NORFMA Floodplain Meeting, 2008 

 

November 18^th & 19^th, 2008

Red Lion Hotel Olympia

Olympia, Washington

 

New Developments in Floodplain Management

Tuesday, November 18^th

 

8:00     Opening

8:30     FEMA Region X. Federal Programs Update

           Ryan Ike, FEMA Risk Analysis Branch

9:00     WA Dept of Ecology. State Programs Update

           Dan Sokol, WDOE Floodplain Management

9:30     WA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
           Mark Stewart, WA State Emergency Management

10:00   Break

 

10:30   Jefferson County Floodplain Management Projects

           Tami Pokorny, Jefferson County Public Works 
           Jerry Louthain, HDR    
11:00   Chehalis Basin Flood Authority Update

           Mike Sharar, ESA Adolfson
11:30   panel discussion. Q&A 

12:00   Keynote Address: Atmospheric Rivers, Relating Floods to Major Weather Systems.  Robert Kimbrough, USGS Water Science Center.  Lunch provided

1:30     Skagit River Flood Elevations and Flood Frequency
           Chal Martin, Burlington Public Works

2:00     Update on Yakima County Floodplain Restoration 
           Joel Freudenthal, Yakima County Public Works

2:30     Floodplain Restoration at Nookachamps
           and Biringer Farm
           Sky Miller, Wildlands of WA, Inc.

3:00     Break

 

3:30     Real-time Internet Mapping of Flood Forecasts
           Joseph Jones, USGS Water Science Center
4:00     NFIP and Climate Change, Floodplain Managers
           Survey,  ESA Roundtable
           Bob Frietag. ASFPM Region 10 Director

4:30     NORFMA Membership Meeting. elections. 
 

5:30     Social, with light refreshments. 
            (Dinner on your own)

 

Wednesday, November 19^th

8:00    Announcements
8:30    Potential Climate Change Impacts on Flooding in
          Western Washington. 
          Malcolm Leytham, Northwest Hydraulics and
          Alan Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group, UW
9:00    Flood Frequency Analyses and Recent Floods
          Ted Perkins, Seattle District, Corps of Engineers
9:30    Understanding Weather Patterns and PNW Storms
          Larry Schick, meteorologist, Corps of Engineers

 

10:00   Break

 

10:30   Estimating Coastal Demographics of the U.S.

           Kevin Coulton, AECOM Water. et al.

11:00   Corps Levee Certification and Risk Assessment

           Jeff Bradley, West Consultants  
11:30   Levee Certification and FEMA Flood Maps

           Jeff Johnson and Larry Karpack, Northwest
           Hydraulics Inc.             

 

12:00   Lunch

1:30    The Ecology of Riparian Vegetation and Floodplain
          Management.
          Chris Brummer, Herrera Environmental
2:15    Sediment Loading, Channel Response, and
          Migration. 
          Mary Ann Reinhart, Geoengineers, Inc
          Randy Brake, Pierce County SWM
          Fred Chapman, Lewis County and Andy
          Markos, Puget Sound Energy

2:30    Puyallup River Basin Levee Setback Study

          Randy Brake, Pierce County Surface Water Mgt
          Mary Ann Reinhart, Geoengineers, Inc.
3:00    Break

 

3:30    Hydraulic Modeling of a New Generation of 
          Tide Gates
          Chris Goodell, West Consultants, Inc.
4:00    New Projects for River Restoration
          Jerry Bibee, Anchor Environmental

4:30    wrap-up, adjourn