Floodplain Management Plan Details Stormwater Progress

10/19/2009 1:51:56 PM

Contact: Allison McKinney, 727.562.4815

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 19, 2009

Contact:

Heather Shell Parsons

(727) 562-4708

Floodplain Management Plan Details Stormwater Progress

CLEARWATER, Fla. – The City of Clearwater has updated and adopted changes to its Floodplain Management Plan, which is available at www.myclearwater.com/flooding. The plan, which helps to identify areas in the city that are prone to flooding, enables residents to obtain discounts on flood insurance.

The city re-examines this plan every five years and updates the plan to reflect progress. It serves as a five-year outlook of what residents can expect when it comes to stormwater, flooding, and your home. Some of the plan’s changes and progress from the last update in 2004 include the following:

• The city’s Comprehensive Plan amendments have identified the Coastal Storm Area. The amendments prohibit new construction of hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities in this area. In addition, new mobile home parks are not permitted in the Coastal Storm Area.

• The city once again continues to participate in the FEMA Project Impact program to help reduce the impacts of natural disasters.

• The City completed the Alligator Lake project is March 2009. Project objectives were to provide creation and restoration of roughly 3.09 acres of wetlands to provide water quality benefits through stormwater management and wetland improvements.

Following is a list of stormwater projects that have been completed in the past five years. They have been removed from the older version of the Floodplain Management Plan:

• Kapok Land Acquisition and Restoration Analysis

• Prospect Lake Park (Town Pond) Construction

• Moccasin Lake Habitat Improvement Feasibility

• Stevenson Creek Stormwater Retrofit Project

• North Greenwood Neighborhood Stormwater Project

• Myrtle Avenue and Palmetto Street Drainage Improvements Projects

• Glen Oaks Phase I and II Stormwater and Recreation Improvements

• Alligator Creek Channels B & G

• North Beach Drainage Improvements

• NE Coachman Road Bridge Assessment

To learn more, visit www.myclearwater.com/flooding or e-mail Allison.McKinney@MyClearwater.com.

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