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Board pf County Commissioners
Mark Bean, Director
September7,2005
Zone District Text Amendment Section 6, Floodplain Regulations and
Zone District Amendment, Floodplain Overlay Zone
ln March of 2005, the Planning Department was provided copies of proposed new
panels of the FEMA Flood lnsurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the Town of Silt and areas
approximately 1.5 miles east of the Silt town limits and 4.5 miles west of the town
limits. This study was initiated by the Town of Silt and in the process, the engineers
analyzed the areas outside of the Town limits to identify a Zone A for areas in the
unincorporated area of the County, that had not been previously mapped by FEMA.
As a pat of that process, FEMA is requiring that the County adopt these maps for
Flood lnsurance purposes and update our regulations to be current.
Staff had originally planned on incorporating these amendments to the maps and the
regulations into the Code Revision. lt is apparent now, that we will not make the
August 2,2006 deadline noted in the attached letter.
ln order to meet this deadline, staff has scheduled a public meeting discussion with
the Planning Commission on June 14th. To properly proceed fonryard with this
discussion, staff requests that the Board initiate proposed Zone District Text
Amendments to Section 6.00, Floodplain Regulations. And Zone District
Amendments to the Floodplain Overlay maps for areas along the Colorado River
approximately 1.5 miles east and 4.5 miles west of the Corporate limits of the Town
of Silt, as shown on proposed FEMA FIRM Map Panels 080205 1091C, 1092C and
1111C.
Garfield Goun[r
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2. Adopting all the standards of Paragraph 60.3 (d) into one new, comprehensive set of regulations;
or
3. Showing evidence that regulations have previously been adopted that meet or exceed the minimum
requirements of Paragraph 60.3 (d).
Communities that fail to enact the necessary floodplain management regulations will be suspended from
participation in the NFIP and subject to the prohibitions contained in Section 202(a) of the 1973 Act as
amended.
A Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) has been designated to assist your community with any
difficulties you may be encountering in enacting the floodplain management regulations. The CCO will be
the primary liaison between your community and FEMA. For information about your CCO, please
contact:
Ms. Jeanine Peterson
Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII
Denver Federal Center, Building 710
P.O. Box 25261
Denver, CO 80225-0267
(303) 23s-4830
To assist your community in maintaining the FIRM, we reviewed our records to determine if any previous
Letters of Map Change (i.e., Letters of Map Amendment, Letters of Map Revision) will be superseded
when the revised FIRM panels become effective. According to our records, no Letters of Map Change
were issued previously for the affected FIRM panels.
The FIRM panels have been computer-generated. Once the FIRM and FIS report are printed and
distributed, the digital files containing the flood hazard data for the entire county can be provided to your
community for use in a computer mapping system. These files can be used in conjunction with other
thematic data for floodplain management purposes, insurance purchase and rating requirements, and many
other planning applications. Paper copies of the FIRM panels may be obtained by calling our Map Service
Center, toll free, at l-800-358 -9616. Copies of the digital files may be obtained by calling our Map
Assistance Center, toll free, at l-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). In addition, your colrlmunity may
be eligible for additional credits under our Community Rating System if you implement your activities
using digital mapping files.
If you have any questions regarding the necessary floodplain management measures for your community or
the NFIP in general, we urge you to contact the Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division of
FEMA in Denver, Colorado, at (303) 235-4830, for assistance.
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If you have any questions concerning mapping issues in general, please call our Map Assistance Center,
toll free, at |-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).
Doug Bellomo, P.E., CFM, Chief
Hazard Identifi cation Section
Mitigation Division
List of Enclosures:
National Flood Insurance Program Elevation Certificate and lnstructions
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Effect That Revised Flood Hazards Have on Existing
Structures
Lowest Floor Elevation Certifications for Flood Insurance Post Flood lnsurance Rate Map Construction
Use of Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Data as Available Data
National Flood Insurance Program Regulations
cc: Community Map Repository
Mr. David M. Kotz, P.E.
Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Inc.
Mr. Scott Tincher, P.E.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
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Sincerely,
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
IN REPLY REFER TO:
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Community: Garfield County,
Community No.: 080205
Map Panels Affected: 080205
and
CO
1091 c, 1092c
1111 C
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
February 2,2006
The Honorable John F. Martin
Chairman, Garfield County
Board of Commissioners
108 Eighth Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Dear Mr. Martin:
On March 31,2005, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) provided you with Preliminary copies of the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and
Flood lnsurance Study (FIS) report for the unincorporated areas of Garfield County, Colorado, for your
review and comment. Those Preliminary copies presented revised flood hazard information for your
community, but did not present revised elevations of the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year (base flood). Therefore, no appeal period was required.
