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( • ��S7SITAATE tOF Ute.. UPJEOUZ , DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 500 LAFAYETTE ROAD • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA • 55155-4032 DNR INFORMATION (612) 296-6157 December 27, 1993 The Honorable Jerry Linke Mayor, City of Mounds View 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 Dear Mayor Linke: NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE VISIT Thank you for the time that Paul Harrington spent with Molly Shodeen, Bret Anderson and Judy Boudreau on December 8, 1993 to discuss floodplain management in Mounds View. The meeting was conducted by our staff on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in consideration of your city's continued participation in the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP). During the course of the meeting, several topics were discussed,some of which require follow-up action by the city: 1. Your Floodplain ordinance is non-compliant due to 1986 changes to federal requirements of the NFIP. Mr. Harrington supplied us with a copy of your ordinance which was most recently revised in 1992. It has since been reviewed by Mr.Anderson, and received conditional state approval on December 17, 1993. Although federal regulations only allow 90 days from the date of this visit for amendments to non-compliant ordinances, the deadline was extended to 90 days from the date of the conditional approval letter, or to March 17, 1994. It is suggested that you attempt to meet the federal deadline with substantial progress in order to avoid any possible sanctions imposed by FEMA. Because state law also requires that a proposed local ordinance be reviewed and approved 30 days prior to adoption, please send any drafts being considered for adoption to Ms. Shodeen by February 17, 1994. 2. Mr. Harrington is being sent a number of forms, one set having to do with amendments and revisions to the NFIP maps (to be used for the Harstad development) and the other set to be used as supplemental zoning administration forms (or at least to provide ideas for your own permit forms). The zoning administration forms were developed by DNR to address common oversights in floodplain/shoreland management decisions which could have been averted with the proper questions posed. Included in these forms is a Certificate of Occupancy (Form I) with an Elevation Certificate and Floodproofing Certificate on the back. We recommend that this form be used for any construction (or reconstruction) in the floodplain. AN EQUAL OPPOR' ti+'v EMPLOYER