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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: FEMA Correspondence - Flood Insurance Rate Map Changes
DATE: March 7, 2013
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Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens is transmitting correspondence from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding revisions to five panels of
the City's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) along the City's riverfront.
The City of Dubuque received a letter from FEMA dated February 19, 2013, that
indicates that the five new panels will go into effect on August 19, 2013. The changes
include a notation on the map panels to indicate that the City's levee has been
accredited and that base flood elevations are provided for the four detention basins
along the riverfront.
Prior to August 19, 2013, the City needs to amend its flood plain management
ordinance to reflect the changes in the updated five panels and show evidence that the
City's existing flood plain management regulations comply with the standards of
Paragraph 60.3(d) of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: FEMA correspondence — Flood Insurance Rate Map changes
DATE: March 4, 2013
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum provides information on the enclosed correspondence from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding revisions to five panels of
the City's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) along the city's riverfront.
DISCUSSION
The City of Dubuque received the enclosed letter from FEMA dated February 19, 2013,
that indicates that the five new panels will go into effect on August 19, 2013. The
changes include a notation on the map panels to indicate that the City's levee has been
accredited and that base flood elevations are provided for the four detention basins
along the riverfront.
The City of Dubuque submitted a technical appeal to FEMA that provided the revised
contours of the 16th Street Detention Basin so that it accurately reflected the new land
created along the south side of 16th Street. The preliminary panel prepared by FEMA
did not reflect the current size and shape of the 16th Street Detention Basin or the new
land.
The enclosed letter indicates that FEMA has accepted our appeal and that the five new
panels will become effective on August 19, 2013. The letter also indicates that prior to
that date, the City needs to amend its flood plain management ordinance to reflect the
changes in the updated five panels and show evidence that our existing flood plain
management regulations are in compliance with the standards of Paragraph 60.3(d) of
the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Regulations.
The City was required to do this same amendment as part of the adoption of our new
flood plain maps for the entire community in 2011. The Iowa Department of Natural
Resources (IDNR) Flood Plain Management Section staff has agreed to again review
our flood plain management regulations for compliance with the federal NFIP standards.
Once Planning staff has revised our current regulations to the IDNR's satisfaction, a text
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amendment will be prepared for City Council review to amend Section 6 -4 Flood Hazard
Overlay District of the unified Development Code (UDC) to adopt the new flood map
panels and required flood plain management measures. Once adopted, these
regulations will be submitted to FEMA and IDNR for their concurrence and approval
prior to August 19, 2013. This action will enable to City to continue to participate in the
National Flood Insurance Program.
REQUESTED ACTION
Planning staff is not requesting any Council action at this time. This memorandum is
being provided to update the City Council on the progress of updating the City's Flood
Insurance Rate Map panels along the riverfront, and the need for amending the UDC.
Enclosures
Prepared by: Kyle L. Kritz, Associate Planner
cc: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Don Vogt, Public Works Director
John Klostermann, Streets & Sewers Supervisor
Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
February 19, 2013
The Honorable Roy D. Buol
Mayor, City of Dubuque
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Dear Mayor Buol:
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Community: City of Dubuque,
Dubuque County, Iowa
Community No.: 195180
Map Panels Affected: See FIRM Index
On August 17, 2012, you were notified of proposed modified flood hazard determinations (FHDs)
affecting the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for the City of
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. The statutory 90 -day appeal period that was initiated on
August 31, 2012, when the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) published a notice of proposed FHDs for your community in the Telegraph Herald, has elapsed.
