Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Success Stories
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
The NCTCOG has put a framework in place for coordinated and focused hazard mitigation actions at both the local and regional levels. NCTCOG has a long history of working with State and Federal agencies, most prominently the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to address hydrologic issues along the Trinity River. This program expanded in 2004 to encompass a top ten list of mitigation actions to be carried out over the next 5 years to better understand, stabilize, and reduce hydrologic risks (see www.nctcog.org for more information).
As part of this initiative, NCTCOG officially became a CTP with FEMA in the fall of 2004. The regions four largest counties - Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant are the first to have their current paper flood insurance maps reviewed and converted to digital files, for a cost of $7.6 million in consultant work through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. NCTCOG has provided access to its state-of-the-art digital data including detailed 2001 and 2003 one-foot orthophotography and Airborne Light Detection and Ranging systems for the entire area (as well as new 6-inch orthophotography now being flown for 2005).
Through regular Floodplain Administrator's roundtables and a new Regional Hydrologic Hazard Mitigation Coordinating Council, NCTCOG is proactively reaching out to all key stakeholders throughout the Flood Map Modernization process.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 13-May-2008 09:42:16 EDT