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February 3, 2017
Chairwoman Julie Cozad
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
RE: COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE VISIT
Dear Chairwoman Cozad:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Region VIII
Denver Federal Center, Building 710
P.O. Box 25267
Denver, CO 80225-0267
FEMA
RECEIVED
FEB 10 2017
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
A Community Assistance Visit (CAV) has been scheduled with Diana Aungst,
Floodplain Administrator, to discuss Weld County's participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP), and to address any questions your community may have about its NFIP
responsibilities. It is scheduled to begin at 9:00 on April 11, 2017 in Diana's office.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
conducts these visits to maintain periodic contact with communities participating in the NFIP, to
assess the effectiveness of a community's implementation of its floodplain management regulations,
and to provide technical assistance. Community officials involved in the review of floodplain
development, including permitting, inspection, and subdivisions review must be present during the
meeting or available for questions.
In this regard, we ask that your staff have available at the meeting:
1. Copies of your current regulations affecting floodplain development, including ordinance(s),
adopted flood provisions of the building code and any amendments or companion regulations
that cover floodplain development not addressed by the codes. Your staff members should
review and familiarize themselves with the floodplain development regulations prior to the
meeting.
2. Records of permits for all development in the designated Special Flood Hazard Areas
(SFHAs) issued since January 2011. A spreadsheet has been requested to be sent prior to the
meeting including parcel number, address, and description.
3. Records of the as -built lowest floor elevations in accordance with 44 CFR §60.3 (b)(5), of
structures built in the designated SFHAs. Compliance records must be maintained (and
available at the meeting) on all development in SFHAs, in order to ascertain whether or not
the development complies with applicable floodplain management regulations.
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4. Appropriate staff to explain the process the community uses to review proposed development
in the SFHAs, including new buildings and other structures, new and replacement
manufactured homes, improvements to or repairs of damages to existing buildings and
structures, development other than buildings (e.g., dredging, filling, grading, paving,
excavation, or drilling operations), and stream or channel alterations and maintenance.
5. Appropriate staff to explain how Letters of Map Change (Letters of Map Revision,
Conditional Letters of Map Revision, Letters of Map Revision based on Fill, etc.) are
required, logged, and tracked to ensure compliance of future actions on the property.
6. Appropriate staff to explain the process for reviewing new subdivision, proposals including
manufactured home parks and subdivisions in designated SFHAs.
7. Appropriate staff to explain the community's enforcement procedures.
8. Appropriate staff to explain the variance process, along with any records of all variances
requested (denied or approved) since January 2011.
9. A list of all building permits issued since January 2011. A spreadsheet has been requested to
be sent prior to the meeting including parcel number, address, and description.
10. Any questions or concerns your community may have pertaining to the Flood Insurance Rate
Map and the Flood Insurance Study including their accuracy, completeness, or need for other
data.
Should you have any questions regarding the CAV, please phone me at (303) 235-4730 or by
E-MAIL at matthew.buddie@fema.dhs.gov.
Sincerely,
s
Matthew Buddie
Natural Hazard Program Specialist
cc: Stephanie DiBetitto, STATE COORDINATOR
Diana Aungst, Floodplain Administrator
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