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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ~"`~°~ Division of Ecological and Water Resources Box 32, 500 Lafayette Road • St. Paul, MN • 55155-4032 atPAe~Nro xan~Al. nos October 13, 2011 The Honorable John Dietz Mayor, City of Elk River City Hall 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 Dear Mayor Dietz: CONDITIONAL STATE APPROVAL OF FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE & REQUIIZED NEXT STEPS The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a revised final draft floodplain management ordinance for the City of Elk River from Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Director, on October 12, 2011. This proposed floodplain ordinance is being adopted to incorporate the Flood Insurance Study, Sherburne County, Minnesota And Incorporated Areas and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map panels with an effective date of November 16, 2011. This ordinance is also being adopted. to incorporate floodplain ordinance text revisions mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). I am pleased to inform you that the above-cited draft floodplain management ordinance is in compliance with Statewide Standards and Criteria for Management of Floodplain Areas of Minnesota, Minnesota Rules, Parts 6120.5000 to 61.20.6200. Therefore, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 103F, I hereby give conditional state approval of the above-cited draft floodplain management ordinance. To the best of my knowledge, this draft ordinance is also in compliance with the floodplain management standards of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This approval is valid upon adoption of the draft ordinance by the city and receipt by this office of three (3) certified copies of the adopted ordinance amendments and the affidavit of publication, along with the signed and completed "Ordinance Certification Checklist" that I have included. Please forward these documents to Ceil Strauss, the DNR's State NFIP Coordinator in St. Paul at the above noted address. Upon receipt and verification, Ms. Strauss will transmit one copy of these materials to Mr. John Devine at FEMA's Chicago Regional Office. Please remember, FEMA must receive a signed, certified, and in-effect ordinance no later than November 16, 2011. To allow sufficient time for processing and transmittal, we request that you submit the requested materials to the DNR at least one week prior to the November 16, 2011 effective date. If FEMA has not received the documentation by the effective date, FEMA will suspend the City of Elk River from the National Flood Insurance Program. www.dnr.state.mn.us AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER i PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER CONTAINING A MINIMUM OF 10%POST-CONSUMER WASTE