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San Marcos Floodplain Management Plan: A Sustainable Future for Floodplain Management Application for Flood Protection Study Grant The proposed planning will also address the potential for improving the City of San Marcos' and GBRA's flood forecasting capabilities by reaching out to the National Weather Service (NWS), which maintains a rainfall gauge network, and the USGS, which maintains a stream gauge network. GBRA has also been developing their gauge network in cooperation with NWS to provide real-time data to emergency operations staff in their service area. Moreover, this planning effort is consistent with GBRA's Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, recently approved by DEM and awaiting final approval from FEMA. Finally, the City would be able to use the recommendations from this planning effort to prioritize its drainage Capital Improvements Program. In addition, the proposed structural solutions would be integrated with private development plans, as these developments come into place. The key, however, to the success of this public/private coordination will be in the success of this planning effort in identifying cost-effective projects. 28. A detailed scope of work for proposed planning. The proposed scope of work is intended to follow a The following scope of work will be employed: 1) Proiect Start - The City will conduct an initial kick-off meeting with an appointed Advisory Committee. The AdVisory Committee will consist of representatives of the participating entities (CoSM, Hays County, GBRA, EAA) and select members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Council, City Sta.:ft: and several citizens. The project schedule and responsibilities of participants will be set during this meeting, and the details of coordinating the tasks will be addressed. 2) Collection of Baseline Information - This phase will identify flood-prone areas based on citizen input and City records. This task includes an on-line survey of the community to solicit community input Assembly of available GIS datasets, current and future land use maps, soil maps, cultural resource maps and materials, environmental resource maps and materials, LIDAR topography, digital orthophotography, cross-section data, existing FEMA models, and previous drainage, engineering, and geotechnical studies including the Drainage Master Plan prepared in 1994 by CDM. Coordination with FEMA for the county-wide restudy currently in process will be critical to avoid duplication of efforts. Strong coordination with participating entities will also ensure that resources are directed in the most efficient manner. 3) Environmental Constraints - The project includes consideration of various environmental constraints. This will involve a review of critical environmental features (CEF) already identified by the City, as well as research to identify other CEFs that need to be considered during the development of improvements scenarios. The technical assistance of EAA will also be employed, given this M:\active\04PO/2 StlTI Marco. MD.P\Grant Applic-8Ma.dAxhitJJt A, Page 17 December 16, 2004