TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Public Services Director
Jason Miles, PE, Assistant Public Services Director-Engineering
Byron Reeves, PE, Stormwater Manager
DATE: June 7, 2021
RE:
Title
Lock's Creek Flood Study and LOMR Guidance
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Executive Summary:
The City has developed preliminary floodplain and floodway mapping for the Locks Creek drainage basin that identify the 100-year floodplain and floodway. Structures and vacant parcels located within these boundaries have also been identified. From a regulatory standpoint, the 100-year floodplain and floodway are known as the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).
Inclusion in a regulated SFHA has significant impacts to property owners. This includes more stringent development standards be adhered to, mandatory purchase of flood insurance for government back mortgages on all new home purchases and refinances, and the potential for lender required purchase of flood insurance for existing homeowners. Inclusion in the SFHA also provides property owners the opportunity to qualify for Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding to elevate existing structures or participate in a buyout program.
Staff seeks concurrence from City Council to move forward with submitting the technical data and mapping of the study to the North Carolina Flood Mapping Program (NCFPM) as a request for a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) or Physical Map Revision (PMR). A LOMR or PMR is FEMA's modification to an effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). A revision to the effective FIRM panel would bring the structures and parcels identified in the flood study into the regulated SFHA.
Background:
Property owners who abut Lock's Creek experience intermittent flooding and repetitive damage to their h...
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