, City of L L L L L L L L Palm Beach, Town of L L L L L L L L Palm Beach Gardens,Clty L L L L L L L L Palm Beach Shores, Town L L L L L L L L Palm Springs, Village of L L L L L L Riviera Beach City of L L < < L Royal Palm Beach, Village L South Bay, City of L L South Palm Beach, City L L L L L L L L L L L L Wellington, Viillage of L L L L L L L L L West Palm Beach City of CURRENT & FUTURE LAND USES At 2,023 square miles, Palm Beach County is geographically one of the largest of Florida's 67 counties and has unquestionably been the fastest growing. During the 1990's, its population increased by 31 percent. In the late 1990's, Palm Beach County received negative press as one of the worst sprawl - threatened areas in the nation. In the span of just over two years, County planners responded by producing an innovative, "award- winning" Managed Growth Tier System as a key component of the County's Future Land Use Element (FLUE). Future Land Use Element (FLUE) The Future Land Use Element is the nucleus of County Comprehensive Plans. It defines the components of the community and the interrelationship among them, integrating the complex relationship between land use and all of the other elements of the plan that address the physical, social and economic needs of the people who live, work and visit Palm Beach County. FLUE institutes the framework for growth management and land planning in Palm Beach County. The intent of the FLUE is to guide the location, type, intensity and form of various types of development patterns that respect the characteristics of a particular area. This is needed to ensure development and maintenance of sustainable communities through smart growth practices which protect natural resources, prevent urban sprawl so that land, facilities, and • services are used efficiently, and provide for the appropriate distribution and arrangement of land uses. These factors will facilitate balancing the physical, social, cultural, environmental and economic needs of both current residents and future citizens and create and maintain livable communities. FLUE was originally created and has been updated based on input from the public and agencies through citizen advisory committees, public meetings, interdepartmental reviews, and the Board of County Commissioners. The following directions and priorities resulted from this process: Livable communities • Growth management • Infill development • Land use compatibility • Neighborhood integrity • Economic diversity and prosperity • Housing opportunity • Economic activity centers • Level of service standards • Linear open space and park systems • Environmental integrity • Design • Sense of Community • Separation of negative externalities Five broad principles guide Palm Beach County's sustained land use planning and development efforts: Page D -12 1. Conserve and protect natural and man -made resources, and restore and maintain key ecosystems to provide adequate supplies of clean and safe water for natural, human and economic systems. 2. Prevent urban sprawl through establishment of urban development areas, and encourage urban revitalization and redevelopment. 3. Provide for sufficient open space to protect wildlife, and provide natural and recreational areas for public use. 4. Create quality livable communities and their associated lifestyle choices, and improve the quality of life through better housing, recreational, and cultural opportunities for all. 5. Manage the development of land and service delivery, so that its use is appropriate, orderly, timely and cost effective. The main components of the FLUE are the County directions, goals, objectives, and policies, the Managed Growth Tier Map (a copy is contained in the miscellaneous map section of Appendix C), and the Future Land Use Atlas (a copy of the Future Land Use Map is also contained in the miscellaneous map section of Appendix C). Managed Growth Tier System The Managed Growth Tier System is a growth management tool that recognizes the diverse communities within the county that share common characteristics. Each of these communities requires specific strategies and policies to create and maintain quality livable communities respecting the lifestyle choices for current residents, future generations, and visitors. The purpose of the system is to provide strategies to protect viable existing neighborhoods and communities and promote the enhancement of areas in need of assistance. In addition, these strategies are intended to direct the location and timing of future development to: • Ensure sufficient land, facilities and services are available to maintain a variety of housing and lifestyle choices, including urban, suburban, exurban and rural living; • Preserve, protect, and improve the quality of natural resources, environmentally sensitive lands and systems by guiding the location, type, intensity and form of development; • Accommodate future growth but inhibit further urban sprawl by requiring the use of compact forms of sustainable development; • Enhance existing communities to improve or maintain livability, character, mobility, and identity; • Facilitate and support infill development and revitalization and redevelopment activity through coordinated service delivery and infrastructure upgrades; Page D -13 • • Protect agricultural land for farm users, including equestrian uses; • Strengthen and diversify the County's economic base to satisfy the demands of the population for employment growth, and provide opportunities for agricultural operations and employment centers; and • Provide development timing and phasing mechanism in order to prioritize the delivery of adequate facilities and services to correct deficiencies in existing communities and accommodate growth in a timely and cost effective manner. Current & Future Land Uses & the Location / Characteristics of Palm Beach County's Managed Growth Tiers Palm Beach County's Future Land Use Element recognizes and defines the following Managed Growth Tiers: Urban /Suburban Tier This tier is expected to accommodate the bulk of the population and its need for employment, goods and services, cultural opportunities, and recreation. It supports a variety of lifestyle choices, ranging from urban to residential estate; however, the predominant development form is suburban in character. The older, established communities are primarily in municipalities within approximately two miles of the Atlantic • Ocean. Most of the neighborhoods within the tier are stable and support viable communities. Among the key priorities for this tier is ensuring that land, services and facilities are used effectively, efficiently and safely. Exurban Tier The Exurban Tier lies between the Urban and Rural Tiers and supports residential subdivisions, created prior to 1970 before adoption of the Comprehensive Plan. Historically, these areas have been considered rural due to a sparse development pattern, large heavily treed lots, presence of small agricultural operations including equestrian uses, and a desire for minimal services and regulation. However, growth has marked a change in the character from rural to more suburban and semi - rural, or exurban, as the existing and vested 1.25 acre lots develop with single family homes. The corresponding increase in population has caused an escalating increase in the demand for services. Rural Tier The Rural Tier includes agricultural land and rural settlements that range in density from primarily 1 dwelling unit per 5 acres to 1 dwelling unit per 20 acres. This tier is primarily located outside the Urban Service Area and east of the Water Conservation Areas, Twenty Mile Bend and the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area. These areas support large agricultural operations as well as single family homes with small family -owned agricultural businesses, including equestrian related uses. Due to the declining availability of land and the increase in population in the Urban and Exurban Tiers, The Rural Tier is beginning to experience pressure for urban densities and non - residential . intensities normally associated with a more urban area. Land use strategies in this tier Page D -14 emphasize protecting and enhancing rural settlements that support agricultural and equestrian uses. Agricultural Reserve Tier The Agricultural Reserve area includes portions of the county that encompass unique farmland and wetlands. Strategies for this tier emphasize protection of farmlands and perpetuation of agriculture through a combination of public action and private development. Glades Tier The Glades Tier is generally located west of the Conservation Areas and Twenty Mile Bend, and includes the Glades communities. This area is designated primarily for specialized agricultural operations. Communities within the Glades Tier are engaged in their own efforts with regard to planning and development. This effort is mainly in the form of economic development programming. The geographic distance and the nature of the issues faced by the Glades communities differ from the challenges faced by the coastal communities to manage growth. These factors warrant special strategies. Detailed information on future land use and growth management issues within the County can be found in the Comprehensive Plans of the County and municipalities. A county -wide future land use map and a map of the Managed Growth Tier areas are contained in the miscellaneous map section of Appendix C and are available online through the Palm Beach County Planning Department website. Future Land Use & The LMS The Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan and the characteristics of the Managed Growth Tiers offer important inputs for formulating and implementing mitigation strategies and plans. The LMS committee structure will seek to increase and enhance the involvement of county and municipal planners and consultants in the mitigation strategy development and project planning processes. At the same time, the LMS will seek to ensure that hazard threats and mitigation options are appropriately considered at all levels in future land use and growth management plans and decisions. Page D -15 Appendix E: Prioritized Project Lists Appendix E contains the latest update of Palm Beach County's LMS Prioritized Project List (PPL). The list of projects is ever changing as projects completed through self - funding or with grant assistance are dropped and new proposed and planned projects are added. Jurisdictions and other potential project sponsors, particularly those not having projects on the current list, are encouraged to submit projects. The expectation is that all potential applicants be represented on the PPL with projects that address identified local hazards, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. As municipalities complete projects they will be encouraged to submit new ones. At any given time a few communities will not have listed projects. The appendix satisfies, in part, the following FEMA requirements: Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(iii): [The mitigation strategy section shall include] an action plan describing how the actions identified in section (c)(3)(ii) will be prioritized, implemented, and administered by the local jurisdiction. Prioritization shall include a special emphasis on the extent to which benefits are maximized according to a cost benefit review of the proposed projects and their associated costs. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(iv): For multi - jurisdictional plans, there must be identifiable action items specific to the jurisdiction requesting FEMA approval or credit of the plan. Requirement §201. 6(c)(3)(111): [The mitigation strategy shall include a] section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and infrastructure. Requirement: §201. 6(c)(3)(111): [The mitigation strategy] must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. Other sections and appendices addressing these requirements include appendices F, G, and J and Section 3 and Section 5. About the Prioritized Project List (PPL) Normally the PPL is updated twice a year... in the Spring and in the Fall. Projects are added, deleted, modified, scored, and ranked in accordance with the procedures described in Section 5. During the period 2004 to 2009, however, Palm Beach County experienced a number of weather events that resulted in four federal declarations and several SBA declarations. These events included three hurricanes, two tropical storms (one declared), and an extended drought. Logically, the mitigation project focus over this period was almost exclusively on developing and submitting HMGP- specific drainage improvement and wind retrofit projects. A total of 64 projects, valued at $37,532,416 were developed and coordinated through the LMS. Several dozen other projects were developed, but were withdrawn when they were deemed ineligible under HMGP guidelines. • E -1 • The process and criteria used to rank projects are described in detail in Section 5. The current criteria emphasize: "community benefit" (Does the project promise tangible benefits to the community?); "project benefit" (Does the project address critical elements of the community infrastructure ?); "community exposure" (Does the project mitigate an identified hazard to which the community is particularly vulnerable ?); "cost effectiveness" (Does the project meet or exceed the thresholds of benefit to cost ratios using accepted methodologies ?); "community commitment" (Is the project consistent with or incorporated in other plans, including COMP plans, CEMPs ?); "public support" (Is there demonstrated public support for the project ?); and "project implementation considerations" (What further is required to accomplish implementation? The feasibility and benefits of ranking "like" projects rather than forcing a single list of highly dissimilar projects has been discussed by the LMS Evaluation Panel and will continue to be explored. In 2004 the PPL format and content were expanded and modified to include the following information: • Rank position number • Project control number • Project applicant/sponsor • Final score • Project description • Estimated project cost • Potential funding source(s) • Potential time frame for funding • Benefit -cost, technical feasibility, environmental status (as available) • Key referencing separate expanded narrative analyzing how the project will reduce the effects of future hazard events on new /existing buildings The above format will be reevaluated when plan enhancements are considered. Recognizing that many worthy projects that have benefits that are difficult to quantify are disadvantaged by the current FEMA benefit -cost methodologies, the LMS Steering Committee is also considering the feasibility of maintaining two prioritized project lists ... one for projects earmarked for assistance funding under the Pre Disaster Mitigation, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and Flood Mitigation Assistance programs, and one for projects that might qualify for funding assistance under alternative non- federal grant programs. Regardless of funding intentions, all project applicants are encouraged to calculate benefit -costs whether or not they meet FEMA's threshold for submission. The current procedure for prioritizing projects will be retained until any enhancements are fully developed, deemed acceptable under the rules of LMS by FEMA and the Florida Department of Community Affairs, and adopted by the LMS Steering Committee. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Prioritization The reader will note that there are multiple prioritized project lists contained in this section. A lesson learned from recent hurricane events was that the overall Prioritized • Project List contains many projects that could never be funded under the guidelines of E -2 • federal mitigation assistance programs. In 2004 Palm Beach County received sizeable allocations of HMGP funds in response to losses suffered from Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. Given HMGP's narrow preference for wind retrofit and drainage improvement projects, a special request for eligible project applications was initiated. In consultation with the Evaluation Panel and the Administrative Committee the decision was made to submit all submitted hardening and wind retrofit projects for State and FEMA consideration. A set of special criteria were developed and administered by the LMS Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee for the prioritization of drainage improvement projects for submission to the State and FEMA. These included: LMS rank (if on the current list), cost - benefit ratios, risk to lives, size of population impacted, geographic area benefited, loss of function considerations, duration of impacts, frequency of flooding, cost of losses, relationship to other flood mitigation projects, technical feasibility, readiness to implement, cost as a percentage of the HMGP allocation. The intent was to get the optimum community benefit for the dollar. A similar process was followed in 2005 when the county was allocated HMGP funds in response to losses suffered from Hurricane Wilma. In late 2008 Palm Beach County received an HMGP allocation for losses from Tropical Storm Fay. The Steering Committee opted to follow the standard scoring and ranking procedure for the later wave of applications. The remainder of this section contains: The LMS Prioritized Project List updated as of January 2009 The HMGP Prioritized Project List for Hurricane Frances (FEMA- 1545- DR -FL) The HMGP Prioritized Project List for Hurricane Jeanne (FEMA- 1561- DR -FL) The HMGP Prioritized Project List for Hurricane Wilma (FEMA- 1609- DR -FL) The HMGP Prioritized Project List for Tropical Storm Fay (FEMA- 1785- DR -FL) The Prioritized Project List of the Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee/ Stub Canal Task Force a list of task force members E -3 PALM BEACH COUNTY LMS PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST (January 2009) E -4 R B- C /TF /E5 a Local FEMA Control Municipality/ Potential Time Evaluation Cost n Qualified Project Description Funding Frame* ?Narrative* k > Score # Applicant g M Sources* 1 81.133 NA 99FO55 Glen Ridge, Drainage; Retrofit two system drainage structures P B OF TBA 22,000 Town of to reduce floodin 2 78.10 NA 00S030 PBC DEM Shelter Retrofit P,A OF TBA 1,758,000 Glen Ridge, Drainage; Purchase of single family resident for 3 77.983 NA 99FO56 Town of access and P B OF TBA 75,000 control of drainage easements 4 76.90 NA 00S031 Delray Beach, Sanitary Rehabilitation Program P B OF TBA 750,000 City of 5 76.00 NA 00F001 Pahokee Shutters for City hall P,A OF TBA 28,257 6 75.167 01 S011 West P B Palm Drainage improvements, Park Ave. OF TBA 935,200 NA Could Lake, Installation of 2 flap gates at outfall discharge 7 74.7 NA 99FO44 Town of stub canal, P B OF TBA 15,000 and one slide gate at intake 8 NA 99FO47 Clow f P B a ke, Dredge existing storm water retention ponds OF TBA 120,000 74.55 9 99F003 Boca Raton, Comprehensive emergency management plan P,X, ,AH OF TBA 20,000 74.2 NA City of development 10 NA 01S008 West e Palm Drainage improvements, Lakewood Road P,B OF TBA 3,148,300 73.667 11 99FO83 Lake Park, Impact resistant windows and generator at Public P,A OF TBA 75,000 72.483 NA Town of Works /EOC complex Briny Breezes, Generator, emergency (purchase two) to operate 12 72.067 NA 99F036 Town of sewer lift stations during 29 power outage P,X,M, All OF TBA 25,000 Sheriffs Communications: Purchase components and Office, Palm assemble emergency mobile antenna /repeater 13 71.533 NA 99F102 Beach County system to restore countywide communications in P,X,Q, All OF TBA 30,000 aftermath of a disaster. Indian Trail Dredging: Reshape banks, remove exotic 14 71.3 NA 99F065 Improvement vegetation and dredge M -1 canal P,B OF TBA 200,000 E -5 District & Village of Royal Palm Beach Lake Park, Drainage: Reconstruction of Lake Shore Drive to 3,500 15 71.067 NA 99F093 Town of improve drainage, minimize flooding, and allow P,B OF TBA emeraencv vehicle access 16 70.75 NA OOS014 Juno Beach Drainage System development on US 1 P,B OF TBA 700,000 17 015009 West Palm Drainage improvements on Spruce Street P,B OF TBA 1,472,400 70.50 NA Beach 18 99F094 Lake Park, Drainage improvements; Town -wide storm water P,13 OF TBA 10,000,000 69.733 NA Town of improvements, Drainage easement acquisition Palm Beach Storm sewer system modification to enable 19 69.633 NA 99F112 County system to handle storm water runoff, and acquire P,B OF TBA 50,000 retention area Boca Raton Equipment and labor to enable EOC staff to 20 69.45 NA 99F010 broadcast public information via cable TV P,X,Q, All OF TBA 25,000 21 99F106 Palm Beach Storm Sewer system installation P,B OF TBA 102,000 68.567 NA Count 22 99F046 Cloud Lake, Erosion control and shoreline vegetation — P,G,X ,AII OF TBA 5,000 68.533 NA Town of development of outreach /awareness efforts Palm Beach Emergency response team program for 23 68.517 NA 99F116 Gardens Fire community citizens P,X, All OF TBA 30,000 Rescue Palm Beach Storm sewer system establishment to divert 24 68.383 NA 99F114 County storm water runoff to an existing outfall, to P,B OF TBA 200,000 alleviate flooding of residences 25 99F063 Haverhill, Storm drainage improvement P,B OF TBA 250,000 68.233 NA Town of Gulf Stream, Waste water treatment system construction for 26 68.0 NA 99F058 Town of 340 connections, including 1 school and 2 P,B OF TBA 6,200,000 p rimary public facilities Delray Beach, Swale reconstruction 27 67.60 NA OOS036 City of P,B OF TBA 85,000 E -6 i • i 28 67.00 NA 00SO15 Solid Waste Debris Management Program P,X, All OF TBA 150,000 Authorit 29 66.833 NA 01 SO12 West Palm Storm water infrastructure — Edmore Road P,B OF TBA 2,298,500 Beach Palm Beach Water and Sewer: Construction of less vulnerable 30 99F111 County Water force main on a pipe over the L -38 Canal in P,B OF TBA 100,000 66.8 NA Utilities Delray Beach Department Boca Raton, Public Education: Direct and produce emergency 31 64.467 NA 99F005 City of preparedness videos for public and staff P,X, All OF TBA 22,000 education 32 64.3 NA 99F107 Palm Beach Storm sewer system installation to alleviate P,B OF TBA 107,500 County floodin Cloud Lake, Generator: Purchase and installation of 33 64.083 NA 99FO38 Town of emergency generator for Town Hall and for town P,X, All OF TBA 10,000 drainage facilit 34 63.7 NA 99FO37 Cloud Lake, Inlet installation to relieve ponding of water on P,B OF TBA 32,000 Town of roadwa 35 63.55 NA 99FO91 Lake Park, Accordion shutters and doors for Town Hall P,A, OF TBA 130,000 Town of 36 63.133 NA 99F105 Palm Beach Storm sewer system installation P,B OF TBA 170,000 Count West Palm Retrofit windows for the Police Department with 37 62.55 NA 99F133 Beach Police an advanced window glazing system P,A OF TBA 178,000 Department 38 62.283 NA 99FO62 Haverhill, Emergency Management Plan (comprehensive P,X, All OF TBA 15,000 Town of development Cloud Lake, Land purchase: purchase of land that town 39 61.783 NA 99FO43 Town of drainage pump is on to insure continuous flood P,B OF TBA 35,000 protection 40 61.633 NA 99F108 Palm Beach Count Drainage: Replace canal with pipe P,B OF TBA 800,000 41 61.067 NA 99F121 Royal Palm Removal: Clear canal banks of Australian Pines P,B OF TBA 1,900,000 Beach, Village to prevent tress from damaging/clogging canals Lake Park, Harden town library with accordion shutters, 42 60.083 NA 99F084 Town of generator, hardened roof P,A OF TBA 100,000 E -7 • • • 43 59.867 NA 99F092 Lake Park, Construct breakwater at marina and install P,B,G OF TBA 2,500,000 Town of generator Lake Park, Equipment purchase for hazardous materials 44 59.383 NA 9917086 Town of spills and train accident response P,N,X OF TBA 400,000 45 58.40 NA OOS002 Greenacres, Roof Public Safety P,A OF TBA 550,000 City of 46 56.817 NA 99F059 Gulf Stream, Electrical cable, 3 miles length P,X „AII OF TBA 4,500,000 Town of 47 56.4 NA 01F007 Juno Beach, Purchase 18 vacant lots — restore wetlands P,B OF TBA 430,000 Town of Lake Worth, Purchase of two structures on repetitive loss 48 54.933 NA 9917100 City of property, clear the land and construct a retention P,B OF TBA 160,000 and 49 54.533 NA 99F045 Cloud Lake, Photographic documentation of all properties and P,X, All OF TBA 2,000 Town of critical facilities to aid in damage assistance Boca Raton, Install tie down straps and bolts to replace 50 54.15 NA 99F022 City of defective structural members, and replace P,A OF TBA 85,000 defective decking and handrails Boca Raton, Install tie down straps and bolts to replace 51 54.133 NA 99F025 City of defective structural members, and replace P,A OF TBA 250,000 defective decking and handrails Palm Beach Mitigation: Increase the size of culvert to 52 53.67 NA 9917110 County accommodate increased runoff and reduce P,B OF TBA 175,000 floodin 53 52.8 NA 991F103 Palm Beach Mitigation: Replace existing culvert with a larger P,B OF TBA 140,000 County one to provi de better drainage 54 52.8 NA 99F115 Palm Beach Storm sewer deficiency correction in the existing P,B OF TBA 200,000 County storm sewer 55 52.6 NA 99F032 Boca Raton, Beach renourishment P,G, OF TBA 10,000,000 City of 56 52.10 NA OOS028 o Lantana, Town Storm Outfall improvement P,B OF TBA 22,500 57 51.70 NA OOS025 Manala an Elevation; State Road A1A P,A OF TBA 6,000,000 Drainage structures - additional installation, 58 51.65 NA 9917132 West Palm re grade swales, and construct new curbs and P,B OF TBA 500,000 Beach, City of g utters E -8 0 • 0 59 51.50 NA OOS029 o Lantana, Town Seawall Restoration P,B,G OF TBA 18,940 Boca Raton, Tie down strap installation and bolts to replace 60 49.75 NA 99F020 City of defective structural members P,A OF TBA 75,000 61 49.067 NA 99F098 Lake Worth, Water main installation (12 ") on 2" Ave N. to P,X, All OF TBA 500,000 City of improve fire fighting capabilit 62 49.05 NA 99F113 Palm Beach Storm Sewer system modification to enable it to P,B OF TBA 100,000 Count handle storm water runoff Palm Beach Storm Sewer system establishment along road 63 48.8 NA 99F109 County west of Loxahatchee River Road P,B OF TBA 100,000 64 47.367 NA 99F027 Boca Raton, GIS application development to better manage P,X, All OF TBA 500,000 City of the city's water, sewer and storm sewers stems Panther Park 65 46.95 NA 99F117 Student Retrofit student housing P,A OF TBA 180,000 Housin 66 45.95 NA 99F008 Boca Raton, Business contingency planning initiative P,X, All OF TBA 25,000 City of rivate/ ublic 67 45.20 NA OOS027 Lantana, Town Shelter; EOC & Resident P,A OF TBA of 1,250,000 45.00 Boca Raton, 68 (Tie NA 015001 City of Remove Australian Pines PAX OF TBA 40,000 break 69 44.817 NA 99F057 Glen Ridge, Shutter senior citizen's home P,A OF TBA 3,000 Town of 70 44.50 NA OOS010 Palm Springs, Harden Village hall for shelter P,A OF TBA 140,000 Village of 71 44.10 NA OOS026 o Lantana, Town Generator Retrofit for EOC P,X,M,Q OF TBA 10,000 72 43.683 NA 99F082 Lake Park, Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan P,X, All OF TBA 20,000 Town of Development Palm Beach 73 41.50 NA 015002 Shores, Town Bury power lines P,A,Q OF TBA N/A of E -9 • Greenacres, Rescue tools & equipment for emergency 74 40.917 NA 02SO03 City of rescue /recovery personnel P,X, All OF TBA 66,568 75 40.8 NA 99F104 Palm Beach Drainage System: establish formal drainage P,B OF TBA 1,310,000 County system for Seminole Colon 76 36.95 NA 99F029 Boca Raton, Develop one foot contour elevation data for use P,X, All OF TBA 240,000 City of in the city's GIS 77 36.617 NA 99F017 Boca Raton, Shutters, install complaint shutters for city library PA OF TBA 50,000 City of 78 36.35 NA 99F041 Cloud Lake, Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan P,X, All OF TBA 15,000 Town of development Royal Palm Generator: purchase on site sodium hyper 79 34.067 NA 99F120 Beach, Village chlorite generator P,A,M OF TBA 500,000 of 80 34.0 NA 0117005 Palm Beach Storm Water Infrastructure Engineering Study P,B OF TBA 32,106 Shores, Town Project 81 33.0 NA 01F004 Palm Beach Storm water infrastructure construction project P,B OF TBA Not Shores, Town Available 82 32.50 NA OOS008 Riviera Beach, Fueling center construction P,X, All OF TBA 1,500,000 City of 83 28.25 NA OOS009 Riviera Beach, EOC construction P,X, All OF TBA 10,000,000 City of Tropical Storm Fay (FEMA- 1785- DR -FL) Unranked Projects OOG012 Lake Worth, City of Front -end loader purchase for debris management N/A OOG018 FI Army Nat'l Guard Military Support for Florida Citizens N/A OOG020 Delray Beach, City of EOC software and tech systems $61,200 OOG021 Delray Beach, City of CERT Training $17,958 02SO01 Riviera Beach, City of Storm Waters stem upgrade along Avenue P. $528,300 02G003 Lake Worth, City of** Front -end loader purchase $150,000 02G004 Medical Examiners Off, 32'x48' Morgue Decontamination Body Cooler; 60 Body Carts & $328,000 PBC Trays, 4 Lapt9op Computers and GPS System E -10 02G007 Palm Beach Co & New Health & Education Center construction — Shelter 210 evacuees $918,000 Hope Charities Inc. 02G009 Jupiter, Town of Waters stem security risk mitigation. $300,000 02G010 Juno Beach, Town of Communications Console System, Microprocessor-based $50,000 02G011 Palm Beach, Town of Hurricane Shutters for Town Hall $418,792 02G012 DEM Beach County, Training Videos supporting CERT $102,404 02G013 Palm Beach County, Program- interactive, computer & web - based. Assist small Mun. with $150,000 DEM CEMP 02G015 elray Beach, City of Hurricane Shelter retrofit for Delray Bch Community Center $300,000 02G016 Sheriff's Office, PBC Airborne video informations stem $1,080,983 02G017 DEM Beach County Risk Shelter in Pahokee $198,000 02G020 PBC Health Dept. Two-way 800 Mhz radio communications system $72,937 02G021 Palm Beach Shores Emergency Helicopter Landing Pad at Inlet Park Unknown 02F005 Environmental Resource Acquisition of environmentally sensitive land from the City of Boca $11,600,000 Management, Dept. Raton for Nature Park and wetlands restoration. Blue lake scrub 02F003 Jupiter, Town of Security enhancements 04G001 Palm Beach County Acquisition and construction of retention ponds in flood prone area: 10,000,000 Westgate Belvedere CRA 04G002 Palm Beach County Develop an Enhanced Multi- Jurisdictional Post Disaster 175,000 Redevelopment Plan for Palm Beach Count 08 -001 1 Greenacres, City of Public Safety Headquarters Reshuttering Project 55,000 `Key: > NA = Not Available > OF = Upon funding Potential Funding Sources P = Primary Funds (PDM, HMGP, FMA) B = Flood Mitigation Funds X = EMPA Grant Funds G = Beach Erosion Mitigation Funds A = Hurricane mitigation Funds M = Power Failure Mitigation Funds Q = Communication Mitigation Failure E -11 PALM BEACH COUNTY HMGP PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST FEMA 1545 Hurricane Frances Rank FDEM# Applicant Project Description Cost Status 1 2 -2 -R City of Greenacres Wind Retrofit - City Hall 53,264 Completed 2 10 -31 -R PB County Road & Bride Wind Retrofit — 6 Bascule Bridges 124,395 Completed 3 223 -47 -R City of West Palm Beach Wind Retrofit — Police Department 734,121 4 221 -141 -R City of West Palm Beach Wind Retrofit — Community Center 91,720 5 1 17 -39 -R City of Boca Raton Hardening/Shutter — EOC Complex 1,242,919 Withdrawn 6 18 -40 -R City of Boca Raton Wind Retrofit /Shutter — Police Dept. 152,493 Completed 7 19 -32 -R City of Boca Raton Wind Retrofit /Shutter - Library Withdrawn 8 60 -78 -R City of Belle Glades Hardening — Glades General Hospital 87,760 9 89 -108 -R Town of Ocean Ride Hardening — New Municipal Bldg. 497,052 Completed 10 37 -74 -R City of Boynton Beach Wind Retrofit — City Hall 183,115 On Hold 11 127 City of Delray Beach Wind Retrofit — Old School Square 565,270 Approved 12 275 -67 -R City of Delray Beach Wind Retrofit - Fire Station #1 138,130 Completed 13 64 -117 -R Town of Man onia Park Wind Retrofit — Fire Station Withdrawn 14 70 -70 -R School District of PBC Wind Retrofit - FHEC 2,813,627 15 63 -84 -R Town of Man onia Park Wind Retrofit — Town Hall & Police Station Withdrawn 17 188 -66 -R City of Pahokee Wind Retrofit — Project Support Bldg. 23,635 18 187 -76 -R City of Pahokee Wind Retrofit — Water Treatment Plant 12,755 19 171 -89 -R I Town of Juno Beach Hardening/Wind Retrofit — Municipal Complex 329,720 Completed 20 219 1 City of West Palm Beach Wind Retrofit — City EOC N/A Total County Allocation: $8,884,543 E -12 PALM BEACH COUNTY HMGP PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST' FEMA 1561 Hurricane Jeanne Rank FDEM# Applicant Project Description Cost Status 1 1561 -30 Palm Beach County Drainage Improvement — Grove Street Outfall 65,000 Phase 2 Approved 2 1561-40 Town of Jupiter Drainage Improvement — Barbara Street 8,239 De-Obligated 3 1561 -42 Town of Jupiter Drainage Improvement - Shores & North Fork 24,301 De-Obligated 4 1561 -66 Town of Ocean Ride Drainage Imp. - Coconut Lane Injection Well Withdrawn 5 1 1561 -88 Town of Glen Ride Drainage Imp. — Glen Road Culvert 289,997 Withdrawn 6 1561-91 Indian Trail Imp. District Drainage Imp. — M -1 Basin Stormwater Improvements 537,000 Pending Contract 7 1561 -128 Palm Beach County Drainage Improvement — Lakeside Mobile Home Park 153,000 Completed 8 1561 -130 Town of Palm Beach Seawall Improvements — North Ocean Drive N/A Completed 9 1561 -144 City Palm Beach Gardens Drainage Imp. - U.S. 1 & PGA Blvd. Withdrawn 10 1561 -171 Palm Beach County Drainage Imp. — Westgate - Belvedere Community 150,000 Completed North 11 1561 -180 Palm Beach County Drainage Imp. — Westgate-Belvedere L2 & 1,211 Canals 146,632 Environmental Review 12 1 1561 -185 Village of Wellin on Flood Control - Pump Station #6 250,000 1 Pending Contract 13 1561 -194 1 ity of Pahokee Drainage Imp. — 7 Project 16,500 Approved 14 1 1561-247 1 City of West Palm Beach I Ironhorse Stormwater Pump Station 128,600 Phase 1 Approval County Allocation: $12,337,936 E -13 HMGP PRIORITIZED PROJECT LLIST FEMA 1609 Hurricane Wilma Rank FDEM# Applicant Project Description Cost Status 1 1609 -210 City of Boynton Beach Enhanced Harden — New EOC, Fire Rescue Bldg. 2,99,977 In Process 2 1609 -211 City of Lake Worth Wind Retrofit- City Hall 63,454 Approved 3 1609 -212 City of Boca Raton Harden- Old Town Hall 110,900 Approved 4 1609 -213 Town of Lantana Shutter — Town Library 43,000 Approved 5 1609 -214 City of Lake Worth Wind Retrofit — City Hall Annex 56,496 Approved 6 1 1609 -215 City of Lake Worth Wind Retrofit — Lake Worth Public Library 36,812 Approved 7 1609 -216 Palm Beach County Harden — Downtown Government Complex 17,607,460 Approved 8 1609 -217 Palm Beach County Harden — High Ridge Family Center NA Not Cost Effective 9 1609 -218 Village Royal Palm Beach Harden — Shutter Upgrade 615,587 Withdrawn 10 1609 -219 City of West Palm Beach Stormwater Improvement — Villages of Palm Beach 4,569,004 Under review 11 1609 -220 City of Belle Glade Harden Glades Administrative Complex 203,913 Withdrawn 12 1609 -221 Town of Lantana Harden Health Center 616,351 Withdrawn 13 1609 -222 Palm Beach County Drainage Imp. -West Belvedere Homes Community 3,090,596 Insufficient Funds 14 1609 -223 Palm Beach County H.D. Harden - Delray Health Clinic 420,622 Insufficient Funds 15 1609 -224 Palm Beach County H.D. Harden — Health Clinics 71,899 Insufficient Funds 15 1609 -225 Palm Beach County H.D. Harden — Jupiter Aux. Health Clinics 237,401 Insufficient Funds 16 1609 -226 Palm Beach County H.D. Harden — Northeast Aux. Health Clinics 193,785 Insufficient Funds 17 1609 -227 Palm Beach County Acquisition — Lakeside Mobile Home Park 3,330,000 Insufficient Funds 18 1609 -228 Palm Beach County Acquisition/Excavation - Westgate-Belvedere Homes 3,048,045 Insufficient Funds 19 1609 -229 City of West Palm Beach Stormwater Improvement — WPB Northwood 625,000 Insufficient Funds 20 1609 -230 Palm Beach County Harden — Senior Center 13,298 Insufficient Funds County Allocation: $14,175,499 E -14 Palm Beach County LMS HMGP Prioritized Project List (Tropical Storm Fay: FEMA- 1785- DR -FL) Funding Estimated Applicant Goals/Objectives Implemented Project Description =Prior � :Project Cost I Town of Mangonia Park Goals: 1,3,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) $500,000 Design and construction of improvements to drainage systems to prevent residential Objectives: 1,3,4,5 ( pg 2-4) flooding. Palm Beach County Goals: 1,3,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) Drainage improvement project involving swale improvements to reduce flooding of the 2 Westgate - Belvedere CRA Objectives: 1,3,4,5 ( pg 2-4) $300,000 Belvedere Homes community. Project can be scaled back according to fund availability. 3 City of Greenacres Goals: 1,3,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) $38,700 Drainage improvement— Dredging and regrading of two canals (A & B) which support Objectives: 1,3,4,5 (p 2-4) two major subdivisions 4 City of Greenacres Goals: 1,3,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) $160,638 Drainage improvement— Catch basin, pipe repair and catch basins Canals A & B which Objectives: 1,3,4,5 2-4) sup oit two subdivisions. 5 City of Greenacres Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) $55,000 Wind retrofit — shuttering of Public Safety Headquarters. /EOC with velocity impact Objectives: 1,3,4,5 ( 2-4) shutters City of Lake Worth Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 2-4) Hardening of the Lake Worth Resource Center with impact resistant windows and new 6 Public Services Department Objectives: 1,3,4,5 (pg 2 4) $180,000 doors. The facility houses various functions, including the City's Economic Relief Initiative 7 Village of Wellington Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 24) $250,000 Impact resistant windows for the Town Square Municipal Complex which will house Objectives: 1,3,4,5 2-4 all municipal departments 8 Palm Beach County Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 24) $301,700 Replace roof of the Midwest Service Center in Royal Palm Beach which houses the Facilities Management Objectives: 1,3,4,5 (pg 2 -4) Tax Collector, PZ &B, and Commissioners. Palm Beach County Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 2-4) Retrofit the windows of the Palmetto Park Bridge over the Intracoastal to be vertical, 9 Engineering -Road & Bridge Objectives: 1,3,4,5 (pg 2 -4) $65,000 with vertical storm impact windows. The current windows are old and not compliant with current codes. This would complete repairs to the county's bascule bridges. 10 Palm Beach County Goals: 1,7,9 (pgs 2 -4) $283,400 Install screen shutter system on the Highridge Family Center which also serves as the Facilities Manage ment Objectives: 1,3,4,5 2 -4) shelter for PBC families Total $2 April 2, 2009 County Allocation upon Submission: $1,013,911.57 E -15 • • • Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee /Stub Canal Task Force Prioritized Projects Ranking Improvement Lead Entity 1 Cherry Road Crossing Westgate CRA 2 PBIA West Canal Structure (Revised Operating Schedule) PBIA 3 Howard Park Storage City of WPB 4 Lower Stub Canal Improvements (Southern Blvd - Summit Blvd.) Palm Beach County 5 Westgate Storage Facilities Westgate CRA 6 Renaissance Storage Expansion City of WPB 7 Redevelop Waterview MHP Westgate CRA 8 Improve L -2 Conveyance Westgate CRA 9 Belvedere Ditch Improvement Westgate CRA 10 Tuxedo Park Conveyance Improvements City of WPB 11 Boyd Street Structure Improvements FDOT 12 PBIA Interbasin Transfers PBIA 13 Upper Stub Canal Conveyance Improvements City of WPB /FDOT 14 Remove Temporary Culverts at Boyd Street (Complete) FDOT E -16 PB COUNTY - STUB CANAL TASK FORCE MEMBERS Name Title Represents Ken Todd (Chair) Water Resources Manager Palm Beach County Alan Wertepny Stub Canal Consultant Mock, Roos, & Assoc. Anne Capelli Stub Canal Consultant Mock, Roos, & Assoc. Alice McLane Mayor Town of Glen Ridge Dorothy Gravelin Town Clerk Town of Cloud Lake Lynn Summer Councilperson Town of Cloud Lake Michael Klingensmith Councilperson Town of Cloud Lake Bob Dovey Aide Commissioner Newell Warren Newell PBC Commissioner PBC District 3 Jeff Koons PBC Commissioner PBC District 2 Damon Meiers Regulation Deputy Dir. SFWMD Arlan Pankow Operations SFWMD Ron Mierau Operations Dir. SFWMD Tony Waterhouse Regulation Permitting Dir. SFWMD Carol Wehle Executive director SFWMD George Horne Deputy Executive Director SFWMD Chip Merriam Deputy Executive Director SFWMD Fred Rapach PBC Service Center Director SFWMD Jeff Gronborg Compliance Engineer SFWMD Laura Corry PBC Service Center SFWMD Pat Martin Chief Engineer LWDD Elizee Michel Director Westgate CRA Thuy Shutt Assist. Dir, Westgate CRA Fred Wade Board Member Westgate CRA Ellen Daniel Engineer FDOT Francis Lewis District Engineer FDOT Ron Daniels Board Member Westgate CRA Ken Readen Assist. City Manager City of West Palm Beach John Alford Engineer City of West Palm Beach E -11 PB COUNTY - STUB CANAL TASK FORCE (CON" T ) Robert Weisman County Administrator PBC Verdenia Baker Deputy County Administrator PBC Kenneth Rogers Land Development Director PBC Pat Rutter Planning Supervisor PBC Tim Granowitz Park Planner PBC Rod Braun Environmentalist PBC Charlie Rich Engineer PBC Tony Luffman Road Bridge Assist Supt. PBC Bruce Pelly Director PBIA Jerry Allen Assist. Director PBIA George Webb County Engineer PBC Randy Wertepy Engineer Consultant Westgate CRA Rick Serra Engineer Consultant Westgate CRA Mary Brandenburg State Representative Florida House Nicole Williams Aide Rep. Brandenburg Dick Wade Homeowner Pineapple Park Ed Williams Homeowner Pineapple Park All Vazquez Homeowner City of WPB Sheridan "Butch" Truesdale Sr. Mitigation Planner LMS /Em. Mgt. E -18 • Current Representation on PPL At this writing, Palm Beach County and 30 of the 38 municipalities of the county have at least one project on the PPL. In addition, other project sponsors include: • Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office • Indian Trail Improvement District • Solid Waste Authority • Palm Beach County Water Utilities • PBC /Panther Park Student Housing • Florida Army National Guard • Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office • Palm Beach County Health Department • PBC /New Hope Charities • Environmental Resources Management • Palm Beach County • Palm Beach Gardens Fire rescue • North Palm Beach CID • West Palm Beach Police Department • Boynton Beach Police Department • Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management • Palm Beach County Road & Bridge • School District of Palm Beach County. Municipalities Not Currently Represented on the PPL: • Loxahatchee Groves • Village of Golf • Highland Beach • Hypoluxo • Jupiter Inlet Colony • Lake Clarke Shores • North Palm Beach • Ocean Ridge • Palm Beach • South Bay • South Palm Beach • Tequesta While the above communities do not have active projects on the currently published LMS prioritized project list, this does not mean they have not had previously listed projects or that the community is not actively engaged in mitigation activities. As described in the Jurisdictional Initiatives Section (B -2) of Appendix B, virtually all 38 municipalities have and are engaged in ongoing mitigation activities. The published LMS project list is ever changing. Completed projects are removed from the list and new projects are added each publishing cycle. Historically, the Prioritized Project List has been used for funding considerations. Not all mitigation projects have been listed. For example, smaller projects not seeking outside funding assistance, and large -scale projects beyond the practical thresholds of traditional funding assistance programs used by the LMS, have not been submitted for LMS prioritization and listing. In E -19 some instances such projects are included in local capital improvement plans but not included in the LMS. In a few instances, multi - jurisdictional or county -wide initiatives are not included in the LMS list. In some instances, project sponsors, discouraged by funding assistance prospects or timing issues, have withdrawn their projects and pursued alternative, independent, locally supported strategies. The LMS plans to step up its efforts to encourage participating communities to list all mitigation initiatives with the LMS, whether or not they are seeking outside funding. It will be the function of the Strategy Development, Project Support Committee, and other standing and ad hoc LMS subcommittees to work with smaller, resource limited, communities and with chronically under - represented communities, to conceive and develop viable, cost - effective mitigation plans, proposals and projects. LMS members from non - represented communities will be asked to report on independent planned and executed projects. E -20 Appendix F: Potential Mitigation and Protective Measures This appendix provides a detailed listing of mitigation strategies and measures identified by the LMS, sorted by hazard type in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(ii): The mitigation strategy shall include a section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and infrastructure. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(1): The hazard mitigation strategy shall include a description of mitigation goals to reduce or avoid long -term vulnerabilities to the identified hazards. Requirement: §201. 