2026-0068
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
Title
A resolution recognizing the Floodplain Management Plan led by the Planning and Zoning Department.
Body
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Department (the Department) is responsible for enforcing the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, App. A. Sec. XX); and,
WHEREAS, the Department also manages the Parish’s Community Rating System (CRS) program; and,
WHEREAS, the CRS is a voluntary program that awards flood insurance premium discounts when communities perform above the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); and,
WHEREAS, a team of technical advisers comprised of Parish staff in building permits, land development permitting, coastal zone management, drainage, major infrastructure projects, emergency operations, grants management, public information, and mapping/GIS assist the Department in the management of the CRS program; and,
WHEREAS, a Certified Floodplain Manager from the Department will serve on a planning committee of 15 parish residents representing the fields of real estate, lending, land surveying, insurance, contracting, and zoning codes, to complete a floodplain management plan; and,
WHEREAS, the planning committee will convene at least five (5) public meetings to review the flood hazards and flood impacts described in the Parish’s Preliminary Flood Insurance Study (2012), Hazard Mitigation Plan (2025), Master Drainage Studies (2025) and other data sources and develop goals and potential actions to reduce the identified flood hazards and impacts; and,
WHEREAS, the planning committee will select, by majority vote, a chairperson and vice-chairperson at its first meeting; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Department, with support of a consultant, will work with technical advisers to prepare materials for each public steering committee meeting through July 2026 to develop the St. Charles Parish Floodplain Management Plan according to the requirements of CRS Activity 510/FMP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL hereby recognizes the St. Charles Parish Floodplain Management Planning Effort, led by the Certified Floodplain Managers in the Planning and Zoning Department, who, with strong support from technical advisers of parish staff in multiple departments, will work with a public steering committee to develop a plan containing flood hazard and risk assessments, goals, evaluation of potential actions, and a floodplain management action plan for Council consideration by October 31, 2026.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this __day of , 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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