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Newport News Interim Local Resilience Plan
CFPF Element
Number Title Description
1 Project Based It is project-based with projects focused on flood control and resilience.
2 Nature Based It incorporates nature-based infrastructure to the maximum extent possible.
3 Citywide/Social Equity It includes considerations of all parts of a locality regardless of
socioeconomics or race and addresses flood resilience needs of underserved
populations within the community.
4 Citywide It identifies and includes all flooding occurring in all areas of the community,
Flooding/Repetitive not just within the SFHAs, and provides the number and location of repetitive
Loss loss and severe repetitive loss properties. Repetitive loss and/or severe
repetitive loss often occur outside of the SFHA and to properties not captured
in NFIP reporting. All flooding should be tracked and addressed by the
community.
5 Property Acquisition If property acquisition and/or relocation guidelines are included, the guidelines
include equitable relocation strategies for all affected and where land is
acquired. Property acquisitions must remain undeveloped, as permanent
open space, and under ownership or easement by the locality in perpetuity,
except that flood control structures may be built on the property.
6 Debris Management It includes a strategy for debris management.
7 Substantial It includes administrative procedures for substantial development/substantial
Damage/Improvement improvement of structures within the SFHA.
8 Regional It includes coordination with other local and inter-jurisdictional projects, plans,
Coordination & and activities and has a clearly articulated timeline or phasing for plan
Schedule implementation.
9 Best Science & It is based on the best available science and incorporates climate change, sea
Mapping level rise, storm surge (where appropriate), and current flood maps.
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