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Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 00-08-359P The Honorable Paul Tauer Mayor, City of Aurora 1470 South Havana Street Aurora, CO 80012 Community: City of Aurora, CO Community No.: 080002 Panel Affected: 0180 F Ef~ective.~ate of SEP 25 2000 This ReVISIOn: 102-I-A-C Dear Mayor Tauer: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated February 1,2000, Mr. Mark Mancini, Project Engineer, Public Works Department, City of Aurora, requested that FEMA revise the FIRM and FIS report to show the effects of updated topographic information and existing grading changes along Westerly Creek from South Havana Street to approximately 140 feet downstream of East Alameda Avenue. This request led to the issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) dated July 19,2000. However, in a letter dated August 9, 2000, Mr. Mancini informed us that the address was incorrect for one of the structures that we had determined to be outside the floodplain. In the July 19 LOMR, the address given for the structure was 9700 East Alameda Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80012. The correct address is 302 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado 80012. This LOMR is being issued to reflect the correct address of the structure. All other determinations of the July 19 LOMR remain valid. As stated in the July 19 LOMR, we revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations and floodplain and floodway boundary delineations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Westerly Creek from South Havana Street to approximately 140 feet downstream of East Alameda Avenue. As a result of the modifications, the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for Westerly Creek increased, and the widths of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, and the regulatory floodway increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. Based on detailed data provided in the submitted report entitled "Westerly Creek, Letter of Map Revision, Havana At Alameda," prepared by ICON Engineering, Inc., dated January 2000; a facsimile message sent by Mr. Mike Vinson, ICON Engineering, Inc., on May 4,2000; and Mr. Mancini's August 9 letter, we have determined that the lowest adjacent grades of structures located at the following addresses are higher than the corresponding BFEs: . 290 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado 80012 . 302 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado 80012 · 10701 East Alameda Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80012 . 121 South Joliet Circle, Aurora, Colorado 80012