City of Valdez - File #: 16-0156

• File #: 16-0156
• Version: 1
• Type: Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 10/7/2016
• In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
• On agenda: 10/12/2016
• Final action: 10/12/2016
• Title: Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) from FEMA

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/12/2016	1	Planning and Zoning Commission	reviewed and filed

ITEM TITLE: 

Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) from FEMA

SUBMITTED BY: AnnMarie Lain

FISCAL NOTES: 

Expenditure Required: N/A                     

Unencumbered Balance: N/A

Funding Source: N/A

RECOMMENDATION:

Report Only

SUMMARY STATEMENT:

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has presented the City of Valdez with Preliminary copies of the updated Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for the City of Valdez, Alaska. FEMA has posted digital copies of the preliminary FIRM and FIS report materials for community members to review at the following website: <https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload/>

FEMA will be scheduling a formal public meeting/workshop in early 2017. Comments may be sent to:

            STARR Region X Service Center

            20700 44^th Ave W

            Suite 110

            Lynnwood, WA 98036

A Public Service Announcement was sent out on October 7^th, 2016 by City staff to inform community members about the preliminary maps.  An Ad was published in the Valdez star on October 12^th, 2016. The City floodplain management webpage has been updated with the new information. 

Attached to this report is the delivery letter from FEMA addressed to Mayor Ruth Knight, as well as the 2016 annual floodplain newsletter which was mailed to community members with property in the designated floodplain in September.