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I 2.3.1 FEMA's Map Modernization Initiative Several important events occurred in the period from 1995 to 2002 that led to a FEMA Map Modernization Initiative to update flood insurance studies and develop digital flood hazard mapping nationwide over a proposed five-year time frame. The Map Modernization Study completed in 2000 by the Technical Mapping Advisory Council recommended a multi-year national mapping program to update approximately 100,000 flood insurance map panels across the nation. The FY 2003 FEMA budget included funding to initiate the national mapping goals established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB's National Mapping priorities for updating flood insurance maps are: 1. Reduce the average map age from 14 years to 6 years 2. Study 15% of the Nation's highest priority communities. 3. Study 50% of the unmapped communities. 4. Provide opportunities for communities to cost share in the mapping effort with a goal of 20% local cost share. 2.3.2 CTP Program I Currently the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), San Antonio River Authority (SARA), Hams County Flood Control District (HCFCD), and various cities including the cities of Austin and San Antonio, hav~ executed agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to become a Cooperative Technical Partner (CTP). The CTP program is an initiative by FEMA to increase local involvement and ownership of the flood mapping process. A flood insurance study for Bastrop County is nearing completion and will be the first countywide DFIRM effort to be completed near Hays County. Utilization of FEMA's CTP program is one of the Hays County Mitigation Plan Action Items described in Section 6.0 of this Plan. 2.3.3 Texas and National Mapping Plans During the summer of 2002, FEMA, assisted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission), prepared the Map Modernization Plan for Texas (i.e. the Texas Mapping Plan) that became part of FEMA's National Mapping Plan. The Texas Mapping Plan was prepared following OMB's criteria, utilizing FEMA's Map Needs Update Support System (MNUSS) Database, and included an analysis of "County-by-county Based" data such as: I 1. Population growth from 1990 to 2000 2. Average Panel Age (within the county) 3. LOMC Activity (Letters of Map Change) 4. Proximity to Large Population Centers Hays counly and Incorporaled Areas, Texas Miligalion Plan 50