Consultant outlines updated vulnerability assessment, urges applications for state flood‑mitigation funding
Dewberry consultant Hannah Hart presented an updated county vulnerability assessment, explained new watershed modeling and FEMA‑compliant documentation, and said staff has begun submitting applications for implementation grants due Sept. 1; Dewberry noted Jackson County faces no local match requirement for design and construction on eligible projects.
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Hannah Hart of Dewberry told the Jackson County Board of County Commissioners that Dewberry completed an updated vulnerability assessment to meet revised statutory time horizons and to move into adaptation planning. She described a watershed model intended to improve flood‑analysis accuracy, more than 200 asset maps embedded with FEMA‑compliant photos, and sensitivity scores for assets under 25‑, 100‑ and 500‑year storm scenarios.
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