HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutiontoRatifyChairSignatureCRSReportKITTITAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: June 4, 2019
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution to Ratify the Chair's
Signature on Community Rating System CC -230
Verification FEMA FORM 086-0-35A
BACKGROUND: Kittitas County Public Works recently submitted a required
Community Rating System (CRS) form, verifying
compliance with the CRS program. The form required the
signature of the Chair and Commissioner Wright signed on
behalf of the County.
The Board of County Commissioners is now requested to
ratify the Chair's signature.
INTERACTION: Public Works
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Resolution to Ratify the Chair's signature on
CRS CC -230 Verification FEMA FORM 086-0-35A.
HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution; Community Rating System CC -230
Verification FEMA FORM 086-0-35A
LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook, Director
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2019 -
RATIFY THE CHAIR'S SIGNATURE ON COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM CC -230
VERIFICATION FEMA FORM 086-0-35A
WHEREAS: Public Works is required to verify Community Rating System (CRS) compliance
on a five year cycle; and
WHEREAS: Public Works was required to submit compliance documentation on May 29, 2019
and said submittal required the Chair's signature; and
WHEREAS: The submittal deadline with CRS did not afford full Board of County Commission
action; and
WHEREAS: The Chair of the Board was able to sign submittal documents meeting the CRS
deadline supporting Public Works required submittal;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the
best interest of the public, does hereby ratify the Chair's signature on Community Rating System
CC -230 Verification FEMA FORM 086-0-35A.
DATED this 4th day of June, 2019, at Ellensburg, Washington.
Attest:
❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Cory Wright, Chairman
Brett Wachsmith, Vice -Chairman
Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner
OMB Control Number: 1660-0022
Expiration: 3/3112020
Community Kittitas County State WA CID 530095
(6 -digit NFIP Community Identification Number)
CC -230 Verification
Date of Visit May 30, 2019
Initial FIRM Date 5/5/1981
Population 47,364
Current FIRM Date 5/5/1981
County Kittitas County
ISO/CRS Specialist Marlene Jacobs
Coordinator's Manual Year FIA -15/2017
Chief Executive Officer
CRS Coordinator
Name Cory Wright
Karen Hodges
Title Chairman, Board of Commissioners
Floodplain Manager
Address 205 West 5th Avenue, Suite 108
411 N Ruby Street, Suite 1
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone number (509) 962-7508
(509) 962 7523
E-mail address cory.wright@co.kittitas.wa.us
karen.hodges@co.kittitas.wa.us
I hereby certify that Kittitas County [community name] is implementing the following activities [check the ones
that apply]. We will continue to implement these activities and will advise FEMA if any of them are not being conducted in accordance with this
certification. We will cooperate with the ISO/CRS Specialist's verification visit and will submit the documentation and annual recertification
needed to validate our program.
❑%� 310 (Elevation Certificates) ❑X 440 (Flood Data Maintenance)
❑iC 320 (Map Information Service) ❑ 450 (Stormwater Management)
❑iC 330 (Outreach Projects) ❑ (Repetitive Loss Requirements)
❑%� 340 (Hazard Disclosure) ❑X 510 (Floodplain Management Planning)
❑ 350 (Flood Protection Information) ❑ 520 (Acquisition and Relocation)
❑ 360 (Flood Protection Assistance) ❑iC 530 (Flood Protection)
❑ 370 (Flood Insurance Promotion) ❑ 540 (Drainage System Maintenance)
❑iC 410 (Floodplain Mapping) ❑ 610 (Flood Warning and Response)
❑%� 420 (Open Space Preservation) ❑ 620 (Levees)
430 (Higher Regulatory Standards) ❑% 630 (Dams)
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, we are in full compliance with the minimum requirements of the NFIP and we
understand that we must remain in full compliance with the minimum requirements of the NFIP. We understand that at any time we are not to
be in full compliance, we will retrograde to a CRS Class 10.
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OMB Control Number: 1660-0022
Expiration: 31311202U
Community Kittitas County State WA CID 530095
(6 -digit NFIP Community Identification Number)
I hereby certify that we will maintain FEMA Elevation Certificates on all new buildings and substantial improvements constructed in the Special
Flood Hazard Area following the date at which we joined the CRS.
1 hereby certify that if there are one or more repetitive loss properties in our community that we must take certain actions that include
reviewing and updating the list of repetitive loss properties, mapping repetitive loss areas, describing the cause of the losses, and sending an
outreach project to those areas each year, and if we have fifty (50) or more repetitive loss properties must also prepare a plan of how it will
address its repetitive flood problem.
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, we are maintaining in force all flood insurance policies that have been required of
us as a condition of Federal financial assistance for insurable buildings owned by us and located in the Special Flood Hazard Area shown on
our Flood Insurance Rate Map. I further understand that disaster assistance for any community -owned building located in the Special Flood
Hazard Area is reduced by the amount of National Flood Insurance Program flood insurance coverage (structural and contents) that a
community should be carrying on the building, regardless of whether the community is carrying a policy.
Signature - �, �, _I (Chief Executive Officer)
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OMB Control Number: 1660-0022
Expiration: 3/31/2020
Community Kittitas County State WA CID 530095
(6 -digit NFIP Community Identification Number)
CRS Program Data Table
B. In a regulated C. In the rest of the
A. In the SFHA Floodplain outside community
the SFHA
1. Last report's number of buildings in the SFHA (bSF) (line 6, last report)
1505
2. Number of new buildings constructed since last report
+ 4
3. Number of buildings removed/demolished since last report
- NA
4. Number of buildings affected by map revisions since last report (+ or -)
revision
5. Number of buildings affected by corporate limits changes (+ or -)
revision
6. Current total number of buildings in the SFHA (bSF) (total lines 1 -5)
revision
z
7. Number of substantial improvement/damage projects since last report
0
B. Number of repetitive loss properties mitigated since last report
0
9. Number of LOMRs and map revisions (not LOMAs) since last report
1
i
I
10. Acreage of the SFHA (aSFHA) as of the last report (line 13, last report)
20939
11. Acreage of area(s) affected by map revisions since last report (+ or -)
revision
12. Acreage of area(s) affected by corporate limits changes (+ or -)
NA
13. Current acreage of the SFHA (aSFHA) (total lines 10-12)
Revision '..
