1. El Nino / Winter Preparedness 2015-16 Santa Barbara County Flood Control Old Town Community Association December 3, 2015

6. Different types of flooding

7. Urbanized

8. Flash

9. Coastal High Hazard

10. Debris Flow

11. Stream/River overbank

16. Preparations A Shared Responsibility Private Property Owners Public Agencies – City – County – State – Federal

17. Individual Property Owners Flood Preparedness webpage – http://cosb.countyofsb.org/pwd/pwwater.aspx?id =45278 Homeowners Guide – http://cosb.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/pwd/W ater/HomeownersGuide_Final.pdf http://cosb.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/pwd/W ater/HomeownersGuide_Final.pdf Consider Flood Insurance Family/Personal emergency plan/supplies

18. Flood Control Preparations Annual Maintenance Plan Prepared Every Year o March / April - Inspections o June – Board Approval o August – Work Commences o Dec 1 st – Work Completed Debris Basins Fall Prep/Winter Response Response Contracts Set up o Cranes, Trucking, Contractors, Supplies ALERT system maintained Multi-Agency Coordination Flood Awareness Week Sand and bags Public Assistance / Outreach

19. Sand and Bags Self Service Stations set up Free to the public Coordinated with Cities and County Fire Department Deployment initially 3 locations, – Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – Mid County Buellton Informational Materials on how to place sand bags

21. Coordination Meetings – Federal FEMA US Army Corps of Engineers US Bureau of Reclamation US Geological Survey NOAA/National Weather Service – State Cal OES Department of Water Resources – County County Fire Office of Emergency Management – Cities – Neighborhood Groups

22. Winter Response -Restore major facilities -Flood Control staff -Mobilize Contractors -Seek State/Fed assistance

23. SM River Levee Patrol

24. Santa Ynez River Flood Forecasting Peak Flows as Occurred with use of Modified Operations Storm of February 23-24, 1998 Cachuma Inflow = 46,000 cfs Cachuma Outflow = 23,000 cfs SYR @ Lompoc = 26,000 cfs