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Page 18 <br />City of <br />RAMSEY <br />Project No. RCP-07: Preventing Damage and Disaster <br />(Floodplain Communications Plan) <br />Project Lead: <br />Bruce Westby, City Engineer <br />7550 Sunwood Dr NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />763-433-9825 <br />bwestbvc citvoframsev.com <br />Project Description <br />The City is blessed to have an abundance of water -based ecological resources. A primary goal of our <br />Comprehensive Plan is to balance our unique natural resources with future development activity. The City <br />sees an opportunity to collaborate with the community as a whole to provide resources for homeowners <br />and business owners to recognize the value of these resources and ways to manage and protect them. <br />The City's Flood Insurance Rate Maps, which were just updated by FEMA in December of 2015, still include <br />a number of areas identified as floodplain but without detailed analyses to provide a Base Flood Elevation <br />(BFE). This has created some difficulty for various property owners, and the City desires to complete <br />modelling of these areas to be able to provide at least an estimated BFE that could be used as part of a <br />Letter of Map Amendments and Revisions for application to FEMA. <br />Policy Analysis <br />• What strategies exist that are easy for home owners and business owners to implement on their <br />own? <br />• What programs exist for communities to manage on a larger scale? <br />• As we update our Comprehensive Plan, what strategies, tools, and plans should we be <br />considering? <br />Implementation Plan and Action Steps <br />The deliverables from this project will be utilized to identify tools that will assist homeowners in <br />identifying floodplain boundaries and communicate how to protect floodplains and structures from flood <br />damage. <br />Sustainability and Resiliency Impacts <br />• Environmental Health. This project will help achieve a goal to continue successful environmental <br />health by protecting the health of floodplains as well as dwellings and buildings. <br />• Stormwater Management. There is a close link between stormwater management and floodplain <br />management. The City has several examples of the negative outcome of a lack of awareness and <br />It is our mission to work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost-effective and efficient government services. <br />