2018-03-12-minutes-public-works-study-session

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"Tease use the rote number w a Mfemm x r nsnbrabW FEMA Real b "mai A (fain fi vaddMbnai bifmmagm about a sa* l n otenl itrwi cr, `PrAlimiti..rV:: Actbc =. For the studies identified as "preliminary' in the "Action Taken" column, FEMA provided all affected communities with preliminary copies of the revised FiRM panels and FIS report. FEMA has posted digitaicoples of the preliminary FIRMand FIS report materialson the FEMA Map Service Center (MSC) website (http://www.fema.gov/prelrminaryfloodhazarddato)for public access. In the coming weeks, FEMA will publish a notice of the proposed updates in the Federal Register. FEMA also recommends that community officials call further attentiontothe proposed flood hazard determinations and the appeal process by issuing a press release or other public notice. The preliminary copies of the FIRM and FIS report will be the basis for a coordination meeting with community officials and residents. The meeting will give community members a chance to review the mapping products and comment or ask questions about the map changes. FEMA will contact each affected community to schedule the coordination meeting. In addition to making the digital copies of the FIRM and FIS report available on the MSC website, FEMA has encouraged community officials to circulatetheir copies as widely as possible among elected officials, staff, residents, and other local stakeholders, so that they will have the opportunity to corrector add to the nontechnical information presented on the preliminary products, including the configuration and labeling of physical features such as roads, bridges, and streams. Requests to revise nontechnical information maybe provided to FEMA during this community review period, at the community coordination meeting, or during the statutory 9C -day appeal period that will follow. Approved changes will be shown on the final FIRM and in the final PIS report. After the review and appeal periods have ended and all comments and appeals have been addressed, FEMA will initiate the final preparation of the F1 RM and FIS report. The new FIRM and FIS report will become effective approximately sic months later. Before that date, each community will be reminded of the requirements to adopt new floodplain ordinances or modify existing ordinances, as necessary, to reflect any changes in the FIRM or FIS report. FEMA will provide communities with final copies of the FIRM panels and FCS report before they become effective, a nd final FIRM and FIS reports will officially be archived on the MSC website at https://msc., fema gov Informatinr± kin "Ai+peal Scarf' _ x71 The preliminary FIRM panels and AS report include proposed flood hazard information for certain locations in the counties listed above. This proposed information may include the addition or modification of Specie I Flood Hazard Areas—the areas subject to Inundation by the base flood, Base Flood Elevations or depths, flood zone designations, or regulatoryfloodways. The National Flood Insurance Act provides limited rights to appea I proposed flood elevation and flood hazard zone determinations at42 IJ.S.G §4104, and authorizesonly any owner or lessee of real property within the community who believes his property rights to be adversely affected by the proposed determination to appeal, or the community an such Individual's behalf. The only basis for appeal is the possession of information showing that: EWANotice toCangreas:Monthly Updain an Road Mapping :{ 8