6(c)(3)(11): The mitigation strategy must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(iv): For multi - jurisdictional plans, there must be identifiable action items specific to the jurisdiction requesting FEMA approval or credit of the plan. Potential mitigation measures are also addressed in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4. Specific references are given by number for each mitigation initiative listed. • Section 2.0 of this appendix presents an annotated bibliography of data sources for all mitigation measures and initiatives. This bibliography identifies, describes, and, where possible, cross references data sources with funding sources for the proposed mitigation measures. (Additional data sources are being compiled as Plan enhancements are being developed) 1.0 Potential Mitigation and Protective Measures Natural Hazards Hurricane • Encourage neighborhood preservation /revitalization for flood and wind damage retrofitting (48) • Provide information to contractors and homeowners on the risks of building in hazard - prone areas (48) • Develop a list of techniques for homeowner self- inspection and implementation of mitigation activities (48) • Implement dune restoration programs (48) • Acquire shorefront land for open space (48) • Develop a comprehensive sheltering system with funding provided for the acquisition and construction of shelters (48) • Identify refuges of last resort for those unable to reach shelters (48) • Implement a Tree Hazard Management Program to encourage responsible planting practices and minimize future storm damage to buildings, utilities, and streets (2) Page F - 1 • Encourage building inspection by a hazard mitigation professional (2,15) • Practice a tree trimming maintenance program (48) • Re- landscape with native species (48) • Distribute hurricane preparedness information including pet sheltering plans (9) • Encourage the purchase of flood insurance (9) • Enforce building codes (28) • Encourage insurance premium credits (28) • Retrofit: • Wet floodproofing (allowing water to enter uninhabited areas of the house) (33) • Dry floodproofing (sealing the structure to prevent floodwaters from entering) (33) • Install backflow valves on sewer systems (48) • Venting on roofs (3) • Garage doors with stiffer horizontal members (3,23) • Glider tracks and track supports should be strengthened (3,23) • In -place shutters (3,9,15,23) • Hurricane straps and hurricane clips (15) • Reinforcement of concrete block wall; concrete tie - columns at all corners (3) • Bracing with struts or pilaster columns in walls perpendicular to freestanding walls (3) • Elevation of structures by piers, posts and columns, and pilings (3) • Adequate connection or anchoring of each element to the adjacent element (3) • Add shutters for glazed openings (3,23) • Install impact resistant glass, armor screen other approved wind protection products (3,23) • Re -nail sheathing (3) o Create a secondary water barrier (33) • Provide support for sliding glass doors and double doors opening to the outside (3,23) • Improve anchorage of windows to openings (3) • Add ridge ventilators to reduce uplift of wood sheathing (3) • Strengthen garage doors and particularly double -wide garage doors (3,23) • Anchor adjacent structures, including privacy fences, pool enclosures, and patio roofs (3) • Improve connections of porch roofs and overhangs (3) • Reinforce entry doors (3,32) • Manage development/building policies and practices in Coastal High Hazard Area • Modify building codes: • Hip roofs instead of gable (3,23,32) • Metal panels that simulate tile instead of tile roofs (3) • Consistent mortar pad placement (3) • Full 10 -inch mason's trowel of mortar on tile roofs (3) • 4 to 6 inch nail spacing on sheathing panel (3,32) • Venting on roofs (3,32) • Garage doors with stiffer horizontal members (3,32) • Multiple -panel sliding glass doors and windows should be avoided (3) • Individual panel width should be no more than 3 feet (3) • Total window and door openings should be no more than 30% of a wall's total area (3) • Shatter - resistant transparent material (3,32) o Improved adherence to adequate attachment procedures (3) Page F - 2 • • Hurricane straps and hurricane clips (3,32) • Reinforcement of concrete block walls; concrete tie - columns at all corners (3) • Bracing with struts or pilaster columns in walls perpendicular to freestanding walls (3) • Walls sufficiently anchored in the foundation or story below (3) • Adequate connection or anchoring of each element to the adjacent element (3) • Require hurricane shelters on multi -unit housing (48) • Construction products examined by independent laboratories under the guidance of the county compliance office (32) • Contractors must install high - quality shutters or strong "impact" glass, like that found in car windshields in each new single family home (32) Flood • Encourage neighborhood preservation /revitalization for floodproofing techniques (48) • Elevate structures above the 100 -year flood level (48,33) • Maintenance program to clear debris from stormwater drainage areas (48) • Provide information to contractors and homeowners on the risks of building in hazard - prone areas and mitigation (48) • Provide the public with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain maps (48) • Develop a list of techniques for homeowner self- inspection an implementation of mitigation activities (48) • Incorporate a hazard disclosure requirement for deed transfers, leases, or other contracts for sale or exchange of property in flood hazard areas (48) • Install backflow valves in sewer systems (48) • Improve storm drainage areas (48) • Develop sediment control to prevent clogged drainage systems such as street sweeping, curb and gutter cleaning, paving dirt roads, and planting vegetation on bare ground (1,39,44) • Investigate the use of flood prone areas as open space (28,38,40,44,45,48) • Retrofit critical facilities (48) • Purchase flood insurance (7,15) • Know evacuation routes (7) • After a flood, inspect foundations of buildings for cracks and other damage (7) • Make sure buildings are not in danger of collapsing after a flood (7) • Encourage building inspection by a hazard mitigation professional (2,15) • Regulate development in the floodplain (38,44) • Enforce building codes (28) • Insurance premium credits (28) • Retrofit: • Elevate the lowest floor above the 100 -year flood level (33) • Wet floodproofing (allowing water to enter uninhabited areas of the structure) (33) • Dry floodproofing (sealing the structure to prevent flood waters from entering) (33) • Levees and floodwalls (constructing a barrier around the structure to keep out flood waters) (33) • Demolition (tearing down the structure and rebuilding with appropriate floodproof Page F - 3 techniques or relocating the structure) (7) o Elevate the main breaker or fuse box (15) Severe Thunderstorms and Lightning • Clear dead or rotting trees and branches (12) • Public information on when to turn off gas, electricity, and water; how to develop an emergency communication plan; and actions to take during a severe thunderstorm such as avoiding bathtubs, water faucets, and sinks (12) • Secure outdoor objects that could become projectiles (12) • Install lightning rods (12) • Encourage purchase of flood insurance (12) Wildfire • Acquire land susceptible to fire for conversion to open space (42,46,48) • BEHAVE (Fire Behavior Predication and Fuel Modeling System) (30) • METAFIRE (National information system that transmits daily severity index values for every climate division in the country) (30) • Move shrubs and other landscaping away from the sides of the structure (15) • Clean brush and dead grass from the property (13,15) • Public information on safe fire practices (build away from nearby trees or bushes, fire extinguisher availability) (13,28) • Building code modification: • • Fire - resistant materials when renovating, building, and retrofitting (13,28) • Create a safety zone between the structure and combustible plants and vegetation (stone walls, swimming pools) (13) • Install power lines underground (13) • Install tile, fire - retardant shingles, asphalt, fiberglass, concrete tile, or metal on the roof (4,13,15) • Plant trees in clusters so that there are gaps in the tree branch canopies overhead (4) • Use alternatives to wood and other combustible materials such as brick, stone, or metal when building walls (4) • Adequate water supply (28) • Access for fire trucks (a turnaround) (28) • Prescribed burns (20,22,42) • Keep trees trimmed so there is no contact with power lines or other wires (16) • Cut back tree limbs that overhang the structure (4) • Remove combustible debris from around the structure (4) • Adopt the wildland /urban interface building code (28) Tornadoes • Telephone warning system (29) • Community warning sirens (29) • NOAA weather radio tone alerts (29) • Underground shelter actions to be taken during hurricanes and tornadoes need better distinction, especially among elderly residents (29) • Page F - 4 • Retrofit structures to include reinforced safe room (14) • Modify building codes: • Include an interior reinforced "safe room" in all new structures (14) • Shingles around the edges of the roof should be set into a special mastic (27) • Roof sheathing: the plywood or particle board should be nailed securely to the rafters; nails should be 6 in. on center at the edges, and 12 in. on center elsewhere (27) Extreme Temperatures • Install window air conditioners snugly (6) • Install temporary reflectors, such as aluminum foil covered cardboard to reflect any heat back outside (6) • Consider keeping storm shutters up all year (6) • Conserve electricity (6) • Public information on heat - related disease prevention (drink plenty of water, avoid strenuous outdoor activities) (6) Soil /Beach Erosion • Sand management (36) • Relocation of threatened facilities (36) • Threatened real estate may be set aside as open space (36) • Vegetation replenishment program (34,37) • Cooperative approach (vs. individual i.e., one property will have a seawall, another property will have a groin, etc.) (35) Agricultural Pest and Disease • Prompt removal of citrus trees infected by citrus canker (18) • Prompt removal of tomato plants infected with tomato yellow leaf curl virus (19) • Eliminate breeding spots of insects (31) • Patch screens and other places where pests enter greenhouses (31) Drought • Create cooperative Federal /non - Federal drought contingency plans for rapid implementation during water shortages (26) • Develop an early warning system (26) • Evaluate the current use of ground water (26,44) • Establish new data collection networks (26) • Study public willingness to pay more for more reliable water supplies (26) • Study effectiveness of conservation measures (26,44) • Monitor vulnerable public water supplies (26) • Pass legislation to protect and manage ground water (26) • Provide funds for water recycling projects (26) • Organize drought information meetings for the public and media (26) • Implement water conservation awareness programs (26) • Assist water agencies in developing contingency plans (26) Page F - 5 • Establish stronger economic incentives for private investment in water conservation (26) • Implement water metering and leak detection programs (26) • Adopt an emergency water allocation strategy to be implemented during severe drought (26) • Evaluate worst -case drought scenarios for possible further actions (26) Epidemic • Anthrax vaccine is available (17) • Rodent control (24) • Mosquito control (24) • Regular maintenance of cooling and plumbing systems (24) • Wellfield protection, water purification maintenance (24) • Adequate sanitation control measures (24) • Proper food processing (24) • Regulate widespread use of antibiotics (24) Technological Hazards Nuclear Disaster • Prepare a community accident response plan (10) • Install community sirens (10) • Install a telephone warning system (10) • Distribute tone alert radios (10) • Conduct public information meetings (10) • Disseminate emergency information throughout the community (in -place sheltering) (10) Power Failure • Voluntary conservation public information (bill inserts) (21) • Electrical Emergency Contingency Plan (21) Hazardous Materials Accident • Public information on detecting a spill /release (8) • Public information on response /evacuation plans (8) • Install a telephone warning system (8) • Install community sirens (8) • Retrofit seal gaps and air - conditioning systems (8) Transportation Svstem Accident • Develop accident contingency plans (47) • Response training (47) • Page F - 6 Wellfield Contamination • Have water tested by EPA (25) • Maintain isolation distances from potential contamination sources (25) • Inventory potential sources of contamination (25) • Develop water supply contingency strategy (5) • Reward landowners who do not conduct activities that could contaminate the water supply by easing their taxes (5) • Investigate growth management programs to ensure that wellfield protection programs are in place before development occurs (5) Societal Hazards Terrorism and Sabotage • Encourage public education programs on terrorism including information on potential targets, visible targets, etc. (11) • Drills for people who work in large buildings including knowing where fire exits are located, keeping fire extinguishers in working order, learning first aid (11) • Develop a bomb threat plan (11) • Develop an explosion plan for building (cover nose and mouth with a wet cloth, stay below smoke, exit building as quickly as possible, tap on a pipe if trapped so rescuers know where to look) (11) • All Hazards • Map vulnerable areas and distribute information about the hazard mitigation strategy and projects (48) • Provide information to contractors and homeowners on the risks of building in hazard - prone areas (48) • Develop a list of techniques for homeowner self- inspection an implementation of mitigation activities (48) • Organize and conduct professional training opportunities regarding natural hazards and hazard mitigation (48) • Distribute NOAA weather radios (school superintendents, etc.) (48) • Sound land use planning based on known hazards (48) • Enforcing effective building codes and local ordinances (28,48) • Increasing public awareness of community hazards (48) • Provide sites that are as free as possible from risk to natural hazards for commercial and industrial activities (28,48) • Consider conservation of open space by acquisition of repetitive loss structures (28,48) • Ensure a balance among residential growth, conservation of environmental resources through a detailed analysis of the risks and vulnerability to natural hazards (28,48) • Joint planning and sharing of resources across regions, communities, and states (28,48) • Establish a hazard mitigation council (48) • For future proposed development design guidelines, incorporate hazard mitigation • provisions, including improved maps. (28,48) Page F - 7 • Add a safe room requirement for all new buildings (14,23) • Establish incentives to encourage business owners and homeowners to retrofit buildings with hazard - resistant features (28) • Teach disaster and hazard awareness in schools (28) • • Page F - 8 0 • • Section 2.0: Annotated Bibliography for Mitigation Measure Data Sources # Reference Description - Funding Source Describes the detrimental effects that uncontrolled sediment can The Indian River Lagoon's problems are as common as dirt. have on local waterways and 1 Indian River Lagoon Update. Winter 1998. drainage areas; also presents potential mitigation projects to control sediment. Alachua County Office of Emergency Management. Hazard Defines mitigation and provides FDCA, FDEP, FL Dept. of 2 mitigation page. examples of community -wide and Health, FL Dept. of Ag., FEMA, http: / /www.co. alachua.fl.us / —acem /mitigati.htm (26 Jun 1998) individual mitigation practices. USDOE, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Dev. Ayscue, J. Natural Hazards Research Center. Hurricane Describes potential hurricane damage to residential structures: risk and mitigation. (Nov hazards from wind and water; 3 1996) discusses building techniques http: / /www.colorado.edu /hazards /wp /wp94 /wp94.html #intro that can mitigate hurricane damage. Contains a summary of the Boulder County. Wildfire hazard identification and mitigation WHIMS project, detailed maps ...multiple local, state, and 4 system for Boulder County, Colorado. from the project, and mitigation federal government inter - http: / /www.boco.gov /gislu /whims.htmi (25 Jan 1999) suggestions to protect structures agencies... from wildfire. Browning, C. Community wellhead protection programs. Describes each element of a 5 http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu/water_quality/documents/oef- community wellfield protection 890.ok.ascii (13 Nov 1998) program. Federal Emergency Management Agency. "Fact sheet: Mitigation measures related to 6 extreme heat." (15 Jan 1998) extreme heat; most are individual http: / /www.fema.gov /library /heatf.htm (2 Dec 1998) actions. Page F - 9 Reference Description Funding Source Describes activities that may prevent a flood emergency, reduce the chance of a flood Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: floods emergency happening, or lessen 7 and flash floods. (13 Jan. 1998) the effects of unavoidable http: / /www.fema.gov /library /floodf.htm (2 Dec 1998) emergencies. Activities are categorized as before, during, and after a flood event. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: Contains information on 8 hazardous materials accidents. (10 Jan 1998) preparing for and detecting a http: / /www.fema.gov /library /hazmatf.htm (2 Dec 1998) hazardous material accident. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: Describes measures to be taken 9 hurricanes. (14 Jan 1998) before, during, and after a http: / /www.fema.gov /library /hurricaf.htm (2 Dec 1998) hurricane to prevent loss of life and property. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: Explains the nature of a nuclear 10 nuclear power plant emergency. (27 Feb 1997) disaster and describes related http: / /www.fema.gov /library /radiolo.htm (2 Dec 1998) mitigation measures. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: Mitigation measures related to 11 terrorism. (10 Jan 1998) various terrorist attacks. http: / /www.fema.gov /library /terrorf.htm (2 Dec 1998) Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: Contains mitigation measures 12 thunderstorms and lightning. (30 Jan 1998) relating to thunderstorms and http: / /www.fema.gov /library /thunderf.htm (2 Dec 1998) lightning. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fact sheet: 13 wildland fires. (10 Jan 1998) Mitigation practices for before, during, and after a wildfire event. http: / /www.fema.gov /library /wildianf.htm (2 Dec 1998) Contains two sections; one is a Federal Emergency Management Agency. Taking shelter description of hazards that may 14 from the storm: building a safe room in your house. threaten a structure, the second http://www.fema.gov/miVtsfs0l.htm (25 Nov 1998) is how to plan and construct a safe room. Page F - 10 • • • # Reference Description Funding Source Federal Emergency Management Agency. What can Low -cost mitigation measures 15 homeowners do to reduce their risk from disasters? (24 Aug related to floods, seismic events, 1996) http : / /www.fema.gov /mit/lowcost.htm wind events, and wildfire. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wildfire - Examples of how to create a 16 wildland /urban interface. (17 Oct 1996) 1 "Safety Zone" around a home or http:/ /www.fema.gov /mit/wfmit.htm (30 Oct 1998) business. Findlay, S. USA Today. Clinton sees little anthrax threat to Article found on the internet 17 civilians. (17 Dec 1997) states that an Anthrax vaccine is http: / /home.eznet.net/— kenberry/materials /usatodayarticle.htm available. (12 Aug 1998) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Identifies citrus canker and the Citrus canker - the threat to Florida agriculture - Frequently procedure to eradicate the 18 Asked Questions. http: / /doacs.state.fl.us /canker /faqs.htm (4 disease. Nov 1998) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Describes symptoms of TYLCV 19 The latest on tomato yellow leaf curl virus. (26 Aug 1997) and methods of eradication. http: / /www.ifas .ufl.edu /— entweb /updatetyl.htm (3 Nov 1998) Florida Department of Emergency Management. Review of efforts to optimize management and production of timber on State lands and review of the prescribed burning policy of the Reviews the benefits and Federal Rural Community Fire 20 Division of Forestry. (Oct 1998) drawbacks of prescribed burning. Protection Program http: / /www. state. fl. us /comaff /DEM /gmrmrc /gwrmrc.htm (21 Dec 1998) Florida Reliability Coordinating Council. Generating Capacity Plan for when generating 21 Shortage Plan. capacity is tight, also suggestions http:// www. frcc. com /capacityemergencypian.htm. #gca for voluntary conservation. Prescribed burning is used to Hickenlooper, B. Fire damaged lands begin to heal. Stream control wildfire outbreaks on St. 22 Lines. Winter 1998, p.4 Johns River Water Management District land, and this article describes its many benefits. Page F- 11 • 0 0 # Reference Description Funding Source Manatee County Emergency Management. Hazard 23 mitigation. http: / /www.co. manatee .fl.us /em_html /haz_mit.htm Hurricane mitigation suggestions. (20 Nov 1998) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic Plan McNeill, W. Emerging infectious diseases plan. (1976) emphasizing surveillance, applied 24 http: / /www.cdc.gov /ncidod/ publications /eid _plan /summary.htm research, and prevention (11 Nov 1998) activities to maintain a strong defense against infectious diseases. Minnesota Dept. of Health. Wellhead protection for Minnesota. (23 Sep 1998) Wellfield protection plans. 25 http: / /www.health. state .mn.us /divs /eh /whp_mn2.htm1 (13 Nov 1998) National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought mitigation tools Drought Mitigation tools for 26 for states. (15 Nov 1995) governments based on two http: / /enso.unl.edu /ndmc /mitigate /policy /tools.htm surveys of states. National Science Foundation. Tornadoes - protecting your home from the mighty twister. Suggestions for protecting your 27 http: // whyfiles .news.Wsc.edu /013tornado /strong_house.html home against a tornado. (4 Feb 1999) Explains how Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa purchased lands from homeowners whose homes were repetitive damage structures; FEMA, CDBG, state Nelson. L. 1997. Emergency management - a legislator's describes how building code government, state government 28 guide. National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, enforcement prevented damage competitive grant money from CO. 47 pp. from wildfires, floods, and the Emergency Management earthquakes; explains how and Assistance Trust Fund insurance premium credits work; mentions the development of a wildland /urban interface building code, etc. Page F - 12 ! 0 • # Reference Description Funding Source Schmidlin, T., et al. Natural Hazards Research Center. Risk Draws conclusions toward factors for death in the 22 -23 February 1998 Florida tornado mitigation from surveys, 29 tornadoes. (1998) interviews, and damage reports http: / /www.colorado.edu /hazards /qr /grl06 /gr106.html (7 Aug from the 22 -23 February 1998 1998) Florida tornadoes. Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction. Agency Briefly describes the BEHAVE 30 success stories in natural disaster reduction. (18 Oct 1995) and METAFIRE http: / /www.usgs.gov /sndr /success.htmi (30 Dec 1998) prediction /modeling systems. The National Food Safety Database. Controlling insects. Suggestions for insect control, 31 (June 1993) http:// www.foodsafety.org /dh /dho45.htm (14 Dec and insect control after a natural 1998) disaster. Tibbetts, J. Sea Grant Haznet. Racing to catch up: south Reveals the changes made in 32 Florida's hurricane threat and building codes. (6 Aug 1998) south Florida's building codes http: / /www.haznet .org /te)t/sflhurricane.htmi (9 Nov 1998) since hurricane Andrew. Provides examples and photographs of projects financed United States Army Corps of Engineers. Local floodproofing by local governments and also 33 programs. June 1994, 28 pp. identifies lessons learned that can help communities interested in financing floodproofing projects. United States Army Corps of Engineers. New planting. Explains how vegetation can be 34 http: / /superior.Ire.usace. army. mil /shore.protection /nwpintng.ht used as an erosion control ml (4 Nov 1998) device. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Planning considerations. Cooperative measures against 35 http: / /superior.Ire.usace. army. mil /shore.protection /pincns.htmI beach erosion are detailed. (4 Nov 1998) United States Army Corps of Engineers. Solutions to coastal Examples of general solutions, erosion. hard solutions, soft solutions, and 36 http: / /www. rain. org /— pjenkin /point/growing /solution.htmI retreat as coastal erosion (4 Nov 1998) mitigation. Page F - 13 # Reference Description Funding Source Explains the Conservation Plant United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Material Center Program's 37 programs - conservation plant material. purpose as providing native Conservation Plant Materials http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.html (2 Feb 1999) plants that can help solve natural Center Program resource problems such as erosion. United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation programs - resource conservation and development program Describes the RC &D Program. Resource Conservation and 38 (RC &D). http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.html (2 Feb Development Program 1999) United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation The Conservation Reserve 39 programs - conservation reserve program. Program encourages farmers to Conservation Reserve Program hftp:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) convert highly erodible land to (CRP) vegetative cover. United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Describes the Flood Risk 40 programs - flood risk reduction program. Reduction program; who is Flood Risk Reduction Program http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) eligible and what the requirements of the program are. Explains the Forestry Incentives United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Program (FIP), it supports good 41 programs - forestry incentives program. forest management practices on Forestry Incentives Program http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) privately owned non - industrial forest lands nationwide. United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Qualifications to participate in the 42 programs - stewardship incentives program. program, and benefits provided. Stewardship Incentives Program hftp:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Lists the purposes of watershed Watershed and River Basin 43 programs - watershed and river basin planning and installation projects and describes the Planning and Installation Public public law 83 -566 (PL566). (26Oct 1998) program. Law 83 -566 http: / /www.ftw .nres.usda.gov /pl566MHIP.htmi (2 Feb 1999) Page F - 14 # Reference Description Funding Source United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Overview of the Watershed Watershed Surveys and 44 programs - watershed surveys and planning. Surveys and Planning Program. Planning Program http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation Overview of this voluntary 45 programs - wetlands reserve program. program to restore wetlands. Wetlands Reserve Program http:// www.nres.usda.gov /NRCSProg.htmi (2 Feb 1999) United States Department of Agriculture. USDA conservation programs - wildlife habitat incentives program (WHIP). (8 Oct Description of the WHIP program, Wildlife Habitat Incentives 46 1997) http: / /www.ftw .nres.usda.gov /pl566/WHIP.htmi (2 Feb benefits, and requirements. Program 1999) United States Environmental Protection Agency. Preparing EPA oil spill preparedness 47 for spill. (7 Oct 1998) http: / /www.epa.gov /oilspill /prepare.htm program highlights. (3 Nov 1998) Section 1 explains why communities are writing hazard Watson, L. et al. 1998. Strategy for reducing risks from mitigation strategies and natural hazards in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: A multi- hazard describes the hazard assessment 48 mitigation strategy. Rhode Island Sea Grant. Narragansett, RI that was completed by city 44 pp. officials. Section 2 uses the risk assessment from Section 1 to determine potential mitigation actions for high -risk areas. Page F - 15 Appendix G: Funding and Data Sources This appendix contains the following sections: Section 1.0 Includes potential funding sources specific to the hazards identified in Section 3, Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessment Section 1.5 Describes the funding sources identified in Section 1 .0 This appendix partially fulfills the following FEMA requirement: Requirement §201.6(c)(3): The plan shall include a mitigation strategy that provides the jurisdiction's blueprint for reducing the potential losses identified in the risk assessment, based on existing authorities, policies, programs and resources, and its ability to expand on and improve these existing tools. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(ii): The mitigation strategy shall include a section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and • infrastructure. Requirement §201.6(c)(3)(1): The hazard mitigation strategy shall include a description of mitigation goals to reduce or avoid long -term vulnerabilities to the identified hazards. Page G - 1 Appendix G Section 1.0 Potential Funding Sources for Mitigation Projects /Initiatives by Hazard Type (June 2004) Primary Mitigation Funds (All Hazards) • Pre Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Fund • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Funds • Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program Funds Emergency Preparedness & Assistance Funds (EMPA) • EMPA Competitive Grant Program • EMPA Base Grant Program Hurricane Mitigation Funding Sources • Anheuser -Busch Companies, Inc. • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Beach Erosion Control Projects • Business and Industry Loans ® Challenge 21, Floodplain • Coastal Services Center • Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards • Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act • Coastal Construction Building Zone Program • Community Development Block Grant • Community Facilities Loans and Grants • Community Development Block Grants /Economic Development Initiative • Community Development Block Grants /Entitlement Grants • Community Development Block Grants /State =s Program • Community Development Block Grants /Small Cities Program • Community Development Block Grants /Special Purpose Grants/Technical Assistance Program • Conservation Plant Material Centers • Conservation Reserve Program • Cooperative Extension Service • Cora Brown Fund • Crop Insurance • Direct Housing: Natural Disaster • Disaster Housing Program • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants Page G - 2 • Economic Development - Public Works Impact Program • Economic Injury Disaster Loans • Emergency Loan Assistance • Emergency Rehabilitation of Flood Control Works or Federally Authorized Coastal Protection Works • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Relief Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Advance Measures for Flood Prevention • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Operations Flood Response and Post Flood Response • Emergency Loans • Emergency Shelter Grants Program • Financial Assistance for Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment Program • Flood Control Projects • Flood Insurance • Flood Plain Management Services • Habitat Conservation • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Highway Planning and Construction • Historic Preservation Fund Grants -in -Aid • Hurricane Program • Impact Aid: Facilities Maintenance • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Mitigation Assistance • National Weather Service • North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant Program • Outdoor Recreation: Acquisition, Development and Planning • Physical Disaster Loans • Planning and Program Development Grants • Planning Assistance to States • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • Resource Conservation and Development • Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants • Snagging and Clearing for Flood Control • Soil and Water Conservation Page G - 3 • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • STP • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • U.S. Geological Survey • Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program • Wallace Global Fund • Water Bank Program • Watershed Surreys and Planning • Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans • Wetlands Protection Grants • Wetlands Program • Wetlands Reserve Program • Wetlands Protection: Development Grants • Wildlife Restoration • Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Flood Mitigation Fundinq Sources • Anheuser -Busch Companies, Inc. • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Beach Erosion Control Projects • Business and Industry Loans • Challenge 21, Floodplain • Coastal Services Center • Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards • Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act • Community Rating System • Community Development Block Grant • Community Facilities Loans and Grants • Community Development Block Grants /Entitlement Grants • Community Development Block Grants /State =s Program • Community Assistance Program: State Support Services Element • Community Development Block Grants /Small Cities Program • Community Development Block Grants /Special Purpose Grants/Technical Assistance Program • Conservation Technical Assistance • Conservation Plant Material Centers • Conservation Reserve Program • Cooperative Extension Service • Cora Brown Fund Page G - 4 • Crop Insurance • Direct Housing: Natural Disaster • Disaster Housing Program • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants • Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property for Parks, Recreation, and Historic Monuments • Economic Development - Public Works Impact Program • Economic Injury Disaster Loans • Emergency Loan Assistance • Emergency Rehabilitation of Flood Control Works or Federally Authorized Coastal Protection Works • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Relief Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Advance Measures for Flood Prevention • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Operations Flood Response and Post Flood Response • Emergency Loans • Environmental Quality Incentives Program • Farmland Protection Program • Financial Assistance for Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment Program • Flood Control Projects • Flood Insurance • Flood Risk Reduction Program • Flood Mitigation Assistance Program • Flood Plain Management Services • Habitat Conservation • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Highway Planning and Construction • Historic Preservation Fund Grants -in -Aid • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Land Protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Mitigation Assistance • National Flood Mitigation Fund • National Flood Insurance Program • National Weather Service • North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant Program • Outdoor Recreation: Acquisition, Development and Planning • Physical Disaster Loans • Planning Assistance to States Page G - 5 • • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Protection of Essential Highways, Highway Bridge Approaches, and Public Works • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • Resource Conservation and Development • Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants • Snagging and Clearing for Flood Control • Soil and Water Conservation • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • STP • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties • Transportation Enhancements Program • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • U.S. Geological Survey • Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program • Wallace Global Fund • Water Bank Program • Watershed Surveys and Planning • Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans • Wetlands Protection Grants • Wetlands Program • Wetlands Reserve Program • Wetlands Protection: Development Grants • Wildlife Restoration • Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Severe Thunderstorm and Lightning Funding Sources • Community Facilities Loans and Grants • Cooperative Extension Service • Direct Housing: Natural Disaster • Disaster Housing Program • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Shelter Grants Program Page G - 6 • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Mitigation Assistance • National Weather Service • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Wallace Global Fund Wildfire Funding Sources • Community Facilities Loans and Grants • Community Development Block Grants /Economic Development Initiative • Conservation Technical Assistance • Cooperative Forestry Service • Cooperative Extension Service • Cora Brown Fund • Direct Housing: Natural Disaster • Disaster Housing Program • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants • Economic Injury Disaster Loans • Emergency Loan Assistance • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Loans • Environmental Quality Incentives Program • Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission Environmental Grant Program • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Mitigation Assistance Page G - 7 • • National Fire Academy Training Assistance • National Forest: Dependent Rural Communities • National Fire Academy Educational Program • North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant Program • Outdoor Recreation: Acquisition, Development and Planning • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Protection of Forests and Rangelands • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • Resource Conservation and Development • Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Stewardship Incentives Program • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties • Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program • Wallace Global Fund • Wildlife Restoration . Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Tornado Funding Sources • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Business and Industry Loans • Community Development Block Grant • Community Development Block Grants /Entitlement Grants • Community Development Block Grants /State's Program • Cooperative Extension Service • Cora Brown Fund • Direct Housing: Natural Disaster • Disaster Housing Program • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants • Economic Injury Disaster Loans • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Loans • Emergency Shelter Grants Program Page G - 8 • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Impact Aid: Facilities Maintenance • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • National Weather Service • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties • Wallace Global Fund Extreme Temperatures Funding Sources • Community Development Block Grants /State =s Program • Cooperative Extension Service • Crop Insurance • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Emergency Loan Assistance • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Loans • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Mitigation Assistance • National Weather Service • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Property Improvement Loan Insurance for Improving All Existing Structures and Building of New Nonresidential Structures • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Page G - 9 i • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties • Weatherization Assistance for Low - Income Persons Soil /Beach Erosion Funding Sources • Anheuser -Busch Companies, Inc. • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Beach Erosion Control Projects • Business and Industry Loans • Challenge 21, Floodplain • Coastal Services Center • Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards • Community Development Block Grant • Community Development Block Grants /Entitlement Grants • Conservation Technical Assistance • Conservation Plant Material Centers • Conservation Reserve Program • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Environmental Quality Incentives Program • Farmland Protection Program • Financial Assistance for Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment Program • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Land Protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant Program • Outdoor Recreation: Acquisition, Development and Planning • Physical Disaster Loans • Planning Assistance to States • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Protection of Essential Highways, Highway Bridge Approaches, and Public Works • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • Resource Conservation and Development • Soil and Water Conservation • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • STP Page G - 10 • • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants • Wallace Global Fund • Water Bank Program • Watershed Surveys and Planning • Wetlands Program • Wetlands Reserve Program • Wetlands Protection: Development Grants Agricultural Pest and Disease Funding Sources • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Community Facilities Loans and Grants • Cooperative Extension Service • Crop Insurance • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Emergency Loan Assistance • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Loans • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Physical Disaster Loans • Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Drought Funding Sources • Conservation Technical Assistance • Cooperative Extension Service • Crop Insurance • Disaster Reserve Assistance • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Conservation Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance Page G - 11 • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Loans • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Land Protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Soil and Water Conservation • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Wallace Global Fund • Watershed Surveys and Planning Seismic Hazards Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Physical Disaster Loans • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Sustainable Development Challenge Grants Epidemic Funding Sources • Cora Brown Fund • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities Page G - 12 • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Nuclear Disaster Funding Sources • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Emergency Shelter Grants Program • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Individual and Family Grants • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Radiation Control: Training Assistance and Advisory Counseling • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Power Failure Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Hazardous Materials Accident Funding Sources • Brownfield Pilots Cooperative Agreements • Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program Page G - 13 • • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund • Grants -in -Aid for Railroad Safety: State Participation • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety • Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support • Hazardous Materials Training Program for Implementation of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 • Individual and Family Grants • Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training ( Superfund) • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Railroad Safety • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Water Pollution Control: State and Interstate Program Support Transportation Svstem Accident Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Grants -in -Aid for Railroad Safety: State Participation • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety • Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support • Highway Planning and Construction (Federal Aid Highway Program) • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Protection of Essential Highways, Highway Bridge Approaches, and Public Works • Public Assistance • Railroad Safety • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • STP • Transportation Enhancements Program • Water. Pollution Control: State and Interstate Program Support Page G - 14 • Wellfield Contamination Funding Sources • Bank Enterprise Award Program • Brownfield Pilots Cooperative Agreements • Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund • Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards • Community Development Block Grant • Disaster Recovery Initiative Grants • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Habitat Conservation • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Wallace Global Fund • Water Pollution Control: State and Interstate Program Support • Water Quality Program Management Communications Failure Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Terrorism and Sabotage Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance Page G - 15 • • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • First Responder Anti - Terrorism Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Local Firefighting and Emergency Services Training • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Civil Disturbance Funding Sources • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Immigration Crisis Funding Sources • Community Services Block Grant • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants Page G - 16 • All Hazards Funding Sources • Economic Development - Technical Assistance • Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Program • Emergency Management Institute: Resident Educational Program • Emergency Management: State and Local Assistance • Emergency Management Training Institute: Training Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program • Individual and Family Grants • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Learn and Serve America Program • Mitigation Assistance • Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities • Public Assistance • Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program: • Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation and Long -Term Economic Deterioration • State Disaster Preparedness Grants • Wallace Global Fund Page G - 17 0 0 • Appendix G Section 1.5: Descriptions of Potential Funding Sources Funding Source Objective Eligibility Sponsoring Organization Established in response to the Mitigation projects have a Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Federal Share cap of $3M PDM provides funding through per project; Mitigation the National Pre Disaster Pre Disaster Mitigation Fund to assist local Planning projects have no Mitigation /o governments in implementing cap. Cost share 75 Federal; Federal Emergency Management Agency (PDM) 25% Non - federal. Small cost - effective hazard mitigation activities that complement a impoverished communities comprehensive mitigation may ra eligible foorn a a 9 90 /o Federal cost - share. p rogram Provides grants to local governments to implement long- term hazard mitigation Only available to applicants measures after a major disaster that reside within a Hazard Mitigation declaration for the purpose of Presidentially declared Grant Program reducing the loss of life and Federal Emergency Management Agency (HMGP) property due to natural disasters disaster area. A community and to enable mitigation may apply on behalf s measures to be implemented individuals or businesses. during the immediate recovery from a disaster. Projects must, at a minimum, be: cost effective, cost - Provides funds to communities beneficial to the National to reduce or eliminate the long- Flood Insurance Fund, Flood Mitigation technically feasible, and term risk of flood damage to Assistance physically located in a NFIP Program buildings, manufactured homes, participating community. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FMA) and other structures insured project must also conform under the National Flood with minimum standards of Insurance Program (NFIP). the NFIP Floodplain. The Federal Share is 75% of eligible costs. Page G - 18 0 • 0 Non - recurring Competitive Awards may be made by the Emergency State Department of Emergency Management & Management to local See eligibility criteria in Rule Preparedness governments and non - profit 9G- 19.007, F.A.C. Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management (EMPA) organizations based on a competitive award process and criteria and priorities established by the state. Supports charitable organizations active in fields of education, Support is restricted almost Anheuser -Busch Companies, Inc. Anheuser -Busch health care, programs for entirely to cities where the One Busch Place Companies, Inc. minorities and youth, cultural company has manufacturing St. Louis, MO 63118 enrichment, and environmental facilities. (314) 577 -2000 protection. Capitalization State may use the Federal funds James Bounne, Implementation and Assistance Division, Office of Groundwater Grants for Drinking to establish new programs that and Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Water State emphasize preventing States and Puerto Rico are 20460 Revolving Fund contamination problems through eligible to receive capitalization Phone: (202) 260 -5526 (Drinking Water source water protection and grants. State Revolving enhanced water systems Fund) management. Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Challenge 21, To protect floodplains. Attn: CECW -PM DoD Floodplain Washington, D.C. 20314 -1000 (202) 272 -0169 hftp://www.usace.army.mil/ To support projects aimed at developing a science- based, multi - dimensional approach that will allow for the maintenance or improvement of environmental quality while at the same time State and Local Governments, Dr. Nancy Foster, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, NOS, 1305 East -West Highway, Coastal Services allowing for economic growth. In Public Nonprofit Silver Spring, MD 20910. Center (CSC) FY 96, five Fellowship Awards Institution /Organization, Other Phone: (301) 713 -3074. were made to the states of CA, Public Institution /Organization. CT, FL, MA, and OR. In FY 98 a cooperative agreement was awarded for an ecological and socioeconomic characterization of Kachemak Bay, AK. Uses will Page G - 19 be in the following Center areas: Coastal Management Service (CMS): Training and Communications: training materials development and dissemination of information; Coastal Information Services (CIS): Coastal Change Analysis Program: To develop land cover and change analysis products; Available to all States Department of the Interior Coastal Wetlands To grant funds to coastal States bordering on the Atlantic, Gulf Fish and Wildlife Service Planning, Protection to carry out coastal wetlands (except Louisiana), and Pacific 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Rm. 140 and Restoration Act conservation projects. coasts, States bordering the Arlington, VA 22203 Great Lakes... (703) 358 -2156 http: / /www.fws.gov This program establishes a standard to improve the Coastal resistance to hurricane -force Construction winds of buildings in Florida =s Rick Dixon Building Zone coastal building zone. Staff trains Compliance program only. (850) 487 -1824 Program building officials, monitors local progress in adopting ordinances, and provides technical assistance. Provide for long -term needs, such State governments that have as acquisition, rehabilitation, or elected to administer CDBG reconstruction of damaged funds for non - entitlement properties and facilities and communities. States with Department of Housing and Urban Development Community redevelopment of disaster- designated major disaster Community Planning and Development Development Block affected areas. Funds may also areas may receive statutory 451 7"' Street, S.W. Grant be used for emergency response and regulatory waivers of Washington, D.C. 204107 activities, such as debris program requirements (202) 708 -3587 clearance and demolition, and regarding the use of regular hftp: / /www.hud.gov extraordinary increases in the CDBG funds which recipients level of necessary public designate to address the services. damage. The Community To provide innovative responses Unrestricted grants are made The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Foundation for Palm to recognized community needs for charitable purposes 324 Datura St., Suite 340 Beach and Martin which do not unnecessarily primarily to organizations West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Counties duplicate other efforts; strive to based in serving Palm Beach Palm Beach: (561) 659 -6800 equip eo le to help themselves; and Martin Counties. Martin: 888 832 -6542 Page G - 20 significantly strengthen the Applicants must be exempt e-mail: cfpbmc @aol.com capacity of existing institutions to from income taxes under reach a broader segment of the Section 501(c)(3) community; emphasize shared values and collective interests and action among diverse groups that have little or no history of working together; programs that are neighborhood driven. Encourages state and community flood loss reduction activities beyond those required for participation in the NFIP. Flood insurance premiums are lower in Community Rating those communities that undertake System activities to reduce flood losses, facilitate accurate insurance rating, promote the awareness of flood insurance and protect the natural and beneficial functions of flood hazard areas. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and To provide services and activities Families Community having measurable and potential Office of Community Services Services Block major impact on causes of 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W. Grant poverty in the community. Washington, D.C. 220447 (202) 401 -9340 http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs To provide information and educational material to farmers, ranchers, and others on what they can do to protect themselves Farmers and rural residents and their property against the who have suffered losses as http : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov/ scripts /ndisapi.dll /oip_public/USA_map for a hazards associated with the result of natural disasters. USDA service center in your area. Cooperative disasters; and advice on cleanup There is also assistance WPB: West Palm Beach Service Center Extension Service of damaged property, sanitation available to producers who 559 N. Military tr.. precautions, insect control, food suffer losses as a result of crop West Palm Beach, FL 33415 preparation in an emergency, or livestock disease or pest recovery actions on damaged infestation. farms, and renovation of damaged equipment and property. Page G - 21 The Conservation Reserve Program reduces soil erosion, protects the Nation's ability to produce food and fiber, reduces sedimentation in streams and lakes, improves water quality, establishes wildlife habitat, and USDA, Farm Service Agency enhances forest and wetland resources. It encourages farmers http: // mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov/ scripts /ndisapi.dli /oip — Public /USA_map for a Conservation to convert highly erodible USDA service center in your area. Reserve Program cropland or other environmentally WPB: West Palm Beach Service Center sensitive acreage to vegetative 559 N. Military Tr.. cover, such as tame or native West Palm Beach, FL 33415 grasses, wildlife plantings, trees, filter strips, or riparian buffers. Farmers receive an annual rental payment for the term of the multi- year contract. Cost sharing is provided to establish the vegetative cover practices. The purpose of the program is to provide native plants that can help solve natural resource problems. Beneficial uses for USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service which plant material may be developed include biomass http:/ /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dll /oip_public /USA_map for a Conservation Plant production, carbon sequestration, USDA service center in your area. Material Centers erosion reduction, wetland WPB: West Palm Beach Service Center restoration, water quality 559 N. Military Tr.. improvement, streambank and West Palm Beach, FL 33415 riparian area protection, coastal dune stabilization, and other special conservation treatment needs. The purpose of this program is to Individual land users, Contact USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service assist land- users, communities, communities, conservation Conservation units of stat and local districts, and other units of hftp:/ /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dli /oip_public/USA_map for a Technical government, and other Federal State and local government USDA service center in your area. Assistance agencies in planning and and Federal agencies to meet WPB: West Palm Beach Service Center implementing conservation their goals for resource 559 N. Military Tr.. systems. The purpose of the stewardship and assist West Palm Beach, FL 33415 conservation systems are to individuals to comply with State Page G - 22 • reduce erosion, improve soil and and local requirements. water quality, improve and conserve wetlands, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, improve air quality, improve pasture and range condition, reduce upstream flooding, and improve woodlands. Provides flexible grants to help cities, counties, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low- income areas. Grantees may use DRI funds for recovery efforts involving housing, economic development, infrastructure and States and local governments prevention of further damage. in places that have been Disaster Recovery Examples include: buying designated by the President of For a guide to DRI, contact Community Connections at 800 - 998 -9999 Initiative Grants damaged properties in a flood the United States as disaster plain and relocating them to safer areas; relocation payments for areas. people and businesses displaced by the disaster; debris removal; rehabilitation of homes and buildings damaged by the disaster; buying, constructing, or rehabilitating public buildings; and code enforcement. To promote long -term economic development and assist in providing immediate useful work to unemployed and Economic underemployed persons in highly Eligibility is based on David L. Mcllwain, Director, Public Works Division, Economic Development Development: distressed areas. Examples of designation of a community or Administration, Room H7326, Herbert C. Hoover Bldg., Washington, DC 20230. Public Works Impact Funded Projects: 1) Renovation neighborhood as a Phone: (202) 482 -5265. Program of buildings, including historic redevelopment area. preservation; 2) repairing industrial streets and roads; construction of water /sewer systems. Economic To promote economic Most technical assistance Department of Commerce Development - development and alleviate recipients are private or public Research and National Technical Assistance Division, Economic Development Technical underemployment and nonprofit organizations, Administration Assistance unemployment in distressed educational institutions, Rm. H7315 Herbert C. Hoover Bldg. Page G - 23 areas, EDA operates a technical municipal, county, or State Washington, D.C. 20230 assistance program. The governments. (202) 482 -4085 program provides funds to : (1) http: / /www.doc.gov /eda enlist the resources of designated university centers in promoting economic development;(2) support innovative economic development projects; (3) disseminate information and studies of economic development issues of national significance; and (4) finance feasibility studies and other projects leading to local economic development. To perform activities prior to flooding or flood fight that would assist in protecting against loss of life and damages to property due to flooding. Examples of Funded Projects: Emergency drawdown of Spirit Lake, Washington; Emergency levee construction, Utah Lake, Provo, Utah; Temporary levee raising, Cowlitz Emergency River, Washington; and levee Advance Measures setback, Red River, Louisiana. The Governor of the affected for Flood Prevention Authorized assistance includes State must request assistance. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -OE, Washington, DC 20314. Phone: (Public Law 84 -99 work such as removal of All persons living in areas (202) 272 -0251 Code 500 Program) waterway obstructions, work subject to floods. necessary to prevent dam failure, and work necessary to prepare for abnormal snowmelt. There must be an immediate threat of unusual flooding present before advance measures can be considered. Any work performed under this program will be temporary in nature and must have a favorable benefit cost ratio. To assist established (owner or Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Director, Loan Making Division, Emergency Loans tenant) family farmers, ranchers Must meet requirements. Ag Box 0522, Washington, DC 20250. Phone: (202) 720 -1632. and a uaculture o erators with Page G - 24 loans to cover losses resulting from major and /or natural disasters, which can be used for annual farm operating expenses, and for other essential needs necessary to return disaster victim =s farming operations to a financially sound basis in order that they will be able to return to private sources of credit as soon as possible. Loan funds may be used to repair, restore, or replace damaged or destroyed farm property and supplies which were lost or damaged as a direct result of a natural disaster; To provide emergency flood response and post flood Emergency response assistance as required Operations Flood to supplement State and local Response and Post efforts and capabilities in time of State or local public agencies Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -OE, Washington, DC flood or coastal storm. for flood response and the Flood Response Emergency assistance is State for post flood response. 20314 -1000. Phone: (202) 272 -0251. (Public Law 84 -99 provided in all phases of flood Code 200 Program response and post flood response to supplement State and local efforts. To assist in the repair and restoration of flood control works damaged by flood, or federally Emergency authorized hurricane flood and Owners of damaged flood Rehabilitation of shore protection works damaged protective works, or State and Flood Control Works by extraordinary wind, wave, or local officials of public entities water action. Authorized responsible for their or Federally Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -OE, Washington, DC assistance includes emergency maintenance, repair, and Authorized Coastal repair or rehabilitation of flood operation must meet current 20314. Phone: (202) 272 -0251. Protection Works control works damaged by flood, guidelines to become eligible (Public Law 84 -99, and restoration of federally for Public law 84 -99 Code 300 Program) authorized coastal protection assistance: structures damaged by extraordinary wind, wave, or water action. Page G - 25 0 • 0 The program is designed to help improve the quality of emergency States, metropolitan cities, shelters and transitional housing urban counties, and territories. Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban for the homeless, to make Local governments and no- Development Emergency Shelter available additional shelters, to profit organizations may also Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs Grants Program meet the costs of operating apply for ESG funds directly 451 7 th St. SW, Rm. 7254 shelters, to provide essential from States. The territories Washington, D.C. 20410 social services to homeless receive their allocations based (202) 708 -4300 individuals, and to help prevent on their population size. homelessness. To assist State transportation agencies in the planning and development of an integrated, interconnected transportation system important to interstate commerce and travel by constructing and rehabilitating the Department of Transportation National Highway System, Federal Highway Administration including the Interstate System; Director, Office of Engineering Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief and for transportation 400 7 St. SW Program improvements to all public roads Washington, D.C. 20590 except those classified as local or (202)366B4853 rural minor collectors; to provide http: / /www.fhwa.dot.gov/ aid for the repair o Federal -aid Roads following disasters; to foster safe highway design; to replace or rehabilitate deficient or obsolete bridges; and to provide for other special purposes. To restore or replace essential physical property, such as animals, fences, equipment, Emergency Loan orchard trees, etc.; pay all or part Emergency loans are available Assistance of production costs associated to qualifying ranchers and http: / /www.fsa.usda.gov /pas /disaster /em.htm with the disaster year; pay farmers. essential family living expenses; reorganize the farming operation; and refinance debts. Emergency To assist in the repair and Department of Defense Rehabilitation of restoration of flood control works U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Control Works damaged by flood, or federally Attn: CECW -PM DoD or Federally authorized hurricane flood and Washin ton, D.C. 20314 -1000 Page G - 26 Authorized Coastal shore protection works damaged (202) 272 -0169 Protection Works by extraordinary wind, wave, or http: / /www.usace.army.mil/ water action. To determine the long -term consequences of human activities which affect the coastal and marine environment; to assess Department of Commerce Financial Assistance the consequences of these Universities, colleges, technical Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, National Ocean for Ocean activities in terms of ecological, schools, institutes, Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Resources economic, and social impacts laboratories, State and local 1305 East -West Hwy Conservation and upon human, physical and biotic government agencies, public or Silver Springs, MD 20910 Assessment environments, and to define and private, profit or non - profit (301) 713 -2989 Program evaluate management entities or individuals. http: / /www.noaa.gov alternatives which minimize adverse consequences of human use of the coastal and marine environments and resources. To reduce flood damages through projects not specifically authorized by Congress. Corps of Engineers designs and States, political subdivisions of constructs the projects. Provides States, or other responsible Flood Control a cash contribution for land local agencies established Projects (Small enhancement benefits and for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -PM, Washington, DC 20314 -1000. Flood Control project costs assigned to project under State law with full Phone: (202) 272 -1975. Projects) features other than flood control; authority and ability l undertake necessary legal and prevent future encroachment financial responsibility. which might interfere with proper functioning of the project for flood control; and, maintain the project after completion. To assist States and communities in implementing measures to Eligible applicants Technical reduce or eliminate the long -term Assistance Grants are State risk of flood damage to buildings, agencies or departments that Flood Mitigation manufactured homes, and other are responsible for Mr. Robert F. Shea, Jr., Program Support Division, Federal Emergency Assistance (FMAP) structures insurable under the administering the FMA Management Agency, 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20472. Phone: (202) Program Planning National Flood Insurance program. Eligible applicants 646 -3619. Grants Program (NFIP). Examples of for Planning Grants are States funded projects, are published in and communities participating a Biennial Report to Congress as in the NFIP. required under Section 554 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Page G - 27 Act (NFIRA). This report is available from Mr. Robert F. Shea, Jr., Program Support Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20472. Phone: (202) 646- 3619. Planning Grants may be used to assist States and communities in developing and updating Flood Mitigation Plans. Eligible activities under this grant are: conducting local planning discussions, contracting for consulting technical services such as engineering and planning; surveying structures at risk; and assessing structures subject to repetitive flood loss. Eligible activities under this grant are: the acquisition, relocation, elevation or dry- floodproofing of insured structures; minor structural projects; and beach nourishment activities. To promote appropriate recognition of flood hazards in land and water use planning and development through the provision of flood and flood plain related data, technical services, and guidance. Available information identifies areas Flood Plain subject to flooding and flood States, political subdivisions of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -PF, Washington, DC 20314 -1000. Management losses from streams, lakes, and States, other nonfederal public Phone: (202) 761 -0169. Services (FPMS) oceans and describes flood organizations and the public. hazard at proposed building sites. It can be used as a basis for planning flood plain use, for flood emergency preparedness planning, for hurricane evacuation and preparedness planning, for assistance in I developing flood plain Page G - 28 regulations, for setting elevations for flood proofing, and implementing flood proofing measures, and for indicating areas to be acquired for open space. Services are available to States and local governments without charge, but within annual funding limitations on request. The Flood Risk Reduction Program was established to allow farmers who voluntarily enter into USDA, Farm Service Agency contracts to receive payments on Flood Risk lands with high flood potential. In http: // mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov/ scripts /ndisapi.dll /oip_public /USA_map for a Reduction Program return, participants agree to USDA service center in your area. forego certain USDA program WPB: West Palm Beach Service Center benefits. These contract 559 N. Military Tr.. payments provide incentives to West Palm Beach, FL 33415 move farming operations from frequently flooded land. To enable persons to purchase insurance against physical Any State of political damage to or loss of buildings subdivision with authority to and /or contents therein caused adopt floodplain management Federal Emergency Management Agency by floods, mudslide, or flood- practices. Beneficiaries may Federal Insurance Administration Flood Insurance related erosion, thereby reducing include: residents, business, Washington, D.C. 20472 Federal disaster assistance and property owners in (202) 646 -2781 payments, and to promote wise applicant community, in which hftp: / /www.fema.gov /nfip floodplain management practices like States can insure in the Nation =s flood -prone and municipal structures. mudflow -prone areas. The purpose is to provide a mechanism to have financial Florida Coastal resources immediately available Protection Trust for prevention of, and cleanup Florida Statutes Fund and rehabilitation after, a hftp: / /www.leg.state.fl.us/ citizen / documents /statutes /1993 /CHAPTER_376_11.html pollutant discharge, to prevent further damage by the pollutant, and to pay for damages. Hazard Mitigation To prevent future losses of lives State and local governments; Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant Program and property due to disasters; to certain private and nonprofit Mitigation Directorate implement State or local hazard organizations or institutions; 500 AC@ St., S.W. Page G - 29 mitigation plans; to enable Indian tribes or authorized Washington, D.C. 20472 mitigation measures to be tribal organizations; and native (202) 646 -4621 implemented during immediate villages or organizations. http: / /www.fema.gov /mit/ recovery from a disaster; and to provide funding for previously identified mitigation measures to benefit the disaster area. To assist State governments in the development and implementation of an authorized hazardous waste management program for the purpose of Hazardous Waste controlling the generation, State agencies responsible for Management State transportation, treatment, storage hazardous waste management Grants Administration Division (3903R), Environmental Protection Agency, Program Support and disposal of hazardous within the 50 States. Washington, DC 20460 wastes. State project to develop a hazardous waste program designed to meet the substantive and procedural requirements of an Aauthorized@ program. (Section 3006). Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service To assist organizations in the National Institutes of Health Hazardous Waste development of institutional Office of Extramural Outreach and Information Worker Health and competency through appropriate National Institutes of Health Safety training and education to 6701 Rockledge Dr., MSC 7910 hazardous waste workers. Bethesda, MD 20892 -7910 (301) 435 -7910 hftp: / /www.nih.gov/ (1)To provide matching grants to States for the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as survey, planning technical Department of the Interior assistance, acquisition, Historic State and local governments, National Park Service, Preservation Heritage Services Division development, and certain Federal Preservation Fund public and private nonprofit 1849 C Street, NW Grants -in -Aid Tax incentives available for organizations and individuals. Washington, D.C. 20240 historic properties;(2) to provide (202) 343 -6004 matching grants to States to expand the National Register of Historic Places; (3)to provide matching grants to the National Trust or Historic Preservation for Page G - 30 0 • 0 its congressionally chartered responsibilities to preserve historic resources. To significantly reduce the loss of Federal Emergency Management Agency life, property, economic Mitigation Directorate Hurricane Program disruption, and disaster Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 500 AC@ St., SW assistance costs resulting form Alabama, Florida... Washington, D.C. 20472 hurricanes. (202) 646 -4621 http://www.fema.gov/mit John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. and Initiates programs and supports Program Area, Grants Management, Research and Information Catherine T. their purposes including Open to non - profit, tax - exempt 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1100 MacArthur community development activities organizations Chicago, IL 60603 -5285 Foundation in Palm Beach County, Florida. (312) 726 -8000 e -mail: 4answers @macfdn.com The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention as needed to reduce hazards to life and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed http : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dll /oip_public /USA_map for a Land Protection, impaired by a natural disaster. USDA service center in your area. Natural Resources NRCS provides technical WPB: Conservation assistance for rehabilitation of West Palm Beach Service Center Service land anc conservation systems 559 N. Military Tr.. for which FSA provides cost- West Palm Beach, FL 33415 sharing; and emergency protection to assist in relieving imminent hazards to life and property from floods and products of erosion created by natural hazards that are causing a sudden impairment of a watershed. To provide specialized training Applicants requesting funding and equipment to enhance the must have the capability to Office of State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support, Office of Justice Local Firefighting capability of metropolitan fire and develop and provide training Programs, Department of Justice, 633 Indiana Ave., NE., Washington, DC 20531. and Emergency emergency service departments for fire and emergency service Phone: (202) 616 -2920. Services Training to respond to terrorist attacks. To personnel that will prepare Page G = 31 • •- enhance readiness and them to respond to a terrorist preparedness of fire and incident. emergency services personnel to respond to terrorist incidents of mass destruction where incendiary devices, nuclear, biological or chemical agents are utilized. Helps existing community development groups revitalize urban neighborhoods throughout the country. By combining investments, technical John Mascotte, Chairman of the Board, or Paul S. Grogan, President Local Initiatives assistance, and grants, LISC Local Initiatives Support Corporation Support Corporation seeks to increase the ability of AAvailable upon request.@ 733 3 ro Ave. experienced local development New York, NY 10017 groups to design projects of (212) 455 -9800 significant scale, raise and manage necessary capital, and work effectively with their natural allies in the private sector. To increase the professional level of the fire service and others responsible for fire prevention and control. Students are provided an opportunity to attend courses at the National Fire Academy resident facility or at a convenient off - campus location with a minimal cost to the National Fire Any individual who is a individual or the fire department National Emergency Training Center, Educational and Technology Services Academy represented. The increase in the member of a fire department or Branch, 16825 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Educational number of students attending has significant responsibility for Phone: (301) 447 -1000. Program impacts on increasing the fire prevention and control. professional level o f fire service personnel. Training is provided at the resident facility in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and in the field in cooperation with State or local fire training agencies on specific subjects to specific audience. Page G - 32 0 • • To provide travel stipends to students attending Academy courses. Examples of Funded Any student who is a member National Fire Projects: Students are provided of a fire department or has Academy Training an opportunity to attend courses significant responsibility for fire Assistance (Student at the National Fire Academy prevention and control and has National Emergency Training Center, Educational and Technology Services Stipend resident facility with a minimal been accepted in to a eligible Branch, 16825 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Reimbursement cost to the individual or the fire course at the National Fire Phone: (301) 447 -1035. Program) department represented. The Academy may apply for increase in the number of stipend reimbursement. students attending impacts on increasing the professional level of fire service personnel. Provides federally- backed flood insurance to those who generally National Flood were not able to obtain it from the Insurance Program private- sector companies, and to promote sound floodplain management practices in flood prone areas. States and units of local Federal Emergency Management Agency government. Local Mitigation Directorate National Flood To fund activities designed to 500 AC@ St., SW governments must be Mitigation Fund reduce the risk of flood damage. participating in the National Washington, D.C. 20472 Flood Insurance Program. (202) 646 -4621 hftp://www.fema.gov/mit Provides weather and flood warnings, public forecasts and National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advisories for all of the United 1325 East -West Highway National Weather States and territories. Technical Silver Spring, FM 20910 Service assistance is provided to local, regional, and state agencies developing and operating warning http: / /www.nws.noaa.gov programs. NIEHS Hazardous To provide cooperative A public or private nonprofit Waste Worker agreements and project grant entity providing worker health Grants Management Contact: Dorothy G. Williams, Grants Management Officer, Health and Safety support for the development and and safety education and Grants Management Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, Training (Superfund administration of model worker training may submit an National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Worker Training health and safety training application and receive a Department of Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Program) programs consisting of classroom cooperative agreement or Park, NC 27709. Phone: (919) 541 -2749, E -mail: Williams @niehs.nih.gov. and practical health and safety project grant for support of Page G - 33 training of workers and their waste worker education and supervisors, who are engaged in training by a named principal activities related to hazardous investigator. Nonprofit materials, hazardous waste organizations which are generation, treatment, storage, incorporated under 501 (c)(4) disposal, removal, containment, are prohibited from receiving transportation, or emergency grants. response. Programs provide health and safety training and education for occupational population involved in waste handling and processing at active and inactive hazardous substance treatment, storage, and disposal facilities; cleanup, removal, containment, or remedial action at waste sites; hazardous substance emergency response; hazardous substance disposal site risk assessment and investigation, remedial actions or clean -up by state and local personnel; and transportation of hazardous wastes. It is intended to integrate advanced or graduate training into the multidisciplinary research program to provide for training in: (1) environmental and An accredited institution of occupational health and safety; higher education, as defined in NIEHS Superfund (2) the engineering aspects of the Higher Education Act, 20 Hazardous hazardous waste control; and (3) U.S.C. (annotated) 3381, may Substances: Basic graduate training in the submit an application and Grants Management Contact: Dorothy G. Williams, Grants Management Officer, Research and geosciences. This receive a grant for support of Department of Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Education ( NIEHS interdisciplinary program supports research by a named principal Park, NC 27709. Phone: (919) 541 -2749; Superfund basic research in the following: investigator. Nonprofit E -mail: Williams @niehs.nih.gov. Research Program) (1) development and use of organizations which are methods and technologies to incorporated under 501(c) (4) detect hazardous substances in are prohibited from receiving the environment; (2) development grants. of advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effects of human health presented b Page G - 34 • • i hazardous substances; and (4) the development and use of basic biological, chemical, and physical methods and technologies to reduce the amount of toxicity of hazardous substances. The North American wetlands conservation Act Grant program promotes long -term conservation of North American wetland ecosystems, and the waterfowl and other migratory birds, fish and wildlife that depend upon Department of the Interior such habitat. Principal North American conservation actions supported Public or private, profit or non- Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Office Wetlands profit entities or individuals 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Rm. 110 by NAWCA are acquisition, Conservation Act enhancement and restoration of establishing pubic - private Arlington, VA 22203 Grant Program sector partnerships. (703) 358 -1784 wetlands and wetlands- http:// www .fws.gov /— r9nawwo /homepag.htmi associated habitat. The program encourages voluntary, pubic - private partnerships to conserve North American wetland ecosystems by creating an infrastructure and providing a source of funding. To provide financial assistance to the States and their political For planning grants, only the subdivisions for the preparation of State agency formally Statewide Comprehensive designated by the Governor or Outdoor Recreation Plans State law as responsible for (SCORPs) and acquisition and the preparation and Outdoor Recreation: development of outdoor maintenance of the Statewide Acquisition, recreation areas and facilities for Comprehensive Outdoor Chief, Recreation Program, National Park Service, (2225), Department of the Development and the general public, to meet Recreation Plan is eligible to Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Room 3624, Washington, DC 20240. Planning (Land and current and future needs. apply. For acquisition and Phone: (202) 565 -1133. Water Conservation Examples of Funded Projects: development grants, the above Fund Grants) Acquisition and development designated agency may apply grants may be used for a wide for assistance for itself, or on range of outdoor recreation behalf of other State agencies projects, such as picnic areas, or political subdivisions, such inner city parks, campgrounds, as cities, counties, and park tennis courts, boat launching districts. ramps, bike trails, outdoor Page G - 35 swimming pools, and support facilities such as roads, water supply, etc. To cooperate with any State in the preparation of comprehensive plans for the development, utilization and conservation of water and related land resources of drainage basins located within Planning Assistance the boundaries of such State. to States (Section The State must have a planning The 50 States. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -PF, Washington, DC 20314 -1000. 22) program for the development, Phone: (202) 272 -0169. utilization or conservation of the water and related land resources underway or laid out in sufficient detail so that the relationship of a State =s request for Corps input for some particular aspect of the program may be appraised. To assist the states in the preparation of comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of Department of Defense water and related land resources. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Assistance Floodplain management services States, District of Columbia, Attn: CECW -PM DoD intended to assist states in U.S. Territories, and federally to States Program planning related to water supply, recognized Indian tribes. Washington, D.C. 20314 -1000 water quality, water conservation, (202) 272 -0169 environmental restoration and http: / /wvvw.usace.army.mil/ enhancement, hydropower development, flood control, or erosion and navigation. To facilitate the financing of Property improvements to homes and Eligible borrowers include the Improvement Loan other existing structures and the owner of the property to be Insurance for building of new nonresidential improved, lessee having a Improving All structures. Insured loans may be lease extending at least 6 Persons are encouraged to contact the Homeownership Center serving their Existing Structures used to finance alterations, months beyond maturity of the State, or nearest local HUD Office. and Building of New repairs, and improvements for loan, or a purchaser of the Nonresidential existing structures and the property under a land Structures (Title I) building of new nonresidential installment contract. structures which substantially p rotect or improve the basic Page G - 36 livability or utility of the properties. To provide bank protection of highways, highway bridges, essential public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services Protection of endangered by flood - caused States, political subdivisions of erosion. Reinforced barriers at Essential Highways, either side of bridge States or other responsible Highway Bridge approachmentS. Corps of local agencies established Approaches, and under State law with full U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -PM, Washington, DC 20314 -1000. Public Works Engineers designs and constructs authority and ability to Phone: (202) 272 -1975. (Emergency Bank the project. Nonfederal sponsor undertake necessary legal and Protection) must share in projects costs, financial responsibilities. including cash and lands, easements, right -of -way; utility relocations; hold and save the United States free from damages; and maintain the project at local cost after completion. The Forest Service (FS) sets priorities, establishes policies, and provides financial and technical assistance to State http : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov/ scripts /ndisapi.dil /oip_public /USA_map for a Foresters. The FS provides USDA service center in your area. Protection technical and financial assistance private lands Federal, State agencies and WPB: Forests and d to State Foresters in mitigating organizations, State and West Palm Beach Service Center Rangelands and improving their fire 559 N. Military Tr.. suppression capability, and West Palm Beach, FL 33415 serves as a technical fire advisor to FEMA in the Fire Suppression Assistance Program. State and local governments and any political subdivision of To provide supplemental a State, Indian tribes, and assistance to States, local native villages are eligible. Federal Emergency Management Agency governments, and certain private Also eligible are private Infrastructure Support Division, Response and Recovery Directorate Public Assistance nonprofit organizations to nonprofit organization that 500 AC@ St., S.W. alleviate suffering and hardship operate educational, utility, Washington, D.C. 20472 resulting from major disasters or emergency, or medical (202) 646 -3026 emergencies declared by the facilities, provide custodial care http: / /www.fema.gov /mit/ President. or other essential services of governmental nature to the general public. Page G - 37 s • • To assist States in achieving, maintaining, and improving their capabilities to conduct radiation control programs. This will assure that State programs established through agreements with NRC for transfer of certain NRC regulatory authority over atomic energy materials to the States will continue to be State and local government adequate to protect health and agencies which are or will be Radiation Control: safety and be compatible with responsible for administering Brenda Usilton, Office of State Programs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Training Assistance NRC =s regulatory program. radiation control programs Washington, DC 20555. and Advisory Training is made available to under and agreement with Phone: (301) 415 -2348. Counseling personnel of State and local NRC for assumption by the governments in order to improve State of regulatory authority the radiological health training of initially exercised by the NRC. staff members responsible for carrying out radiation control programs. Courses are provided in health physics and radiation protection, safety aspects of using radioactive materials, regulatory practices and procedures, and compliance in spection. To help families repair or improve, purchase and improve, or refinance and improve existing residential structures more than one year old. HUD insures lenders against loss on loans. These loans may be used to Rehabilitation rehabilitate an existing 1 to 4 unit Individual purchasers or Persons are encouraged to contact the Homeownership Center serving their Mortgage Insurance dwelling in one of four ways: (1) investors are eligible to apply. State, or the nearest local HUD Office. (203(k) Purchase a structure and the land on which the structure is located and rehabilitate it; (2) purchase a structure on another site, move it onto a new foundation on the mortgaged property and rehabilitate it; (3) refinance the existing indebtedness and Page G - 38 rehabilitate such a structure; or (4) rehabilitate such a structure. Provides funds to rural communities to improve local housing, streets, utilities, and Small Cities public facilities. The Section 108 Ian Smith (850) 922 -1870 Community Loan Guarantee Program offers Susan Cook (850) 487 -3644 Development Block local governments a source of Rick Stauts, Planning Manager with the Department of Community Affairs Grant Program financing for economic (850) 487 -3644 development, large -scale public facility projects, and public infrastructure. To reduce flood damages. Corps of Engineers designs and constructs the project. The nonfederal sponsor must provide all lands, easements and rights - of -way; provide all project costs in States, political subdivisions of Snagging and excess of the Federal limit of States or other responsible gg 9 $500,000; agree to maintain local agencies established Clearing for Flood project after construction; hold under State law with full U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW -PM, Washington, DC 20314 -1000. Control (Section and save the United States free authority and ability to Phone: (202) 272 -1975. 208) from damages; provide a undertake necessary legal and contribution toward construction financial responsibilities. costs for land enhancement or special benefits; agree to prevent future encroachment which might interfere with proper functioning of the project for flood control. Special Economic To assist State and local areas States, cities, counties, or Development and develop and /or implement other political subdivisions of a strategies designed to address State, consortia of such Adjustment Department of Commerce structural economic adjustment political subdivisions, public or Assistance Program problems resulting from sudden private nonprofit organizations Economic Adjustment Division, Economic Development Administration - Sudden and Room H7327, Herbert C. Hoover Bldg. Severe Economic and severe economic dislocation representing redevelopment Washington, D.C. 20230 Dislocation (SSED) such as plant closings, military areas designated under the (202) 482 -26659 base closures and defense Public Works and Economic and Long Term contract cutbacks, and natural Redevelopment Act of 1965, http: / /www.doc.gov /eda/ Economic disasters (SSED), or from long- Economic Development Deterioration term economic deterioration in Districts established under Title (EYED) the area =s economy (LTED). IV of the Act, and Indian tribes. Page G - 39 0 • ! To assist States in developing and improving State and local State Disaster plans, programs, and capabilities Preparedness for disaster preparedness and Grants (Disaster prevention. Improvement grants C. Dwight Poe, State and Local Preparedness, Training, and Exercises Preparedness have produced a variety of All States are eligible. Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472. Improvement products such as mitigation Phone: (202) 646 -3492. Grants) training courses, enhanced State preparedness efforts, revised assistance and hazard mitigation plans. The Stewardship Incentive Program provides technical and financial assistance to encourage non - industrial private forest landowners to keep their lands and natural resources productive USDA, Forest Service and healthy. Qualifying land includes rural lands with existing http : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dii /oip_public /USA_map for a Stewardship tree cover or land suitable for USDA service center in your area. Incentives Program growing trees and which is owned WPB: by a private individual, group, West Palm Beach Service Center association, corporation, Indian 559 N. Military Tr.. tribe, or other legal private entity. West Palm Beach, FL 33415 Eligible landowners must have an approved Forest Stewardship Plan and own 1,00 or fewer acres of qualifying land. Authorization may be obtained for exceptions of up to 5,000 acres. The STP provides flexible funding that may be sued by States and localities for projects on any Federal -aid highway, including STP the NHS, bridge projects on any Florida Department of Transportation public road, transit capital projects, and intracity and intercity bus terminals and facilities. A portion of funds reserved for rural areas may be Page G - 40 spent on rural minor collectors. Eligible activities include: environmental restoration and pollution abatement projects, including retrofit or construction of stormwater treatment facilities; natural habitat mitigation. To (1) catalyze community -based and regional projects and other actions that promote sustainable development, thereby improving environmental quality and economic prosperity; (2) leverage significant private and public investments to enhance environmental quality by enabling community sustainability efforts to continue past EPA funding; (3) build partnerships that increase a community =s long -term capacity to protect the environment through sustainable development; and (4) enhance EPA =s ability to provide assistance to Eligible applicants include Sustainable community groups and other Development communities and promote nonprofit organizations, local Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency, Program Contact: Challenge Grants sustainable development, through governments, universities, Pamela Hurt. Phone: (202) 260 -2441. lessons. Examples of Funded tribes, and States. Projects: AFrom Grassroots to Tree Roots - Sustaining Forestry in New Hampshire@ promotes using better forest management practices to protect environmental quality and sustain the State =s timber industry. AMid -City Green Project Building Materials Exchange@ will expand its current Paint Exchange into a full -scale Building materials Exchange to reduce the amount of discarded construction materials waste in the New Orleans area and encourage urban renewal. This will be accomplished through Page G - 41 construction materials recovery, transformation, and low -cost resale; neighborhood rehabilitation promotion; creative reuse; and education. Transportation enhancements are transportation- related activities that are designed to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental aspects of the Transportation Nation =s Intermodal Enhancements transportation system. Eligible Florida Department of Transportation Program projects include environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to highway runoff or reduce vehicle - caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity. To provide Federal grants to local governments for the rehabilitation of recreation areas and facilities, demonstration of innovative approaches to improve park Eligible applicants are cities system management and and counties meeting the recreation opportunities, and eligibility requirements. development of improved Urban Park and recreation planning. Eligibility is based on need, National Park Service, Recreation Programs, 1849 C Street, N.W., Room 3624, Recreation Rehabilitation grants have been economic and physical Washington, DC 20240. Contact: Ken Compton, Phone: (202) 565 -1133. Recovery Program awarded to renovate a wide distress, and the relative variety of existing community quality and condition urban park and recreation facilities. recreation facilities and systems. Innovation grants have been awarded to demonstrate unique and cost - effective methods for providing better recreation services. Provide planning and technical assistance to local governments http: / /www.usace.anny.mil U.S. Army Corps of to address local flood problems. http: / /www.saw.usace.army.mil Engineers The Floodplain Management Service Program and Planning Assistance to States Program can help local governments Page G - 42 develop their own plans and initiate floodplain management actions. Under these programs the Corps can provide flood data and carry out certain local studies. Assists states and local governments in maintaining stream gauge stations. In addition, the agency has prepared inundation maps in Florida Geological Survey U.S. Geological many communities. These Survey quadrangle floodplain maps of http: / /www.usgs.gov flood prone areas are often used to delineate the approximate floodplain boundaries on the maps FEMA has provided to local governments. The Wallace Global Fund supports initiatives which promise to advance globally sustainable development in some fundamental way. The Fund seeks to maximize its impact by investing its resources in projects that meet the following criteria: Tackle root problems that impede Wallace Global progress toward a sustainable Fund future; propose compelling http:// www .wgf.orglprogram_criteria.html strategies for promoting environmentally and /or socially sustainable development, such as leveraging additional financial resources, catalyzing policy change, implementing innovative programs; offer potential for significant impact at the global level; and require private money, at least initially. Water Pollution To assist States and interstate Eligible entities include State Carol Crow, State and Interstate Agencies, Section 106 Coordinator, Section 106, Control: State and agencies in establishing and and interstate water pollution Office of Wastewater Management (4201), Office of Water, EPA, Washington, Interstate Program maintaining adequate measures control agencies as defined in 20460. Phone: (202) 260 -6742. Support 106 for prevention and control of the Federal Water Pollution Page G - 43 Grants) surface and ground water Control Act. pollution. Grants are made to States and Tribes for the administration of State and Tribal programs for the prevention, reduction and control of pollution. Activities funded include administration of State and Tribal Water Quality Standards programs; NPDES permit programs; and compliance and enforcement, monitoring and hazardous materials spills response. Broad support for the prevention and abatement of surface and ground water pollution from point and nonpoint sources including water quality planning, monitoring, water quality standards, assessments, permitting, pollution control studies, planning, surveillance and enforcement; advice and assistance to local agencies; training; and public information. Water Quality Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Program To improve water quality. Management Office of Wastewater Management (4201), Office of Water Washington, D.C. 20460 Any State agency, county or groups of counties, municipality, town or township, To provide technical and financial soil and water conservation flood prevention or assistance in carrying out works district, US Department of Agriculture Watershed flood control district, Indian of improvement to protect, Natural Resources Conservation Service Protection and tribe or tribal organization, or develop, and utilize the land and P.O. Box 2890 Flood Prevention water resources in small any other non - profit agency Washington, D.C. 20013 watersheds. with authority under State law to carry out, maintain, and operate watershed works of improvement may apply for assistance. Page G - 44 (1) Be a sponsoring local organization, such as a municipal corporation, soil and water conservation district, or Watershed P Agriculture To provide loan assistance to other organization not operated Department of Protection and sponsoring local organizations in for profit in the approved Water and Waste Rural Utilities Service Flood Prevention authorized watershed (WS) areas watershed project; and (2) Washington, D.C. 20250 Loans for share of cost for works of have authority under State law (202) 690 -2670 improvement. to obtain, give security for, and raise revenues to repay the loan and to operate and maintain the facilities to be financed with the loan. The Small Watershed Program works through local government sponsors and helps participants solve natural resource and related economic problems on a USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service Watersheds watershed basis. Projects Operations -Small include watershed protection, http:/ /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dil /oip — Public/USA_map for a Watershed Program flood prevention, erosion and USDA service center in your area. and Flood sediment control, water supply, WPB: Prevention Program water quality, fish and wildlife West Palm Beach Service Center (WF08 or FP 03) habitat enhancement, wetlands 559 N. Military Tr.. creation and restoration, and West Palm Beach, FL 33415 public recreation in watersheds of 250,000 or fewer acres. Both technical and financial assistance are available. Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Program To protect natural wetlands. Attn: CECW -PM DoD Washington, D.C. 20314 -1000 (202) 272 -0169 http://www.usace.army.mii/ To assist States and Indian tribes Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Protection in developing new or enhancing States, Indian tribes, and local Office of Water Grants existing wetlands protection governments Office of Wastewater Management (4201), Office of Water programs. Washington, D.C. 20460 Wetlands Reserve The Wetlands Reserve Program USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service Program is a voluntary program to restore wetlands. Participating htt : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda. ov /scri is /ndisa i.dll /oi ublic /USA ma for a Page G - 45 landowners can establish USDA service center in your area. conservation easements of either WPB: permanent or 30 -year duration, or West Palm Beach Service Center can enter into restoration cost- 559 N. Military Tr.. share agreements where no West Palm Beach, FL 33415 easement is involved. The purpose of the program is to assist Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments to protect watersheds form damage caused by erosion, floodwater, and sediment and to conserve and develop water and land resources. Resource concerns addressed by the program include water quality, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service opportunities for water conservation, wetland and water Watershed Surveys and Planning storage capacity, agricultural Watershed Surveys drought problems, rural hftp : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dll /oip_public /USA_map for a and Planning development, municipal and USDA service center in your area. industrial water needs, upstream WPB: flood damages, and water needs West Palm Beach Service Center for fish, wildlife, and forest -based 559 N. Military Tr.. industries. Types of surveys and West Palm Beach, FL 33415 plans include watershed pans, river basin surveys and studies, flood hazard analyses, and flood plain management assistance. The focus of these plans is to identify solutions that use land treatment and nonstructural measures to solve resource problems. To provide planning assistance to Any local or State water Watershed Surveys Federal, State, and local resource agency or other and Planning (Small agencies for the development of Federal agency concerned with Watershed coordinated water and related water and related land Deputy Chief For Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Program; PL -566; land resources programs in resource development, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013. Watershed Surveys watersheds and river basins. counties, municipalities, town Phone: (202) 720 -4527. and Planning) Special priority is given to the or township, soil and water objectives of setting priorities in conservation district, flood helping to solve problems of prevention or flood control Page G - 46 0 • ! upstream rural community district, Indian tribe or tribal flooding, water quality organization or nonprofit improvement coming from organization. agricultural nonpoint sources, wetland preservation and drought management for agriculture and rural communities. Special emphasis is given to assisting communities which desire to adopt floodplain management regulations to meet the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program and State agencies in developing a strategic water resource plan. Examples of Funded Projects: In New Castle Counties Delaware, the Central Pencader flood plain management study was initiated to guide land use, zoning, and subdivision decisions to develop sound flood plain and storm water management practices. To assist States, Tribes, and local governments in developing new or enhancing existing wetlands protection management and restoration programs. The projects that will be funded under State or tribal agencies; Wetlands this program should support the interstate /inter - tribal entities Protection: initial development of a wetlands Peter Kalla, Wetlands Protection Section, EPA, Region IV, Atlanta, GA 30365. and associations; and local Development protection restoration program or governmental entities are Phone: (404) 562 -9414. Grants support enhancement/refinement eligible to receive funding. of an existing program. Projects must clearly demonstrate a direct link to increasing a State =s tribe =s, or local governments ability to protect manage and /or restore its wetlands resources. The WHIP is a voluntary program All lands are eligible for WHIP, Contact Wildlife Habitat for people who want to develop except for: Federal lands; land http : / /mimosa.itc.nres.usda.gov / scripts /ndisapi.dii /oip _public /USA_map for a Incentives Program and improve wildlife habitat currently enrolled in USDA service center in your area. p rimarily on private lands. It Waterbank, Conservation WPB: Page G - 47 provides both technical Reserve Program, Wetlands West Palm Beach Service Center assistance and cost share Reserve Program, or other 559 N. Military Tr.. payment to help establish and similar programs; lands where West Palm Beach, FL 33415 improve fish and wildlife habitat. the expected impacts from on- site or off -site conditions make the success of habitat improvement unlikely. Appendix G Section 2.0: Management of Mitigation Disaster Assistance Monies Principal federal and state assistance programs used for mitigation activities include the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA), and Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance (EMPA). Public Assistance projects, although they may have a mitigation component, are primarily managed outside the LMS process by the Public Assistance Unit of the Operations Section. The LMS monitors and assists PA projects as appropriate. Pre - Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grants are pursued pre- event. Small Business Administrative loans are coordinated through the Division of Emergency Management, but typically do not involve the LMS. Given the level of activity generated by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004, Hurricane Wilma in 2005, and Tropical Storm Fay in 2008 HMGP handled most of the need for near -term mitigation funds. Other funding sources beyond the above (e.g. Community Development Block Grants) have not as yet been fully utilized for structural mitigation, although Economic Development Administration and Public Entity Risk Institute grant funds and private sector donations were used for the establishment of a state -of- the -art community wide Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan and business preparedness initiatives designed to build a more disaster resilient community and economy.. HMGP, FMA, EMPA, and PDM projects are subject to the standard LMS submission and prioritization process. However, hazard - specific HMGP projects, submitted specifically in response to county allocations, are, at the discretion of the LMS Steering Committee and Evaluation Panel may be prioritized using other criteria relevant to flood mitigation and wind retrofit projects. In response to Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne, the LMS's Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee played an important role in prioritizing HMGP flood mitigation projects. Once projects are submitted to Florida Division of Emergency Management and FEMA, those funding agencies work directly with applicant jurisdictions and organizations. The LMS monitors project status and assists and works with applicants and funding agencies to resolve issues and problems that may arise. Page G - 48 Appendix H: Plan Adoption Requirement §201.6(c)(6): The local hazard mitigation plan shall include documentation that the plan has been formally adopted by the governing body of the jurisdiction requesting approval of the plan. Appendix H contains a copy of the FEMA Approval Letter dated November 10, 2009 covering the 2009 Revised Local Mitigation Strategy Plan. It also includes draft copies of the adoption resolution to be approved at the Board of County Commissioners meeting scheduled for January 12, 2010 and a draft copy of the resolution for Municipal adoption. Original signed copies of the resolutions are maintained on file in the Clerk & Comptroller Office. All partners must follow the participation requirements described in Section 1 to remain in good standing with the Local Mitigation Strategy. An executed adoption resolution along with compliance with LMS participation rules qualifies partners to submit qualified mitigation projects for federal funding consideration. • • U.S. DerArtmani of HOM01011J Security F$MA RegM tv 3no3 Chambice Tucker Rand t j }J Adata , GA 30341 November 10, 2009 Mr. Ruben Almaguer, Division Director Division of Emergency Management 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399 -2100 Attention: Mr. Miles Anderson Reference: Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Dear Mr. Almaguer: This is to confirm that we have completed a Federal/State review of the Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update for compliance with the federal hazard mitigation planning standards contained in 44 CFR 20116(b)-(d). We have determined that the Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Platt Update is compliant with federal standards, subject to formal community adoption, for the jurisdictions listed below: • City of Atlantis . City of Belle Glade . Ciry of Boca Raton City of Boynton Beach . Town of Briny . Town of Cloud Lake Breezes • Town of Glen Ridge . City of Delray Beach . City of Greenscres • Town of Gulf Stream . Town of Haverhill . Town of Highland Beach • Town of Hypoluxo • Town of Juno Beach . Town of Jupiter Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony . Town of Lake Clark . Town of Loxahachee Groves Shores • Town of Lake Worth . City of Lantana • Town of Manalapan City of Atlantis • City of Belle Glade • City of Boca Raton Town of Magnolia Park . Village of North + Town of Ucean Ridge Palm Beach City of Pahokee • Town of Palm Beach Town ofPahn Beach Shores + Town of Palm Beach . V illage of Palm . City of Rivera Beach Gardens Springs . Village of Royal Palm Beach + City of South Bay + City of South Palm Beach Village of Tequests Village of . City of West Palm Beach Wellington Unincorporated Palm Beach Town of I ake Park . Northern Palm Beach County • County Improvement District • Indian Trail Improvement + Village of Golf District In order for our office to issue formal approval of the plan, Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plant Update must submit adoption documentation and document that the final public meeting occurred. Upon submittal of these items to our office, we will issue formal approval of the Palm Beach County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Gabrlela Vigo, of the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch, at (229) 2254546 or Linda L Byers, of my staff, at (770) 220.5498. Sin y, Robed E. Lowe, Chief Risk Analysis Branch Mitigation Division 2 • RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE 2009 REVISED UNIFIED PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL MITIGATION PLAN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, Palm Beach County is susceptible to a variety of natural and man-made disasters; and WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, was enacted to establish a national disaster hazard mitigation program to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from disasters, and to assist state, local and Indian tribal governments in implementing effective hazard mitigation measures to ensure the continuation of critical services and facilities after a natural disaster; and WHEREAS, the Disaster mitigation Act of 2000, as a condition for qualifying for and receiving future Federal mitigation assistance funding, requires such governments to have Federal Emergency Management Agency approved hazard mitigation plans in place that identify the natural hazards that could impact their jurisdictions, identify actions and activities to mitigate the effects of those hazards, and establish a coordinated process to implement plans; and WHEREAS, Palm Beach County's Local Mitigation Strategy, in coordination with governmental and nori- governmental stakeholders having an interest in reducing the impact of natural disasters, and with input from the private sector and other members of the public, developed and revised the Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy; and WHEREAS, the 2009 revised Local Mitigation Plan has been approved by the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency subject to adoption by the County Board of County Commissioners, and WHEREAS, the LMS Steering Committee recommends the formal adoption of the 2009 and planned future enhancements described therein; NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1 . The County hereby approves and adopts the Revised Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan in its entirety, as revised and approved by the Local Mitigation Steering Committee and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Section 2 . The County authorizes the appropriate County Officials to pursue available funding opportunities for implementation of proposed mitigation initiatives described therein, and upon receipt of such funding or other necessary resources, seek to implement the actions contained in the mitigation strategies set out by the plan. Section 3 . The Board of County Commissioners directs that executed originals of this resolution and the adoption resolutions of all participating municipalities be held on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner and upon being put to a vote, the vote was a follows: BURT AARONSON, CHAIR KAREN T. MARCUS, VICE CHAIR JEFF KOONS SHELLEY DANA STEVEN L ABRAMS JESS R. SANTAMARIA PRISCILLA A. TAYLOR The Chair thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and adopted 2009. APPROVED AS TO FORM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA BY AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY ITS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS By: By: County Attorney Deputy Clerk APPROVED AS TO CONTENT By: Vince Bonvento, Assistant County Administrator Director, Public Safety Department RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE (Municipal Governing Body) OF (Municivalitvl FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE (Municipality l TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE 2009 REVISED PALM BEACH COUNTY UNIFIED LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY PLAN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, Palm Beach County is susceptible to a variety of natural and man-made disasters; and WHEREAS, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, was enacted to establish a national disaster hazard mitigation program to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from disasters, and to assist state, local and Indian tribal governments in implementing effective hazard mitigation measures to ensure the continuation of critical services and facilities after a natural disaster; and WHEREAS, the Disaster mitigation Act of 2000, as a condition for qualifying for and receiving future Federal mitigation assistance funding, requires such governments to have Federal Emergency Management Agency approved hazard mitigation plans in place that identify the natural hazards that could impact their jurisdictions, identify actions and activities to mitigate the effects of those hazards, and establish a coordinated process to implement plans; and WHEREAS, Palm Beach County's Local Mitigation Strategy, in coordination with governmental and non - governmental stakeholders having an interest in reducing the impact of natural disasters, and with input from the private sector and other members of the public, developed and revised the Palm Beach County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy; and WHEREAS, the 2009 revised Unified Local Mitigation Plan has been approved by the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency subject to adoption by the County Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the LMS Steering Committee recommends the formal adoption of the 2009 Revised Unified LMS Plan, including planned future enhancements described therein, by the County and all 38 participating municipalities. NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY) OF THE (MUNICIPALITY), FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1 . The (Municipality) hereby approves and adopts the 2009 Revised Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan (attached hereto as Exhibit A) in its entirety, as revised by the LMS and approved by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Section 2 . The (Municipality) authorizes the appropriate (Municipality) Officials to pursue available funding opportunities for implementation of proposed mitigation initiatives described in the Plan, and upon receipt of such funding or other necessary resources, seek to implement the actions in accordance with the mitigation strategies set out by the plan. Section 3 . The (Municipality) will continue to support and participate in the LMS planning and implementation process as required by FEMA, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and the Palm Beach County LMS Steering Committee. Section 4 . The (Municipal Governing Body) directs the (Municipality) Clerk to transmit an original of the executed Resolution to the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, attention LMS Coordinator (712- 6481), for filing in the Office of the Clerk and Comptroller. RESOLVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2010. Appendix I: Meeting Summaries Meeting summaries are no longer posted in the LMS Plan. They are available upon request. Appendix I will be re- designed in future editions. i • I -1 Ap : Re � Loss Pr o p erties In accordance with the following FEMA requirement, the Palm Beach County LMS includes repetitive flood loss properties in its risk assessments: Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii): The risk assessment must also address National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insured structures that have been repetitively damaged floods. In addition, Palm Beach County's LMS and Community Rating System programs monitor the number and locations of flood prone properties countywide. At this writing, there were an estimated 285 FEMA- registered repetitive flood loss properties in the combined jurisdictions of incorporated and unincorporated Palm Beach County. Repetitive Loss Properties Repetitive loss properties are defined by the National Flood Insurance Program as: "properties with two or more NFIP claims of at least $1,000 in any rolling ten year period." Repetitive -loss properties constitute a significant drain on the resources of the NFIP, costing about 200,000,000 annually. Repetitive -loss properties comprise approximately 1 percent of currently insured properties but account for 25 to 30 percent of claims losses. They represent a key target of the NFIP for mitigation, including relocation, elevation and buyouts. As of June 2009 the NFIP lists 285 repetitive flood loss properties in Palm Beach County. They are widely scattered throughout the eastern corridor of the county (see the map below). Because of the scale of the map, properties appear to be more closely located than they are. While there are a few geographical clusters of repetitive loss properties, most involve isolated parcels. Many owners complain that their flood problems are more a matter of raised road crowns, construction of impervious surfaces like parking lots and roads, and new surrounding development built at higher elevations, than low base flood elevations per se. The accuracy of the repetitive loss list is somewhat suspect. On the one hand it has been found to contain properties erroneously listed as residing in Palm Beach County. At the same, it is believed that some property owners who have insurance, may not make claims for fear of increased insurance rates or punitive actions. There is a concern that some residents may be living in unhealthy, previously flooded, mold infested homes. Severe Repetitive Loss Properties The NFIP identifies higher risk properties as "severe repetitive loss" properties, because of the frequency and cost of flood insurance claims. A severely repetitive loss property is defined by the NFIP as a residential property that is covered under an NFIP flood insurance policy and: (a) has at least four NFIP claim payments (including building and contents) over $5,000 each, and the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeds $20,000; or is Page J -1 1 0 (b) for which at least two separate claims payments (building payments only) have been made with the cumulative amount of the building portion of such claims exceeding the market value of the building. For both (a) and (b) above, at least two of the referenced claims must have occurred within any ten -year period, and must be greater than 10 days apart. As of June 2009 there are five Palm Beach County properties listed as severe repetitive loss properties; three in the northern part of the Town of Palm Beach; one in the southern part of the Town of Palm Beach, and one in the City of West Palm Beach The table below lists the number of repetitive loss properties by jurisdiction. Palm Beach County Repetitive Loss Properties & Severe Repetitive Loss Properties (2009) Atlantis 1 Boca Raton 4 Boynton Beach 12 Cloud Lake 1 Delray Beach 16 Gulf Stream 2 Haverhill 1 Highland Beach 1 • Juno Beach 4 Jupiter 7 Lake Park 3 Lake Worth 9 Lantana 6 Manalapan 3 Mangonia Park 2 North Palm Beach 2 Ocean Ride 15 Pahokee 1 Palm Beach County 70 Palm Beach Gardens 5 Palm Beach Shores 2 Palm Beach 77 4 Palm Springs 1 Riviera Beach 10 South Palm Beach 1 Te uesta 2 West Palm Beach 27 1 Countywide Towl 285 S Countywide, repetitive flood loss properties fall into the following categories by use: Single family (68.4 %), 2 -4 family residences (7.0 %), other residential (10.2 %), condominiums (2.5 %), and non - residential (11.9 %). Page J - 2 • The map below shows repetitive flood loss properties relative to Special Flood Hazard Areas. At least 12 percent of repetitive flood loss properties reside outside the boundaries of Special Flood Hazard Areas. Although the exact number is not known, it is suspected that in excess of 25 percent of flood claims come from areas outside the Special Flood Hazard Area. Palm Beach Countywide Repetitive Flood Loss Properties V . YI IN dsStTQtvN RC a _ 4 A ,� H jf wqt 11 1+� MROtt ORU F f� .0. 4t MpES D Legend , GOV Vubtic Safely Department C C Repetitive r GLS Services 561- 712 -6400 ` Flood Loss Date: August 13, 2009 Property Data Source: FDEM; FEMA A major mitigation goal of the LMS and CRS programs is the reduction in the number of repetitive loss properties county -wide through a combination of local and grant assisted projects and initiatives. These efforts draw heavily from established funding programs such as the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA), Pre Disaster Mitigation (PDM), and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) programs. Additional information on repetitive loss properties is contained in Section 4.1.4 of the plan, in the flood hazard section, in the built environment section of the Palm Beach County • Hazard Environment profile (Special Appendix II p.SAll -36) and in Special Appendix III. Page J -3 i A list of repetitive loss properties with detailed loss, property description and owner information is maintained by the LMS Working Group and the Community Rating System committee and kept on file at the county Emergency Operations Center. For privacy reasons, this information is not included in publicly distributed copies of the LMS plan. The repetitive loss property list is updated periodically as properties are mitigated or otherwise removed from the list, and /or new structures are designated as repetitive loss properties by FEMA. Although a significant portion of the county falls within FEMA designated Special Flood Hazard Areas, flooding can and does occur anywhere in the county. Because of elevated slabs and effective drainage systems, structural flooding is not widespread. Nevertheless, the county has 285 structures listed by FEMA as repetitive flood loss properties. The Town of Palm Beach County and the unincorporated area of the county have by far the highest incidence of repetitively flooded properties, 77 and 70 respectively (52.7% of the county total). West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach have significant numbers as well. Surprisingly, Jupiter and Boca Raton which the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, show has having significant special flood hazard areas only have 7 and 4 repetitive flood loss properties respectively. Number of Addresses in Special Flood Hazard Areas A total of 109,151 addresses in 24 municipalities and unincorporated Palm Beach County are located with Special Flood Hazard Areas (A Zones). These addresses are widely scattered throughout the County. The chart on the next page shows a breakdown by jurisdiction. Jurisdiction No. Addresses Atlantis 222 Boca Raton 9,181 Boynton Beach 11,872 Cloud Lake 14 Delray Beach 9,567 Gulf Stream 217 Haverhill 503 Highland Beach 2,417 Juno Beach 222 Jupiter 7,056 Lake Park 931 Lake Worth 1,392 Lantana 1,416 Manalapan 248 Mangonia Park 35 North Palm Beach 3,173 Ocean Ridge 1,231 Palm Beach 4,766 • Page 1 - 4 • Palm Beach Gardens 1,400 Palm Springs 2,690 Riviera Beach 3,960 South Palm Beach 1,225 Tequesta 432 West Palm Beach 11,997 Unincorporated PBC 48,760 Countywide Total 157,669 Palm Beach County Number of Addresses in Special Flood Hazard Areas i Source: FEMA Digitized FIRMS 1996 s Page J - 5 Appendix K: Plan Maintenance This appendix describes the LMS's approach to plan maintenance in fulfillment of the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201.6(c)(4)(i): The plan maintenance process shall include a section describing the method and schedule of monitoring, evaluating, and updating the mitigation plan within a five -year cycle. Requirement §201.6(c)(4)(iii): The plan maintenance process shall include a discussion on how the community will continue public participation in the plan maintenance process. Monitoring The LMS Coordinator will monitor the progress of mitigation projects and actions based on inputs from county and municipal project managers and periodic requests directed to the Mitigation Bureau at the Florida Division of Emergency Management. All LMS member agencies and jurisdictions will be surveyed periodically (at least once per year) via e-mail for information relating to hazard occurrences, new mitigation initiatives, changes in resources and assets, etc. All jurisdictions will be asked to update all mentions of their involvement with mitigation and the LMS in the current Plan. The Mitigation Planning staff of the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management will • monitor and document hazard events, note changes in the hazard environment, capture damage and loss data, and maintain and update hazard and vulnerability assessment data on an ongoing basis. The LMS Coordinator will organize meetings of the Steering Committee and subcommittees to address issues of interest, provide LMS members with meeting summaries and action items, and retain meeting results in LMS files. The LMS Coordinator and Steering Committee will monitor grant opportunities and advise LMS member organizations of deadlines and application requirements. Working with the Division of Emergency Management's Grant Analyst, the LMS Coordinator will track and report the financial status of active grant projects. The LMS Coordinator will work with the Recovery unit of the Division of Emergency Management in assessing post disaster damages, compile information for declarations, and monitor announcements of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and other funding assistance organizations and programs. The Coordinator will provide information and otherwise assist potential grant applicants. The above activities outline plan maintenance during the four years leading up to the fifth year of the planning cycle (2009- 2012). Beginning in January of each formal revision year, the Steering Committee will lead a more intensive planning effort to update the Plan, obtain approvals, make necessary revisions and complete the 44CFR crosswalk for FEMA review and approval. Page K -1 Evaluation The LMS Plan and program will be evaluated annually to determine the effectiveness of its projects, programs, and policies. The LMS Coordinator will be responsible for scheduling and organizing Steering and subcommittee meetings, collecting, analyzing and incorporating member, State, FEMA and public inputs, and preparing or coordinating preparation of plan revisions. Each year, the LMS Coordinator and Steering Committee members will assess the current version of the Plan and determine the enhancements needed or desired. A thorough examination of all sections of the Plan will take place during the fifth year of the process to ensure Palm Beach County has a current and actionable document at the end of the planning cycle. The Steering Committee and LMS Coordinator will review goals and action items to determine their relevance to changing situations in the County and to changes in state or federal policy. The Steering Committee will look at any changes in resources that may influence plan implementation (such as funding) and program changes that may require changes. The Steering Committee will review the Plan to determine: • Are the mitigation actions effective? • Are there any changes in land development that affect mitigation priorities? • Do the goals, objectives, and action items meet social, technical, administrative, political, legal, economic, and environmental expectations? • Are the goals, objectives, and mitigation actions relevant and achievable given any changes in State or federal regulations or policy? • Is there any new research or data that affects the Risk Assessment portion of the Plan? • For the 2009 revised plan, all members were asked via e-mail to review the 2004 Unified Local Mitigation Strategy Plan posted on -line. Separate hard copies of municipal- specific sections were extracted, highlighted and mailed to municipalities for review and update. Follow -ups were made to ensure revised inputs were received from as many jurisdictions as possible. Revisions were coordinated by two members of the mitigation planning staff. All revisions were reviewed by the LMS Chair and select members of the Steering Committee. The revised plan was finally posted on the county's Division of Emergency Management homepage for final review and comments prior to submitting the draft plan to state and FEMA for approval. Update As practicable, the LMS Coordinator will compile new information and incorporate it into the Plan to minimize workloads during the final months of the five year planning cycle. The Coordinator and Steering Committee will also assess and incorporate recommendations offered by FEMA and the State. Prior to the fifth year of the planning cycle, the County LMS will apply for contractor grants to assist the Plan revision process. If grant funding is not forthcoming, the scope and timing of updates and revisions will be scaled to available internal resources. The updated /revised Plan will be submitted to the Mitigation Bureau of the Florida Division of Emergency Management in accordance with State and FEMA deadlines and requirements. After FEMA has approved the County Plan, the LMS Coordinator will submit it to the Board of County Commissioners for formal adoption. The approval process may require as much as three months to schedule and complete. Once the Plan is formally adopted by the County, each • Page K -2 • of the 38 municipalities will follow suit. Historically, the municipal adoption process has taken 4 to 6 months to accomplish. Originals of the executed adoption resolutions will be filed with the Minutes Department of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. As directed by FEMA copies will be submitted to the State and FEMA and /or posted in the Plan. A copy of the County Adoption resolution will be included in the Final Plan. Any delinquent adoptions will be noted in the Plan as well. Continued Public Involvement Palm Beach County is dedicated to public involvement in the hazard mitigation planning and review process. During all phases of plan maintenance, the public will be provided an opportunity to provide opinions, concerns, suggestions and ideas to the LMS. Historically, however, attempts at organizing special forums for the general public have produced poor attendance and weak participation. Private sector participation has been somewhat more successful. For future updates and revisions, the LMS will post drafts of the Plan on the Division of Emergency Management's website for public comment. To improve the chances for significant public input, all jurisdictions will be asked to solicit neighborhood associations and other resident groups like CERT teams in their area to visit the website. Public inputs will be presented to the Steering Committee for discussion and consideration. If warranted these inputs will be incorporated into the Plan. • Palm Beach County participates in an ongoing public - private partnership organized for building a more disaster resilient community and economy. The partnership is comprised of a growing network of business partners, universities, not - for - profit organizations and governmental agencies at the local, regional, state and national level. The Executive Committee of the partnership has identified 31 collaborative initiatives it will seek to implement in the coming years. Many of these initiatives relate to private sector - driven pre and post disaster mitigation programs, systems and policies. Several LMS committee members are involved in these partnership initiatives. The county, municipalities, and LMS committees are actively involved in year round outreach and awareness efforts such as public presentations, distribution of locally prepared and FEMA pamphlets and booklets, expos, etc. These activities frequently involve the use of volunteer community groups such as CERT, Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps, the Disaster recovery Coalition. The LMS also works closely with professional organizations such as the Risk & Insurance Managers Society, Chambers of Commerce, Merchant Associations, Association of Contingency Planners, ASIS, Association of Roofers & Sheet Metal Workers, builders associations, building owners and manager associations, etc. and participates in special forums organized by corporate foundations and the Business Civic Leadership Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. • Page K -3 • Appendix L: Project Scoring Examples Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(iii): The mitigation strategy section shall include an action plan describing how the actions identified in section (c)(3)(ii) will be prioritized, implemented, and administered by the local jurisdiction. Prioritization shall include a special emphasis on the extent to which benefits are maximized according to a cost benefit review of the proposed projects and their associated costs. This appendix supports the above FEMA requirement by providing a few examples of Palm Beach County's current project scoring process using the criteria established at the program's inception. This process is used as the basis for ranking (prioritizing) proposed projects. In order for a mitigation project to be eligible for federal monies there must be a Benefit Cost Analysis completed with results of a ratio greater than 1. This appendix illustrates the current scoring process through four examples: EXAMPLE 1: Community A - Library Wind Retrofit; EXAMPLE 2: Community B - RV Park Flooding Prevention; EXAMPLE 3: Community C - Hardening of an EOC; and EXAMPLE 4: Community D - Initiation of a Burning Program to Prevent Wildfire Losses in the Urban Interface Zone. • EXAMPLE 1: COMMUNITY A - LIBRARY RETROFIT Community A is a well -to -do community centered along the beach and on the Intracoastal Water. They have recently completed a large and very nice public library located on the Intracoastal Waterway. The library has many windows and a picturesque view of the waterway. The building itself is engineered to withstand category 5 hurricane force winds, but it is located in an area that can expect a 5 foot above mean high tide storm surge during storms rated at category 3 or higher. A storm surge of this magnitude will flood the bottom floor of this library to a depth of 2 feet. Equipment and books threatened by such an event are valued at an estimated $200,000. It will cost approximately $60,000 to raise the books and equipment in this library 3 ft above their current level. This would eliminate the $60,000 of exposure in all but the most catastrophic hurricanes of category 5 strength, achieving and an estimated 80% reduction in potential losses. Applying the Benefit/Cost formula: ($ 200,000 - $40,000)) $ 60,000 = 2.67 Benefit/Cost Ratio therefore, this is a viable project. Applying the Scoring Criteria (See Attached Score Sheet) this project would be scored as follows: • Page L - 1 COMMUNI TY BENEFI T This is a Flood Damage Reduction activity and is awarded 10 points here; Libraries are considered secondary critical facilities and 6 points are awarded here; In terms of Community Exposure $200,000 is considered moderate and the frequency of the hazard this project mitigates for, Category 3 or higher storm surge, is low. Therefore Moderate (M) Exposure (E) + Low (L) Frequency (F) = 4 points under category; and Cost Effectiveness in terms of the Benefit/Cost Ration is 2.67, therefore 12 points are awarded here. This project's score under Community Benefit is 32. COMMUNITY COMMITMENT This project is not contained within a specific policy of Community A's Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, but this type of mitigation is addressed as a broad goal in the Coastal Management Element of that plan. Five points are awarded under this category; Although libraries are considered secondary critical facilities this project is not part of any emergency management plan. It is, however, part of the Library Department's long -term strategic plan, which has been officially adopted by the City Council. Ten points are awarded here; While there is considerable public support for the library in general, and there is every reason to believe there would be widespread public support for this mitigation project if it was presented to the public, this has not yet been done. Most of the citizens of Community A are not aware of the potential problem this mitigation project addresses. No points can be awarded here at this time. (Community A could change this score by holding public workshops on the problem and soliciting voter response questionnaires or other methods.) This projects score under Community Commitment is 15 points. