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Type: Deliberation

Department: CD - Community Development

Directors' Update: Aug. 2, 2023

Business Meeting: Aug. 8, 2023

Summary:

Acknowledge that the amended Flood Insurance Study for Lewis County, and accompanying revised federal insurance rate maps for the Nisqually River Basin, have been completed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and go into effect on August 15, 2023

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WHEREAS, the Federal Insurance Study for Lewis County, and accompanying maps, were originally adopted by Lewis County on December 15, 1981 and incorporated by reference into the Lewis County Code (LCC) as the basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard; and

WHEREAS, subsection 15.35.060 (LCC), basis for establishing the areas of special flood hazard, states, "The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific and engineering report entitled 'The Flood Insurance Study for Lewis County' (FIS) dated November 1981, and as amended, with accompanying flood insurance rate maps, as adopted on December 15, 1981, are by reference declared to be a part of this chapter"; and

WHEREAS, on February 15, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a Letter of Final Determination to amend the FIS, and accompanying flood insurance rate maps, for the Nisqually River Basin; and

WHEREAS, the amended FIS and accompanying flood insurance rate maps are available online at https://msc.fema.gov/portal/advanceSearch and will be published in the online Lewis County Public Works GIS map library, https://maps.lewiscountywa.gov/, on or before the effective date; and

WHEREAS, the amended FIS and accompanying flood insurance rate maps for the Nisqually River Basin will go into effect on August 15, 2023, and will serve as the basis for the areas of special flood hazard area in Lewis County.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC acknowledges that the revised Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Lewis County, and accompanying federal insurance rate maps, as amended for the Nisqually River Basin, have been completed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and go into effect on August 15, 2023; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the BOCC acknowledges that the FIS and accompanying flood insurance rate maps, as amended effective August 15, 2023, for the Nisqually River Basin, serves as the basis for the areas of special flood hazard area in Lewis County.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 8th day of August, 2023.