Agenda Date: 03/06/2018
Subject:
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An ordinance on second reading amending Title 10, Chapter 6, Section 3(B) of the Municipal Code in order to reference the most recent Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map.
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Presented By:
Keith Reester, Public Works Director
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION:
Does city council support an amendment to Title 10 of the Littleton Municipal Code to adopt the most recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Arapahoe County, which slightly revise Dutch Creek and Coon Creek floodplain boundaries in the City of Littleton?
BACKGROUND:
The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) updated the floodplain study for Dutch Creek, Coon Creek, Lilley Gulch, and Three Lakes Tributary in a Flood Hazard Area Delineation Study dated March 2008. The previous floodplain study was dated 1978. The updated study was sent to FEMA as a Physical Map Revision (PMR) to update the Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map(s). That PMR was recently approved by FEMA and is effective on April 18, 2018. Small portions of Dutch Creek, Coon Creek and Three Lakes Tributary are within the City of Littleton. Most of the floodplains for these drainages are located in Jefferson County, to the west of city limits.
The City of Littleton has been a participating National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) community since 1978 when the first floodplain maps were created in the city. Participating communities in the NFIP are required to update their floodplain regulations to adopt new mapping, prior to the effective date. Littleton was notified of this requirement by letter on October 18, 2017. The floodplain regulations update will include changing the date of the FEMA Flood Insurance Study referenced in Municipal Code 10-6-3(B) to April 18, 2018.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
In order to remain in good standing within the NFIP, which makes flood...
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