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION There are no regulatory problems with this project and 5 points are awarded here; Although the exposure is clearly visible, there has not been a severe hurricane since this library was constructed and therefore there is no history of loss or repetitive loss for this structure. Flood hazard mitigation money available now is directed toward structures suffering repetitive losses, and consequently no funds are immediately available. FEMA and other funding sources are being reviewed and it is believed that funds for this type of mitigation project will be available within the next 1 to 2 years. This project is awarded 6 points in this category; Community A is an affluent community and despite the fact that the public is currently unaware of this problem, the City Council feels confident enough of public support to • Page L - 2 commit a 50% match, or $30,000 toward this mitigation effort. The project is awarded 5 points here; and If funding was to become available, this project could accomplish its objective of raising library books and equipment above the category 3 storm surge level in less than one year. The project is awarded 5 points here. This project's score under Project Implementation is 21 points. The Final Score for this proposed mitigation project is 68 paints EXAMPLE 2: COMMUNITY B - RV PARK FLOODING PREVENTION Community B has a large RV park with very poor drainage. Every time there is a minimal rain event this area floods, causing significant danger and health hazards to the residents in terms of flooded power outlets and sewage- contaminated standing water. These events also cause the town and county considerable expense and inconvenience such as traffic problems, emergency services disruption, and clean -up. This type of flooding happens approximately eight times per year with an estimated expense to the town and county of $3,000 per event. Correcting this problem will require a substantial reworking of the local drainage system. The estimated cost for this mitigation effort is $400,000. If the flooding this project is designed to correct occurs eight times a year at a cost of $3,000 per event to the town and county in terms of police, fire /rescue, and utility worker time involvement, then Community B has a documented exposure of $24,000 per year to this hazard. If we assume the life expectancy of a drainage project to be 30 years, the potential savings to the town and county could be as high as $720,000. A reduction in the frequency of these flooding events by 90% would make the Benefit/Cost ratio on this project: ($720,000 - $72,000) ) $400,000 = 1.62 Benefit/Cost Ratio therefore, this is a viable project. Applying the Scoring Criteria (See Attached Score Sheet) this project would be scored as follows: COMMUNI TY BENEFI T This project is a Flood Damage reduction project and is awarded 10 points under the CRS Credit criterion. This project addresses a problem within an RV park where there are no permanent residents. It does not address critical elements of the community infrastructure and must be considered as addressing only public convenience considerations. Award 4 points here. Based on individual flooding events the community's exposure is low, but when considered over time this exposure becomes much higher. Points are awarded under Page L - 3 • this criterion based on a Medium Exposure and a High Frequency of occurrence. Nine points are awarded under this criterion. The cost effectiveness based on the Benefit/Cost ratio for this project is 1.62; therefore 8 points are awarded here. Total project score under Community Benefit is 31 points. COMMUNITY COMMITMENT This proposed project is contained within a broad mitigation AGoal@ under the Coastal Element of Community B's CGMP, but Community B has developed a proposed specific Policy amendment directed toward this type of drainage system retrofit. The project is awarded 8 points here. This project is also contained within the Flood Plain Management Plan for Community B, which has been officially adopted. Award 10 points in this category. This problem has been the subject of numerous letters and editorials in the local paper. It has also been the subject of one advertised public meeting. Award 5 points here. Total project score under Community Commitment = 23 points PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • This project requires a considerable amount of construction work. While it is consistent within the local regulatory frame work there are regional and possibly national issues that will have to be addressed. Since the project will be discharging storm water runoff into some body of water there will be water quality issues that must be dealt with. If Federal money is used, an NPDES review will be required. While all these issues can be addressed, they will delay implementation of the project and increase its cost. Award only 1 point under this criterion. At the moment there are no identified sources for funding for this project. Once the LMS is adopted it is believed the Federal Government will make available, through the State DEM some funds to implement priority mitigation projects. These funds may be available within 1 to 2 years. Award 6 points under this criterion. While Community B is relatively affluent they are not in a position to match more than 10% or $40,000 on a project of this magnitude. Award 1 point under this criterion. If funding were immediately available for this project it would take approximately three years before this project could be permitted, bid, constructed, and operational. Award 3 points under this criterion. Total project points under Project Implementation = 11 The Final Score for this proposed mitigation project is 65 points is Page L - 4 • EXAMPLE 3: COMMUNITY C - DEVELOP A HARDENED EOC Community C has no hardened Emergency Operations Center (EOC). They presently base their emergency management personnel in city office buildings that are highly vulnerable to both flooding and wind damage. They have an estimated $300,000 worth of computer, communications, and emergency response equipment housed within these vulnerable facilities. The County provides Community C with its Fire /Rescue services and is presently building a new, hardened fire station to serve this section of the County. County Fire /Rescue Services have offered to provide Community C space within their new building, but Community C will have to have this space fitted for Emergency Management Operations. Fitting this space and moving Community C's existing equipment into it will cost Community C an estimated $60,000. By undertaking this move Community C should reduce the exposure to its physical assets by 95% as well as position its Emergency Management Personnel in a much safer environment. Applying the Benefit/Cost formula shows: ($ 300,000 - $15,000)) $ 60,000 = 4.75 Benefit/Cost Ratio therefore, this is a viable project. Applying the Scoring Criteria (See Attached Score Sheet) to this project would be scored as follows: COMMUNI TY BENEFI T • Although not its specific aim, this project may be classified as a Flood Damage Reduction activity. Award 10 points under this criterion. This project addresses hardening of a Primary Critical Facility. Award 10 points here. The currently utilized location of emergency management operations is highly vulnerable to sever tropical storms, hurricanes, or tornadoes and all these types of storms occur with medium frequency. Thus, we have a High Exposure = Medium Frequency = 8 points for this criterion. The cost effectiveness for this proposed project expressed as the Benefit/Cost Ration is 4.75, thus 20 points are awarded in this criterion. Total Community Benefit Points = 48 COMMUNITY COMMITMENT The concept of developing a hardened EOC for Community C is expressed in both a Goal and a specific Policy of their CGMP. Award 10 points under this criterion. Development of a permanent, protected EOC is also contained with Community C's Emergency Management Plan. Award 10 points under this criterion. There is no real public support for, or opposition to, this project. Although it is believed the public would be highly supportive of this project if it were presented to them, they are is at this time unaware of the problem. No points can be awarded in this criterion. Page L - 5 • Total Community Commitment points = 20 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION There are no regulatory problems with this proposed project. Award 5 points here. There is an identified funding source through the State Department of Emergency Management for the project at this time. Award 10 points here. Community C will match with funds and in -kind services 20% of the cost of this project. Award 2 points for this criterion. This project can be accomplished as soon as the new fire station is ready for occupancy in approximately six months. Award 5 points here. Total Project Implementation Points = 22 points The Final Score for this proposed mitigation project is 90 paints EXAMPLE 4: COMMUNITY D - INITIATION OF A CONTROLLED BURNING PROGRAM TO PREVENT WILDFIRE LOSSES IN THE URBAN INTERFACE ZONE. • Community D has a large agricultural, ranching, and undeveloped land component within its jurisdiction. The community wishes to undertake a controlled burning program along the urban interface zone, but to do this it will have to upgrade its fire control equipment, pass a new Acontrolled burning ordinance @, and get the required permission from the forestry and environmental services. The cost of initiating this new program is estimated to be $200,000 including the necessary upgrading of fire control equipment. Community C has an exposure, based on tax role data, of $3 million within the area where wildfire is considered a threat. Controlled burning would reduce the potential risk of wildfire by 60 %. Applying the Benefit/Cost formula shows: ($ 3,000,000 - $ 1,200,000)) $ 200,000 = 9.0 Benefit/Cost Ratio therefore, this is a viable project. Applying the Scoring Criteria (See Attached Score Sheet) to this project would be scored as follows: COMMUNITY BENEFIT This is not a flood - related project so no points are awarded here. There are primary critical facilities located in the area threatened by wildfire so this project does mitigate for threats to critical elements of the community's infrastructure. Award 10 points here. is Page L - 6 • The community has a high exposure to wildfire ($3 million) and wildfires have occurred with moderate frequency recently in south Florida. Award eight points for this criterion. The project has a Benefit/Cost Ratio of 9.0. Award 20 points under this criterion. Total Community Benefit Points = 38 points COMMUNITY COMMITMENT Controlled burning is currently expressed as a broad Goal under Community D's CGMP, but it is the subject of a specific Policy amendment which has been proposed. Award eight points here. Controlled burning is not addressed in any existing emergency management plans, but following last summer's wildfire outbreaks, controlled burning plans have been developed and proposed. Award 6 points under this criterion. The danger of wildfire and the desirability of a controlled burn program have been the subjects of two publicly advertised meetings and a considerable number of letters and written comments from the public at- large. Award 5 points for this criterion. Total Community Commitment points = 19 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • The proposed Acontrolled burn ordinance will have to be adopted by the City Council. Various permits will have to be obtained from the County and Division of Forestry when controlled burning is actually to take place, but these are not considered regulatory obstacles to the program itself. The only area of non - regulatory compliance is an issue in passing the ordinance creating the program itself. Award 4 points for this criterion. The County and the City have agreed to put up the funding for this program so funds will be available as soon as the program has been legally adopted by Community D. Award 10 points here. Community D will match 50% of the funds required for this program. Award 5 points here. Once the program is in place it will begin to accomplish its stated goals immediately. Award 5 points here. Total Project Implementation Points = 24 points The Final Score for this proposed mitigation project is 81 points • Page L - 7 Appendix M: LMS Committee Members This Appendix lists the current members of the LMS Working Group, LMS Steering Committee, LMS Subcommittees, and the Executive Committees of support organizations such as the CRS Users Group and Private - Public Partnership for a Disaster resistant Community in partial fulfillment of the following FEMA requirements: Requirement §201.6(a)(3): Multi- jurisdictional plans (e.g., watershed plans) may be accepted, as appropriate, as long as each jurisdiction has participated in the process ... Statewide plans will not be accepted as multi - jurisdictional plans. Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii): [The risk assessment] must also address National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insured structures that have been repetitively damaged floods Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(ii): [The mitigation strategy] must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. Requirement §201.6(c)(4)(ii): [The plan shall include a] process by which local governments incorporate the requirements of the mitigation plan into other planning mechanisms such as • comprehensive or capital improvement plans, when appropriate. Requirement §201.6(c)(4)(iii): [The plan maintenance process shall include a] discussion on how the community will continue public participation in the plan maintenance process. Note Since the 2004 LMS plan, a 3& municipality, Loxahatchee Groves) was incorporated November 1, 2009 and joined the LMS. Two Special Taxing Districts are also listed as LMS Working Group members. • Page M - 1 i PALM BEACH COUNTY UNIFIED LMS STEERING COMMITTEE (Effective June 2008) PRIMARY ALTERNATE Municipal Representatives (7) Debbie Manzo — Greenacres Cindy Lindskoog — Palm Beach Shores Paul Dorling — Delray Beach Scott Pape — Delray Beach David Rotar —Jupiter John Bonde —Wellington Paul Bloxson — Lake Worth Sarah Hannah — Palm Beach Ralph Wall — West Palm Beach Private Sector (2) Link Walther — Continental Shelf Allison Boyd /Hank Erikson — CSA Tom Serio — Office Depot Kathie Kearney — NCCI Holding University (1) Nancy Young — SMBC -FAU Sharleen Sookoo — EM Manager — FAU Healthcare (1) Al Grasso — PBC Health District Lisa Rosenfield — PBC Health District NGO (1) Jennifer Beckman — Disaster Recovery Coalition State /Federal Government (1) Al Howe — Area 7 Regional Coordinator, Florida DEM County /Local Government (2) Ken Todd — Palm Beach County Ken Roundtree — Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District. Page M - 2 LMS Working Group Municipal Members (Two Special Taxing Districts) I� qr i��i'� ,�����) mow. 7 mom (I� Atlantis Mo Thornton Liz Caird Robin Ackerman Belle Glade William F Underwood, II Mark Kutney Larry Peters Boca Raton Leslie Harmon Mike Barker Ruby Childers (561) 393 -7857 Assistant Chief Manager of Admin Serv. Grants Administrator 982 -4028 393 -7940 Boynton Beach Jim Ness Chuck Magazine Major Frank Briganti Deputy Chief Risk Manager Police Department 436 -2284 742 -6130 Briny Breezes Rita Taylor Jerome Skrandel Lee Leffingwell Cloud Lake Dorothy Gravelin Joy McIntosh W. Patrick Slatery Delray Beach David Harden Paul Dorling - Scott Pape (Acting LMS Chair) Glen Ridge Christa J. Simmons Mary Alice McLane Michael Jawdy Golf Mark Hull Peter Lamendola N/A Greenacres Deborah Manzo Michael Grimm Gulf Stream William Thrasher Linda Harvel Haverhill Joseph Kroll Janice Rutan Roche Page M -3 • Highland Beach Sue Gray Stan Novak Robert Dawson Hypoluxo Barbara Searls Ross Mark Hull Cell Kenneth Schultz Juno Beach Andrea Jost Bob Daniels Jupiter David Rotar David Kemp Celeste Hanna Jupiter Inlet Colony Joann Manganiello John Zuccarelli Lake Clarke Shores Joann Hatton Wes Smith Mary Pinkerman Lake Park Joseph Kroll Horrace Towns Kim Alexander Lake Worth Paul Blockson Robert Baldwin Lantana Carl Perdue David Thatcher Loxahatchee Groves Frank Schiola (Incorporated 11/1/06) Manalapan Gregory Dunham Linda Stumps Katherine Sims Mangonia Park Lee Leffingwell (F) William Albury Sherry Albury North Palm Beach Jimmy Knight George Warren Wiley Livingston Ocean Ridge Ken Schenck Chief Edward Hillery Pahokee Matthew Brock Art Cobb PB Shores Cindy Lindskoog - Carolyn Gangwer Capt. Steve Kniffin Palm Beach Sarah Hannah Thomas Bradford Mike Galvin • Page M - 4 Palm Beach Gardens Angela Wong Todd Engle David Reyes Palm Springs Bette Lowe Karl Umberger Jay Pickens/William Golson Rivera Beach William Wilkins Troy Perry Vincent Akhimie Rivera Beach William Wilkens Troy Perry Approval needed. Royal Palm Beach Ray Liqqins Robert Hill South Bay Lomax Harrelle Virginia Walker Dennis Lawson South Palm Beach Rex Taylor Lt. Nick Alvaro Chief Roger M. Crane Tequesta Catherine Harding Gwen Carlisle Robert Garlo Al Blanchard Wellington Gary Clouqh Ed Wasielewski Sara Hauser West Palm Beach Ralph Wall John Gonzalez Steven Hoffmann PB County DEM Sheridan Truesdale Jodie Muenz Northern Palm Beach Ken Roundtree Rick Musgrove Dan Beatty County Improvement District (Taxing District) Indian Trail Jay Fov Improvement District (Taxing District) All Subcommittee Members Page M - 5 LMS Evaluation Panel (Candidates) CHAIR John Bonde Village of Wellington Paul Dorling Karen Temme City of Delray Beach Town of Palm Beach Paul Blockson, Chief Joseph Kroll or Jay Foy Lake Worth Fire Department Town of Haverhill Ken Roundtree Alternate: • Northern P.B. County Improvement District Al Sierra, Chief PB County Fire - Rescue Page M -6 LMS Planning Committee CHAIR Lorenzo Aghemo, Director Planning Division (or appointee) Palm Beach County Planning Division Government: Private Sector: Roger Wilburn Link Walther /Allison Boyd Principal Planner Senior Urban and Regional Planner Department of Community Affairs Continental Shelf Associates David Kemp Kim Glas Planning Director, Land Use Planner AICP Town of Jupiter Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster Paul Dorling Jim Fleishman, Vice President Planning Director Land Research Management, Inc. City of Delray Beach CEUS Florida Atlantic University • Everette Vaughan Planning Manager Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management Page M - 7 Flood Mitigation Technical Advisory Committee CHAIR Ken Todd Water Resources Manager Palm Beach County Administration Alan Wertepny Kyle Grandusky Mock, Roos & Associates, Inc. SFRN, Inc. Bob Howard Elizee Michel South Florida Water Management District Westgate - Belvedere CRA Dan Clark/Karen Brandon Housing & Community Development LBFH Ken Roundtree Indian Trail Improvement District Tommy Strowd Greenhorne & O'Mara Invited Guests Jay Foy Florida Department of Community Affairs Stormwater Engineering, Inc Engineering Dennis Frazel Consultant to SFWMD Page M - 8 CRS User Group Members CHAIR Karen Temme Palm Beach (until July 2009) CRS Coordinator Sheridan Truesdale Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management Community Representative Atlantis Joan Cannata -Fox, Mo Thornton Boca Raton Keith Carney and Carrie Seltzer Boynton Beach Kathleen Sweeney Cloud Lake Dorothy Gravelin Delray Beach George Diaz Gulf Stream Linda Harvel Hypoluxo Barbara Ross Juno Beach Andrea Jost • Jupiter David Rotar, Rodney Carroll Lake Clark Shores Mary Pinkerman Lantana Debra Slay Manalapan Lisa Petersen Ocean Ridge Lisa Burns Palm Beach Karen Temme, Bill Bucklew Palm Beach Gardens Richard Marrero, Kate Wilson Palm Beach County Sheridan Truesdale, Rob Lamb, Sherita White Palm Springs Paulette Bragel Wellington Nathan Haughn and Pam Grove West Palm Beach Ralph Wall Guest Member CRS Max Guest Member Mike Lyons (Channel 25) Guest Visitor Sue Hopfensperger (Insurance Services Office) • Page M -9 PRIVATE - PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR Tom Serio, Director Global Continuity, Verizon Wireless Verdenia Baker - Deputy County Administrator, Palm Beach County Mary Wong — President, Office Depot Foundation Rick Murrell — President, Tropical Shipping Kathie Kearney — Risk/Business Continuity Manager, NCCI Holding Robert Jaffie — Security Program Manager, IBM Mickie Valente — Communications & Process Director, Florida Council 100 Kelly Smallridge — President, Business Development Board Kevin Johns — Director, Palm Beach County Economic Development Office i Hazel Oxendine — Director, Office of Small Business Assistance Sheridan Truesdale — Senior Mitigation Planner, Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management . Page M -10 APPENDIX N: List of Acronyms ACLF Adult Congregate Living Facility AHCA Agency Health Care Administration ALF Assisted Living Facility AMR American Medical Response ARC Palm Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services BCC Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners CAP Civil Air Patrol CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan CEOC County Emergency Operations Center CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing COG Continuity of Government CPHU County Public Health Unit CRS Community Rating System DAP Disabled Assistance Plan DCA Department of Community Affairs DEM Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management DEP Department of Environmental Protection DFO Disaster Field Office DMAT Disaster Medical Assistance Team DMORT Disaster Mortuary Response Team DRM Disaster Recovery Manager DSR Damage Survey Report DUA Disaster Unemployment Assistance EAS Emergency Alert System ECO Emergency Coordinating Officer ECOMM Communications Mobile Unit EIC Emergency Information Center EMAC Emergency Management Assistance Compact EMAP Emergency Management Accreditation Program EMPA Emergency Management Preparedness & Assistance EMS Emergency Medical Services EMT Emergency Medical Technician EOC Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center EPG Executive Policy Group EPZ Emergency Planning Zone ESATCOM Emergency Satellite Communications System ESF Emergency Support Function F -SERT Forward State Emergency Response Team FAB Florida Association of Broadcasters FAC Florida Administrative Code FCO Federal Coordinating Officer FDEM Florida Division of Emergency Management FAC Florida Administrative Code FCO Federal Coordinating Officer Page N - 1 • LIST of ACRONYMS (Continued) FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FEPA Florida Emergency Preparedness Association FFCA Florida Fire Chiefs Association FIND Florida Interfaith Networking in Disaster FLNG Florida National Guard FMAP Flood Mitigation Assistance Program FMP Florida Marine Patrol FP &L Florida Power & Light Company FRP Federal Response Plan GIS Geographic Information System HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grants Program ICS Incident Command System IFG Individual and Family Grant IPZ Ingestion Pathway Zone LMS Local Mitigation Strategy LSA Logistical Staging Area NFIP National Flood Insurance Program NHC National Hurricane Center NOAA National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration NOI Notice of Interest NCR Nuclear Regulatory Commission NIMS National Incident Management System NTC National Teleregistration Center NWS National Weather Service PDA Preliminary Damage Assessment PDM Pre Disaster Mitigation PIO Public Information Officer PDRP Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services RC Recovery Center RIAT Rapid Impact Assessment Team RRT Rapid Response Team SAR Search and Rescue SBA Small Business Administration SCO State Coordinating Officer SCU Special Care Unit SEOC State Emergency Operations Center SERT State Emergency Response Team SFWMD South Florida Water Management District SOP Standard Operating Procedure SWA Solid Waste Authority SWP State Warning Point TCRPC Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council VOAD Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters Page N - 2 • Special Appendix I: Expanded Hazards List Palm Beach County's Local Mitigation Strategy Plan is viewed as the umbrella plan for identifying and analyzing "all hazards" that can potentially impact the area. The county's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan references the LMS for hazard discussions. The LMS is also the base document for the county's hazard - specific Coordinating Operating Procedures. Not all of the hazards contained in the LMS will be fully analyzed or considered high priorities for mitigation initiatives when the planned enhanced risk assessment process is implemented by LMS members and the public. In the interim, the list discussed below contains hazards not analyzed in Section 3 and Appendix A of the Plan. This Special Appendix lists and describes the proposed expanded list of hazards resulting from the initial steps of the above mentioned risk assessment process. The development of hazard analyses and vulnerability assessments was not completed in time for inclusion in the present draft of the revised plan. These new, expanded hazard write -ups will be incorporated into the LMS Plan when analyses are completed. In the meantime there may be inconsistencies in the hazards addressed in various sections of this plan, some differences in groupings and terminology, and in the scope of analysis. Expanded Hazards List NATURAL HAZARDS MAN -MADE HAZARDS • Floods Homeland /Domestic Security Inland flooding Terrorism (including biochemical • Coastal Storm Surge threats /attacks) HHD Dike Failure Mass Migration Sea Level Rise /Climate Change Civil Disturbances Tsunami Cyber Terrorism Rogue Waves Workplace Violence • Wind Events Technological Hazards Hurricanes /Tropical Storms Communication Interruptions Tornadoes Power Disruptions Computer Network Disruptions • Severe Weather Infrastructure Failures Thunderstorms Hail Contamination Lightning Hazmat Incidents Straight Line Winds Brownfields Cold weather Wellfield Contamination /Depletion High Temperatures Aquifer Contamination /Depletion Drought • Radiological Incidents • Erosion Coastal /Beach erosion Transportation Accidents Sink holes /Subsidence Soil Erosion ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS • Fire Contagious Diseases Urban fires /Conflagration Pandemic Influenza Wildfires Other Muck fires • • Invasive Pests & Diseases Page SAI -1 Hazard Descriptions Natural Hazards Hazard Description Floods Coastal Storm Surge Widespread inundation of low lying coastal areas when strong and persistent winds push ocean water or lakes on shore. Unintended, potentially catastrophic releases or surges of Dike Failure impounded water through or over a dike via breaches (collapses), boils (underseepage), or overtopping from natural or man -made causes. Flooding is a temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas by the accumulation or runoff of surface waters caused by excessive rainfall or other sources. Flash flooding results from the rapid buildup of flood Inland Flooding waters from intense localized precipitation. Flooding can also result from the cumulative buildup of water levels over time. Riverine flooding occurs when stream flow exceeds the capacity of the normal water course and spills over onto adjacent lands. Large spontaneous ocean surface waves, inconsistent with Rogue Waves existing sea states, that can be a sudden threat to large ships, ocean liners, and coastal communities. Sea level rise is defined as the long -term increase in mean sea Sea Level Rise level occurring in response to global climate and local tectonic • changes. Large and powerful seismically generated sea wave(s) capable of traveling great distances at extremely high speeds and Tsunami causing considerable damage to impacted low lying coastal areas. Wind - Events Tropical cyclones formed in the atmosphere over warm ocean Hurricanes/Tropical Storms areas. Wind speeds reach 74 miles per hour or more and blow in a large s iraI around a relatively calm center or "eye." A local atmospheric storm, generally of short duration, formed by winds rotating at very high speeds, usually in a counterclockwise Tornados direction. The vortex, up to several hundred yards wide, is visible to the observer as a whirlpool -like column of winds rotating about a hollow cavity or funnel. Severe Weather Cold Weather Temperatures that drop well below normal in an area threatening sensitive crops, vegetation, wildlife and humans. Drought A proton ed period with no rain. Shower -like precipitation in the form of irregular pellets, or balls Hail Storms of ice more than five millimeters in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud. High Temperatures Above average temperatures that threaten sensitive crops, ve etation, wildlife and humans. An abrupt, high- current electric discharge that naturally occurs in Lightning the atmosphere during thunderstorms, caused by the separation of ositive and negative charges in clouds. Straight Line Winds Strong, non - rotational winds associated with thunderstorm gust fronts or downbursts. Page SAI -2 Erosion /Subsidence Loss or displacement of land along the coastline due to the Beach Erosion action of wind, waves, currents, tides, wind- driven water, waterborne ice, runoff of surface waters, or groundwater seepage. A natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused Sink Holes /Subsidence by the dissolution and collapse of a cavern roof (commonly limestone bedrock ) by roundwater. The carrying away or displacement of sediment, soil, rock and Soil Erosion other particles by wind, water or living organisms. Excessive erosion, causes ecosystem damage and loss of soil. Fire Urban Fires /Conflagration Large scale, difficult to control, structural fires in urban areas capable of spreading from structure to structure. Hard to detect underground fires, fueled by rich organic Muck Fires materials in subsurface soils, that can spread for considerable distances, burning tree roots and destabilizing the ground above it. They are hard to extinguish and can burn for months. Wildfires Any instance of uncontrolled burning in grasslands, brush, or woodlands. Agricultural Hazards; Outbreaks of indigenous or invasive non - native plants, animals, insects and diseases injurious to plants and plant and animal products, and likely to cause economic or environmental harm or Invasive Pests /Diseases harm to human health. This includes naturally occurring, accidental and intentional (bio- terrorist acts) introduction of pests • and diseases. Africanized bees are an example of a recent threat of this type. Man - Made /Technological Hazards Hazard Description Homeland/Domestic Securi Acts of violence and disorder by groups or individuals as a form of protest or celebration requiring intervention in order to maintain public safety. Common triggers include: racial tension, labor Civil Disturbances strikes /unrest, unemployment, religious conflict, civil disobedience; prison riots; unpopular political actions, or the unavailabilit of critical services or goods. The premeditated use (or threatened use) of information technology by terrorist groups and individuals to further their social, ideological, religious, political or other agendas by such acts as launching attacks against networks, communication and Cyber Terrorism telecommunication infrastructures, critical services, etc. or exchanging information or threats electronically. Most commonly these acts take the form of introducing viruses into vulnerable networks, web site defacing, and denial of services. Illegal immigration or outmigration (emigration) of large numbers of refugees, asylum- seekers, economic migrants or other groups Mass Migration of people across national borders, in a way that violates U.S. immigration laws. Common purposes include escaping oppressive conditions or poverty and family reunification. Terrorism The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property for the purpose of intimidation, coercion or ransom, often for Page SAI -3 ideological or political reasons. Violence, threats, intimidation or other disruptive behavior taking place in a workplace, usually perpetrated by disgruntled current Workforce Violence or former employees, violent domestic partners, unhappy clients or customers, or individuals demanding access to cash, stock, dru s, or otherwise intent on committing criminal or unlawful acts. Technological Hazards A severe interruption or loss of private and /or public communications systems, including but not limited to transmission lines, broadcast, relay, switching and repeater stations as well as communications satellites, electrical Communication Failure generation capabilities, and associated hardware and software applications necessary to operate communications equipment. These disruptions may result from equipment failure, human acts, (deliberate or accidental) or the results of natural or man -made disasters. Computer systems network failures are primarily caused by power failures, electromagnetic pulses and operating systems error. Increasingly they are also caused by viruses, system bugs and hackers. Consequences of computer network disruptions Computer Network Disruptions include: major network overload, significant losses to the business sector due to downtime, failure of networks reliant on computer systems, secondary hazards such as fire, potential sanitation problems, risk to disruption of medical services, and high risk traffic confusion and accidents. Loss or incapacity of critical infrastructure such as bridges, roads, dikes, water and sewage systems, rail beds, etc. from natural Infrastructure Failures hazards, accidents, age and deterioration, poor maintenance, or terrorism that has a debilitating impact on local, regional and national economic security, commerce, services, and public health and safety. An interruption or loss of electrical service due to disruption of power transmission caused by accident, sabotage, natural hazards or equipment failure. Disruptions are of 3 types: Power Disruptions /Failure "Blackouts" (where power is lost completely), "Brownouts' (where there is a drop in voltage in an electrical power supply), and "Dropouts" (where loss of power is only momentary). Interruptions can be local or massive involving the entire electric grid system. Life critical facilities and businesses are particularly at risk. Contamination Over- exploitation of fresh water aquifers with limited recharge can Aquifer/Wellfield deplete groundwater supplies and invite contaminated water Contamination /Depletion (including saltwater intrusion), creating unusable wells, deteriorated water quality, reduction of water in streams and lakes, and land subsidence. Brownfields Uncontrolled releases of materials, from fixed sites or during transportation, which are capable of posing risks to health, safety, Hazardous Materials Incidents property and the environment. Includes uncontrolled releases from transporting pipelines. Pertains primarily to sites covered under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9606 Radiological Incidenft The accidental release or suspected release of radioactive Nuclear Accidents/Terrorist Acts material that poses an actual or perceived hazard to public safety, national security and or the environment. Potential sources of release include: reactor plant accidents, lost radioactive material Page SAI -4 sources, transportation accidents involving nuclear or radioactive material, medical incidents, terrorist incidents involving radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) or improvised nuclear devices (IN s), warfare. Transportation Accidents Human - caused or natural hazard- induced accidents involving Transportation Accidents road, rail, air and maritime systems that threaten the lives or property of a significant number of people and /or the environment. Environmental Health Hazards Contag Diseases Infectious diseases that are spread from one infected person or species to another via bodily fluids, contaminated objects, Contagious Diseases & airborne inhalation, food or through vector -borne spread. Global Pandemics epidemics or pandemics of diseases such as small pox and influenza are capable of killing massive numbers of people over vast eo ra hic areas and totally disrupting the lives of survivors. • • Page SAI -5 • Special Appendix II: The Hazard Environment Introduction This section provides a comprehensive profile of Palm Beach County's hazard environment as a basis for assessing the county's susceptibility and vulnerability to and potential losses from natural, man -made, and environmental health hazards. The FEMA requirements addressed in whole or in part by this section include: Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(A): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of types and numbers of] existing and future buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities located in the identified hazard area.... Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(B): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of types and numbers of an] estimate of the potential dollar losses to vulnerable structures identified in §201.6(c)(2)(ii)(A) of this description the methodology used to prepare the estimate.... Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(11)(C): The plan should describe vulnerability in terms of types and numbers of] providing a general description of land uses and development trends within the community so that mitigation options can be considered in future land use decisions. Profiles are organized into three major categories: The Natural Environment; The Social Environment; and the Built Environment. • Key profile topics in each category include: The Natural Environment • Location • Geography • Climate • Topography The Social Environment • Demographics • Jurisdictional Profiles • Land Use • Social & Cultural • Economic /Business Profile • Transportation Infrastructure & Services • Water Management • Emergency Services The Built Environment • Residential Building Stock • Non - residential Building Stock • Age and Value of Building Stock • Page SAII -1 • Type of Construction • Building Codes and Regulatory Measures The Natural Environment Palm Beach County's geographic location, coastal beauty, exotic environmental resources and tropical climate have greatly influenced its explosive growth and prominence as a great place to live, work and visit. However, these same natural characteristics also contribute to its vulnerability to a full range of natural hazards. Location Palm Beach County is located along the subtropical southeast coast of Florida. The center of the county is approximately 60 miles north of Miami and 150 miles southeast of Orlando. It borders Martin County to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Broward County to the south, Hendry County to the west, and extends into Lake Okeechobee in the Northwest, where it borders Okeechobee County and Glades County at a point in the center of the lake. Geography Palm Beach County is the largest county southeast of the Mississippi River (larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware). It is comprised of 2,268 square miles of land and 245 square miles of water bodies. The coastal and beach areas of the county extend 45 linear miles • from north to south. At its widest point, the county stretches 53 miles from east to west. Its water area includes a portion of Lake Okeechobee, the second largest fresh water lake in the U.S. The eastern County is a thriving urban area while the western area of the County is more rural with wetlands covering the southwestern part and agriculture dominating the northwestern end. A string of barrier islands parallel the coast separated from the mainland by the Intracoastal Waterway. Four inlets (Jupiter Inlet, Lake Worth Inlet, Boynton Beach Inlet and Boca Raton Inlet) connect the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 45 miles of ocean shoreline in Palm Beach County, only 3.5 miles are under County jurisdiction. Twenty -three of the thirty -eight municipalities in Palm Beach County border either the Intracoastal Waterway or the Atlantic Ocean. Numerous small unincorporated areas are interspersed between municipalities in the coastal region, with pockets located near the Martin County line, Jupiter Inlet, Jupiter Beach, Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, as well as small pockets near Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Briny Breezes. Countywide, development has affected coastal natural resources through beach front development, stormwater runoff, destruction of habitats, and dredge and fill projects. Enforcement of existing regulations and the implementation of new regulations as necessary are considered vital to reducing further degradation of coastal resources. The total length of estuarine shoreline in Palm Beach County is 268 miles, 14 miles (5 percent) is located within unincorporated areas. Seagrass and macroalgae coverage of the total submerged area for Lake Worth Lagoon is 2,110 acres (35 percent of the total area). For the Page SAII -2 • remainder of the estuarine waters there are 270 acres (12 percent of the total area). Generally, the habitat quality of the estuarine ecosystem and beach /dune and near shore ecosystems is best in the County's northern end where development has progressed at a slower pace. Palm Beach County has 462 acres of natural coastal upland acreage in public ownership and 59 acres under private control. Due to the popularity of coastal development, the coastal strand is regarded as the most rapidly disappearing portion of the County. Palm Beach County possesses a complex network of highly sensitive water features. Lake Okeechobee is the primary water reservoir for South Florida. A system of lakes runs north /south within 8 miles of the east coast. These include: Lake Mangonia (540 acres in size) in West Palm Beach; Clear Lake (401 acres) in West Palm Beach; and Lake Osborne (356 acres) in southern Lake Worth and northern Lantana. Four major canals from Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic Ocean cut through the county: the Miami Canal, North New River Canal, Hillsboro Canal and West Palm Beach Canal. The West Palm Beach Canal connects Lake Okeechobee and Lake Worth on the east coast. Lake Worth is interconnected with the Intracoastal on its north and south borders. A vast network of canals, all part of the water management system, are interconnected with the West Palm Beach Canal. The County's only river, the Loxahatchee River, runs approximately 8 miles through the northern section of the county, interconnects with the Loxahatchee Slough, and flows through the Jupiter Inlet to the ocean. Climate The County's pleasant year -round climate contributes to its world -wide reputation as a place possessing an outstanding quality of life. It enjoys an enviable, average annual temperature of 78° F. The dry season is associated with the winter months. The wet season extends from spring through summer, with an average annual rainfall of 61.7 inches. Topography The Atlantic Ocean touches the eastern half of the county. The northwest part of the county includes Lake Okeechobee. The terrain is sub - tropical, featuring plenty of lush palm trees, tall pines, and a multitude of vivid tropical flowers that bloom year round. The county is quite flat. The mean elevation is 15 feet above sea level. Ocean coastal beachfront gradually slopes up to a dune line with top elevations of 12 to 23 feet. From the dune line there is a gradual downward slope to lake and inland waterway frontage with a width of from a few hundred feet to a half mile. From there, land slopes upward to a coastal ridge then downward to elevations of 5 to 12 feet in a drainage valley. Further inland elevations remain relatively stable. The Social Environment Demographics According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2007, the county had an estimated population of 1,351,236 making it the third most populous in the state of Florida and the twenty ninth most • Page SAII -3 populous in the United States. It is projected to increase to about 1.4 million by 2012. In the past several decades, Palm Beach County's population rose far more quickly than the state, nation, and the Southeast. Compared to the growth rates of the nation's 10 largest metro areas, Palm Beach County ranked third in population growth during the period 1990 to 1998. It has since dropped down on the list according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With wealthy coastal towns such as Palm Beach, Jupiter Island, Manalapan, and Boca Raton within its limits, as well as equestrian mecca Wellington and golfing haven Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County is among Florida's wealthiest counties in terms of per capita personal income. The age, language diversity and demographic make -up of the county's population complicate disaster preparation, response and recovery. Municival Jurisdictions: The county is comprised of 38 incorporated municipalities. Each municipality enacts and enforces policies and laws within its incorporated boundaries, with the exception of county -wide ordinances specified in the Charter of Palm Beach County. About 55 percent of County's residents live in municipalities; the remainder reside in unincorporated areas. The largest city both in area and population is West Palm Beach, which has an incorporated population of approximately 95,617 and covers 52 square miles. Boca • Raton is the second most populous city with 82,224 residents and Boynton Beach is third with 67,606. The county's smallest town in population is Cloud Lake with approximately 171 residents. The smallest in area is Briny Breezes at just under one -half square mile. Approximately 94% of the county's population resides within 12 miles of the coast. The table below provides a brief demographic profile of each jurisdiction: Jurisdictional Profiles Population Population Projected Median Median Housing Jurisdiction 2007 Density Population A Household Units (Pop /Sq Mile) 2012 Income Atlantis 2,125 1,505.3 2,218 60.9 $87,554 1,210 Belle Glade 16,196 3,476.8 2,218 29.3 $26,543 5,846 Boca Raton 82,224 2,948.3 87,551 43.7 $73,951 41,377 Boynton Beach 67,606 4,210.9 72,869 42.8 $47,481 34,484 Briny Breezes 492 6,434.2 557 57.5 $79,802 545 Cloud Lake 171 2,716.4 174 34.3 $54,718 68 Delray Beach 67,342 4,237.2 72,667 44.2 $52,929 35,790 Glen Ridge 283 1,252.5 288 34.3 $54,718 106 • Page SAII -4 Golf 263 311.5 287 58.0 $100,822 160 Greenacres 30,133 6,452.9 32,021 40.4 $43,941 15,402 Gulf Stream 766 921.6 803 51.5 $65,278 575 Haverhill 1,565 2,727.5 1,645 31.1 $48,092 608 Highland Beach 4,110 6,967.3 4,359 62.0 $89,207 3,983 Hypoluxo 2,679 4,151.9 3,158 45.7 $55,942 1,823 Juno Beach 3,551 2,540.4 3,761 54.4 $69,266 2,635 Jupiter 47,562 2,280.9 52,387 41.8 $68,384 25,394 Jupiter Inlet Colony 467 2,343.5 540 57.8 $68,114 344 Lake Clarke Shores 3,606 3,425.5 3,721 43.0 $68,568 1,518 Lake Park 9,125 4,201.4 9,422 35.2 $39,580 3,838 Lake Worth 37,403 6,631.7 39,068 34.9 $36,059 16,807 Lantana 10,012 4,351.4 10,429 38.2 $42,990 4,691 Loxahatchee Groves 3,122 260 3,335 35 $58,660 Manalapan 364 851.2 394 49.5 $145,385 262 • Mangonia Park 2,412 3,401.9 3,225 35.6 $42,958 1,007 North Palm Beach 13,120 3523.8 13,897 47.7 $63,984 7,930 Ocean Ridge 1,924 2,054.0 2,132 57.5 $91,589 1,819 Pahokee 6,637 1,230.2 7,110 25.9 $27,787 2,131 Palm Beach 10,948 2,738.0 11,316 60.9 $111,550 10,365 Palm Beach Gardens 43,467 777.1 