FEMA did receive an appeal during that 90 -day period. The technical data submitted in support of the
appeal have been evaluated, and the appeal has been resolved. Therefore, the determination of the Agency
as to the FHDs for your community is considered final. The final FHDs will be published in the Federal
Register as soon as possible. The modified FHDs and revised map panels, as referenced above, are
effective as of August 19, 2013, 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 panels being revised are indicated
above and on the maps and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
The modifications 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 made by this map revision,
certain additional requirements must be met under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended, within 6 months from the date of this letter. Prior to August 19, 2013, your community
is required, as a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 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);
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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:
Mr. Robert G. Bissell
Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VII
9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-3324
(816) 283 -7002
To assist your community in maintaining the FIRM, we have enclosed a Summary of Map Actions to
document previous Letter of Map Change (LOMC) actions (i.e., Letters of Map Amendment (LOMAs),
Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs)) that will be superseded when the revised FIRM panels referenced
above become effective. Information on LOMCs is presented in the following four categories:
(1) LOMCs for which results have been included on the revised FIRM panels; (2) LOMCs for which
results could not be shown on the revised FIRM panels because of scale limitations or because the LOMC
issued had determined that the lots or structures involved were outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, the
area that would be inundated by the base flood, as shown on the FIRM; (3) LOMCs for which results have
not been included on the revised FIRM panels because the flood hazard information on which the original
determinations were based are being superseded by new flood hazard information; and (4) LOMCs issued
for multiple lots or structures where the determination for one or more of the lots or structures cannot be
revalidated through an administrative process like the LOMCs in Category 2 above. LOMCs in Category 2
will be revalidated through a single letter that reaffirms the validity of a previously issued LOMC; the letter
will be sent to your community shortly before the effective date of the revised FIRM and will become
effective I day after the revised FIRM becomes effective. For the LOMCs listed in Category 4, we will
review the data previously submitted for the LOMA or LOMR request and issue a new determination for
the affected properties after the revised FIRM becomes effective.
If you have any questions regarding the necessary floodplain management measures for your community or
the NFIP in general, we urge you to call the Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division of FEMA
in Kansas City, Missouri, at (816) 283 -7061. If you have any questions concerning mapping issues in
general or the enclosed Summary of Map Actions, please call our FMIX at the toll free number shown
above. Additional information and resources your community may find helpful regarding the NFIP and
floodplain management, such as The National Flood Insurance Program Code of Federal Regulations,
Answers to Questions About the National Flood Insurance Program, Use of Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
Data as Available Data, Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Effect that Revised Flood Hazards
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have on Existing Structures, and National Flood Insurance Program Elevation Certificate and
Instructions, can be found on our website at http : / /www.floodmaps.fema.gov /Ifd. Paper copies of these
documents may also be obtained by calling our FMIX.
Sincerely,
Luis Rodriguez, P.E., Chief
Engineering Management Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
Enclosure:
Final Summary of Map Actions
cc: Community Map Repository
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager, City ofDubuque
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FINAL SUMMARY OF MAP ACTIONS
Community: DUBUQUE, CITY OF Community No: 195180
To assist your community in maintaining the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), we have
summarized below the previously issued Letter of Map Change (LOMC) actions (i.e., Letters of Map
Revision (LOMRs) and Letters of Map Amendment (LOMAs)) that will be affected when the revised
FIRM becomes effective on August 19, 2013.
1 . LOMCs Incorporated
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed below will be reflected on the revised FIRM. In
a ddition, these LOMCs will remain in effect until the revised FIRM becomes effective.
LOMC
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Case No.
Date
Issued
P
Project Identifier
Old
Panel
New
Panel
11- 07 -3089A
H. LANGSWORTHY'S ADDITION, LOTS 2 -3 -16
2-4-168 -- KAUFMANN AVENUE
10/20/2011
19061CO243E
NO CASES RECORDED
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2. LOMCs Not Incorporated
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed below will not be reflected on the revised FIRM
panels because of scale limitations or because the LOMC issued had determined that the lot(s) or
structure(s) involved were outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, as shown on the FIRM. These
LOMCs will remain in effect until the revised FIRM becomes effective. These LOMCs will be
revalidated free of charge 1 day after the revised FIRM becomes effective through a single
revalidation letter that reaffirms the validity of the previous LOMCs.
LOMC
Case No.
