Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: CD - Community Development

Directors' Update: Nov. 17, 2021

Business Meeting: Nov. 23, 2021

Summary:

Direct the Lewis County Floodplain Manager to sign the Letter of Map Change application and submit floodplain map amendments for the Cowlitz River at Packwood to FEMA for review and approval

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Doyle Sanford, Lee Napier

Resolution

WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maintains the map of the regulatory 100-year floodplain for all of Lewis County, including the Cowlitz River; and

WHEREAS, the regulatory 100-year floodplain is the area within which buildings are required to have flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program; and

WHEREAS, the one hundred year floodplain map for the Cowlitz River at Packwood was last updated and adopted in 1981; and

WHEREAS, as provided by in Lewis County Code (LCC) 15.35.120, Administrator – Designated, the building official for the county or his designee shall be designated as administrator of the flood maps and shall be responsible for interpreting, developing and applying the provisions and requirements of this LCC Chapter 15 Flood Damage Prevention; and

WHEREAS, it appears to be in the public interest to submit the updated flood maps to the FEMA for review and adoption.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Lewis County Certified Floodplain Manager, Doyle Sanford, is authorized to sign the same on behalf of Lewis County as well as submit the Letter of Map Change Application, Exhibit A, to submit the Cowlitz River at Packwood floodplain map, as shown in Exhibit B, and the supporting technical documentation, as shown in Exhibit C, to FEMA for review and adoption.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 23rd day of November, 2021.