49,213 44.4 $71,671 21,970 Palm Beach Shores 1,314 5,710.5 1,360 50.0 $51,021 1,166 Palm Springs 12,321 7,428.9 12,785 38.2 $41,789 6,223 Riviera Beach 34,331 4,095.8 37,401 36.9 $40,955 16,281 Royal Palm Beach 29,630 2,942.4 35,262 38.2 $67,897 11,124 South Bay 4,093 1,103.1 4,263 31.6 $29,652 1,000 Tequesta 5,673 2,595.9 6,034 46.6 $70,288 2,921 Wellington 46,198 1,472.9 51,326 38.5 $86,929 18,076 West Palm Beach 95,617 1,684.5 104,716 37.5 $46,217 47,388 Total Incorporated 773,241 381,244 • Page SAII -5 Palm Beach Count 11 r TA I IT P1 F r_ 1 A ! F iL t 3 Y - i i EA {H _ I At t _ LOXAH T FIFE SOVAL' - y G R � �,.,. i Aa i� PIEL1.I016TtJkPRI AT !A T }8 St7ViEI cfi,€�° ±„ A':+i Glades AwInwt MANTA R' t 4 k E I G?'E.A N R 0 r F 0 K E F C t+C EEE � j . • 11 i. % ; 1 t KOA[MI EEL LE f GLADE E }L I t► 9 a Public Safety Department 1 0 2 4 0 -1 GIs Services 561- 712 -6400 1 r 1 1 LMS Plan M45 Date: April 3, 2009 Rco Data Source: PS Countywide GIS Land Use Planners view the county as being comprised of 5 land use tiers. Briefly they can be described as follows: Urban /Suburban Tier This tier, the eastern most tier, accommodates the bulk of the population and the need • Page SAII -6 for employment, goods and services, cultural opportunities, and recreation. It supports a variety of lifestyle choices, ranging from urban to residential estate; however, the predominant development form in the unincorporated portion is suburban in character. The older communities are primarily in municipalities within approximately 2 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the neighborhoods within the tier are stable and support viable communities. However, due to the period in which many of the coastal communities were built and the County's efforts to keep pace with rapid growth in its western areas, some of the eastern areas did not receive a full complement of urban services. Despite aggressive redevelopment programs, much of the building stock is quite old. Exurban Tier The Exurban Tier lies between the Urban and Rural Tiers and supports residential subdivisions created prior to 1970, before the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan and its regulations. Historically, these areas have been considered rural due to a sparse development pattern, large heavily treed lots, presence of small agricultural operations including equestrian uses, and a desire for minimal services and regulation. However, growth has marked a change in the character from rural to more suburban and semi - rural, or exurban, as the existing and vested 1.25 acre lots develop with single family homes. The increase in population has caused an increase in the demand for services. A recognition of the existing development pattern, the demand for services, and a desire to maintain the tier's rural character present planning challenges. Rural Tier • The Rural Tier, west of the Exurban Tier, includes agricultural land and rural settlements that range in density from 1 dwelling unit per 5 acres to 1 dwelling unit per 20 acres. The area supports large agricultural operations as well as single - family homes with small family -owned agricultural businesses, including equestrian - related uses. Due to the declining availability of land and the increase in population in the Urban and Exurban Tiers, the Rural Tier is beginning to experience pressure for greater densities normally associated with more urban areas. This tier poses the greatest threat in terms of wildland -urban interface fires. Agricultural Reserve Tier The Agricultural Reserve area is a portion of the County that encompasses unique farmland and wetlands. Based on policy direction adopted by the Board of County Commissioners in 1995, it is envisioned to be preserved primarily for agricultural use. If this becomes infeasible it will be developed at low residential densities. Glades Tier The Glades Tier is located west of the Conservation Areas and Twenty Mile Bend and includes the Glades Communities. This area is designated primarily for specialized agricultural operations and recreational uses of Lake Okeechobee. Its proximity to the Lake, its geographical distance from the services of coastal communities, and its lack of economic resources, pose particular challenges with regard disaster preparedness and hazard mitigation. Page SAII -7 These land use tiers are depicted on the map below. Land Use Tiers t£ Legend lA RD AGRICULTURAL RESERVE TIE EXURBAN TIER s GLADES TIER �` ? RURAL TIER a v URBAN/SUBURBAN TIER Ho R LnR HLVd ST Y� 9 a O . STATE ROADSD_ ¢ V'"ECNOeCE g sauTkErb Fc.vc E. HILL W & m LAKE WORT! n Glades Area n 'a 1ttSCrt A TANARD try .Aran R Ai � 6 t1 hr Y LOX �r 2 a O i 2.i YAPAAT RD NW W T z � A YY I ALME 0 PAR. / e e.ncer� Public Safety Department it 0 25 5 10 v GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 uE I , I t LMS Plan Date. April 3, 2009 Data Source: PB Countywide GIS Economy: Palm Beach County is an appealing, asset -rich locale that has enjoyed great economic success. In addition to its reputation as a tourist destination, it is also widely recognized as a great place to live and work and continues to be a magnet for retirees. Page SAII -8 • Palm Beach County is one of the nation's wealthiest counties, with per capita personal income levels nearly 50 percent higher than the state and national averages. It has a vibrant and diverse economic base, sound financial position and moderate debt levels. Four of the County's municipalities (Jupiter Island, Manalapan, Gulf Stream and Palm Beach) rate in the top 25 nationally in terms of income. Overall the County is the third richest county in Florida in terms of per capita income. Of the 3,100 counties nationwide, Palm Beach is one of only 22 to earn the highest possible bond rating of AAA by all three of the major rating agencies. Palm Beach County is the only Florida county to have earned this designation. The County has many advantages, including international name recognition, exceptional natural and built resources such as the grand canal system (four major canals that run through the County), rich farm land, extensive waterfronts, and growing science and industrial bases. Three Palm Beach County cities, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and Delray Beach, have won national awards for their beautiful downtowns. The County is the host site for the National Horse Show, hosts the globally recognized Palm Beach International Film Festival, and hosts major Fortune 500 companies such as Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, IBM and the Corporate Headquarters of Office Depot. It is home to the most prominent life science institute in the world, the Scripps Research Institute. On over 250,000 acres in the western communities, Palm Beach County farmers grow the largest quantities of winter crops in the U.S. Its museums, waterfronts and botanical gardens are acclaimed throughout the nation. International Arts and Polo events and a wealth of classic • ballet, opera, pop culture and sports events fill the schedules of its communities. The county's subtropical climate attracts tourists and new residents from around the world. Professional and business services, educational and health services and financial services account for 43% of Palm Beach County's total employment. Between 2005 and 2015 the professional and business services and educational and health sectors are expected to experience the greatest growth. The table below shows the current and projected county employment breakdown by industry sector: Current and Projected Employment by Industry Sector Industry Sector Emp[oyme�t °!o of Employment 2005, (000 s) Total ,2015, (000 s Professional & Business Services 128.4 18.2 161.2 Educational & Health Services 88.8 12.6 118.8 Financial Activities 85.9 12.1 97.3 Retail Trade 79.0 11.2 84.5 Leisure & Hospitality 71.3 10.1 81.0 Construction 49.2 7.0 58.2 Manufacturing 22.9 3.2 23.2 Wholesale Trade 22.4 3.2 22.6 Transportation & Utilities 15.0 2.1 17.1 • Page SAII -9 Information Services 13.1 1.8 14.4 Agriculture 6.2 .9 5.5 Other 124.5 17.6 142.5 Total Employment 1 707.1 1 100.0 1 826.3 Source: South Florida Regional Planning Council and Regional Economic Models, Inc. Businesses in Palm Beach County There are roughly 49,164 businesses in Palm Beach County that supply products and services. Although the County has a diverse variety of producers, economic development interests have targeted five particular business clusters. These clusters include: Communications & Information Technology; Aerospace & Engineering; Agriculture & Food Processing; Business & Financial Services and Medical & Pharmaceutical products. Industrial Businesses: Palm Beach County boasts some of the finest manufacturers in the world. Below is a list of the County's largest industrial businesses in terms of number of employees: Palm Beach County Largest Industrial Companies ('07) • Company Employees Product Location U.S. Sugar Corp. 1,800 Agriculture Belle Glade Florida Crystals 1,800 Agriculture West Palm Palm Beach Newspapers 1,275 Newspaper Publishing West Palm Hollander Home Fashions 1,200 Home Furnishings Boca Raton Southland Forming Inc 1,200 Concrete Contractors West Palm A. Duda & Sons Growers 1,100 Agriculture Belle Glade Thomas Produce Co. 1,000 Agriculture Belle Glade Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne 850 Aerospace Engineering West Palm Walgreens Distribution 850 Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods Jupiter Cheney Brothers 799 Food Distribution Riviera Beach SimplexGrinnell LP 698 Security System Manufacturing Jupiter Sugar Growers Coop. 662 Agriculture Belle Glade IBM Corp. 600 Electronics R &D Boca Raton Thermo Electron North America 600 Professional Equipment & Supplies West Palm Tyco International Ltd 600 Machinery Manufacturing Boca Raton Implant Innovations 560 Dental Implants PB Gardens Sensormatic Electronics Corp 500 Security System Manufacturing Boca Raton Belcan Engineering Group 467 Aerospace Engineering PB Gardens C Mac Packaging Systems Inc 460 Paperboard Mills West Palm Sikorsky Aircraft 455 Helicopters West Palm Jarden Consumer Solutions 440 Small Home Appliance Manufacturing Boca Raton Siemens Companies 421 Telecommunications Boca Raton Quality Concrete & Rental Inc 420 Concrete Contractors West Palm Du Bois Harvesting 400 Agriculture Boynton Signet Diagnostics Imaging 400 Device Manufacturing Boca Raton Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. 365 Bottled Soft Drinks Riviera Lockheed Martin Corporation 363 Aerospace Engineering Riviera Florida Public Utilities 355 Gas Utilities West Palm Catalfumo Construction, Inc 350 Construction PB Gardens Thies Distributing 340 Beer Distribution Boca Raton Hardrives, Inc. 305 Highway Construction Delray Rinker Materials Corp 300 Concrete Manufacturing West Palm Rexall Sundown 300 Pharmaceutical Boca Raton Zicon, LLC 250 Electronics Manufacturing Boca Raton Ranger Construction Industries 245 Highway Construction West Palm Anspach Companies 240 Surgical Equipment PB Gardens • Page SAII -10 • American Media International 235 Newspapers Boca Raton Sun Sentinel Newspapers 215 Newspaper Publishing Delray Beach Serta Mattress 207 Mattress Manufacturing Riviera LRP Publications 200 Multimedia Publishing PB Gardens Kimley -Horn 200 Engineering West Palm Garden of Life 190 Nutritional supplements West Palm NABI 171 Pharmaceuticals Boca Raton Atlantis Foods 148 Manufacture Food Products Lake Worth Hedrick Brothers Construction 130 Construction West Palm SV Microwave 130 RF Connectors Manufacturing West Palm DiVosta Building Corp. 125 Construction PB Gardens General Dynamics 109 Aircraft outfitting West Palm Source: Business Development Board Service Companies: In the services sector of the economy, a strong cluster of companies is found in Business and Financial services. This cluster represents more than 11,000 companies. Below is a partial list of major service - oriented employers in Palm Beach County, ranked by number of employees. Palm Beach County Largest Service Organizations ('07) Organization Employees Service Location School Board 21,707 Education County Wide Palm Beach County 11,293 County Government West Palm Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4,500 Healthcare County Wide DelrayCommunity , PB Gardens Med. GoodSamaritan, Pinecrest Rehab., West BocaMed. Ctr HCA (Hospital Corp of America) 3,411 Healthcare County Wide Palms West, Columbia„ JFK Medical Ctr Florida Power & Light (Hdgtrs) 3,250 Utilities Juno Florida Atlantic University 2,923 Higher Education Boca Raton The Breakers 2,300 Hotel Palm Beach Office Depot (Hdgtrs) 2,180 Office Supplies Delray Boca Raton Community Hospital 1,860 Health Care Boca Raton Boca Raton Resort & Club 1,650 Hotel Boca Raton Bethesda Memorial Hospital 1,600 Health Care Boynton City of West Palm Beach 1,544 City Government West Palm Veterans Health Administration 1,500 Health Care West Palm Jupiter Medical Center 1,400 Health Care Jupiter AT &T 1,300 Communications West Palm City of Boca Raton 1,297 City Government Boca Raton Tropical Shipping 1,000 Containerized Ocean Shipping Riviera Wackenhut Corporation 990 Security Services PB Gardens Palm Beach Community College 982 Higher Education Lake Worth Wachovia 950 Banking County Wide NCCI 900 Insurance Actuarial Boca Raton South Fl. Water Management Dist. 900 Regional Gov't., Special Purpose County Wide National City 880 Consumer Lending West Palm City of Boynton Beach 833 City Government Boynton Washington Mutual Bank 825 Banking County Wide PGA National Resort & Spa 800 Hotel PB Gardens Virtual Bank 800 Banking PB Gardens Palm Beach Atlantic University 738 Higher Education West Palm CSC Applied Technologies LLC 651 Facilities Support Services West Palm Prime Management Group Inc 640 Residential Property Managers Boca Raton Blue Green Corp. 630 Leisure & Resort Communities Boca Raton Bank of America 615 Banking County Wide City of Palm Beach Gardens 501 City Government PB Gardens Churchill Benefit Corp /Yurcor 500 Computer Systems Design Services Delray Verio 450 Wired Telecommunications Carriers Boca Raton First NLC Financial Services, LLC 440 Residential Mortgage Boca Raton Lynn University 438 Higher Education Boca Raton SYSCO Food Services 417 Food Distribution Riviera Applied Card Systems 400 Call Center - Credit Cards Boca Raton Florida Public Utilities 355 Utilities West Palm Page SAII -11 Oasis Group 325 HR Services West Palm Taylor & Francis Group LLC 293 Publisher Boca Raton Choicepoint Public Records 280 Computer Programming Boca Raton Palm Beach Gardens Marriott 277 Hotel PB Gardens Ocwen Financial Corp 258 Real Estate Credit West Palm Stain Safe Inc 250 Call Center - Chemical Products PB Gardens The Scripps Research Institute 230 Life Sciences Research Jupiter DayJet 214 Air Transportation Boca Raton AMR - American Medical Response 213 Ambulance Service Lake Worth Oxbow Power Corp 200 Life Sciences Research West Palm Commerce Bank 200 Banking West Palm Lynn Insurance 185 Insurance Boca Raton Source: Business Development Board, Harris Infosource (updated 10/2007) Businesses by Type and Size: Eighty percent of Palm Beach County based businesses have fewer than ten employees. Professional /Scientific, Retail and Healthcare and Construction businesses account for 49% of the total business base. The chart below provides a breakdown of businesses by size and industry classification. Number of Establishments by Size by Industry Total 100- 250- 500 - Industry Description 1-4 5 -9 10 -19 20-49 w -99 1K+ Estab's, 249.. 499 999 Total All Industries 42,648 27,597 6,558 4,086 2,653 990 587 109 42 26 A. Support, Forestry, fishing 78 60 3 10 2 1 0 1 1 0 • Mining 24 17 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Utilities 30 16 4 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 Construction 4,266 2,953 569 370 252 80 32 5 3 2 Manufacturing 975 550 156 109 106 32 15 5 1 1 Wholesale Trade 2,436 1,701 359 200 113 37 20 3 2 1 Retail Trade 5,458 2,941 1,117 705 364 167 148 13 3 0 Transportation /Warehousin 773 552 69 58 58 21 11 2 2 0 Information 738 454 83 83 58 27 23 7 1 2 Finance & Insurance 3,175 2,039 553 323 186 50 16 6 2 0 Real Estate, Rental, Leasing 2,766 1 2,228 285 165 1 55 16 13 2 1 1 Professional, Scientific, Tech 6,746 1 5,299 751 394 219 56 18 7 1 1 M mt. of Companies 217 1 84 33 27 34 10 16 6 3 4 Admin, Su t, Waste M mt. 3,000 2,079 353 218 175 87 58 20 7 3 Educational Services 469 287 49 42 54 21 11 2 2 1 Health Care & Social Assist. 4,511 2,458 1,057 520 281 90 77 12 1 10 6 Arts, Entertainment & Rec. 796 512 99 43 54 44 28 14 2 0 Accommodation & Food 2,478 906 378 429 466 221 73 3 0 2 Svcs Other Services 1 3,625 1 2,378 634 388 1 173 29 22 1 0 0 Unclassified 1 87 1 83 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Source: Business Development Board Key Segments of Palm Beach County's Economy The 2005 Economic Summit identified and discussed several key segments of the county. Some key observations from the summit include the following: Page SAII -12 Industries of the Mind The Industries of the Mind segment represents the existing business clusters in Palm Beach County that address engineering and the flow of ideas and technology — especially bioscience, aerospace, marine science, telecommunications, information technology (IT), and film and television. Within each of these industries Palm Beach County has either a Fortune 500 Company or corporate headquarters as an anchor. For example, Lockheed Martin Corporation's undersea defense system anchors the marine science industry. The formal collaboration on the bird flu virus between IBM and the Scripps Research Institute is representative of engineering, flow - through technology, and the biotechnology sector. Pratt & Whitney anchors the aerospace industry while the Palm Beach County International Film Festival, ranked as one of the top 25 film festivals in the world, supports the film and television industry. Finance & Trade Palm Beach County is a highly regarded location for financial and business investments from around the world as evidenced by the proliferation of exclusive international banking institutions located here. As the global economy continues to evolve, a high quality international investment interest continues to grow and attract international lenders. The County's emergence as a center of international trade, finance, and investment establishes the area as an international prototype for sustainable economic growth. Key strengths that support the County's establishment as a hub for international trade, finance, and investment are its well known name brand and name recognition. Another strength is the County's beneficial infrastructure — its central location for exporting goods both nationally and internationally. The County's existing integrated transport system of seaport, airports, railways and highways is an asset to this industry's future. Establishment of an Inland Port close to Lake Okeechobee is being aggressively considered. This would further enhance the County's competitiveness for international trade business activities. Education Palm Beach County has over 530 educational institutions. Its public school system is the 10th largest in the nation with over 176,000 K -12 students and 94 Career Academy Programs within 163 schools. Over 100 private schools are based in Palm Beach County as well. Palm Beach County currently has 11 colleges and universities with a combined enrollment of over 75,000 students. These include: Barry University (Enrollment of 9,324); Florida Atlantic University (25,704); Kaplan University; Keiser University (10,395); Lynn University (2,720); Lincoln College of Technology (1,500); Northwood University (1,000); Nova Southeastern University; Palm Beach Atlantic University (3,264); Palm Beach Community College (20,416); and South University (369). Agribusiness. Equestrian & Food Sector The Agribusiness, Equestrian and Food sector is one of Palm Beach County's historic and to Page SAII -13 • consistent economic generators. Both its traditional agriculture and growing equestrian industries benefit from the subtropical climate and a nationally recognized brand identity. Several key strengths that support the Agriculture, Equestrian and Food sector are the county's established infrastructure to support agriculture and equestrian activities. These include being one of the top areas in American for growing winter crops and nursery and ornamental plants, the capacity to house 14,000 horses at peak season, a growing population that provides more customers for local production, the International Horse Show, and high profile equestrian and polo competitions - -all of which contribute to the Palm Beach image. Major issues concerning the Agricultural, Equestrian and Food sector are the rapidly diminishing supply of land available for these use, the need for new processing methods for agricultural products, increasingly strict water regulations, fierce global competition in agricultural products, and the lack of a comprehensive plan for growing the equestrian industry. Quality of Place Attractions Quality of Place is the term used by the County to describe a location where people experience an inviting and stimulating environment that engages them on physical, emotional and spiritual levels and makes people feel safe, accepted, and comfortable and find enjoyment. Key factors that shape Palm Beach County's quality of place are its natural assets, arts and culture and the built environment. Palm Beach County enjoys numerous natural resources and conservation lands, parks and beaches. The County boasts world -class museums, performing arts centers, notable historical sites and a mix of multicultural festivals. • Recreation & Sports With 45 miles of stunning coastline, Palm Beach County is an outdoor - lover's paradise. Visitors and residents can go fishing, diving and boating on the County's many waterways or relax on its pristine beaches. As home to the Professional Golfers Association of America, Palm Beach County has long been known as a golfer's paradise, with more than 150 challenging courses. A number of parks and recreational facilities offer everything from picnic areas and bicycle paths to ball fields and tennis courts. Other popular outdoor attractions include the Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park and Lion Country Safari. The Roger Dean Stadium complex in Jupiter is a popular destination for baseball fans. It is the spring training site for the Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals and the minor league home for the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals throughout the summer. Arts & Culture Palm Beach County boasts a wide range of cultural opportunities, including music, theater, dance, and museums. The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Palm Beach Broadway Series, Ballet Florida, Palm Beach Opera and the Florida Philharmonic and features world -class entertainers and artists. Palm Beach County is home to many notable museums, including the renowned Norton Museum of Art which features a permanent collection of fine art and offers special exhibitions, classes, workshops and other special events. Other notable venues include the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Flagler Museum, and The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. is Page SAII -14 Palm Beach County's Transportation System Palm Beach County's Transportation System consists of considerable road, rail, air and ocean resources and capabilities borne out of periods of explosive growth. Urban and transportation planners are collaborating to mold these resources into a more highly integrated and balanced network that will better meet today's and tomorrows needs. Below is a description of key elements of Palm Beach County's current transportation systems and capabilities. Roads According to the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS) carries almost 30 percent of the State's total traffic while it represents only 3 percent of Florida's roads. Florida's Turnpike, Interstate 95, SR 60, SR 70, SR 710, SR 80 and US 27 make up the north -south portion of the FIHS in the Treasure Coast Region. The health of this roadway network is extremely important to the health of the region's economy and growth. Interstate 95 and the Florida Turnpike are the primary routes for the local, regional and interregional transportation of people and goods. They also serve as the primary disaster evacuation routes for Southeast Florida. Including federal, state and local roads, Palm Beach County has a total of 6,672.3 linear (center line) miles of named roads, highways and expressways. Bridges • There are approximately 587 bridges in Palm Beach County, including 243 state -owned bridges, 306 county and local bridges, and 38 bridges on the Florida Turnpike. Palm Beach County's Road & Bridge Section maintains 7 Bascule Bridges over the Intracoastal Waterway and one Swing Bridge at Point Chosen. It also maintains 271 various types of fixed bridges, including interstate highway crossings, canal crossings, and pedestrian bridges. The County has 230 bridges identified on the National Bridge Inventory System. Some carry as many as 50,000 vehicles per day. One bridge, the Camino Real /Boca Club Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Boca Raton, was designated as "structurally deficient" by NBIS, but, by this writing, may have been removed from the list. Several county -owned and state -owned bridges have been targeted for replacement in the next 10 to 15 years. Seaport The Port of Palm Beach (POPB), located in Riviera Beach, is the fourth busiest container port in Florida and the eighteenth busiest in the continental U.S. It is a major nodal point for the shipment of bulk sugar, molasses, cement, utility fuels, water, produce and breakbulk items. The port handles over 3.3 million tons of cargo and over 240,000 containers per year. POPB is the only South Florida port operating its own rail system with pier -side services. The Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC) services the docks and piers through the Port's industrial rail switching operations. Vessels enter POPB through the Lake Worth Inlet. The channel is 300 feet wide and Page SAII -15 accommodates vessels with operating drafts of 32 feet mean low water (MLW). The turning basin accommodates vessels of up to 700 feet in length with a safety margin. The Port has three slips, four marginal wharves and two roll on roll off ramps for a total of 5,200 linear feet of berthing space. As an international port of entry, it poses significant security challenges. Port security is overseen by the United States Coast Guard who has jurisdiction over the port facility, vessels, and waterways, and by Customs and Border Protection who has jurisdiction over entry or exit or persons and cargo. Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Riviera Beach Police Department enforce federal, state and local laws. The Port maintains a comprehensive hurricane plan that ensures that a minimum of vessels remain in port, potential missile /debris material are removed, moored vessels remaining in port comply with requirements established by the Executive Director and COTP (Captain of the Port) Miami regulations, and that equipment, records and cargo are evacuated or relocated to high ground or best available storage locations. A Foreign Trade Zone has been in operation at the Port since 1987. Airports Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA) • Palm Beach International Airport is located to serve the air trade of Palm Beach County and the four surrounding counties. The airport is located 2.5 miles west of downtown West Palm Beach. It is situated adjacent to Interstate Highway 95 and is easily accessible from anywhere in Palm Beach County. It is one of the largest medium -hub airports in the U.S. PBIA serves both air carriers (airlines) and general aviation aircraft. The airport has a 24 hour control tower and a U.S. Customs & Immigration port of entry facility. It currently serves 20 air carriers to destinations throughout the U.S. and international flights to the Bahamas and Canada. The airport handles over 6.8 million passengers and approximately 19,000 tons of cargo per year. Commercial airlines, including commuter aircraft, fly in and out of the airport about 70,000 times a year. General aviation, freight and other flights average nearly 113,500 a year. PBIA was recently voted third best airport in the U.S. and sixth best in the world by the readers of the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler magazine. In addition to PBIA, the County operates three general aviation only airports: North County General Aviation Airport (F45) The North County General Aviation Airport is located in the north portion of the county and provides easy access to the Florida Research Park, Jupiter, and Palm Beach Gardens. It is a designated reliever for PBI and serves both reciprocating engine and jet aircraft and has a maximum runway length of 4,300' by 75' wide and a maximum weight limit of 30,000 lbs. Page SAII -16 Park Airport (LNA) Park Airport (LNA), located in Lantana, is located 6 miles south of PBIA. LNA is a reliever airport focusing on the general aviation reciprocating engine and turbine driven aircraft. Jet aircraft are prohibited from operating at Park Airport. There is no air traffic control tower. There are several flight schools located at the airport for both fixed wing and helicopters. This is a noise sensitive airport with residential communities surrounding the airport with heavy populations to the east, west, and south sides of the airport. LNA has a maximum runway length of 4,116' by 75' wide and a maximum weight limit of 12,500 lbs. Glades Airport (PHK) Glades Airport is the County's designated general aviation recreational and sport flying airport. The airport is also designated for parachute operations. The airport is located in the western portion of Palm Beach County and is located adjacent to Lake Okeechobee. Boca Raton Airport (BCT) Boca Raton Airport is a state - owned, public -use airport located two miles northwest of the central business district of Boca Raton adjacent to Interstate 95. It is designated as a general aviation transport facility, governed by a seven member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and the Palm Beach County Commission. • Boca Raton Airport covers an area of 212 acres and has one asphalt paved runway which measures 6,276 x 150 ft. The airport has a control tower and can accommodate single- engine, multi- engine, jet and helicopter aircraft. Rail Transportation Systems Two railroad lines, often running within a half a mile (800m) of each other, provide a mix of passenger and freight services. Along the stretch of rails in Palm Beach County, both lines closely follow Interstate 95. The line to the east of 1 -95 is owned by the Florida East Coast (FEC) railroad, while the line to the west is run by CSX. North of West Palm Beach, the lines split with the FEC line following the coast north to Jacksonville, Florida, while the CSX line heads north toward Orlando. The FEC is the biggest freight carrier along Florida's Atlantic coast. CSX is actually owned by the state of Florida, but is maintained and dispatched by CSX. Long distance passenger carrier, Amtrak, and commuter carrier, Tri -Rail, dominate the rails during the day while the majority of CSX's freight traffic occurs at night. This may change as more and more of this line is double tracked. Tri -Rail is South Florida's only regional transit system in South Florida. Begun on 1980, its 72- mile operation was originally conceived as a temporary means to maintain traffic during the • Page SAII -17 reconstruction and expansion of 1 -95. Today, Tri -Rail is viewed as an important permanent transportation feature of South Florida. Tri -Rail currently runs from West Palm Beach to Miami and has 18 stations. The rail line goes as far south as Miami Airport and as far north as Mangonia Park in Palm Beach County. Tri -Rail also operates shuttle bus services from many of its stations to areas surrounding the rail lines. There are 6 Tri -Rail stations within Palm Beach County. Amtrak operates 22,000 miles of rail service to over 500 communities throughout 46 states. In Palm Beach County, Amtrak rail stations are located in Delray Beach and West Palm Beach. Public Ground Transportation Services Palm Tran, the county's primary intra- county public transportation service, currently operates 35 fixed bus routes. The majority of service is concentrated in the eastern portions of the County as far north as Jupiter and as far south as Boca Raton. One route travels to the western boundary of Palm Beach County where it connects with circulator routes that serve the communities of Belle Glade, Canal Point and South Bay. In addition to its directly operated service, Palm Tran also assists with the coordination of community based bus services in Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Jupiter. Palm Tran currently averages over 35,000 passengers per day. Palm Tran Connection is a shared ride, door to door, paratransit service that provides van transportation for disabled and senior - citizen residents and visitors in Palm Beach County under the following programs: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Program; the Division of Senior Services (DOSS) Program; and the Transportation Disadvantaged (TD) Program. It • averages over 4,000 passengers each weekday. Greyhound is the largest provider of intercity bus service outside the county, offering 18,000 daily departures to 2600 destinations nationwide. Greyhound terminals are located in Belle Glade, Delray Beach, Lake Worth and West Palm Beach. There are numerous providers of privately owned charter, shuttle bus and taxi services available in Palm Beach County. Water Supplies Water is the essence that inextricably intertwines the environment, economy and quality of life in South Florida. Just as abundant water gives vitality to the region, a lack of water strains natural resources, stifles economic growth and disrupts daily routines. The management of South Florida's water resources is made extremely complex by Florida's subtropical climate of extreme wet and dry periods and by urban and infrastructure development. Rain tends to be scarcest when demand is highest, stressing water supplies. The South Florida Water Management District and the County's 22 water control districts bear the bulk of this water management responsibility. Approximately 90 percent of the water used in homes and businesses comes from groundwater sources. The remaining 10 percent comes from surface waters. Nearly two- thirds of the County's freshwater is pumped from the state's vast underground aquifers. Of Florida's groundwater sources, the deep Floridan Aquifer, which spans the majority of the state, supplies Page SAII -18 62 percent; the Biscayne Aquifer, located in portions of Palm Beach, provides 17 percent; the remaining 21 percent is supplied by surficial and intermediate unnamed aquifers. The state's remaining one third of freshwater is supplied from surface waters, including lakes and rivers. With 40 percent of the state's population and a sizable agriculture industry, South Florida consumes more than half the state's daily total, 3.4 billion gallons. Agricultural irrigation accounts for 53 percent of overall water use, while public supply accounts for 37 percent. Power generation, industrial use, recreational irrigation and private water wells comprise the remaining 10 percent. Local government and private water utilities treat and provide water to most homes and businesses. A much smaller number of people rely on individual wells as their source for drinking and /or irrigation water. Most water uses, such as water used for public water supply, industrial purposes and agricultural irrigation, are regulated by the regional water management district through Water Use Permits. According to a recent U.S. Geological Survey water use report, South Florida residents average 179 gallons per person per day. The statewide average is 158 gallons. It is estimated that up to half of that goes to outdoor irrigation. More than 50 percent of the water typically applied to lawns is lost to evaporation or run -off due to overwatering. By 2025, six million new residents are projected to make Florida their home, swelling the population to more than 24 million. More than half of the new residents will settle in South Florida. South Florida's demand for freshwater is projected to increase to 4.3 billion gallons per • day, a 22 percent increase. South Florida Water Management District works with other state agencies and local governments to protect current and future water supplies. Water conservation and use efficiencies are core elements of their water resource management strategy. To make sure the supply of water meets the needs of today's and tomorrow's residents and natural environments, the SFWMD regulates the withdrawal of ground and surface water throughout the region. At the heart of the South Florida water system sits Lake Okeechobee — the largest natural water body in the southeastern United States. It serves as a source of public water supply for Okeechobee City (outside of Palm Beach County) and as a supplemental source of irrigation water in county for more than 700,000 acres in agricultural production. In addition, it serves as the emergency back -up water supply for more than five million residents in the region. While heavy rainfall throughout the region benefits and recharges underground supplies, the ability to capture and store the rainwater for future use is extremely limited. When floods threaten, even during water shortage situations, the top priority is channeling the excess water away from homes and businesses as quickly as possible. To lower the levels in coastal canals to accommodate direct rainfall and stormwater runoff, freshwater often is released to the ocean. Federal drinking water standards are enforced by two state agencies: the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection. In Palm Beach County the authority for the regulation of public water supply systems has been delegated by these agencies to the Palm Beach County Health Department (PBCHD). • Page SAII -19 Water supply systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act if drinking water is provided to at least 25 persons or at least 15 service connections. These include the large water systems that provide service to municipal and incorporated areas as well as the small systems that may only serve a convenience store or day care center. PBCHD conducts a surveillance program to ensure that the systems are being operated in compliance with Federal, State, and local regulation. Incidents of contamination are very rare because sanitary surveys, inspections, and sampling are routinely performed by PBCHD to verify that water treatment plants are in compliance with rules and regulations. Complaints relating to water quality are investigated on a regular basis and necessary enforcement actions are taken to ensure the safety of the water supply. Water wells that supply water to one or two residences (one of which may be a rental) are categorized as "private" systems and are not monitored routinely. As more agricultural land is expected to be replaced with urban development, public use is expected to overtake farming as the largest use, consuming an anticipated 54 percent of the total. While agriculture is expected to be a smaller percentage of the overall future demand, it will still represent a significant slice of the water use pie and be a major economic force within the state. Regulations calling for better on -farm water use efficiencies will hopefully continue to produce positive results. The demand for both urban and agricultural water uses are expected to increase significantly over the next 20 years. These water demands must be met without causing harm to the environment and water resources. Recent updates of the regional water supply plan concluded • that regional water sources will not be sufficient to meet projected water demands through the 20 year period. The plan further concluded that with appropriate management and diversification of water supply sources, including water conservation, there is sufficient water to meet the water needs during a 1 -in -10 drought condition through 2025. Water reuse has become an integral part of overall efforts to manage water resources. It focuses on the reuse of reclaimed water for beneficial purposes such as: irrigation of yards, agriculture, golf courses, and other green space uses and for industrial uses such as cooling process water, ground water recharge, toilet flushing, dust control, and environmental restoration. Purposeful reuse will substantially reduce reliance on ground water, surface water and potable water for these uses. The SFWMD has developed a comprehensive approach to water reuse, including water supply planning, funding, regulation, outreach, and education. During the past 19 years, Florida has become recognized as a national leader in water reuse. In 2006, almost 229 million gallons per day of reclaimed water was reused in South Florida for many uses, including irrigation of 80,813 residential lots, 168 golf courses, 113 parks and 52 schools. The Everglades Restoration initiative also promises many benefits. Major components of CERP (Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan) include surface water storage reservoirs; water preserve areas; management of Lake Okeechobee as an ecological resource; improved water deliveries to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries; underground water storage; treatment wetlands; improved water deliveries to the Everglades; removal of barriers to the natural sheetflow of water; storage of water in existing quarries; reuse of wastewater and improved water conservation. Page SAI I -20 Emergency Services Principal elements of Palm Beach County's emergency services are its County and municipal emergency management offices, county and municipal fire rescue agencies, county and municipal law enforcement agencies and public and private ambulance services. Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management coordinates disaster planning, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities for the County. The County's Emergency Operations Center is centrally located in West Palm Beach. The EOC houses about 150 personnel during activations, including the various multi - disciplinary support functions and the Executive Policy Group. Each of the 38 municipalities has a designated emergency management contact and EOC location during disaster activations; a few of the larger municipalities have facilities specifically designed to support EOC personnel and activities. Because of its size, the County is divided into 6 Emergency Operating Areas (EOAs). The map on the next page shows the geographic coverage of each EOA. Fire Rescue Palm Beach County Fire - Rescue ( PBCFR) is a combination career /volunteer fire department responsible for providing fire protection, emergency medical services, ALS transport, hazardous materials mitigation, special operations, aircraft firefighting, 9 -1 -1 dispatching, public education, fire inspections, fire investigations, and building plans review for unincorporated Palm Beach • County and certain cities under contract. It serves a population of approximately 761,000, covers about 550 square miles of unincorporated County and numerous incorporated municipalities, and responds to nearly 100,000 fire and medial calls per year. Over three quarters of its calls are for medical emergencies. PBCFR's average response time is 6 minutes and 23 seconds. PBCFR has a full complement of fire and medial rescue resources including: 1,372 career and 100 volunteer personnel, 45 stations, 41 engines, 2 special operations /hazmat teams, 43 ALS transport units, 2 Trauma Hawk helicopters, 1 rescue airboat, 4 ARFF crash trucks, 1 foam truck, 3 tenders, and 3 rescue pumpers. Fire Rescue is accomplished through a combination of county and city agencies with support from the state and neighboring communities. Palm Beach County Fire rescue covers most of the county. At this writing, PBCFR has contracts for specific services with the Glades Area, the municipalities of Belle Glade, Cloud Lake, Glen Ridge, Haverhill, Jupiter, Juno Beach, Lake Clarke Shores, Lake Park, Lantana, Manalapan, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, South Palm Beach and Wellington. It also has 9 -1 -1 and dispatch services (only) provided to the cities of Lake Worth, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Tequesta and West Palm Beach. The following municipalities within Palm Beach County maintain independent firefighting resources that may be called upon for mutual aid support during times of disaster: Page SAII -21 • Belle Glade Fire Rescue • Boca Raton Fire Rescue • Boynton Beach Fire Rescue • Delray Beach Fire Rescue • Greenacres Public Safety Department • Lake Park Fire Rescue • Lake Worth Fire Rescue • North Palm Beach Public Safety Department • Ocean Ridge Public Safety Department • Pahokee Fire Rescue • Palm Beach Fire Rescue • Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue • Palm Beach Shores Fire Rescue • Palm Springs Public Safety Department • Riviera Beach Fire Rescue • South Bay Public Safety Department • South Palm Beach Fire Rescue • Tequesta Fire Rescue • West Palm Beach Fire Rescue Today, PBCFR does the majority of ambulance transport. Only two private ambulance providers (American Medical Response and Medics Ambulance Service) remain in operation in the County. • Trauma Hawk air ambulances are used primarily to transport trauma, cardiac and stroke patients meeting certain criteria. It is an especially valuable service in the isolated western communities of the County. The map below shows the distribution of fire and police stations throughout the County. County Law Enforcement The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office (PBSO) is the county's primary law enforcement agency. At this writing PBSO had a total staff of approximately 3,815, including 1,451 sworn law enforcement personnel, 708 sworn corrections personnel, 1656 support staff, and 4,300 volunteers. In addition to serving the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County, PBSO provides contractual services to several cities and, as needed, backup or specialized support services to several others. These services are summarized below. • District 1 West Palm Beach (Support) • District 2 Mangonia Park (Contract) • District 3 Northlake (Support) • District 4 Delray Beach (Support) • District 5 West (Support) Unincorporated County • District 6 Boynton Beach (Support) • District 7 Boca Raton (Contract) Unincorporated Area Page SAII -22 • District 8 Wellington (Contract) • District 9 Royal Palm Beach (Contract) • District 10 Lake Park (Contract) • District 11 South Bay (Support) • District 12 Pahokee (Support) • District 13 Belle Glade (Support) • District 14 Lake Worth (Contract) The following municipalities maintain their own police departments: • Palm Beach Gardens • Riviera Beach • Tequesta • Jupiter • Juno Beach • North Palm Beach • Palm Beach Shores • West Palm Beach • Boynton Beach • Delray Beach • Boca Raton • Many of the smaller cities of the County call on PBSO on an "as needed" basis. Other law enforcement agencies with a limited presence in Palm Beach County include the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida East Coast Railroad Police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Police. The map below shows the distribution of emergency services countywide. Page SAII -23 Palm Beach County Emerg Service Locations Mal County �. tEOU�5 W IMIANTQ%VN RD _ - -- - - -- JUP ITE�R.0 tTrOLON,' g: 7,TER \ i JUtJO CH A t I a n t i c a O c e a n PALMEEACH A S_ }t 1{ 4 NORTAL E stun f d Z PTH PA KIBEACH LAK &4 `RN f RIJIEP,A ! • 'BEF Em 73H SHOPES G R1A4 % A RKI REST P'.LM E r Rys� PA M BEACH ° p OXAHATCHEE PDX L "lo„ BEA'EH DER ate ' a COUNTY ROA � wL�<Ei'D 4EI I�S,P WELLINGTON R EN:�,C,+ t y � �` � All,� Yw..v.ww,... 