Date Project Identifier
Issued {
Old
Panel
New
Panel
_
11- 07 -3089A
H. LANGSWORTHY'S ADDITION, LOTS 2 -3 -16
2-4-168 -- KAUFMANN AVENUE
10/20/2011
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
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FAIN ARSH'S ADDITION, LOT 1 -38 - -- 2155 NORTH
10/25/2011 STREET
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
LOMA
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11- 07 -3183A
�ANGWORTHYS ADDITION, LOT 1 -1 -2 -166 L
10/25/2011 -- 715 KAUFMANN AVENUE
I9061CO243E
19061CO243F
LOMA
11- 07 -3202A
H. LANGWORTHYS ADDITION, LOT
10/25 12011 - 1- 153A -- 530- 532KAUFMAN AVENUE
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
LOMA
11- 07 -3371A
OT 47 - -- 2556 AND 25561/2 WASHINGTON
10/27/2011 TREET
19061 CO243E
19061 CO243F
LOMA
11- 07 -3385A
11/01/2011
.H. LANGWORTHY'S ADDITION, LOT 6 -- 695
lAUFMANNAVENUE
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
LOMA
11- 07 -3420A
11/01/2011
_H LANGS ADDITION, LOT 154 -- 600
{AUFMANNAVENUE
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
LOMA
11- 07 -3309A
11/08/2011 I41--
APLE LEAF ADDITIONS 2 & 3, LOTS 1, 40 &
659LOUELLALANE
19061CO243E
19061CO243F
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FINAL SUMMARY OF MAP ACTIONS
Community: DUBUQUE, CITY OF
LOMC Case No.
LOMA 11- 07 -3312A 11/08/2011
LOMA 11- 07 -3414A 11/15/2011
LOMA 11- 07 -3525A 11/15/2011
LOMA 11- 07 -3421A 12/01/2011
LOMA 12- 07 -0120A 11/29/2011
LOMA 12- 07 -0301A 12/06/2011
LOMA 12- 07 -1569A 03/13/2012
LOMA 12- 07 -1781A 03/20/2012
LOMA 13- 07 -0159A 11/01/2012
3. LOMCs Superseded
Date
Issued
Project Identifier
rAPLE LEAF ADDITIONS 2 & 3, LOTS 2 &
665 LOUELLA LANE
OT 1 - -1182 MILLER ROAD
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_.H. LANGWORTHY ADDITION --- 516
KAUFMANN AVENUE
�LANGWORTHYS, LOT 37 -- 2510
NASHINGTON STREET
pH LANGWORTHYS ADDITION LOT
2- 166 - - -701 KAUFMANN AVENUE
ROY NEY SUBDIVISION, BLOCK 1, LOT 6 - - -700
SAUFMANN AVENUE
ANG WORTHY'S ADDITION, LOT 84 -- 215 EAS71
22ND STREET I
WT 24, E LANGWORTHYS ADD--2551
ASHINGTON STREET
t ANDWORTHY ADDITION, LOT 37 & 38 - 2514
NASHINGTON STREET
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Community No: 195180
Old
Panel
19061CO243E
19061C0356E
19061C0358E
19061CO243E
19061CO243E
19061CO243E
19061 CO243E
19061CO243E
19061CO243E
19061CO243E
New
Panel
19061CO243F
19061C0356F
19061CO243F
19061 CO243F
19061CO243F
19061CO243F
19061CO243F
19061CO243F
19061CO243F
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed below have not been reflected on the Final revised
FIRM panels because they are being superseded by new detailed flood hazard information or the
information available was not sufficient to make a determination. The reason each is being
superseded is noted below. These LOMCs will no longer be in effect when the revised FIRM
becomes effective.
LOMC Case No.
Date
Issued
Project Identifier
NO CASES RECORDED
Reason Determination
Will be Superseded
1. Insufficient information available to make a determination.
2. Lowest Adjacent Grade and Lowest Finished Floor are below the proposed Base Flood Elevation.
3. Lowest Ground Elevation is below the proposed Base Flood Elevation.
4. Revised hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.
5. Revised topographic information.
12/13/2012
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FINAL SUMMARY OF MAP ACTIONS
Community: DUBUQUE, CITY OF
4. LOMCs To Be Redetermined
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Community No: 195180
The LOMCs in Category 2 above will be revalidated through a single revalidation letter that
reaffirms the validity of the determination in the previously issued LOMC. For LOMCs issued for
multiple lots or structures where the determination for one or more of the lots or structures has
changed, the LOMC cannot be revalidated through this administrative process. Therefore, we will
review the data previously submitted for the LOMC requests listed below and issue a new
determination for the affected properties after the effective date of the revised FIRM.
LOMC
Case No.
Issue ud
Project Identifier
Panel
Panel
NO CASES RECORDED
12/13/2012
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