Your community was provided with a 30-day review period, and that period has now elapsed. No
comments or concerns about the Preliminary copies of the revised FIRM and FIS report were submitted to
FEMA; therefore, the revised FIRM panels, as referenced above, will be effective as of August2,2006,
and revise the FIRM that was in effect prior to that date. For insurance rating purposes, the community
number and new suffix code for the FIRM panels being revised are indicated on the panels and must be
used for all new policies and renewals.
The modihcations are pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
(Public Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448),
42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Because of the modifications to the FIRM and FIS report for
your community made by this map revision, certain additional requirements must be met under Section
1 361 of the I 968 Act, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior to August 2, 2006,
your community is required, as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance
Program (l.lt P), to adopt or show evidence of adoption of floodplain management regulations that meet
the standards of Paragraph 60.3 (d) of the NFIP regulations. These standards are the minimum
requirements and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.
It must be emphasized that all the standards specified in Paragraph 60.3 (d) of the NFIP regulations must
be enacted in a legally enforceable document. This includes the adoption of the effective FIRM and FIS
report to which the regulations apply and the modifications made by this map revision. Some of the
standards should already have been enacted by your community. Any additional requirements can be met
by taking one of the following actions:
1 . Amending existing regulations to incorporate any additional requirements of Paragraph 60.3 (d);
,
2. Adopting all the standards of Paragraph 60.3 (d) into one new, comprehensive set of regulations;
or
3. Showing evidence that regulations have previously been adopted that meet or exceed the minimum
requirements of Paragraph 60.3 (d).
Communities that fail to enact the necessary floodplain management regulations will be suspended from
participation in the NFIP and subject to the prohibitions contained in Section 202(a) of the 1973 Act as
amended.
A Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) has been designated to assist your community with any
difficulties you may be encountering in enacting the floodplain management regulations. The CCO will be
the primary liaison between your community and FEMA. For information about your CCO, please
contact:
Ms. Jeanine Peterson
Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII
Denver Federal Center, Building 710
P.O. Box 25261
Denver, CO 80225-0267
(303) 23s-4830
To assist your community in maintaining the FIRM, we reviewed our records to determine if any previous
Letters of Map Change (i.e., Letters of Map Amendment, Letters of Map Revision) will be superseded
when the revised FIRM panels become effective. According to our records, no Letters of Map Change
were issued previously for the affected FIRM panels.
The FIRM panels have been computer-generated. Once the FIRM and FIS report are printed and
distributed, the digital files containing the flood hazard data for the entire county can be provided to your
community for use in a computer mapping system. These files can be used in conjunction with other
thematic data for floodplain management purposes, insurance purchase and rating requirements, and many
other planning applications. Paper copies of the FIRM panels may be obtained by calling our Map Service
Center, toll free, at 1-800-358 -9616. Copies of the digital files may be obtained by calling our Map
Assistance Center, toll free, at 1-817-FEMA MAP (l-877-336-2627). In addition, your community may
be eligible for additional credits under our Community Rating System if you implement your activities
using digital mapping files.
If you have any questions regarding the necessary floodplain management measures for your community or
the NFIP in general, we urge you to contact the Director, Federal lnsurance and Mitigation Division of
FEMA in Denver, Colorado, at (303) 235-4830, for assistance.
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If you have any questions concerning mapping issues in general, please call our Map Assistance Center,
toll free, at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).
Doug Bellomo, P.E., CFM, Chief
Hazard Identification Section
Mitigation Division
List of Enclosures:
National Flood lnsurance Program Elevation Certificate and lnstructions
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Effect That Revised Flood Hazards Have on Existing
Structures
Lowest Floor Elevation Certifications for Flood lnsurance Post Flood lnsurance Rate Map Construction
Use of Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Data as Available Data
National Flood lnsurance Program Regulations
cc: Community Map Repository
Mr. David M. Kotz, P.E.
Schmueser Gordon Meyer, lnc.
Mr. Scott Tincher, P.E.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
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Sincerely,