7L Jil' Y 4VGRH _ ,.�� UTY�tA6EP.CN L t3 k 1ari�L'�PAN > 1 e C h o tJ v ' ijq P PS ;k so�NreN� ,L 6EApH +� *. MTOR CR HLVD f ^' 7 f E,1J r�ICGE PAHOICEE ERI.I BREEZES / a H GOLF P C `ULF 6 EAf�i s �1 Legend 4 g"" Usk�G 1^7 SfATE� R OAD 80 7T ...? ^� w ' Sys °f An, nc Al ECC't ;u` R 3 1 1 +�•; $ �M4H`'�� " Fire Station BELL GLADE SOUT.H•BA twl FHP 9 Clj HI Gi L tTUYEEA. CH yA, 0,V P D so NVestern Palm Beach C aunty w T PARrRD 4_' [v] Hospital Broivar( County N �pi+c9 Public Safety Department GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 LMS Plan \` F ' Maes . , Date: May 26, 2009 Data Source: Palm Beach S yO �OR[9 t ' Countywide GIS Page SAII -24 The Built Environment Palm Beach County has seen significant changes in its built environment over the last 10 years, as a growing population has fueled major new construction and redevelopment. Three trends have been especially apparent. The first is the creation of pace - setting high density town centers, such as Mizner Park in Boca Raton and CityPlace in West Palm Beach, and Abacoa in Jupiter. The second trend is the rebirth of coastal urban communities through infill and redevelopment. Examples include West Palm Beach, Delray Beach and Lake Worth, as well as Boynton Beach, Riviera Beach, and Lake Park. The third trend is the continued western expansion of development in the exurban and rural communities such as Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, the 441 corridor, Loxahatchee, etc. Redevelopment in the near coastal communities, building on the coastline, and expansion into wildland areas have implications for hurricane, surge and beach erosion and wildfire risks respectively. The following section profiles the County' built environment as a basis for assessing its vulnerability to a range of hazards. The primary source of data for the profile was extracted from the Property Appraiser's Public Access database. It was the most accurate data source available, current as of January 2009. Data on the structural characteristics of single family residential homes came from "Exposure and Vulnerability Components of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Projection Model published in 2005 by Florida International University, also using the Property Appraiser database. i Residential Units Nearly 77 percent of the county's single family residential units are single story structures, 17 percent are multi -story, and 6.2 percent are manufactured homes. The residential housing stock is well distributed throughout the eastern county. Forty seven (47) percent of residential units reside in the unincorporated areas of the county. The seven municipalities of West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Wellington and Delray Beach collectively have about 35% of the county's residential units. The southern municipalities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach collectively have an estimated 46,348 residential units; the northern municipalities of Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter have 25,622 units; West Palm Beach in central county has 20,377 units; and the communities of Wellington and Royal Palm Beach have 24,696 units. The western communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay have approximately 4,850 total residential units. A breakdown of residential units by type by jurisdiction follows on the next page. The overwhelming majority of residential structures (79 %) are of CB Stucco construction. Thirteen and a half percent have exterior wall of wood in the form of wood siding, wood frame stucco or board batten. The balance are constructed of a variety of other materials. The County's database consists of approximately 25 categories, many of which have multiple variations. A breakdown of general types of construction are shown below. • Page SAII -25 Palm Beach County Residential Structures by Jurisdiction Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) Single Family/ Single Family) jurisdiction Manufactured- Total Sin le Story Multi-Sto Unincorporated County 110,556 23,121 13,036 146,713 Atlantis 885 51 - 936 Belle Glade 1,921 36 842 2,799 Boca Raton 15,908 4,018 - 19,926 Boynton Beach 12,585 1,409 437 14,431 Briny Breezes - - 487 487 Cloud Lake 42 10 - 52 Delray Beach 9,976 1,753 262 11,991 Glen Ride 74 17 - 91 Greenacres City 3,443 1,215 704 5,362 Gulf Stream 207 143 - 350 Haverhill 517 26 40 583 Highland Beach 72 162 - 234 Hypoluxo 80 17 64 161 Juno Beach 219 126 351 696 Jupiter 9,029 2,729 447 12,205 Jupiter Inlet Colony 156 82 - 238 Lake Clarke Shores 1,036 78 1,114 Lake Park 1,380 44 - 1,424 Lake Worth 7,146 553 690 8,389 Lantana 2,235 171 181 2,587 Loxahatchee Groves 988 123 58 1,169 Manala an 87 106 193 Man onia Park 206 7 213 Ocean Ride 263 238 - 501 Pahokee 999 38 355 1,392 Palm Beach 1,074 1,605 - 2,679 Palm Beach Gardens 9,491 3,547 379 13,417 Palm Beach Shores 305 13 - 318 Riviera Beach 6,290 631 593 7,514 South Bay 570 3 84 657 Te uesta Village 1,415 163 - 1,578 South Palm Beach 2 2 4 Golf Village 150 14 164 North Palm Beach 2,179 318 - 2,497 Palm Springs 2,179 26 253 2,458 Royal Palm Beach 6,757 2,108 - 8,865 Wellington 11,230 4,596 5 15,831 West Palm Beach 16,523 3,713 141 20,377 Countywide 1 238,175 1 53,012 1 19,409 1 310,596 Structural Characteristics of County's Single Family Residential Buildings Extensive research has been devoted to better understanding the most vulnerable types of structural components and connections to wind damage. The Palm Beach County building stock has been a major interest in these efforts. A 2005 study by Florida International University focuses on the roof system, roof to wall connections, wall systems, wall to foundation Page SAII -26 • connections, openings, and in the case of manufactured homes the anchors into the ground as areas requiring further understanding. Damage to structures occur when load effects from wind or flying debris are greater than the component's capacity to resist them. But vulnerabilities are much more complicated than failures of individual components. When a windstorm causes damage to a structure, it will usually cause different damage modes to different components at the same time. Understanding these combinations of vulnerabilities is extremely complex. Nevertheless, certain structural designs and materials seem to be more vulnerable than others. Roof Covering Materials One portion of the resistance capacity of the roof system to wind uplift includes the ability of the shingles, tiles, or other roof covering to stay attached to the roof sheathing. The loss of covering, though not vital to the structural integrity of a structure, can contribute significantly to the damage of the contents of the structure and increase insurance losses. A second, more important aspect of the wind uplift resistance capacity of the roof system includes the ability of the sheathing to remain fastened to the trusses. The third subcomponent of the roof system, the trusses or rafters, is less important to the prediction of damage. Individual trusses or rafters will not fail in uplift before massive damage has already occurred from the loss of sheathing. The contribution of the trusses or rafters to the overall capacity of the building occurs in the resistance to the loss of the entire roof as a whole unit. Post disaster studies have found that the roof to wall connection is another vital characteristic of the overall resistance of the home to hurricane force winds. Roof Types Different roof types have different capacities to resist strong winds. The majority of roof types for single family houses in Palm Beach County are gable or hip. Gable roofs can be simply described as two pitched roof surfaces connected to vertical surfaces at each end. Hip roofs are gable roofs with gable ends brought together at the same pitch as the rest of the roof. Post disaster surveys have shown that gable roofs tended to suffer more structural damage than hip roofs. Exterior Wall Materials Exterior wall failures are much less commonly cited in post damage reports than roofing system failures. Residential structures in Palm Beach County are predominately of two types, concrete block and wood frame. Damage to masonry walls, especially reinforced concrete walls, is less prevalent than to wood frame walls. Both forms of wall materials are largely dependent on the integrity of the roof system for their survival. Number of Stories Obviously two story family buildings differ from single story structures in terms of structural characteristics, number of openings, value, etc. Most one -story buildings have either masonry exterior walls or timber frame, in other words one type of wall material. However, most second story buildings have mixed exterior wall material, typically concrete block walls for the first story and timber frame for the second story. For these reasons, it is assumed that everything else being equal, two story houses may be somewhat more susceptible to wind damage than single story houses. • Page SAII -27 • Openings The capacity of windows, doors, garage doors and other openings to wind pressure is the subject of great debate. The penetration of openings causes damage to homes in two ways. First, the penetrated opening allows rain and wind to enter the structure and damage the contents. Secondly, and most importantly to the structural integrity, openings allow wind to enter and create additional internal pressure which contributes to the uplift on the roof, causing failure. Manufactured Homes Andrew destroyed 97% of the manufactured homes in Dade County. Although manufacturing standards have improved in recent years they remain highly vulnerable to even minor hurricanes. Tie -down systems are essential to improving survivability. The table below profiles the Palm Beach County Housing Stock in terms of construction types and materials as estimated by Florida International University using Property Appraiser data. Palm Beach County Breakdown of Residential Structures by Construction Type & Building Materials Component Material Percent Single Family Residential • Exterior Wall Material Concrete Block/Stucco 79 Wood Siding 9 Wood Frame Stucco /Hollow 6 Board & Batten 2 Other 4 Roof Type 1 Story Concrete Block Gable 46 Hip 23 1 Story Wood Frame Gable 4 Hip 2 2 Stories Concrete 1 Story Gable 8 Hip 4 2 Stories Wood Frame Gable 1 Hip 1 Unknown Other 11 Roof Cover Material Tile (Concrete) 26 Tile (Clay /Bermuda) 34 Shingle (Asphalt) 38 Other 2 I ! mcg Ihi Manufactured Homes • Page SAII -28 Exterior Wall Material Vinyl /Aluminum 81 Wood Siding 10 Other 9 Roof Type Gable /Hip 51 Flat 47 Other 2 Source: FILI; Property Appraisers Database (2005) Palm Beach County Number of Residential Structures by Exterior Wall Material No. ° / 6 Construction Type Structures_ Structures' Concrete Block/ Stucco 190,488 79.2 Wood Siding 16,064 6.7 Wood Frame Stucco 11,609 4.8 Board Batten & Other Wood 5,012 2.1 Vinyl/Alum Siding 7,733 3.2 Precast PNUReinforced Concrete 1,955 .8 Concrete Block 1,569 .6 Brick 1,951 .8 Prefab Metal /PNL 131 .1 Other 4,097 1.7 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) • Age Distribution of Single Family Units About 1.1% (7,610) of the residential stock was built before 1929; 7.6% (51,153 units) was built between 1929 and 1959; 58.2% (390,819) between 1960 and 1989; and 33.0% (221,470) between 1990 and 2008. Over 75% of residential units were built before "post Andrew" building codes were put into effect. West Palm Beach and Lake Worth have the giant share of oldest residential units in the county. Unincorporated Palm Beach County has substantial pre -1960 and pre -code units, 9,784 units and 180,295 units respectively. Not surprisingly, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, and Boynton Beach have the largest post code stocks of residential units. The table on the next page provides a detailed breakdown of residential units by year built groupings by jurisdiction. • Page SAII -29 • Palm Beach County Residential Units by Year Built by Jurisdiction Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) Jurisdiction Before 1929 1929- 1959 1960 -1989 19980 -2008 Before 6/1370 Before; 6/1994 Unincorporated County 112 9,672 170,511 99,529 23,929 209,061 Atlantis - - 1,060 160 311 1,094 Belle Glade 1 1,670 3,079 1,476 3,216 5,501 Boca Raton 55 2,155 35,389 9,173 12,139 41,448 Boynton Beach 38 3,022 22,958 11,045 7,828 28,627 Briny Breezes - 10 399 78 204 441 Cloud Lake - 51 9 6 53 62 Delray Beach 302 3,950 21,962 8,844 7,610 28,441 Glen Ride 55 36 8 71 94 Greenacres City 58 240 1 10,754 5,874 911 12,209 Gulf Stream 11 102 362 70 235 491 Haverhill - 118 372 134 294 514 Highland Beach - 85 3,309 856 477 3,499 Hypoluxo 3 87 694 1,290 115 1,138 Juno Beach - 88 2,067 1,098 350 2,383 Jupiter 21 549 16,036 10,724 1,392 18,954 Jupiter Inlet Colon - 67 121 49 129 197 Lake Clarke Shores 1 371 912 187 747 1,451 Lake Park 63 996 2,421 426 2,374 3,496 Lake Worth 1,585 7,148 7,956 949 11,949 16,968 Lantana 17 1,618 2,752 1,126 2,548 4,543 • Loxahatchee Groves 2 37 748 333 113 885 Manala an 1 10 1 209 362 43 527 Man onia Park 9 85 367 293 137 461 Ocean Ride 4 234 1,120 192 881 1,401 Pahokee 7 603 1,065 342 1,123 1,794 Palm Beach 1,009 1,308 6,632 1,575 1 4,660 9,403 Palm Beach Gardens 5 15 12,446 16,062 2,776 17,328 Palm Beach Shores 1 590 686 26 941 1,280 Riviera Beach 44 3,456 10,181 5,255 6,890 14,001 South Bay 1 126 1,066 154 459 1,277 Te uesta Village - 78 2,265 1,086 1,253 2,391 South Palm Beach 67 1,825 25 407 1,892 Golf Village - 17 107 42 1 68 131 North Palm Beach 1 857 6,029 887 3,292 6,906 Palm Springs 3 1,423 6,035 905 2,553 7,500 Royal Palm Beach - 4 6,535 6,423 468 7,292 Wellington - 7 8,628 13,427 27 11,056 West Palm Beach 4,256 10,182 21,716 20,979 18,966 38,261 Countywide, 7,610 1 61,153 390,819 1 221,470 1 1 121,939 504,398 • Page SAII -30 • Palm Beach County Condos, Town Houses, Co -Ops, Commercial Condos, Single - Family Residence Condos, Zero Lot Line (Units) Jurisdiction Condo Condo. Zero Lot Co Op Townhouse SFR -C Line Commercial Unincorporated County 78,708 962 0 25,066 629 37,621 Atlantis 239 33 0 43 0 10 Belle Glade 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boca Raton 15,099 1,207 98 2,511 0 2,459 Boynton Beach 11,798 352 233 3,754 0 3,119 Briny Breezes 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cloud Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delray Beach 13,060 451 324 3,084 0 1,256 Glen Ride 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greenacres City 5,324 18 0 3,060 0 2,488 Gulf Stream 126 0 63 6 0 0 Haverhill 0 0 0 0 0 44 Highland Beach 3,668 0 57 85 0 16 Hypoluxo 1,376 0 0 532 0 70 Juno Beach 1,868 46 0 256 0 0 Jupiter 7,234 895 0 5,192 0 2,949 Jupiter Inlet Colony 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lake Clarke Shores 35 19 0 279 0 0 Lake Park 805 176 0 23 0 0 Lake Worth 2,542 136 92 215 0 0 Lantana 1,217 85 62 91 0 0 Loxahatchee Groves 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Manala an 16 0 86 0 0 0 • Man onia Park 239 9 0 0 0 0 Ocean Ride 469 0 308 96 0 0 Pahokee 21 0 0 0 0 0 Palm Beach 5,319 217 1074 48 0 0 Palm Beach Gardens 4,012 275 0 5,972 200 5,375 Palm Beach Shores 412 1 104 1 6 0 0 Riviera Beach 4,162 206 88 1 1,967 0 962 South Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Te uestaVilla a 1,286 55 0 288 0 0 South Palm Beach 1,652 1 186 15 0 0 Golf Village 0 0 0 303 0 0 North Palm Beach 4,026 140 247 133 0 0 Palm Springs 2,148 97 0 1,733 0 39 Royal Palm Beach 1,926 167 0 1 1,633 0 2,360 Wellington 1,339 108 0 2,026 539 3,670 West Palm Beach 13,850 642 137 4,109 101 5,016 Countywide 1 184,005 6,284 3,173 62,247 1 1,472 1 67,469 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) • Page SAII -31 • Non - Residential Building Stock The tables on the next two pages provide a breakdown of commercial, industrial, government, educational, healthcare, religious and other non - residential structures by jurisdiction and by age category. Eighty one percent were built since 1960, but 82% predate current codes. Palm Beach County Non - Residential Building Stock by Use by Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Commercial Industrial Government ' Education Healthcare Other Unincorporated County 3,142 2,245 413 - Atlantis 22 7 - 7 Belle Glade 378 194 86 33 Boca Raton 1,170 427 130 257 Boynton Beach 630 343 80 8 146 Briny Breezes - 6 - - 3 9 Cloud Lake 3 1 - - Delray Beach 1,112 400 126 94 2 144 Glen Ride 6 - - - 7 - Greenacres City 154 43 15 38 - 54 Gulf Stream - 9 9 - - 4 Haverhill 23 1 11 3 2 Highland Beach 5 3 1 - 10 Hypoluxo 42 16 - 8 Juno Beach 53 21 1 - 15 Jupiter 446 323 36 63 139 Jupiter Inlet Colon 1 - - - 1 Lake Clarke Shores 24 - 6 - 1 • Lake Park 239 145 22 8 13 Lake Worth 684 301 85 38 1 37 Lantana 200 94 13 13 8 15 Loxahatchee Groves 11 25 5 3 3 66 Manala an 6 1 Man onia Park 48 130 5 2 2 7 Ocean Ride 3 5 1 7 9 Pahokee 103 61 40 45 - 14 Palm Beach 247 26 18 9 - 30 Palm Beach Gardens 362 130 49 55 3 109 Palm Beach Shores 18 2 - - - 5 Riviera Beach 501 516 72 76 70 South Bay 61 51 14 14 7 Te uesta Village 97 17 15 - 11 South Palm Beach 1 - M43 1 Golf Village 9 7 - 4 North Palm Beach 173 14 7 - 27 Palm Springs 214 34 50 1 20 Ro al Palm Beach 255 83 13 - 54 Wellin ton 159 107 37 3 601 West Palm Beach 1,889 971 169 32 216 Countywide 1 12,491 6,759 1 1,596 1,443 64 2,146 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) • Page SAII -32 Palm Beach County Non - Residential Units by Year Built Groupings by Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Before 1929 19241959 1960 -1989 1940 -2008 Before Before 6/1970 6/1994 Unincorporated County 11 915 5,184 2,170 2,035 6,766 Atlantis - - 24 16 8 28 Belle Glade 6 265 410 103 470 720 Boca Raton 16 155 1,433 534 570 1,746 Boynton Beach 16 1 208 685 372 402 1,013 Briny Breezes - - 22 1 22 23 Cloud Lake - 4 - 4 4 Delray Beach 71 490 974 359 849 1,646 Glen Ridge - 2 4 - 3 6 Greenacres City 1 23 212 77 59 259 Gulf Stream 2 1 18 4 8 23 Haverhill - 4 18 17 13 23 Highland Beach - 1 16 6 9 17 Hypoluxo 2 9 51 5 13 63 Juno Beach 2 6 52 31 20 68 Jupiter 10 54 601 347 174 752 Jupiter Inlet Colon - - 1 1 - 2 Lake Clarke Shores - 1 28 2 7 29 Lake Park 10 31 335 55 198 388 Lake Worth 68 433 548 105 704 1,087 Lantana 7 87 204 45 177 315 • Loxahatchee Groves - 1 68 41 6 70 Manala an 2 6 1 2 9 Mangonia Park 3 136 54 23 1 159 Ocean Ridge - 2 16 1 8 18 Pahokee 4 101 141 23 186 251 Palm Beach 82 114 105 34 222 317 Palm Beach Gardens - 1 398 311 102 488 Palm Beach Shores - 16 6 3 19 22 Riviera Beach 6 267 720 253 546 1,055 South Bay - 30 100 32 68 140 Te uesta Village 8 105 30 47 121 South Palm Beach - 3 - 1 3 Golf Village 5 13 3 6 18 North Palm Beach 18 1 211 34 104 236 Palm Springs 95 218 52 166 327 Royal Palm Beach 7 162 260 18 220 Wellin ton 5 335 591 18 438 West Palm Beach 241 1,153 1,547 594 1,936 3,125 Countywide F 555 4,517 15,110 6,567 9,223 21,995 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) • Page SAII -33 • Average Age and Value of Structures The table below depicts the average age and value of structures in each jurisdiction. Palm Beach County Average Value & Age by Jurisdiction (All Structures) 7urisd Avg. Ye a r ic#ien Avg. Value Runt Average Age Unincorporated County $178,598 1985 23 Atlantis $239,998 1978 30 Belle Glade $116,297 1969 39 Boca Raton $352,687 1979 29 Boynton Beach $161,181 1981 27 Briny Breezes $15,426 1975 33 Cloud Lake $79,538 1955 53 Delray Beach $214,955 1978 30 Glen Ride $123,812 1962 46 Greenacres City $151,313 1986 22 Gulf Stream $627,879 1971 37 Haverhill $124,592 1975 33 Highland Beach $493,047 1982 26 Hypoluxo $195,424 1991 17 Juno Beach $378,949 1985 23 Jupiter $255,444 1988 20 Jupiter Inlet Colony $383,369 1973 35 Lake Clarke Shores $169,454 1972 36 • Lake Park $151,023 1968 40 Lake Worth $115,513 1960 48 Lantana $158,181 1973 35 Loxahatchee Groves $122,309 1983 25 Manala an $1,339,204 1981 27 Man onia Park $163,086 1973 35 Ocean Ride $396,280 1974 34 Pahokee $90,445 1965 43 Palm Beach $735,800 1967 41 Palm Beach Gardens $300,559 1989 19 Palm Beach Shores $515,615 1967 41 Riviera Beach $211,140 1977 31 South Bay $133,317 1972 36 Te uesta Village $234,898 1980 28 South Palm Beach $246,941 1975 33 Golf Village $318,134 1977 31 North Palm Beach $211,591 1973 35 Palm Springs $127,800 1975 33 Royal Palm Beach $186,768 1991 17 Wellington $266,001 1993 15 West Palm Beach $223,133 1975 33 Countywide $218,355 1982 1 26 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) Page SAII -34 Number of Addresses in Special Flood Hazard Areas A total of 109,151 addresses in 24 municipalities and unincorporated Palm Beach County are located with Special Flood Hazard Areas (A Zones). These addresses are widely scattered throughout the County. Palm Beach County Number of Addresses in Special Flood Hazard Areas Jurisdiction No. `Addresses Atlantis 222 Boca Raton 9,181 Boynton Beach 11,872 Cloud Lake 14 Delray Beach 9,567 Gulf Stream 217 Haverhill 503 Highland Beach 2,417 Juno Beach 222 Jupiter 7,056 Lake Park 931 Lake Worth 1,392 Lantana 1,416 Manala an 248 Man onia Park 35 North Palm Beach 3,173 Ocean Ride 1,231 Palm Beach 4,766 Palm Beach Gardens 1,400 Palm Spr 2,690 Riviera Beach 3,960 South Palm Beach 1,225 Te uesta 432 West Palm Beach 11,997 Unincorporated PBC 48,760 Countywide Total 157,669 Source: FEMA Digitized FIRMS 1996 Repetitive Flood Loss Properties Although a significant portion of the county falls within FEMA designated Special Flood Hazard Areas, flooding can and does occur anywhere in the county. Because of elevated slabs and effective drainage systems, structural flooding is not widespread. Nevertheless, the county has 279 structures listed by FEMA as repetitive flood loss properties. These are properties that have had three or more "insured" flood losses of more than $1000 during a running 10 year period since 1978. At this writing, 24 of the county's 38 municipalities and the unincorporated county have at least one repetitive flood loss property on the books. Undoubtedly there are additional properties that flood regularly but technically do not qualify under FEMA's guidelines. The table below summarizes the number of listed by the Insurance Services Office as repetitive flood loss properties within Community Rating System communities as of the end of 2008. The Town of Palm Beach County and the unincorporated area of the county have by far the highest incidence of repetitively flooded properties, 77 and 70 respectively (52.7% of the county total). West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach have significant numbers Page SAII -35 as well. Surprisingly, Jupiter and Boca Raton which the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, show has having significant special flood hazard areas only have 7 and 3 repetitive flood loss properties respectively. As of June 2006 there were 3 Severe Repetitive Loss Properties in the county. These are properties that had at least four NFIP claim payments (including building and contents) over $5,000 each, and the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeds $20,000; or at least two separate claims payments (building payments only) have been made with the cumulative amount of the building portion of such claims exceeding the market value of the building, occurring within any ten -year period, but greater than 10 days apart. All three properties in Palm Beach County are in the Town of Palm Beach. Palm Beach County Number of Repetitive Flood Loss Properties in CRS Communities Jurisdiction No. Repetitive Loss Properties Unincorporated County 70 City of Atlantis 1 City of Boca Raton 3 City of Boynton Beach 12 Town of Cloud Lake 1 City of Delray Beach 15 Town of Gulf Stream 2 Town of Haverhill 1 Town of Highland Beach 1 Town of Juno Beach 3 • Town of Jupite P 7 Town of Lake Park 2 City of Lake Worth 9 Town of Lantana 6 Town of Manala an 2 Town of Man onia Park 1 Village of N. Palm Beach 3 Town of Ocean Ride 15 City of Pahokee 1 City Palm Bch. Gardens 7 Town of Palm Beach 77 Village of Palm Springs 1 City of Riviera Beach 10 Town of S. Palm Beach 1 Village of Te uesta 2 City of West Palm Beach 27 Coun Ide Total 279 Source: FEMA Repetitive loss properties in Palm Beach County breakdown by the following uses: single family (68.4 %), 2 -4 family units (7.0 %), other residential (10.2 %), condominium (2.5 %), and non- residential (11.9 %). As of November 30, 2008, there were 166,719 National Flood Insurance policies in force countywide with annual premiums totaling $55,446,224 annually. This figure includes premium discounts earned by the County and communities participating in the Community Rating System. • Page SAII -36 Palm Beach County National Flood Insurance Program Policies & Premiums by Jurisdiction (As of 11/30/2008) No. NFIP Policies $ Written Jurisdiction Premiums In- In -Farce ` „Force Unincorporated County 75,532 24,814,603 Atlantis 371 113,354 Belle Glade 249 94,974 Boca Raton 15,140 4,891,367 Boynton Beach 9,933 3,074,775 Briny Breezes 117 75,286 Cloud Lake 11 5,098 Delray Beach 8,440 3,443,869 Glen Ride 23 9,491 Golf 20 7,423 Greenacres City 415 133,616 Gulf Stream 358 272,252 Haverhill 26 8,093 Highland Beach 4,099 714,117 Hypoluxo 1,095 287,294 Juno Beach 1,755 409,563 Jupiter 8,854 2,533,124 Jupiter Inlet Colony 128 54,407 Lake Clarke Shores 271 114,562 Lake Park 920 241,587 Lake Worth 1,841 883,280 Lantana 1,164 557,739 Loxahatchee Groves Included in PB County Included in PB County Manala an 242 208,329 Man onia Park 52 53,079 North Palm Beach 4,093 938,031 Ocean Ride 1,288 619,640 Pahokee 113 51,023 Palm Beach 7,591 3,833,857 Palm Beach Gardens 3,887 1,451,676 Palm Beach Shores 973 276,227 Palm Springs 1,516 336,139 Riviera Beach 5,801 1,583,242 Royal Palm Beach 813 246,139 South Bay 45 6 010 South Palm Beach 1,430 Tecluesta 1,362 417,361 Wellington 362 170,971 West Palm Beach 7,269 2,198,602 Countywide 166,719 55,446,224 COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREAS In May 2002, the Florida Legislature amended Section 163.3191(2)(m) Florida Statutes (F.S.) to require the following: "If any of the jurisdiction of the local government is located within the coastal high- hazard area, • Page SAII -37 an evaluation of whether any past reduction in land use density impairs the property rights of current residents when redevelopment occurs, including, but not limited to, redevelopment following a natural disaster. The property rights of current residents shall be balanced with public safety considerations. The local government must identify strategies to address redevelopment feasibility and the property rights of affected residents. These strategies may include the authorization of redevelopment up to the actual built density in existence on the property prior to the natural disaster or redevelopment." The State of Florida defines Coastal High Hazard Areas (CHHA) in Chapter 163.3178(2)(h) as: "the evacuation zone for a category one hurricane as established in the regional hurricane evacuation study applicable to the local government ". Since 2003, Palm Beach County has maintained a more stringent definition which includes evacuation zones for hurricane categories one and two. Most of the unincorporated CHHA lands are located in the northern section of Palm Beach County. The land uses for these lands are low residential, medium residential, high residential, commercial, parks, conservation, institutional, and industrial. A small segment of the CHHA lands are located in the southern area of the County near the municipalities of Briny Breezes and Gulf Stream. These land uses are medium residential, high residential, commercial, and park. The majority the CHHA land is located within 23 municipal boundaries and is therefore not addressed. Below is a table listing the existing land uses and total acres in the unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County's Coastal High Hazard Area. Unincorporated Palm Beach County Existing Land Use Total Acres Land Use Total Acres Agriculture 2.85 Commercial 11954.87 Conservation 4868.28 Industrial 245.28 Institutional 1688.74 Mixed Use 22.26 Recreation/Open Space 2154.22 Residential Mobile Home 272.47 Residential Multi-Family 7373.17 Residential Single Family 14688.51 Utility/Transportation 121.55 Vacant 6677.30 Source: Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning, Building Number of Addresses in the Coastal High Hazard Area Countywide there are over 48,000 addresses located within the Coastal High hazard Area. The highest concentration of addresses are located in the northern and southern municipalities of the county near the Jupiter and Boca inlets. The database does not permit a breakout by units. • Page SAII -38 Palm Beach County Number of Addresses in the Coastal High Hazard Area Jurisdiction No. Addresses Boca Raton 4,395 Boynton Beach 4,095 Briny Breezes 348 Delray Beach 3,088 Gulf Stream 160 Highland Beach 2,315 Hypoluxo 1,353 Juno Beach 1,023 Jupiter 6,632 Jupiter Inlet Colony 81 Lake Park 662 Lake Worth 616 Lantana 1,247 Man ioArce: Property Apprais r North Palm Beach 5,181 Ocean Ridge 1,064 Palm Beach 3,914 Palm Beach Gardens 455 Palm Beach Shores 264 Riviera Beach 2,695 South Palm Beach 1,148 Tequesta 855 West Palm Beach 2,403 Unincorporated County 3,862 Total 48,024 Page SAII -39 Critical Facilities by Jurisdiction Palm Beach County defines critical facilities as including essential government facilities, fire and police facilities, hospital and health care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, schools and shelter facilities, airports, water treatment plants, water control district facilities, and waste water treatment facilities. The chart below shows a breakdown in the number of facilities by jurisdiction. Palm Beach County Critical Facilities by Jurisdiction Jurisdiction No. Critical Facilities Unincorporated County 106 Atlantis 4 Belle Glade 6 Boca Raton 24 Boynton Beach 23 Delray Beach 18 Greenacres 6 Gulf Stream 1 Highland Beach 2 Juno Beach 3 Jupiter 14 Jupiter Inlet Colony 1 Lake Clark Shores 1 Lake Park 3 Lake Worth 12 Lantana 5 Manala an 2 Man onia Park 1 North Palm Beach 2 Ocean Ride 2 Pahokee 3 Palm Beach 4 Palm Beach Gardens 17 Palm Beach Shores 2 Palm Springs 2 Riviera Beach 7 Royal Palm Beach 7 South Bay 1 South Palm Beach 1 Te uesta 6 Wellington 9 West Palm Beach 58 Countywide 353 Source: Property Appraiser (PAPA) is Page SAII -40 Addresses in Wildland -Urban Interface Areas The table below summarizes the number of addresses situated in the wildland -urban interface areas of the county potentially at risk from wildfires. Palm Beach County Addresses in Wildland -Urban Interface Areas Jurisdiction Acres Unincorporated County 22,158 Wellington 24,379 Loxahatchee Groves 1,307 Total 47,844 Source: Florida Department of Forestry, PBC Division of Emergency Management Palm Beach County Building Codes & Practices The building departments of the county and its municipalities continuously seek improved standards and measures for protecting public safety, health and welfare by ensuring that all • construction within their jurisdictions conforms with applicable building codes, ordinances, laws, rules, resolutions and regulations. Their collective mission is to enact and enforce effective codes and standards to ensure the structural strength, sanitation, fire protection, adequate light and ventilation, and other essential elements of life safety in the built environment, including the creation of a more disaster resilient community. The Florida Building Code is the core element of Palm Beach County's building code system. The single statewide unified code is administered and enforced by local jurisdictions. In accordance with local needs and circumstances, and as authorized by law, code requirements, in some instances, have been amended by officials to be more stringent. Palm Beach County's codes are among the most rigorous in the U.S. in terms of disaster protection. The provisions of the county's local building codes apply to the construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every public and private building, structure or facility or floating residential structure, and any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings, structures or facilities. The County has an active Building Code Advisory Board with the mission of making recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners and local governments on ways to enhance building - related codes and standards and, as it makes sense, promote uniformity in standards. The Building Officials Association of Palm Beach County (BOAPBC), a non - profit organization comprised of code professionals including Building Officials, Inspectors, Plans Examiners, Page SAII -41 Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Industry Members, and others mutually interested in the promotion and enhancement of public safety, is also active in promoting the diligent and consistent enforcement of applicable construction codes and regulations throughout Palm Beach County. In 2004 The County's Building Department and the Division of Emergency Management collaborated on enhancing the county's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance to better regulate building construction in geographic areas identified by the county and FEMA as especially susceptible to flooding. The comprehensive, updated Ordinance followed and was compliant with the FEMA model. Important enhancements to the ordinance included the establishment of more stringent standards on minimum floor elevations relative to adjacent road elevations and minimizing displacement of flood volumes to neighboring properties by limiting the amount of imported earth fill that can be brought onto lots. Concluding Comments on the Built Environment More detailed discussion s of structural vulnerabilities to the expanded list of hazards will be included in the enhanced hazard - specific risk and vulnerability write -ups planned for future editions of this plan. As the county has not experienced widespread residential or commercial flooding, mitigation projects will be focused primarily on repetitive and severely repetitive flood loss properties. Drainage improvement projects will also be an emphasis in flood prone areas. Development in the Coastal High Areas of the county will be discouraged through active enforcement of codes and ordinances. Buildings constructed to current building codes have performed well in recent severe wind events. Failure of roof coverings has been a common problem, leading to top down water damage and some mold situations. Wind retrofit of older and poorly constructed structures will continue to be encouraged, however a substantial segment of the county's inventory of residential and commercial structures remain at risk from extreme wind events. Development in the wildland -urban interface areas will be closely managed and wildfire protection measures will be aggressively promoted. Page SAII -42 Special Appendix III: NFIP & CRS Status & Activities This appendix is intended to provide current data and information on NFIP and CRS status and activities countywide in fulfillment of the following FEMA requirement: Requirement: §201.6(c)(3)(ii): The mitigation strategy must also address the jurisdiction's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and continued compliance with NFIP requirements, as appropriate. The tables on the following pages provide summaries of NFIP and CRS status and activities by jurisdiction. A variety of FEMA, ISO and local resources were used to prepare the summary tables. Detailed summaries of CRS activities, class ratings and insurance savings are included. The number and value of NFIP insurance policies in effect, claims activity, and savings realized from CRS participation are also included on a jurisdiction be jurisdiction basis. Currently the CRS program is generating close to $5 million in insurance premium savings countywide. At this writing, a special survey was being conducted to compile updated information from CRS and non -CRS communities on NFIP status and activities, including "higher standards" activities. Results are not yet available. The questionnaire, keys of activities, and final summary matrices are included to demonstrate how this information is being compiled. • Page SPAIII -1 Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Status Book Report Palm Beach County Communities (August 2009) Communities Participating in the National Flood Insurance Program Initial Regular - Flood Haz Initial Current Community Community County Boundary FIRM Effective Emergency Tribal ID# Name Map Identified Map Date Program Identified Entry Date 120192 Palm Beach Palm 6/19/70 6/2/92 2/1/79 No County Beach 120193 C of Bea h 12/06/74 11/01/78 11/01/78 11/01/78 No 120194 City of Belle Palm 7/19/74 5/15/78 9/30/82 5/15/78 No Glade Beach City of Palm 120196 Boynton Beach 3/8/74 1/3/79 9/30/82 1/3/79 No Beach 120197 Town of Briny Palm 1/23/74 5/15/78 9/30182 5/15/78 No Breezes Beach 120198 Town of Palm 12/6/74 5/15/78 5/15/78 5/15/78 No Cloud Lake Beach 125102 City of Delray Palm 4/9/71 1/5/89 4/9/71 No Beach Beach 120200 Town of Glen Palm 12/6/74 5/15/78 5/15/78 5/15/78 No Ride Beach 120201 Village of Palm 8/30/74 (NSFHA) 8/26/77 No Golf Beach 120203 Gree acres B a h 1/9/74 (NSFHA) 8/26/77 No 1251090 Town of Gulf Palm 11 /25/72 11/24/72 9/30/82 11/24/72 No Stream Beach 120205 Town of Palm 6/28/74 (NSFHA) 8/26/77 No Haverhill Beach Town of Palm 125111 Highland Beach 10/17/70 10/16/70 9/30/82 10/16/70 No Beach 120207 Town of Palm 8/23/74 5/15/78 5/15/78 5/15/78 No Hypoluxo Beach Town of Palm 125120 Jupiter Inlet Beach 9/27/72 9/22/72 9/30/82 9/22/72 No Colon 125119 Town of Palm 9/22/72 6/2/92 9/22/72 No Jupiter Beach Town of Lake palm 11/1/78 120211 Clarke Beach 1/9/74 11/01/78 11/1/78 No Shores 120212 Town of Lake Palm 11/23/73 9/15/78 9/15/78 9/15/78 No Park Beach 120214 Town of Palm 3/12/71 3/12/71 10/15/82 3/12/71 No Lantana Beach Page SPAIII -2 Town of 120192 Loxahatchee Palm Recently Incorporated: Still included in Palm Beach County Groves Beach 120215 Town of Palm 8/18/70 9/30/82 10/30/70 No Manala an Beach Town of Palm 120216 Mangonia Beach 1/16/74 3/1/78 3/1/78 3/1/78 No Park Village of palm 120217 North Palm Beach 12/6/74 8/15/78 6/2/92 8/15/78 No Beach 125134 Town of Palm 9/18/70 4/9/71 9/30/82 4/9/71 No Ocean Ride Beach 120219 P City of B a h 9/5/75 5/15/78 10/15/82 5/15/78 No City of Palm Palm 120221 Beach Beach 1/18/74 1/3/79 1/6/88 1/3/79 No Gardens Town of Palm palm 125137 Beach Beach 4/27/70 6/25/71 9/30/82 6/25/81 No Shores 120220 Town of Palm Palm 9/13/74 5/15/78 9/30/82 5/15/78 No Beach Beach 120223 Village of Palm 3/15/74 311/78 12/22/98 3/1/78 No Palm Springs Beach City of Palm • 125142 Riviera Beach 9/27/72 9/30/82 9/22/72 No Beach Village of Palm 120225 Royal Palm Beach 6/28/74 (NSFHA) 8/26/77 No Beach 120226 City of South Palm 7/19/74 (NSFHA) 8/26/77 No Bay Beach Town of Palm 120227 South Palm Beach 1/16/74 5/15/78 9/30/82 5/15/78 No Beach 120226 Village of Palm 6/18/71 6/11/71 9/30/82 6/11/71 No Tequesta Beach Village of Wellington (Use Palm 125157 Beach county Palm 6/2/92 01/01/50 1/3/01 No CID 120192) Beach Firm dated 6/2/92, panel number 100B 120229 City of West Palm 10/31/75 3/1/79 3/1/79 3/1/79 No Palm Beach Beach Source: http: / /www.fema.gov /fema /csb.shtm • Page SPAIII -3 Palm Beach County National Flood Insurance Community Profile POLICIES DAMAGE REGULAR INSURANCE IN NO. PD TOTAL JURISDICTION CID ENTRY IN FORCE LOSSES LOSSES PD CLAIMS FORCE SINCE'78 PALM BEACH COUNTY 120192 2/1/1979 78,414 $19,940,904,900.00 1,262 $12,167,201.78 35 CITY OF ATLANTIS 120193 11/1/1978 410 $99,632,100.00 18 $31,637,090.00 0 CITY OF BELLE GLADE 120194 5/15/1978 247 $60,899,900.00 3 $26,837.91 0 CITY OF BOCA RATON 120195 6/1/1978 15,810 $4,006,213,500.00 167 $1,050,859.46 0 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH 120196 1/3/1979 10,105 $1,837,637,300.00 215 $957,785.03 0 TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES 120197 5/15/1978 124 $14,291,200.00 6 $14,227.77 0 TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE 120198 5/15/1978 13 $2,967,400.00 5 $20,317.57 0 CITY OF DELRAY BEACH 125102 4/9/1971 8,858 $1,941,584,600.00 305 $1,614,857.07 4 TOWN OF GLEN RIDGE 120200 5/15/1978 28 $7,135,900.00 4 $8,520.00 0 VILLAGE OF GOLF 120201 8/26/1977 20 $6,720,000.00 2 $42,999.54 0 CITY OF GREENACRES 120203 8/26/1977 429 $95,861,200.00 5 $33,262.32 0 TOWN OF GULF STREAM 125109 11/24/1972 358 $108,548,500.00 17 $74,130.15 0 TOWN OF HAVERHILL 120205 8/26/1977 27 $7,273,000.00 6 $70,254.16 0 TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH 125111 10/16/1970 4,171 $919,041,600.00 8 $113,301.37 0 TOWN OF HYPOLUXO 120207 5/15/1978 1,094 $215,600,100.00 5 $13,145.43 0 TOWN OF JUNO BEACH 120208 12/1/1978 1,725 $349,636,000.00 20 $306,718.36 0 TOWN OF JUPITER INLET COLONY 125120 9/22/1972 132 $41,428,200.00 8 $105,470.23 0 TOWN OF JUPITER 125119 9/22/1972 9,258 $2,055,668,400.00 195 $2,211,623.07 9 TOWN OF LAKE CLARK SHORES 120211 11/1/1978 276 $78,192,000.00 9 $27,254.62 0 TOWN OF LAKE PARK 120212 9/15/1978 921 $158,200,500.00 23 $622,665.46 1 • CITY OF LAKE WORTH 120213 12/1/1978 1,846 $406,808,100.00 94 $475,527.97 0 TOWN OF LANTANA 120214 3/12/1971 1,213 $241,165,000.00 71 $905,919.85 1 TOWN OF MANALAPAN 120215 10/30/1970 242 $72,683,500.00 23 $226,023.96 0 TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK 120216 3/1/1978 52 $17,841,500.00 12 $465,502.44 0 VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH 120217 8/15/1978 4,032 $783,502,400.00 49 $35,816,855.00 1 TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE 125134 4/9/1971 1,301 $289,216,300.00 89 $1,275,102.06 2 CITY OF PAHOKEE 120219 5/15/1978 110 $25,399,900.00 4 $45,582.20 0 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 120221 1/3/1979 3,790 $1,071,217,000.00 161 $1,400,648.81 0 TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES 125137 6/25/1971 984 $169,658,300.00 14 $178,579.10 0 TOWN OF PALM BEACH 120220 5/15/1978 7,944 $1,870,449,000.00 599 $11,499,283.21 21 VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS 120223 3/1/1978 1,547 $228,703,100.00 36 $182,235.26 0 CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH 125142 9/22/1972 5,576 $1,231,065,300.00 87 $1,359,982.83 3 VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH 120225 8/26/1977 809 $213,498,200.00 10 $144,327.96 0 CITY OF SOUTH BAY 120226 8/26/1977 45 $9,150,100.00 0 $0.00 0 TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH 120227 5/15/1978 1,553 $268,968,000.00 30 $1,341,736.26 2 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA 120228 6/11/1971 1,243 $304,601,200.00 31 $261,270.90 0 VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON 125157 1/3/2001 367 $118,382,900.00 3 $11,123.39 0 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH 120229 3/1/1979 7,461 $1,688,074,200.00 261 $3,338,620.78 16 NFIP COUNTYWIDE TOTALS 36,762 $8,271,885,900.00 1,374 $56,855,347.76 45 Source: Community Overviews (June 2009) is Page SPAIII -4 Palm Beach County NFIP Policies & CRS Savings (August 2009) Community Name NFIP Annual CRS Policies Premium Reduction City of Atlantis 398 $103,586.00 $4,267.00 City of Boca Raton 16,416 $4,869,664.00 $313,098.00 City of Boynton Beach 10,529 $3,035,004.00 $244,012.00 Town of Cloud Lake 10 $5,363.00 $437.00 City of Delray Beach 8,958 $3,395,207.00 $147,181.00 Town of Gulf Stream 376 $265,663.00 $21,012.00 Town of Highland Beach 4,208 $693,537.00 $33,276.00 Town of Hypoluxo 1,106 $281,260.00 $24,366.00 Town of Juno Beach 1,831 $381,131.00 $46,979.00 Town of Jupiter Island 427 $330,581.00 $21,843.00 Town of Jupiter 8,727 $2,495,503.00 $241,840.00 Town of Lake Clarke Shores 275 $108,607.00 $2,860.00 Town of Lake Park 1,147 $253,184.00 $9,833.00 • City of Lake Worth 1,954 $871,022.00 $31,789.00 Town of Lantana 1,309 $548,974.00 $25,571.00 Town of Manalapan 249 $195,651.00 $9,702.00 Town of Mangonia Park 52 $48,354.00 $2,245.00 Village of North Palm Beach 3,940 $877,424.00 $55,551.00 Town of Ocean Ridge 1,330 $593,337.00 $53,866.00 Palm Beach County 78,063 $23,283,060.00 $2,798,152.00 City of Palm Beach Gardens 3,906 $1,360,820.00 $48,327.00 Town of Palm Beach Shores 935 $249,166.00 $10,663.00 Town of Palm Beach 8,114 $3,742,513.00 $509,183.00 Village of Palm Springs 1,495 $325,797.00 $29,354.00 Town of South Palm Beach 1,564 $307,595.00 $15,055.00 Village of Wellington 402 $174,508.00 $5,213.00 City of West Palm Beach 8,080 $2,164,096.00 $291,162.00 Totals 165,801 $50,960,607.00 $4,996,837.00 • Page SPAIII -5 Palm Beach County National Flood Insurance Program Community Profile (2009) REGULAR CURRENT POLICIES NO. PD TOTAL LOSSES DAMAGE JURISDICTION NFIP CID ENTRY MAP IN FORCE INSURANCE IN FORCE LOSSES PD CLAIMS SINCE'78 PALM BEACH COUNTY YES 120192 2/1/1979 6/2/1992 78,414 $19,940,904,900.00 1,262 $12,167,201.78 35 CITY OF ATLANTIS YES 120193 11/1/1978 11/1/1978 410 $99,632,100.00 18 $31,637,090.00 0 CITY OF BELLE GLADE YES 120194 5/15/1978 9/30/1982 247 $60,899,900.00 3 $26,837.91 0 CITY OF BOCA RATON YES 120195 6/1/1978 9/19/1984 15,810 $4,006,213,500.00 167 $1,050,859.46 0 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH YES 120196 1/3/1979 9/30/1982 10,105 $1,837,637,300.00 215 $957,785.03 0 TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES YES 120197 5/15/1978 9/30/1982 124 $14,291,200.00 6 $14,227.77 0 TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE YES 120198 5/15/1978 5/15/1978 13 $2,967,400.00 5 $20,317.57 0 CITY OF DELRAY BEACH YES 125102 4/9/1971 1/5/1989 8,858 $1,941,584,600.00 305 $1,614,857.07 4 TOWN OF GLEN RIDGE YES 120200 5/15/1978 5/15/1978 28 $7,135,900.00 4 $8,520.00 0 VILLAGE OF GOLF YES 120201 8/26/1977 1/1/1950 20 $6,720,000.00 2 $42,999.54 0 CITY OF GREENACRES YES 120203 8/26/1977 429 $95,861,200.00 5 $33,262.32 0 TOWN OF GULF STREAM YES 125109 11/24/1972 9/30/1982 358 $108,548,500.00 17 $74,130.15 0 TOWN OF HAVERHILL YES 120205 8/26/1977 1/1/1950 27 $7,273,000.00 6 $70,254.16 0 TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH YES 125111 10/16/1970 9/30/1982 4,171 $919,041,600.00 8 $113,301.37 0 TOWN OF HYPOLUXO YES 120207 5/15/1978 5/15/1978 1,094 $215,600,100.00 5 $13,145.43 0 TOWN OF JUNO BEACH YES 120208 12/1/1978 9/30/1982 1,725 $349,636,000.00 20 $306,718.36 0 TOWN OF JUPITER INLET COLONY YES 125120 9/22/1972 9/30/1982 132 $41,428,200.00 8 $105,470.23 0 TOWN OF JUPITER YES 125119 9/22/1972 6/2/1992 9,258 $2,055,668,400.00 195 $2,211,623.07 9 TOWN OF LAKE CLARK SHORES YES 120211 11/1/1978 11/1/1978 276 $78,192,000.00 9 $27,254.62 0 TOWN OF LAKE PARK YES 120212 9/15/1978 9/15/1978 921 $158,200,500.00 23 $622,665.46 1 CITY OF LAKE WORTH YES 120213 12/1/1978 9/30/1982 1,846 $406,808,100.00 94 $475,527.97 0 TOWN OF LANTANA YES 120214 3/12/1971 10/15/1982 1,213 $241,165,000.00 71 $905,919.85 1 TOWN OF MANALAPAN YES 120215 10/30/1970 9/30/1982 242 $72,683,500.00 23 $226,023.96 0 TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK YES 120216 3/1/1978 1 3/1/1978 1 52 1 $17,841,500.00 12 $465,502.44 0 VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH YES 120217 8/15/1978 1 6/2/1992 1 4,032 1 $783,502,400.00 49 $35,816,855.00 1 Page SPAIII -6 • s • TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE YES 125134 4/9/1971 9/30/1982 1,301 $289,216,300.00 89 $1,275,102.06 2 CITY OF PAHOKEE YES 120219 5/15/1978 10/15/1982 110 $25,399,900.00 4 $45,582.20 0 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS YES 120221 1/3/1979 1/6/1988 3,790 $1,071,217,000.00 161 $1,400,648.81 0 TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES YES 125137 6/25/1971 9/30/1982 984 $169,658,300.00 14 $178,579.10 0 TOWN OF PALM BEACH YES 120220 5/15/1978 9/30/1982 7,944 $1,870,449,000.00 599 $11,499,283.21 21 VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS YES 120223 _ 3/1/1978 12/22/1998 1,547 $228,703,100.00 36 $182,235.26 0 CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH YES 125142 9/22/1972 9/30/1982 5,576 $1,231,065,300.00 87 $1,359,982.83 3 VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH YES 120225 8/26/1977 1/1/1950 809 $213,498,200.00 10 $144,327.96 0 CITY OF SOUTH BAY YES 120226 8/26/1977 1/1/1950 45 $9,150,100.00 0 $0.00 0 TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH YES 120227 5/15/1978 9/30/1982 1,553 $268,968,000.00 30 $1,341,736.26 2 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA YES 120228 6/11/1971 9/30/1982 1,243 $304,601,200.00 31 $261,270.90 0 VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON YES 125157 1/3/2001 1/1/1950 367 $118,382,900.00 3 $11,123.39 0 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH YES 120229 3/1/1979 3/1/1979 7,461 $1,688,074,200.00 261 $3,338,620.78 16 NFIP COUNTYWIDE TOTALS 36,762 1 $8,271,885,900.00 1,374 $56,855,347.76 45 Page SPAIII -7 Palm Beach County CRS Points by Activity by Jurisdiction (August 2009) COMMUNITY NAME C310 C320 C330 C340 C350 C360 C410 C420 C430 C440 C450 C510 C520 C530 C540 C610 C620 C630 TOTAL POINTS CITY OF ATLANTIS 56 140 124 0 28 0 0 323 13 0 76 0 0 0 280 90 0 67 1,197 CITY OF BOCA RATON 56 140 43 0 22 35 0 154 121 114 92 0 0 0 280 160 0 67 1,284 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH 56 140 137 0 46 27 0 58 121 80 173 0 0 0 280 130 0 67 1,315 TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE 56 140 1 242 0 26 0 1 0 0 318 0 114 0 0 0 280 145 0 67 1,388 CITY OF DELRAY BEACH 56 140 10 0 28 0 0 46 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 575 CITY OF GULF BREEZE 56 140 0 0 19 0 0 433 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 768 TOWN OF GULF STREAM 56 140 144 0 23 0 0 442 51 0 0 0 0 0 280 125 0 67 1,328 TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH 56 140 3 0 0 0 0 46 38 0 127 0 0 0 250 0 0 67 727 TOWN OF JUNO BEACH 70 140 290 0 63 48 0 797 215 205 135 62 0 0 300 110 0 67 2,502 TOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND 56 140 149 0 22 0 0 223 121 172 111 0 0 0 160 130 0 67 1,351 TOWN OF JUPITER 56 140 268 0 23 66 0 273 241 149 149 0 0 0 250 130 0 67 1,812 TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE SHORES 56 140 0 0 21 0 0 0 38 0 32 0 0 0 200 0 0 67 554 TOWN OF LAKE PARK 56 140 100 0 26 0 0 56 114 0 114 0 0 0 200 0 0 1 67 873 CITY OF LAKE WORTH 56 140 135 0 26 0 0 56 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 708 TOWN OF LANTANA 56 140 142 0 26 0 0 0 38 61 32 0 0 0 250 0 0 67 812 TOWN OF MANALAPAN 56 140 54 0 3 0 0 0 94 128 1 0 0 0 0 280 0 0 67 822 TOWN OF MONGONIA PARK 56 140 48 0 26 0 0 0 1 0 38 0 0 0 0 250 0 0 67 625 VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH 45 140 66 0 23 63 0 525 74 0 32 0 0 0 250 85 0 67 1,370 TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE 56 140 68 0 26 0 0 168 248 0 32 0 0 0 250 125 0 67 1,180 CITY OF PALM BAY 71 140 210 0 77 58 44 173 429 196 145 0 0 0 255 0 0 67 1,865 PALM BEACH COUNTY 112 140 149 0 60 13 0 349 302 165 239 62 0 0 280 151 0 67 2,089 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 56 140 258 0 54 0 0 189 163 61 114 0 0 0 255 0 0 67 1,357 TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES 56 140 0 0 21 0 0 0 38 61 32 0 0 0 200 0 0 67 615 TOWN OF PALM BEACH 56 140 262 0 20 35 0 382 60 0 89 102 0 0 330 155 0 67 1,698 VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS 56 140 61 0 2 35 0 46 279 0 32 0 0 0 280 120 0 67 1,118 TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH 56 0 57 0 20 0 0 0 1 38 0 32 0 0 0 250 0 0 67 520 VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON 56 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 318 0 32 0 0 0 280 0 0 67 798 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH 52 140 149 0 56 59 0 669 130 128 114 62 0 0 300 88 0 67 2,014 Page SPAIII -8 Palm Beach County Repetitive Loss Properties & Severe Repetitive Loss Properties (2009)* Jurisdiction Repetitive Loss Property Severe Repetitive Loss Atlantis 1 Boca Raton 4 Boynton Beach 12 Cloud Lake 1 Delray Beach 16 Gulf Stream 2 Haverhill 1 Highland Beach 1 Juno Beach 4 Jupiter 7 Lake Park 3 Lake Worth 9 Lantana 6 Manalapan 3 Man onia Park 2 North Palm Beach 2 Ocean Ride 15 Pahokee 1 Palm Beach County 70 Palm Beach Gardens 5 Palm Beach Shores 2 Palm Beach 77 4 Palm Springs 1 Riviera Beach 10 South Palm Beach 1 Te uesta 2 West Palm Beach 27 1 Countywide Total 285 5 Source: NFIP /FEMA Details are published in public documents for reasons of privacy, but on file with the LMS Coordinator and are available upon request to authorized parties. Breakdown of Repetitive Loss Properties by Use Use Number Percent Single family 195 68.4 2 -4 family 20 7.0 Other residential 29 10.2 Condominium 7 2.5 Non - residential 34 11.9 Total 285 Page SPAIII -9 Survey of Higher Standard NFIP & Floodplain Management Activities i Page SPAIII -10 • Jurisdiction: Contact Name: Contact Information (Tele or e- mail): SLi rygy of Lgc NFIP&M Program A minis ra iv C m n nt Office designated as Floodplain Administrator: Do you have a Flood Damage Reduction Ordinance? If so indicate date of plan: Section # Do you have a Subdivision Ordinance? If so, date of Ordinance Number Does your community participate in the Community Rating System program (CRS)? If so, what is your current Class Rating? The next items relate to "higher standard" actions that exceed what is required by the National Flood Insurance Program. These items are more applicable to communities who participate in the Community Rating System (CRS) program, however, some non -CRS communities may do some of them as well. We need to know who does what. Does your ordinance cover any of the following higher standard actions which exceed NFIP standards? If so, please complete the following two steps: 1. Go through the following items (A to W) one at a time and put a check mark to the left of any you do in your community. 