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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />A,genda Item No.: <br />07-07-2011 <br />Engineering, Planning & <br />Shawn Napier, P.E. Director of <br />Council Date: <br />Development <br />Engineering, Planning & <br />18. <br />07-25-2011 <br />Develo ment <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Deliberate and possibly act on repealing the current Chapter 13 Flood Damage Prevention of the Code <br />of Ordinance and adopting a modified version of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance as provided <br />to the City by the Texas Water Development Board and FEMA. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />FEMA National Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Ordinance <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently completed changes to our <br />floodplain maps. The new maps are tentatively set to become effective August 16, 2011. This new <br />ordinance will replace the existing ordinance. The new ordinance has higher standards than our existing <br />ordinance. The major change in the ordinance provided to us is a more stringent requirement for all new <br />structures and substantial improvements to be constructed at least two (2) feet above the base flood <br />elevation. The old requirement was a minimum of one (1) foot above the base flood elevation. The <br />base flood elevation is the elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and found in the <br />Flood Insurance Study (FIS) that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from the flood that has a <br />1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year. <br />The change in the requirement for all new construction or substantial improvement to be at least two (2) <br />foot above the base flood elevation is a recommendation not a requirement. This could be changed back <br />to one (1) foot if the Council elects to do so. One possible advantage to requiring a minimum of two (2) <br />feet above the base flood elevation is that it could be possible to do a Letter of Map Amendment-F and <br />remove the house from the floodplain. If the house was required to have flood insurance by a mortgage <br />company this could possible remove that requirement by taking the house out of the floodplain. <br />Staff recommendation is to pass the ordinance as presented. <br />BOARD/ COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Ordinance <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$0 <br />❑ Department Report ~ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$0 <br />Fj Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$0 <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administtation Z City Clerk Z Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police Z Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />9 S <br />