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Board accepts watershed master plan; staff to draft ordinance to boost flood‑insurance benefits
Summary
County engineers and a consultant presented a 3,000‑page watershed/stormwater master plan funded by an HMGP/FDEM grant; commissioners accepted the report and directed the county attorney to prepare an ordinance to pursue Community Rating System points and potential flood‑insurance discounts for residents.
The Okeechobee County Board on Monday accepted a completed watershed management/master plan and asked staff to return with an ordinance to memorialize the plan and pursue Community Rating System (CRS) credits that could lower flood‑insurance premiums for residents.
Craig Fuller of Civil Served Design Group (speaker 20) summarized the modeling work funded by a $200,000 HMGP/FDEM grant that included detailed surveys and hydrologic modeling of roughly 80,000 linear feet of…
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