14. Primary source for building data: GIS Mapping
15. Primary source for area data: GIS Mapping
16. Period covered: October 2018 - May 2019 ICurrent FIRM date 05/05/2019
If available, the following data would be useful:
17. Number of new manufactured homes installed since last report 2
18. Number of other new 1 4 family buildings constructed since last report 1
19. Number of all other buildings constructed/installed since last report NA
Comments:
Please note the number of the line to which the comment refers.
Lines 4-6, 11, and 13 are all under revision at this date (May 29, 2019).
Locations within the LOMR for Currier Creek and parts of Reecer Creek have not been counted thoroughly because of remapping.
Kittitas County has recently received and begun using data from the 2019 Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan Update. We now have
access to building footprints in most areas of Kittitas County. This information will be updated after LOMR Analysis is complete.
Please be aware that Preliminary FEMA Map Updates are still moving forward. Kittitas County expects to receive the Letter of Final
Determination from FEMA soon. After that point the County will have the opportunity to re -analyze the acreage in the SFHA and
accept the maps within 6 months of LFD.
Notes by Karen Hodges, Floodplain Manager for Kittitas County. We will provide notice to all the agencies when the information is
received. KH - 2019
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Community Kittitas County
Instructions
OMB Control Number: 1660-0022
State WA CID 530095
("igit NFIP Community Identification Number)
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At the first verification visit after the 2013 CRS Coordinator's Manual takes effect, ONLY LINES 6 AND 13 NEED TO BE COMPLETED. These
lines form the baseline data about the number of buildings and area of the SFHA for when the table is completed as part of the next annual
recertification. The "period covered" entered in line 16 is the date that lines 6 and 13 are first completed.
At all subsequent annual recertifications and cycle verification visits, the entire table is completed. The information in lines 6 and 13 from the
last report is transferred to lines 1 and 10 in the next report.
Instructions for the Columns
Column A numbers are for the SFHA (the A and V Zones shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map) (FIRM)). Use the FIRM currently in effect,
not a draft or pending revision.
Column B is completed only if the community receives CRS credit for regulating floodplain development outside the SFHA under Activity 410
(Floodplain Mapping) or Activity 430 (Higher Regulatory Standards).
Column C numbers help relate what happens in the floodplain to what is happening in the rest of the community.
Enter "0" if there are no numbers to report for this period. Do not leave a cell blank. Do not fill in the shaded boxes.
Instructions for the Lines
Lines 1-7 deal with buildings.
o Section 301.a of the CRS Coordinator's Manual defines what constitutes a "building" and lists examples of structures that are not
counted as "buildings" by the CRS.
o Section 302.a of the CRS Coordinator's Manual describes how the CRS counts buildings. For example, accessory structures are not
counted.
o As noted in Section 302.a, to determine building counts, communities may use any method that yields reasonably good estimates of
the number of buildings. Examples of acceptable methods are listed in Section 302.a. Precision is less important for large numbers. For
example, the impact of the numbers will not change much if there are 10,000 buildings or 10,100 buildings.
o If a building is out of the SFHA, but in a parcel that is partly in the SFHA, it is not counted in column A —In the SFHA.
o In line 14, note how the building counts were obtained or estimated. Use the comments area, if needed.
Line 4 refers to map revisions. These include physical map revisions, Letters of Map Revision (LOMR), and Letters of Map Amendment
(LOMA). If a building is removed from the SFHA by FEMA through a LOMA, but the community still administers its floodplain management
regulations on the property, the building should not be included in the line 4 count in column A —In the SFHA. However, communities that still
regulate areas removed by LOMAs can receive credit under Activities 410 or 430. If the community is receiving such credit, the building
should be counted under column B --In a regulated Floodplain outside the SFHA.
Line 7 is for the total number of buildings that were substantially improved plus the number of buildings that were substantially damaged
during the period covered.
Lines 10 -13 deal with areas.
o These areas are based on the areas shown on the community's FIRM including LOMRs or LOMAs. Section 403.1b discusses those
portions of the SFHA that are subtracted from the area of the SFHA to calculate the community's aSFHA used in credit calculations.
o Section 403.e of the CRS Coordinator's Manual discusses calculating areas for CRS purposes.
o Section 403.e notes that communities "should not spend an inordinate amount of time measuring areas." As with buildings,
communities may use any method that yields reasonably good estimates. Examples of acceptable approaches are listed in Section 403.e.
o Line 13 asks for the current acreage of the SFHA. The best source for this number is a GIS layer that shows the SFHA. If the
community does not have GIS, the county, regional agency, or state NFIP mapping office may have SFHA layers and may be able to
provide the data. If the community has a relatively recent FIRM, the study contractor or consulting engineer may have the data.
o In line 15, note how the area calculations were obtained or estimated. Use the comments area, if needed.
Lines 17 -19 are voluntary, if the numbers are readily available.
o Line 17 includes replacing an existing manufactured home with a new one. The newly placed manufactured home is counted as a new,
post -FIRM, building.
o The total of lines 17 -19 should equal the value entered in line 2.
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