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Business Plan

Strengthen Our Communities
Protect Public Well-being

Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Community Rating System Develop flood existing mitigation programs Public Works
and implement new strategies to reduce
flood risk.

Summary: Estimated Actual
The City’s Floodplain Management team develops long-term Outreach Task Completion Completion
strategies to analyze flood risks, implement projects to Develop bathymetric Mar. 2026
reduce flooding, and provide public communications to survey program for
provide residents flood information. Another core component City-owned ponds.
of the program includes watershed studies, dredging, and Develop drainage Sept. 2026
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program’s basin model
Community Rating System (CRS). This voluntary incentive Provide interactive Sept. 2026
program recognizes communities that implement floodplain maps online
management practices beyond Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) minimum requirements by
offering discounted flood insurance rates to all residents
within the community. The City currently maintains a CRS
classification of 5, which provides a 25% discount on
insurance premiums. Upon completion of the CRS
verification in November 2025, the Floodplain team will focus
on the following tasks.

• Task 1: Enhance dredging program by
implementing bathymetric survey data to
supplement City-owned pond assessment
inspections
• Task 2: Identify drainage basins to develop storm
network models within Infoworks integrated
catchment modeling (ICM)
• Task 3: Update website to provide interactive
mapping features for Elevation Certificates,
floodplain information, and Flood Warning System
maps

FY 2026 Proposed Budget and Business Plan 97 City of Arlington, Texas