CRS Progress Report Personnel
Eileen Cabrera, EI Senior Engineer
Alicia Copeland Project Coordinator

CRS Progress Report

CRS Activity 510
Progress Report on implementation of Credited Plan

Date this Report was Prepared: April 13, 2024
Name of Community: City of Coconut Creek
Name of Plan: Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) for Broward County and its Municipalities July 2023
Date of Adoption Plan: February 22, 2024
5 Year CRS Expiration Date: May 1, 2026

  1. How can a copy of the original plan or area analysis report be obtained: On February 22, 2024, the City adopted the Broward County 2023 LMS. The Broward County 2023 LMS was prepared in compliance with local hazard mitigation requirements of Section 322 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K) as implemented in 44 C.F.R., Part 201. The Plan reviews a variety of measures that can reduce emergency response and recovery issues, long and short-term planning issues, and economic issues related to mitigation. This Plan provides a mechanism to protect city residents and their property against flooding by reducing exposure to hazard impacts. This plan can be found on the Broward County website.

  2. Describe how this evaluation report was prepared and how it was submitted to the governing body, released to the media, and made available to the public: The City of Coconut Creek’s engineering staff, including the CRS Coordinator and Department Director, prepared this evaluation report. Measures reviewed include but are not limited to retention and detention basins, culverts and storm drain improvements, maintenance and retrofitting of structures, Base Flood Elevation (BFE) requirements, providing flood information to all inquirers, providing flood insurance requirements, building regulations, public information, public outreach, safety precautions, and erosion and sediment control. This report was submitted to the City’s Commissioners and to the State NFIP Coordinator via email.

  3. Provide a review of each recommendation or action item in the action plan or area analysis report, including a statement on how much was accomplished during the previous year:
    The City is committed in planning and implementing projects to improve the community as a whole and one of these perpetual targets is to protect and mitigate flood risk to people and properties in the event of severe storms. For this purpose, the City has looked at important indicators to begin its improvements.  See Table 1. 2024 Flood Mitigation Action Progress below.

  4. Discuss why any objectives were not reached or why implementation is behind schedule. All set objectives have been achieved and are ongoing. See Table 1. 2024 Flood Mitigation Action Progress below.

  5. What are the recommendations for new projects or revised recommendations? All the objectives shown in the attached table for action progress will continue to be pursued for the following years. Additionally, the City continues to pursue various funding sources (i.e. grants) for future projects.

Table 1. 2024 Flood Mitigation Action Progress

 Mitigation ActionStatus
1Complete a Vulnerability Assessment to determine areas of concerns regarding climate change in the City and plan for future projects to increase resiliency and adaptability.Completed in February 2024.
2Educate the public via the Citizen's Academy classes, regarding hazard mitigation and floodplain management.Completed in April 2024.
3Assist local real estate agents, insurance companies, banks and other lending institutions by notifying them and providing to them of flood plain information.Completed in April, May and June 2023.
4Provide flood safety information as part of the direct mailing to all residents, homeowners, homeowners’ associations and businesses.Completed in April, May and June 2023.
5Ensure proper budgeting of ongoing Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) to improve surface water quality, conveyance and functionality of the drainage system.Part of the five (5) year budget.
6Clean up and remove large debris/litter to avoid culvert obstructions impeding of the surface water flow within City maintained waterways. The removal of the pollutants will improve the water quality of the waterways.Completed in March 2024.
7Collaborate with Broward County's initiatives to mitigate future climatic conditions, including sea level rise.Ongoing. Attended and collaborated at various meetings throughout the year.
8Ensure proper planning of ongoing preventive maintenance programs including swale maintenance/rehabilitation and stormwater system cleaning and repairs. Maintenance programs are performed mainly in-house. Ensure constant monitoring of the drainage systems and drainage basins by the City and the Cocomar Water Management District.Planned maintenance completed this year and ongoing.
9GIS mapping of all utilities including drainage and FEMA defined Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) to help City officials, residents and businesses identify the SFHA.GIS mapping is up to date.
10Maintain database and copies of elevation certificates (EC’s) of all properties within and outside of the SFHA. Provides copies of EC’s to all inquirers.Database up to date.
11Maintain database and copies of all Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) and Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) and provide certification letters to property owners as requested for flood zone designation of their property based on Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).Database up to date.
12Require permits for all developments - residential, commercial and industrial issued by the City and Broward County Environmental Protection Department and Growth Management (BCEPDGM) and ensure proper drainage and retention design per regulations to mitigate flooding.Ongoing
13Monitor structures for substantial damage in accordance with Code of Ordinances Chapter 10 “Flood Prevention and Protection”.Ongoing
14Renew Surface Water Management operating licenses for City owned properties.Ongoing
15Ensure compliance of Mainstreet Development project (200 acres of mixed-use) with the City's, the Cocomar Water Management District's, and FEMA floodplain management standards and regulations.Ongoing. 
16Ensure protection of wetlands in the proposed Mainstreet Development project.Ongoing.

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