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Newport News Interim Local Resilience Plan
Flood Risk Report, City of Newport News, Virginia Coastal Study
CFPF Resilience Plan Element Document’s Relationship to CFPF Resilience Plan Element
2 Nature Based The report prioritizes preventative measures (Chapter 4) and natural resource protection activities (Section 4.1.3).
3 Social Equity The report is citywide.
5 Property Acquisition The report provides federal mitigation options for acquisition.
8 Regional Coordination & The report assists with coordinating federal and local flood control efforts.
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9 Best Science & Mapping The report is based on a detailed analysis of risk factors. It also includes a Flood Risk Map for use by both the public and
private sectors.
This Flood Risk Report (FRR) provides a comprehensive picture of flood risk within the City through flood risk assessment and analysis. This report maps flood
risk (Figure 3-1: Flood Risk Map), summarizes the potential economic impacts of floods (Table 3-1: Summary of Potential Flood Losses – City of Newport News,
Virginia), and proposes actions to reduce flood risk. This information helps local officials, floodplain managers, planners, emergency managers, and others better
understand their flood risks, take steps to mitigate those risks, and communicate those risks to residents and local businesses. The FRR can be used to help
update hazard mitigation and emergency operations and response plans and develop hazard mitigation projects. This resource is used to increase the City's
resilience to flooding and better protect residents.
Future and Future Growth Technical Memorandum
CFPF Resilience Plan Element Document’s Relationship to CFPF Resilience Plan Element
3 Social Equity This study focuses on two underserved and potentially socially vulnerable populations: African Americans and the elderly.
8 Regional Coordination & This study assists with interdepartmental projects and coordination.
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9 Best Science & Mapping This study uses the best available science and incorporates climate change and sea level rise into the modeling of future
conditions.
The Future and Future Growth Technical Memorandum evaluates existing and future conditions within various climate change categories, including nuisance
flooding, storm surge flooding, and SLR. The assessment also evaluates the impacted population, planned developments, and planned growth areas inside and
outside of the floodplain. This assessment conducted a breakout evaluation of the two largest potentially socially vulnerable demographic groups in the City, Black
or African Americans and the elderly, which showed these groups are more likely to be affected by SLR (Table 3: Population Distributions in Current 1% and 0.2%
AEP Event Floodplains). This analysis identified areas with high projected future growth and the need for greater resiliency planning (Table 14: Planning
opportunity area descriptions and future flooding exposure). Furthermore, the analysis includes a review of the City's current floodplain management ordinance to
guide recommendations for development, particularly more stringent requirements for residential development in current and future floodplain areas (Table 12:
Floodplain development regulation recommendations).
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