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£>«■• F| <br />Melanie Curtis <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Tom Lulgen [tom.lutgen@dnr.state.mn.us ] <br />Thursday. May 13. 2004 10:24 AM <br />joshdoty@a.medina.mn.us; humbertoms@aol com; mstatz@bonestroo.com ; <br />Vvandertrop@bonestroo.com ; rshariin@ci.bloomington.mn.us ; rwarren@ci.brooklyn- <br />center.mn us; cindy@ci.brookIyn-park.mn.us ; schulte@ci.champlin mn us; <br />svergin@ci.corcoran.mn.us ; tmathisen@ci.crystal.mn.us. latkinson@ci.dayton mn us; <br />kaaker@ci.edina.mn.us; cheh@ci.excelsior mn.us, joliver@ci golden-valley mn us. <br />sstahmer@ci.long-lake.mn.us ; bwaibel@ci maple-grove.mn.us: dedwards@ci maple- <br />grove.mn.us; steve.weckman@ci minneapolis mn.us; bgozcla@ci minnetrista.mn us. Melanie <br />Curtis. Mike Gaffron; schield@ci.osseo mn us; bsenness@ci Plymouth mn.us; <br />mdarling@ci.plymouth.mn.us ; ccostello@ci richfield.mn.us. bdeblon@ci robbmsdale.mn us; <br />geitel@ci.rogers.mn.us ; mmornson@ci.saint-anthony.mn us; bnielson@ci shorewood mn us; <br />gusk@cityofdeephaven.com ; sarahsmith@cityofmound.com ; sirvine@cityoftonkabay.net . <br />dmoore@edenprairie org; jcolleran@eminnetonka.com . nanderson@hopkinsmn com, <br />lorettocityclerk@hotmail.com ; cityhall@mapleplain.com; bill\weeks@mchsi com; <br />rkrier@mchsi.com; grfd@mr.net; amsolberg@nacplanning com. gmornson@stlouispark org; <br />bscott@townofhassan com; Lydia_Nelson@urscorp.com ; stboni@visi com; <br />mike@wayzata org <br />LRodriguez@dewberry com; mbraddox@dewberry.com; guy matheson@dhs gov, <br />terry.fell@dhs.gov; Dale Homuth; Julie Ekman; Obt Sium, Suzanne Jiwani. Tom Hovey <br />Requested Update on Floodplain Ordinance Revisions <br />Dear Local Official (please respond by email or telephone); <br />On March 2. 2004. the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) notified your community that the Hennepin <br />County Flood Insurance Study will become effective on September 2. 2004. Either Julie Ekman, Tom Hovey or myself <br />from DNR Waters recently advised you of the floodplain ordinance revisions that your community will need to adopt by the <br />September 2, 2004, effective date. <br />We are assisting 42 Hennepin County communities prior to the Study effective date. For us to be able to manage such a <br />large project, we will be periodically asking you to update us via email or telephone on your progress. Have you developed <br />a final draft floodplain ordinance revision? If yes. please reply in the affirmative and include the scheduled public hearing <br />date if one has been set. If you have not developed a revised draft ordinance, please reply with an estimated date when <br />the draft of the revised floodplain ordinance will be done <br />And just a reminder. Please send or email us a copy of your final draft ordinance prior to adoption (unless you received a <br />conditional approval from us with the suggested sample ordinance language that we recently sent you). A formality of <br />Minnesota Statute, Chapter 103 is that we approve a floodplain ordinance amendment prior to adoption by your <br />community. <br />FEMA is strongly encouraging your community to have the adopted and certified ordinance submitted to their regional <br />office in Chicago. IL so that they receive it by August 2, 2004 (at least 30-days prior to the effective date) This will save <br />FEMA staff time and taxpayers' dollars because FEMA will not have to provide 30-day notices to communities and do tne <br />required advance measures to suspend a community from the National Flood Insurance Program should the September 2, <br />2004. deadline be missed. <br />I have a one-time additional favor to ask Periodically, FEMA asks us to contact communities in Minnesota to determine if <br />you are having any problems or concerns with your floodplain management program. This seems like a good time to ask <br />you to answer the following questions; <br />Are there any problems with your community's floodplain <br />administrative and enforcement procedures? <br />Are there any engineering or other problems with the flood maps <br />or your community ’s flood insurance study? <br />Are there any other problems in your community ’s floodplain <br />management program? <br />Have potential violations been identified or are any suspected? <br />If the answer is no to these questions, please respond back accordingly. If the answer is yes to any of these questions.