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&/ `� ITEM 1/ 5.2. <br /> (( <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> tit:: of TO: PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> 41k/ STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br /> River FROM: ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br /> DATE: FEBRUARY 29, 2000 5ps_. <br /> SUBJECT: ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, <br /> SECTION 902, FLOODPLAIN <br /> MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, BY <br /> THE CITY OF ELK RIVER, <br /> CASE# OA 00-3/P.H. <br /> The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requiring that the City of Elk <br /> River adopt revision to its Floodplain Ordinance. Failure to comply with this order <br /> would make people living in Elk River ineligible for flood insurance through the National <br /> Flood Insurance Program. <br /> Attached to this memo is a copy of Section 902 of the City of Elk River Code of <br /> Ordinances titled, "Floodplain Management Ordinance". Language proposed to be added <br /> is underlined and language proposed to be deleted has a line through it. <br /> • The changes to the city's Floodplain Ordinance are as follows: <br /> • Four minor text changes outlined in the attached letter from Ogbazghi Sium, DNR <br /> Waters, dated January 18, 2000. The proposed language changes to the city's <br /> Floodplain Ordinance will have little affect on the city's administration of this <br /> ordinance. <br /> • One of the proposed language changes titled, "Establishment of Official Map" <br /> causes the city to adopt the most recent floodplain maps. The attached map with <br /> the floodplain displayed on it is not the official map, but rather it has been <br /> prepared by the City Engineer as a summary of all the various maps to be used as <br /> an exhibit for the city's public hearings on this matter. <br /> The new maps are basically the same as the previous ones with the exception that <br /> Trott Brook and West Twin Lake now officially have floodplain associated with <br /> them. The floodplain data associated with these water bodies has been available <br /> to the city for quite some time and city staff has been using it to determine where <br /> and how low houses can be located so the new maps do not cause any practical <br /> change in the city's enforcement of the Floodplain Ordinance. <br /> • <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River,MN 55330 • TDD&Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 <br />