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5.05: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Recommendation on Ordinance #15-15 Amending <br />City Code Section 117-1 (Definitions) Chapter 117, Article II, Division 4, Subdivision <br />III (Floodplain Overlay Districts). <br />Public Hearing <br />Vice Chairperson Bauer called the public hearing to order at 9:48 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />City Planner Anderson presented the staff report stating in 1979, the City enrolled in the National <br />Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by adopting floodplain regulations and Flood Boundary and <br />Floodway Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the community. The Flood Boundary <br />and Floodway Maps and FIRMS currently in effect are dated November 1, 1979. The community <br />has grown substantially since the late 1970's and thus, the maps lack much of the current street <br />network. <br />City Planner Anderson stated the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been <br />systematically updating floodplain maps across the state and has recently completed new maps for <br />Anoka County. If the City desires to remain in the NFIP, the floodplain standards must be <br />amended to adopt the new maps. The floodplain standards are designed to minimize structural <br />damage as a result of large scale floods, oftentimes referred to as the 100 -year flood, by prohibiting <br />the placement of structures within designated floodways and by requiring either flood -proofing <br />and/or the use of fill to elevate a structure. Structures located within a designated floodplain are <br />required to be covered by flood insurance. Staff provided further comment on the changes and <br />recommended approval. <br />Citizen Input <br />Vice Chairperson Bauer asked when the Ordinance amendment would become effective. <br />City Planner Anderson reported that the Ordinance and new maps would become effective <br />December 16, 2015. <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Nosan, to close the public <br />hearing. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chairperson Bauer, Commissioners VanScoy, Nosan, <br />Andrusko, and Brauer. Voting No: None. Absent: Chairperson Levine and Commissioner Maul. <br />Vice Chairperson Bauer closed the public hearing at 9:58 p.m. <br />Commission Business <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Andrusko, to recommend that <br />City Council adopt Ordinance 915-15 amending Section 117-1 (Definitions) and Chapter 117, <br />