2. If you have checked any items, rank order 5 (only 5) of the checked items by putting a 1 beside the item you feel is the highest priority item, a 2 beside the next most important item, etc. up to 5. ❑ A. Requiring buildings to be protected to a level higher than the base flood elevation. The extra protection is called freeboard and the element appears as "FRB" in the calculation formulae. B. Requiring that fill and building foundations be designed to protect them from damage due to erosion, scour, and settling. The acronym for foundation protection is "FDN." F-1 C. Requiring that all improvements or repairs are counted cumulatively toward the substantial improvement requirement. This requirement, known as cumulative substantial improvement, or "CSI," ensures that owners do not evade flood protection measures by making many small improvements that eventually add up to a major or substantial improvement. D. Using a threshold lower than 50% of the building's value to determine when the substantial improvement requirement takes effect. The acronym for a lower substantial improvement threshold is "LSI." E. Requiring that critical facilities, such as hospitals and hazardous materials storage sites, be protected from higher flood levels. "PCF" stands for protecting critical facilities. F. Maintaining floodplain storage by prohibiting fill or by requiring compensatory storage. G. Although floodway regulations preserve flood conveyance, they allow the flood fringe to be filled in. The resulting loss of storage can have a significant effect on downstream flood heights, especially in flat areas. The acronym for preserving flood storage capacity is "PSC." 1-1 H. Prohibiting or regulating developments that can have an adverse impact on public health or water quality, including alterations to shoreline, channels, and banks. Because such regulations protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains, the acronym is "NBR." I. Prohibiting the lower areas of elevated buildings from being enclosed ( "ENL "). Page SPAIII -11 • J. Other regulations that exceed the minimum requirements of the NFIP regulations. The acronym for such other higher regulatory standards is "OHS." ❑ K. Zoning to minimize the number of buildings in the floodplain. Low density zoning ( "LZ ") reduces the damage potential within the floodplain and helps maintain flood storage and conveyance capacity. L. Requiring additional regulations in areas subject to special hazards. The NFIP regulations are oriented toward the more common overbank and coastal flooding. Special hazards regulations ( "SH ") are requirements tailored to the different conditions found in the following situations: • Closed basin lakes • Mudflow hazards • Ice jams • Coastal erosion • Land subsidence • Tsunamis • Coastal dunes and beaches • Uncertain flow paths (e.g., alluvial fans and moveable bed streams) M. Implementing state - mandated regulatory standards ( "SMS ") whereby all communities are required to administer a state rule or adopt state development criteria. ❑ N. Having a Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule classification of 6 or better and /or trained or certified regulatory staff ( "BCS "). O. Requirements for developers or sellers to publicize or disclose the flood hazard on their F properties are credited under Activity 340 (Flood Hazard Disclosure). • F-1 P. Requiring permit applicants to develop base flood elevations or study the impact of their projects on flood heights or velocities in floodplains where such data are not provided by the NFIP is credited under Activity 410 (Additional Flood Data). Q. More restrictive floodway mapping, "zero rise floodway," and "full urbanization hydrology" requirements are also covered under Activity 410. R. Prohibiting new buildings in the floodway, V Zone, or other part of the floodplain is credited under Activity 420 (Open Space Preservation). A community can only receive credit for a prohibitory regulation under either Activity 420 or Activity 430, not under both. Activity 420 provides more credit points than Activity 430 does because new buildings are better protected from flooding if they are kept out of the floodplain in the first place. Therefore, most communities opt to credit prohibitory regulations under Activity 420. ❑ S. Requiring new developments to provide retention or detention of their stormwater runoff to minimize the increase in flood flows due to watershed urbanization is the subject of Activity 450 (Stormwater Management). F-1 T. Erosion and sedimentation control regulations are also covered in Activity 450 because they reduce siltation and the resulting loss of channel carrying capacity. ❑ U. Requiring developers to implement appropriate "best management practices" that will improve the quality of stormwater runoff is credited in Activity 450. ❑ V. Regulations on dumping or placing debris in stream channels are credited under Activity 540 (Drainage System Maintenance). • Page SPAIII -12 F-1 Regulating Regulating new development downstream of dams to protect it from flooding from a dam break is credited in Activity 630 (Dam Safety). Floodplain Management Activities Are floodplain management provisions integrated into other plans? If so, check which ones? e Comp Plan Zoning Ordinance, e Resource Protection Regulations Other: (Specify) Check any of the following actions you do in your community: ❑ AA. Change permitting forms to require identification of FIRM, date, zone, Base Flood Elevation. BB. Checklist for review of building /development permit plans and inspections ❑ CC. Plan reviewer /inspector training ❑ DD. Have Certified Floodplain Manager continuing education ❑ EE. Workshops for surveyors /developers FF. Pursue certified Floodplain Manager certifications GG. Maintain maps of areas that flood frequently F1 HH. Evaluate FEMA's Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage Desk references II. Acquired FEMA's Substantial Damage Estimator JJ. Provide the public with FEMA/NFIP reference materials F KK. Provide handouts on flood topics to permit applicants LL. Evaluate changes to enhance your NFIP /CRS program MM. Encourage participation of non -CRS communities in CRS • Page SPAIII -13 KEY TO HIGHER STANDARD NFIP ACTIONS A. Requiring buildings to be protected to a level higher than the base flood elevation. The extra protection is called freeboard and the element appears as "FRB" in the calculation formulae. B. Requiring that fill and building foundations be designed to protect them from damage due to erosion, scour, and settling. The acronym for foundation protection is "FDN." C. Requiring that all improvements or repairs are counted cumulatively toward the substantial improvement requirement. This requirement, known as cumulative substantial improvement, or "CSI," ensures that owners do not evade flood protection measures by making many small improvements that eventually add up to a major or substantial improvement. D. Using a threshold lower than 50% of the building's value to determine when the substantial improvement requirement takes effect. The acronym for a lower substantial improvement threshold is "LSI." E. Requiring that critical facilities, such as hospitals and hazardous materials storage sites, be protected from higher flood levels. "PCF" stands for protecting critical facilities. F. Maintaining floodplain storage by prohibiting fill or by requiring compensatory storage. G. Although floodway regulations preserve flood conveyance, they allow the flood fringe to be filled in. The resulting loss of storage can have a significant effect on downstream flood • heights, especially in flat areas. The acronym for preserving flood storage capacity is "PSC." H. Prohibiting or regulating developments that can have an adverse impact on public health or water quality, including alterations to shoreline, channels, and banks. Because such regulations protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains, the acronym is "NBR." I. Prohibiting the lower areas of elevated buildings from being enclosed ( "ENL "). J. Other regulations that exceed the minimum requirements of the NFIP regulations. The acronym for such other higher regulatory standards is "OHS." K. Zoning to minimize the number of buildings in the floodplain. Low density zoning ("I-Z") reduces the damage potential within the floodplain and helps maintain flood storage and conveyance capacity. L. Requiring additional regulations in areas subject to special hazards. The NFIP regulations are oriented toward the more common overbank and coastal flooding. Special hazards regulations ( "SH ") are requirements tailored to the different conditions found in the following situations: • Closed basin lakes • Mudflow hazards • Ice jams • Coastal erosion • Land subsidence • Tsunamis • Coastal dunes and beaches • Uncertain flow paths (e.g., alluvial fans and moveable bed streams) • Page SPAIII -14 M. Implementing state - mandated regulatory standards ( "SMS ") whereby all communities are required to administer a state rule or adopt state development criteria. N. Having a Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule classification of 6 or better and /or trained or certified regulatory staff ( "BCS "). O. Requirements for developers or sellers to publicize or disclose the flood hazard on their properties are credited under Activity 340 (Flood Hazard Disclosure). P. Requiring permit applicants to develop base flood elevations or study the impact of their projects on flood heights or velocities in floodplains where such data are not provided by the NFIP is credited under Activity 410 (Additional Flood Data). Q. More restrictive floodway mapping, "zero rise floodway," and "full urbanization hydrology" requirements are also covered under Activity 410. R. Prohibiting new buildings in the floodway, V Zone, or other part of the floodplain is credited under Activity 420 (Open Space Preservation). A community can only receive credit for a prohibitory regulation under either Activity 420 or Activity 430, not under both. Activity 420 provides more credit points than Activity 430 does because new buildings are better protected from flooding if they are kept out of the floodplain in the first place. Therefore, most communities opt to credit prohibitory regulations under Activity 420. S. Requiring new developments to provide retention or detention of their stormwater runoff to • minimize the increase in flood flows due to watershed urbanization is the subject of Activity 450 ( Stormwater Management). T. Erosion and sedimentation control regulations are also covered in Activity 450 because they reduce siltation and the resulting loss of channel carrying capacity. U. Requiring developers to implement appropriate "best management practices" that will improve the quality of stormwater runoff is credited in Activity 450. V. Regulations on dumping or placing debris in stream channels are credited under Activity 540 (Drainage System Maintenance). W. Regulating new development downstream of dams to protect it from flooding from a dam break is credited in Activity 630 (Dam Safety). Page SPAIII -15 KEY FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AA. Change permitting forms to require identification of FIRM, date, zone, Base Flood Elevation. BB. Checklist for review of building /development permit plans and inspections CC. Plan reviewer /inspector training DD. Have Certified Floodplain Manager continuing education EE. Workshops for surveyors /developers FF. Pursue certified Floodplain Manager certifications GG. Maintain maps of areas that flood frequently HH. Evaluate FEMA's Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage Desk references ll. Acquired FEMA's Substantial Damage Estimator JJ. Provide the public with FEMA/NFIP reference materials KK. Provide handouts on flood topics to permit applicants LL. Evaluate changes to enhance your NFIP /CRS program MM. Encourage participation of non -CRS communities in CRS NN. Integration of floodplain management provisions into other plans Page SPAIII -16 0 Summary of Palm Beach County Higher Standard NFIP Activities & Priority Rankings of Top 5 by Jurisdictions Jurisdiction A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Unincorporated Coun Atlantis Belle Glade Boca Raton Boynton Beach Briny Breezes Cloud Lake Delray Beach Glen Ridge Greenacres Cit Gulf Stream Haverhill Highland Beach Hypoluxo Juno Beach Jupiter Jupiter Inlet Colon Lake Clarke Shores Lake Park Lake Worth Lantana Loxahatchee Groves Manala an Man onia Park Ocean Ridge Pahokee Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens Palm Beach Shores Riviera Beach South Ba Te uesta Village South Palm Beach Golf Village North Palm Beach Palm Springs Royal Palm Beach Wellington West Palm Beach Page SPAIII -17 Summary of Palm Beach County Floodplain Management Activities by Jurisdiction Jurisdiction AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN - Unincorporated Coun Atlantis Belle Glade Boca Raton Boynton Beach Briny Breezes Cloud Lake Delray Beach Glen Ridge Greenacres Cit Gulf Stream Haverhill Highland Beach Hypoluxo Juno Beach Jupiter Jupiter Inlet Colon Lake Clarke Shores Lake Park Lake Worth Lantana Loxahatchee Groves Manala an Man onia Park Ocean Ridge • Pa ee Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens Palm Beach Shores Riviera Beach South Ba Te uesta Village South Palm Beach Golf Village North Palm Beach Palm Springs Royal Palm Beach Wellington West Palm Beach Page SPAIII -18 Community Rating System Users Group Palm Beach County and 20 participating CRS communities have merged to form the first of its type in the nation CRS Users Group. Comprised of the CRS Coordinators and private sector and non - profit partners, the Users Group meets at least monthly to share ideas and experiences in each of the 18 CRS Activity areas. The purpose of the group is to promote best practices in floodplain management and to leverage resources for public outreach. CRS Users Group meetings are well attended. The group is serving as a model within ISO as is its comprehensive flood awareness website. Active private sector partners include regional malls, a local television network, the regional newspaper, and two local radio stations. Numerous other public sector, private sector and non - governmental organizations participate in CRS outreach and education activities. The State and FEMA have been active partners in Users Group Activities. The Users Group organized one of the few off site CRS Coordinator Classes run by ISO. ISO has approached the group to consider new innovative activities. Meeting and events are open to the public. The 2009 Exposition drew tens of thousands of mail patrons through the exposition area. Hundreds of flood and hurricane pamphlets and brochures were handed out. Experts were on hand to answer questions. a s; i' +s „b • Page SPAIII -19 Special Appendix IV: Mitigation Assessment Teams (MATs) Should Palm Beach County be impacted by a natural disaster deemed by FEMA to be of national significance, teams of technical specialists, referred to as Mitigation Assessment Teams (MATs), might be mobilized by FEMA, in conjunction with State and local officials, to conduct on -site qualitative engineering analyses to assess damage to government offices, homes, hospitals, schools businesses, critical facilities and other structures and infrastructure. The purpose of the assessment would be to determine the causes of structural failures (or successes) and to evaluate the adequacy of local building codes, practices and construction materials for the purpose of improving future performance. They also might use the opportunity to review the effectiveness of previous mitigation projects. Most frequently MATs would be mobilized by FEMA's Directorate in response to joint federal, state and local requests for technical support. The technical make -up of MATs will depend largely on the nature and extent of damage incurred. Disciplines most commonly represented are likely to include: civil and coastal engineering, hydraulics, architecture, construction, and building code development and enforcement. If the damage is severe enough, representatives from FEMA Headquarters, Regional Office engineers, representatives from other Federal agencies and academia, and experts from the design and construction industry may also participate. State representatives would be dispatched by the Mitigation Bureau. The County would be expected to provide local team members and support services as defined below. • At the county level, during activations, the Operations Section Chief will be responsible for coordinating with the Logistics Section to arrange for local personnel, equipment, vehicles, data, and other resources necessary to support MAT assessments. Once staffed and equipped, MAT activities will be closely supported by the Damage Assessment and Impact Assessment Units of the Operations Section under the direction of the Operations Section Chief. Most likely FEMA and State representatives will bring personal resources such as laptop computers, cell phones, GPS, etc. with them in their Go Bags, however, backup inventories and sources for local resources will be maintained. According to NIMS /ICS task force guidelines, federal and state MATs may choose to coordinate their activities with local law enforcement homeland security units who commonly perform critical infrastructure and key resource (CI /KR) field assessments within the county. This temporary disaster response task force may also include special operations personal from the fire service as necessary. Non - sensitive information from local law enforcement's established database will be shared to the fullest extent possible with the MATs. Any exchange of information associated with this initiative will limited so as not to compromise local law enforcement's tactical or strategic capabilities or the region's efforts in CI /KR programs in support of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). Lists of needed resources will be prepared by the Operations Manager and given to the Logistics Manager who will be responsible for maintaining the inventories at the EOC or other county facilities and ensuring equipment is secured, available and ready for deployment. A representative list of locally available resources and sources is provided at the end of this section. Access to special or emergency resources beyond the working inventory, may be available through the Purchasing Unit, through the ESF18 (Business & Industry) functions at the regional and state levels, through WebEOC source lists or though private sector partners party to the Business Continuity Information Network (BCIN). Page SPAIV -1 • The County will provide appropriate public sector and private sector technical, operational, logistical, administrative, and planning expertise necessary to support the mitigation assessment mission. Lists of emergency contacts will be maintained by the Logistics Section. Depending on the geographic distribution and severity of damage throughout the county, the MAT might establish its base(s) of operation at the Emergency Operations Center or at sites near any or all of the six Emergency Operating Areas (EOAs). The MATs may work in conjunction with Damage Assessment Teams or independently, based on need, time priorities and the availability of State and FEMA MAT personnel. The mission of the MATs is to learn exactly what happened and why, and how to reduce disaster damage in the future. Key questions include: How did buildings perform? Did winds exceed building codes? Did flood damages go beyond special flood hazard areas? Were building codes followed and enforced? Were construction materials sufficient to withstand wind and water damages? Were protective measures such as shutters used? Were local, State and Federal building standards and ordinances sufficient? Palm Beach County is the largest county by area in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. Most of its population and development are heavily concentrated in the eastern corridor within 10 miles of the coastline. The County's emergency management planning is based on the assumption that the county may not be serviced effectively by a single EOC location. Consequently, the County has been divided into six Emergency Operations Areas, each of which is equipped to function on its own before, during and after a disaster. Pre - equipped field • response trailers are available for deployment year round. Where lead times are sufficient, resources will be pre- staged. Mitigation assessment resources may not be available for all EOAs concurrently, in which case the Operations Section Chief will work with the MAT to identify priorities and will request additional resources through Logistics. If available local personnel resources are insufficient, the County may be able to draw mutual aid support from neighboring counties on an as needed basis. The Logistics and Operations Sections may also coordinate with the Florida Department of Community Affairs and Florida Department of Emergency Management, as necessary and appropriate, to arrange for field support from organizations such as the International Code Council. Based on a comprehensive analysis of assessment data compiled in the field, the teams will prepare recommendations regarding construction codes and standards, building design, and best practices that the county, its municipalities and the construction industry can use to reduce future disaster damage. Throughout the process, the MAT will consult with partnering government agencies and supporting private sector organizations to ensure consensus on each phase of the investigation, including methodology, data collection, and analysis. This will help to ensure the MAT's final recommendations represent the most current and best available data and technical expertise. Once consensus is reached, FEMA will issue a series of "Recovery Advisories" that will provide initial guidance on building issues and best practices that can be used in the reconstruction process. FEMA will also publish a comprehensive report that provides local decision makers with information and detailed technical recommendations for improving building construction and design, building code policy and enforcement, and mitigation activities that can limit or eliminate damages in future disasters. MAT observations and recommendations submitted to the Local Mitigation Strategy will provide • a basis for future mitigation strategies, initiatives and projects and the optimum uses of Page SPAIV -2 mitigation assistance funds. Mitigation assessment is a relatively new and not yet fully understood capability to the county. Special Standard Operating Guidelines, job aids, and training programs will need to be gradually phased into the County's training programs. Mitigation assessment will also need to be integrated into the county's hazard - specific Coordinating Operating Procedures. Disaster mitigation funding applications to FEMA and the State will be prepared and submitted in accordance with LMS guidelines outlined in Section 5 of this plan. The LMS Steering Committee will provide oversight. The LMS Coordinator will facilitate and coordinate the application process and serve as a primary communication link with funding agencies. Public information will be coordinated through the Joint Information Center (ESF -14), based on cleared information provided by the MATs and Disaster Recovery Centers. Longer -term, information will be integrated into media releases, LMS and CRS outreach activities, public presentations, presentations at professional conferences, training curricula, etc. At this writing, Standard Operating Guidelines for mitigation assessment activities were in the early planning stage. Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management is in discussions with the Inspections Section of the County's Building Department to lay a foundation for development of SOGs. Many of the 38 municipalities of the County have their own building departments, officials, and procedures and will be an integral part of the procedure development process. Several of these departments can draw from their damage assessment experiences following Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and to a lesser extent their experiences following Hurricane Frances, Jeanne and Wilma which impacted Palm Beach County. Organizations such as the • Palm Beach County Builder's Association and the Building Code Advisory Board of Palm Beach County will also need to be consulted. MAT Resource List Resource Source Location Vehicles Standard Fleet & Fuel Unit Vista Center Law Enforcement Unit Vehicles (Specialized) Firefighting Unit EOC Public Works Unit Maps Street Operations Section, GIS EOC Maps (Flood Insurance Rate Maps), PBCDEM Mitigation; Building Department, GIS EOC; Vista Center Surge Atlas Maps GIS Documentation Unit EOC GIPS En ineerin / Land Survey Vista Cell Phones Communications Unit EOC Cache Radios Communications Unit EOC, Vista Center (Radio Sho Clipboards Logistics Section /Services Unit EOC, Warehouse Office Supplies Logistics Section /Services Unit EOC, Warehouse Laptop Computers ISS EOC Flashlights Logistics Section /Services Unit EOC Conference Room Operations Section EOC EOAs if available Tour Guides Logistics Section, Human Resources Unit, EOC Volunteers Unit • Page SPAIV -3 Palm Beach County Agricultural Area F� Lake Okeechobee KEE v` 1, .P C� s ATE ROAD 80 ELE ¢' it)7 H113" COUNTY ROA 8 8n >r r of R\ rsr D ..j L iN 0 o -�*- o ,. f. 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NIFYFO PARK D GREEN X Kch C, Public Safety Department Legend 0 t- GIS Services 561-712-6400 Coastal Erosion Area LMS Plan Date: May 11, 2009 .25 Mile Buffer Data Source: Palm Beach County Environmental Resource Management Palm Beach County Evacuation Zones Northern Palm Beach County Southern Palm Beach County PR LLAK .'3 � _ is f q 4 LANTAI.I R[ %\ " LANTANA RD ,. : W E O c e a n e I I r „ r0LUxo RD Z t BEACH d ROl'NTJ)Si BEACII W. 17 PGA BLVD PALTA S” „ t ORTIH_A 'L B �'D �. Ocean \ z a )KEECHOBEF'BL w NAA 5tS r t;AYFR,41 i =,a +'► UTHERN BLVD 'I ca, �nfs — r f Legend NC if r Public Safety Department fi G � � EVACUATION ZONES GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 LMS Plan PLAN A (Category 1 & 2 Storms) . Date: May 11, 2009 PLAN B Category 3, 4 & 5 Storms) �loxt9�' Data Source: Palm Beach County Emergency Management Palm Beach county Historical Flood Prone Areas M artin Count,,- W INDIANTOa1 RD - .. J! . t r -. 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Oheechobee PAHOKEE j t G7 z k 9U E ROAD U x BELLE ,t GL_ — OUTAERN SLYD �r� BA _ COUPITYROAD880 1 WELLINGTON Legend Risk Shelter Fire Station Government /Courthouse PD �a- so Airport School ® Medical Facility © Hospital Water Railroad AgricultureArea N Public Safety Department GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 0 25 5 10 LMS Plan � E Date: May 15, 2009 Miles Data Source: Palm Beach S �oRx�r Count wide GIS Palm Beach County Facilities Impacted by Countywide Events Martin Count - v - WINDIANTOWNRD ^A JUFITER,INL'ETCOLON I a t � �► 4 — JUNQ;%CH :.,' Q eat) PALM BEACH d`s' NORTHL*KESLVD � GRTH d , ivi BEACH «r LAKE PARK"'^� r t IEF�; 1 EAC r; H SHORES RI y WEST PA Iv1.ByA'v_'} '*+ Legend jr f9 a a i �a a M 6EA � I sgagRo L P V €STC� EE, oxasc a v "� *;� Risk Shelter �' a-0 E� •. ! Special Care Unit COUNTY ROAD 680 E Special Needs Shelter � , � � - p APR NJELLIfI ON vR-E yC�P " ° E` Government/Courthouse Fire Station u ,a �, , ATL . 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INLET COLONY f W P AL BE ACH ' T JUPIT .._..."_. � GF?EENA RES I ,: AL ATLANTIS (T 1 � SOUTH PALM BEACH 5 V- f n t P C �LANTANA'a r I C £'at7 7 x JUPITER � r� u ti VOL r �n u n _..._..._..._, HY LUaXO 'NIANALAPAN : OCEAN RIDGE JUN,-b1Q '113 EACH BOYNTON V(,k Is1 n ;, s i BEACH 1I PALM BEACH GARDENS—BRINY REEZES NO �TH� r6OLF 4� PALM f r•• ('`: 'a. BEACH j GULF TREAM �uurll ��ti°I�,; •� y ;?I r L ,, 1 iLA <E PARK cs I PALM BEACH SHORES _..1 Al I _ r A t t? t i c X111 ,h1 .RIVIERA ri '• = DELRAY BEACH + e a f) �- Ina` 1 •J — .I' °. r 1 - ; ' �'y f MANGO IA PARK 1 WEST PALM BE CH r_ _ ! f _ , IGHLAND BEACH PALM BEACH HAVERHI L I �� M� � h �` Legend ` _ Y Medical Facility UC'1'Id F. 17V Ii! � p Y � — � ! GLEW FIDGE r ``rr, r' PD " t : BOCA RATON ..._ liu I Im a r, —f I ~ i l 1 \IETTO VARK 1) Fire Station LINGTON L KE E HO R. ES PALM SPR NG {% _ LAKE GREENACRES } f ..i WORTH' r j L egen d Public Safety Department GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 Coastal Erosion Area a LMS Plan Date: May 15, 2009 .25 Mile Buffer t, Data Source: Palm Beach County Environmental Resource Management Palm Beach County Facilities within Historical Flo Pr one Ar aI hn c_ om,t� \\ INDIANTOWN RD r TE NLET COLONY 1 r ' UPITER`�; F ` - JU . O EACH u '` - t 4 j N TH PALrVI BEACH (40N fl ^ .1A ' 3 V R1 1C1 A BEACH t • * LAKE F K . T EACH SHORES {` � PALM MA G NAaR`K BEACH 4 PALM BEACH S7 ATE ROAD 80 ',4i HAI E I ai • ES YAL PALM EA C„ VJ HAVER +HIL i Legend GREEN Aj•RE i , LEN RIDE IF A ti a n ti i �4 Special Needs Shelter � K£ -. �'�, RES 0 C e a n f N SPWIN+; Risk Shelter Government /Courthouse `�.. — • n,qN TH Fire Station '�S�C► TRH �AiLM BEACH ffA C r) FHP t�„P - ,W � O nnA�a LIAPAN PD N RIDGE i SO = ...-'BRIN BREEZES w GOLF / 'VBOYNTON BEACH Airport = -. —. GUL *STREAM School DE 'A Medical Facility BEA _ ® Hospital HNGHL 'BEACH V\bter BOCA RATON EOC r' HISTORICAL FLOOD PRONE AREA. - \- — _---------------- _--_ -- _- _ - - - - -- -- _------- - - -___ � - -- Bro« and C'ountN - J 1 _ N Public Safety Department 0 2.` 5 10 GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 , , to F, a LMS Plan Mies Date: May 15, 2009 Data Source: South Florida Water Management District and Itz19 Palm Beach County Emergency Management Palm Beach County Facilities within the Herbert Hoover Dike Breach Inundation Area ,Martin County I TEQU - - - -- _-------- - - - - -- ,d_ _ NV INDIANTOWN RD JUP L k ''� _..._...__..._... PALM e e C h U e' �� +..I BEA Hr...� GARDENS ..._ s � p ,<T KI r :B IN _ " ' I WEST - -PALM - BEACH LOXAHATCHEE_,.,_... l ° 'T ATE ROAD SO ' ? r C� GROVES ` �\ ROYAL PALM BEACH 'E'GL'A'DE -HAVE, SOUTH `\ WELLINGTON GREENAGR Legend 0 Medical Facility ` l © Hospital ' Water School i Airport 7 DE0 so Fire Station G 2.5 5 10 Govern ment /Courthouse I Miles y t,>; , z , BO Ai Risk Shelter F' RATON., ,, / - - -_ _ _ _ _ -_ - - -_ _- _-- _ ------ - - = - -- -- ---- - - - - -- --------- - -_ ----------- _ Broward County Legend Public Safety Department Water Inundation based on N GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 26' Lake level with multiple breaches Nr 1k T- LMS Plan Less than 1 day 5 days Date: May 15, 2009 Data Source: US Army Corps 1 -5 days 0 8 12 daysOai9t' of Eng ineers Palm Beach County Facilities within Peak Hurricane Wind Speeds M211'tln C'OUntv U ESTA �JUPITER.INL T COLONY A I I a n L 1 c r �„ .. J.UPITERq e �31 _... �.. T cJUNO,B l4 f r r;f Legend PALfJ1 EEACH _ R 1 g d EG DENS oa ♦ Risk Shelter NORTH +PALM BE - • N ORTFiLAKE B Special Care Unit ' LAKE PARK - 4 RIVIERA BEA A W" }, 1_ ! Q PALM BEACsH S {� Special Needs Shelter WEST ,P,tLq pJ ONIA}PARK PALM (;1 - '? Gwernment/Courthouse BEACH o ••• OXAHATCHEE ---: ! L -M BEAC Fire Station r GRC,ES il �Ir. iJF.TECHF3EE 3iL 7 !"wA.i y. '` �' FHP 'ice ROYA'Lr, A� P d _rR'EENA,..'E �LEN'RIDGE SO . ^ E RE 'IELLI�I TO�1 _ Cdr *PALIVItRING; W w.1 --.a/ ` Airport STD School '� ILAI<E•4 R1TH A, in U- ` bOUTHIPPALM _ 'vim LA`NTAtN'A ` Medical Facility ��,- r...r..._- -------- HYPDLXD AW ` U H;Y;POLU ® Hospital - MAN1LiAPA cT. Vlhater -lS B4 NTON•. F � PAH ��.,. C�EAN RIDG `OKEE'?�.9 L... BR +INY BREEZE 1 Port SGG *b 'Qjj'BOYN GULFREAM © VA STATE ROAD 80 -- :.'.• •,•. - -��« Railroad ' v AML TdC kv �t)ELRAYT BEAt`H Bih E �LA'DE . ' -� Windfields SQL ItBAY 9� • .. 110 - 120 MPH F # HIGHL ND BEACH 120 - 130 MPH Baca RaT dN 130 - 140 MPH _ w ,, ' '" 140 - 150 MPH X% extern Palm Reach Coiurt� `"'l F — '-�, ' ' 155+ MPH N Public Safety Department 2r5 s 10 GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 \� F r a LMS Plan Miles 07 • Date: May 15, 2009 ' 9t' Data Source: NOAA Palm Beach County Facilities within Muck Soil Areas Martin Count - N , sTA ---------------- a--- - - - - -- - - -- --- - - - - -- + .�,S3t— w[rmL�rTOwrrRD JUFJTER -INLET COLONY JU PITE 7. l! O,BEACH r r PALM BEACH GARDENS y 1 , LAKE BLVD Q i H AL M BEACH rNOR �f• LAKE PA K- RIVIERA BF CH PAL'M; E. SHORES WEST ` . . PALM a MAN- 'NI PARK L BEACH BEACH `I �' r PALM s� LVD � GROVES C �* '4. y all ? � LEECHOBEE B �•. •��; 0 ROYAL PALM EA r O � �. WAVER`li1L'L j� COUNTY ROAD 880 GREENACRES B EN R �'F<E`CLR E ) RES WELLINGTON 1, PALM SPFINS '+ - a • -� ;�r L�tRE ° .•I i i i a R'TH ti I ATLANTIS '3 — SOUTH PALM --- ----- ------ r LANTANA Legen I p (� HYPOLUXO y;, L R H`�(PLU XO 1 0,k e � C ti o e e BOYNT N BEACH j Mt .. t` Medical Facility MANALAP +• I r ,'r 4 'r.. 1 r Hospital B NTON B ACH BLVD Ir I CEAN RID Airport PAH KtE= r ' q �,.�BRINy BFEEEZ p � SGOLF GULFS REA School I t .r STATE ROAD YU r a �- SO ATLANTIC AVE � DECR A - BELL - E BEACH r f= Fire Station SO 1'IrAY Y �•_ Government /Courthouse - -- HIGHL ND BEAC YM ATORD Risk Shelter GL. Bo .. RAT IV Water selection E5 RD; t 5 PALMETTO EtA11$ Railroad Western Palm Beach Couno ` - - - - - MUCK SOILAREA Broivard t'ountN - -- "' N Public Safety Department GIS Services 561 -712 -6400 77 0 2 4 B LMS Plan Wes . . Date: May 15, 2009 Data Source: Palm Beach County tiRx9 Environmental Resource Management Palm Beach County Facilities Within The Radiological Hazard Area Martin C u E S TA WIND[ANTOWN RD ; JU PITER1N ET COLONY Ji JUPITER a I JU14. EACH j L... _ ... j PALM BEACH �. GA RDENS j I" t rPr THLAKE ` RTH PA M0 BEACH E PARK ® RIVIERA B { r i I a BEAAA SHORES L... WEST 31` PALM N ( P' RK ,F� • XAHATCHE j BE �A •M BEACH j d7 ! GROV'.,EA I y LEECROBEE &• V ~ /� c e a rl � ROYAL A M I HAVYEI�FIf L � COUNTY ROAD 880 •• GI�EENA -RE � ; N� I E' Legend R ES WELLIN ,TON _ �' Water selection PALM SP IN,•. i oRd — Medics Facility ..•` �...; y ..t�s LAKE W TH "'�• — Hospital — t j S.IC ATL;ANTI § PALM BE p e Schoolselection HYroLUxoRn L a k e • NTANA 1 0 If e A O 2 i HYPO`LUXO Airport selection 4 ... , lr ; MAN UA PAN PD NTON BEACH BLVD {- ,h� .j 4CEJ�6 IDG E PAH, j$RINNNNNNNN�( BREEZES SO 0 l BOYNTO - -GULF STREAM FHP - .t %STATE• ROAD 80 — d' , Fire Station F ' C.1 ATL TIC AYE DEL A a -*•_ BEACH Govem•n enucourthouse BELLE L _ � g Special Needs Shelter T --- -- HIGHL � ND BEACH Risk Sf - elter YAP ATO RD t i j) EOC I GLAIIES RA: BO ' A RAIN Port w AL METI D rAiwkb t" a —+ Railroad Western Palm Beach C ountl° _____ ______________________— __v____� ____ • l j 50 mile Ingestion Pathway Zone Broxvarcl County N Public Safety Department 4 s GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 E LMS Plan Miles ' • • Date: May 15, 2009 s Data Source: Florida Power & Light Palm Beach County Facilities Within the Storm Surge Area Northern Palm Beach Count Southern Palm Beach County ----------- 0. t [,ATE U STA ...r I PALM SFPIM'G i r•.51... f . LAKE , ... r' °— I JUPITER „IN T COLONY _ -- - T <: t :: WORYH j A l 4 L ar ��?� t .._.._— PA I►YI BECH s • , .. GREENA RES 1 L� �I .]r).. _ _ 11 ATLANTIS (' A t c 1 i # I , �.r �. � ul �� I u'r �. "to .. SOUTH PALM BEACH TOT �LANTANA JUPITER y1' U P j ) .r O HY P r 1 UX O I MANALAPAN I ,1 rP OCEAN RIDGE • v TTT •, .� JUNOIBEACH tsm �, Gi • s) u a ti, �� i BOYNTON ))•X 61 n ;, �� �� BEACH el 7 _ _ PALM BEACH GARDEN S• ;' • � I , BRINY RFEZES NORTH fiGOLF 4 PA M t Y a BEACH j GULF TI2 "EAM t ► LA E PARK ' cwt 0 I ' a 17 sr PALM BEAV-H SHORES \'111 hl ®l ,�Y J _ RIVI ERA ACH = DELRAY BEACH MANGOI(IA PARK WEST P LM B CH PA IGHLAND BEACH ' I L�M BE - — ' - Legend PC) it Fire Station HAVERHI L �...`i` . PCB '101 rHFRA r1„ - U ZZ113D_ Kf t.l till y x f GLEWPIDGE � 'Ali, School BOC^ RATON 1'. ,IETTO P.xRK I) Water LINGTON KE R. E HO P'. LM SPRANG �) ry _ Risk Shelter ... " A E ( c — GREENACRES _ WORTH 7- f -- - -- ----- � SU RG E AR EA N Public Safety Department GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 NV - � � F I ) 2 ) � ) , ) 8 11 a LMS Plan Miles • Date: May 15, 2009 s Data Source: US Army Corps Ra of Engineers Palm Beach County Facilities Within 1 mile of Transportation Systems 1\1artin Count\ wrrmrArrrowrrRn �JUPITER A� I a ti t c *, { « Ceati JUPITER [ UNO,B ACH L. PALM BEACH G ARDENS A j �xoRrxi axEBr N_ R H ~ ALM BEACH ' KE P K� ALM' ASH SHORES j RIVIERA SEAR WEST, PALMMA'IV. < �I ;RK BEACH � 4 BEACH STATE ROAD 80 1ROYAL PALM , w J 1 �.i AKEECHOBEEBLVD t �j LOXAHATCIH E GROVES H�AVER4 ILL COUNTY ROAD 680 r BOU , • t L� • GREENACRES GLENrRIDG`E 0 2 a s �. • 'pM( `CL'A�KE fj RES WELLINGTON _ ? JD LM SPI IN : Miles ...... I I Legend • ` r 7W LAKE •RTH �'• t ATLANTIS` TH P A '�++' Water selection ...�..,J Ax. ARt] 3 I �x - - -- - - - -- - �► E,r4GH Medical Facility LUXO RD A F !") SOYNT N:H. t: �W(LIJXO © Hospital ; e�ChO C a BEAC �t J1' l jr Ns4t�.APA School r' L;Slr 'NTOH• A H BLVD I +RIDGE PD PAH KEE � y BFeIN EEZE ° x 1 �GGO SO ULF STREAM Fire Station Y (TL CAVE DELR Y Government/Courthouse 111 E E t Special Needs Shelter SOU 1BA ADE� - -"� �.. ... Risk Shelter _.. JAHI GN Nb`BEACH YA nATO RD BOCA RIATbN FHP C ADEBRD t + -� Port w ET1.. ay r z �-t kirport_Heliport Western Palm Beach Counts __---------------- - - - --- ` Railroad B roRvilnd Count , \` -- -- - - - - -- _.- Legend N Public Safety Department 1 Mlle Buffer of: 1 - & GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 Airport Turnpike + F LMS Plan • Date: May 15, 2009 ( Port of Palm Beach Railroad +,�• Data source: Palm Beach �_: -� S Countywide GIS Palm Beach County Facilities Within 1 Mile of the Atlantic Ocean Tsunami Threat Area Northern Palm Beach County Southern Palm Beach C'ountN r—_ _____ ' ,�TEQUESTA I - PALM rzD . ' j N • !.t rs �' ORtTi i JUPITER INLET COLONY <,, �\ �" r P'AL BEACH ,, «-t GREEN RES 1 :l�yn�,,: „ — ...,.ITLANTIS 1 I ti rte: _— 4� t %\I to t1 �N I I, y11 k\ t RD .. SOUT1i 6MG1 BEACH 7 I !LANTA A i� JUPITER A tl a n t l C III r„I.e N,i RD I § rHf ' MANZI PAN i1 {� e a n , << HYPOLUaXO ?3L't H OCEAN RIDGE PALM BEACH GARDENS 1 s1 BR;I�NY RLEZES rr N0 -H, .GOLF % PA r L BEACH j GULF TREAM LA E PARK 'cal f F r —••r PALM BEAvGH SHORES r ' �� " " ' DELRAYBEA �. RIVIER ACF11 Mr, G PA�R WEST P LM B CH L IGHLAND BEACH Legend 4 a _ FALM ACH Water selection HAVERHI L L....;' 1 i C BO A RATO.W �. Medical Facility , titrrtrrt�rsr�D Y�l CL D,CA'KE ' �_ t.I IJl, School selection GLEN`RI DGE i t - PD >�t t °— t U1tP�1 1111 t ISL1 D -= ., •� < Y I I'. WE TO tt ARK , \t LI HO ES, . GTON j � r -- Fire Station :.� - ALMSPRING t _ T GP.EENACRES f �..i WC�R t 1 1 Fm ___ ----- � `r r Lege nd� Public Safety Department Y GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 LMS Plan 1 Mile Buffer of Atlantic Ocean Date: May 15, 2009 �oxivr Palm Beach County Facilities Within a Wellfield Protection Zone Di:uhn C'oiu►tc -- �T�QUES7A VL INDIANTOWN RD s ;••JUPITER INLET COLONY �!t f JUP ITER y t/ UN�7BE CH J k j PALM BEACH • GAlN ' ♦�3�t I fIL'" 1' 131 o ; NQRTH PALM,�EACH • s LAK K' I RIVIERA BEA H PA �Ai ## H SHORES WEST PALM \JERO'-�D PROYAL PALM BEACH BEACH .. LOXAHAT�F� °j M I + * iPAEr EACH J c t I{ HAVER +HILL a i GREENACRES LEN,R�dU'I' K£"CILA E S RES Legend W ELLINGTON r r PAL'MSPF21°1 I AF.:fWOTH + Risk Shelter ATUANTIS f i .- pedal Needs Shelter O.UTH P LM BEACH PoLUVoit LANT.-,.A Government /Courthouse HY,P�khxo i MANA - JAPAN Fire Station Car PD a (� CEAN v RIDGE " ... `BR�INYIBREEZES S4 w GB ►BOYNTON BEACH d� GULF' TREAM FHP Airport DES, - BE- ;.. School •HIGH' ND BEACH r Medical Facility r z Hospital 1 p BO ATO� o a 4 s Vllater selection - - - - - -- - - - - -- -- ------ - - - - -� Broivard C'ountv Public Safety Department Legend GIS Services 561- 712 -6400 LMS WELLFIELD V --�� r Dat Plan PROTECTION Date: May 15, 2009 ROTECTION Data Source:Palm Beach County ZONE Environmental Resource Management Palm Beach County Wildland Urban Interface Areas Ma rtin C W INDIANTOWN RD I .r JU PITf Uj J OF F r O j PALM B%CH GARDENS v — A BLVD I I 1 r; N( RJH ! Ark BLVD .t ° I I ZIAK ® I SPAR I z b WEST PALM BEACH J? RIVIERA LU 9y _..._..._..I N 98 Q O I 9T � I '•y f ( 'u i LOXAHAT 9VV@A&E VD ROVE TPALtv1 , Legend ; ; BEACH - VEDERE RD HAVERHIL -L OUTHE 4BLVD ` Risk Shelter !: ,s Special Needs Shelter ft •� �r. Fire Station e ILL SL D" r �• 7PALM SO WELLINGTON `' SPRING l� School LAKE W TH R13REENACR, .a Medical Facility `•.� ; r ,I f [�] Hospital `'�..._..._..._.! LANTANA RD lA NTi Vvaater selection HY POLUX Vyildland Urban Interface ¢ IsEcH i7 N Public Safety Department GIS Services 561 - 712 -6400 t1' F o is s s M LMS Plan Date: May 15, 2009 Data Source: Palm Beach S ORt9t' County Fire Rescue