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Mayor Strommen <br />July 9, 2015 <br />Page two <br />FEMA has advised us that, without exception, a community will be suspended from the National Flood <br />Insurance Program if the required floodplain ordinance documents are not received in its Chicago <br />Regional Office by the study/map effective date. A suspended community may be reinstated if the <br />community: 1) submits the required floodplain ordinance language; and 2) documents that no <br />improper floodplain development has occurred since the study/map effective date or that any <br />improper floodplain development has been properly mitigated. During the suspension period, no <br />flood insurance policies can be written or renewed in the community. This would have a serious <br />impact on people exposed to flood damage or those who are trying to purchase homes in the <br />designated 100 -year floodplain, where flood insurance is a requirement of the loan. <br />While our office in St. Paul will be the main contact for the ordinance update, we will coordinate with <br />DNR Area Hydrologist Kate Drewry of our St. Paul regional office. Ms. Drewry will continue to be your <br />main contact for day-to-day assistance with administering your floodplain management ordinance and <br />for questions about other DNR water -related programs and permits. Please feel free to contact Ms. <br />Drewry at any time at (651) 259-5753 or kate.drewry@state.mn.us. If you have questions for me, you <br />may contact me at the address in the footer of page one, at (651) 259-5713, or at <br />ceil.strauss@state.mn.us. <br />Sincerely, <br />rTh <br />Ceil Strauss, CFM <br />State Coordinator, National Flood Insurance Program <br />ec: Terri Yearwood, DNR Eco -Waters' Regional Manager <br />Jeanne Daniels, DNR Eco -Waters' District Manager <br />Kate Drewry, Area Hydrologist <br />Chris Anderson, Floodplain Administrator <br />