Flood Management Committee

Committee Goal: Affordable, voluntary flood insurance for 100-year accredited levee protected areas. 

Objectives:

• Accredited levees continue to exempt protected communities from mandatory flood insurance and associated floodplain management regulation.

• No increase in the federal regulatory base flood elevation (BFE)

• Transparent and challengeable Risk Rating 2.0 data and methodologies:

• with an appeal process for the policyholder or communities to have data corrected or to challenge premiums, and

• that allows independent, objective analysis of FEMA data, methods, and models.

• Co-equal participation, decision making, and leadership of levee owners and USACE in formulating policy and programs to improve levee reliability and safety.

• Mandatory disclosure requirement on all NFIP flood insurance bills of the full actuarial RR 2.0 premium and explanation of the premium determination (i.e., risk rating separate from price, fees, discounts, etc.)

• Ensure the data being used to determine risk in leveed areas, and RR 2.0 premiums, is correct and meets the OMB requirements for the Information Quality Act

• Require Agencies to consistently account for economic benefits of damages avoided.

A Levee Improvement District, or LID, is a political subdivision of the State of Texas with taxing authority and bond capacity. The LIDs, funded through users within each special district, construct, manage, and maintains local levees. Each individual LID is managed by a board of levee directors, appointed by Commissioners Court or elected by voters in the district.

LIDs are created and operate pursuant to the powers granted to them by the Texas Constitution and are subject to the administrative supervision of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Residents should contact their local LID for more information.

Learn more about the role of levee's, accredited levees, and why we must support reasonable regulation that appreciates the role of accredited, self-funded levee protection.

The committee provides a forum for members and associate members to collaborate on flood risk management efforts and to promote policies, projects and initiatives that advance flood risk reduction within Fort Bend County.

Utilizing expert consultants who possess decades of experience in flood mitigation efforts and federal congressional interaction, the committee monitors and comments on state and national legislation where it has the potential to impact LID districts and Fort Bend County.

Cooperating with FEMA, USACE, and other federal, state and local agencies, the FBEDC Flood Management Committee encourages oversight agencies to hasten the accomplishment of flood risk reduction and management in Fort Bend County.

The committee serves as an aggregated body leveraging the combined value and voter populations of Fort Bend County to promote any and all flood management related activities in our county and our region.