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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />May 16,2001 <br /> <br />Department of <br />Planning and Community Development <br /> <br />Mr. Steve L. Olsen, Director, Mitigation Division <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VIII <br />Denver Federal Center, Bnilding710, Box 25267 <br />Denver, CO 80225-0267 . <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Olsen, <br /> <br />Attached you will find agenda documentation from the Durango City Council's public hearing Tuesday, May <br />15, 200 I, concerning the adoption of a revised floodplain ordinance as requl'sted by FEMA. Included in these <br />attaclunents is Ordinance No. 0-2001-13, "An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Section 10-8 of Chapter <br />27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Durango Pertaining to FloodplainStandards and Procedures and <br />Declaring an Effective Date." At last night's meeting, the Durango City Council did adopt said ordinance on <br />first reading. I had spoken with Mr. Fred Metiler last month about our timeframe, which provided for the <br />adoption of our revised ordinance on first reading by Ml/Y IS, with fmal reading of the ordinance scheduled for <br />June 5, the next scheduled Council meeting. We dis.cussed that while the City's ordinance isn't f1i1alized until <br />June, its adoption last night did meet FEMA's requirement that Durango adopt floodplain management <br />measures that satisfy the requirements of Paragraph 60.3(d) of the National FloodJnsurance Program (NFIP) <br />by May 21, 2001. <br /> <br />1ms letter constitutes the City of Durango's request that the FEMA Regional Office approve these changes to <br />our floodplain regulations as directed by Margaret E. Lawless, Acting Executive Associate Director for <br />Mitigation in the Washington D.C. office.in herletterto our Mayor dated April 20, 2001. You will note that <br />our ordinance contains and reflects all of the changes that Mr. Metzler identified needing to be made to our <br />existing floodplain ordinance in his letter to me dated January 8, 2001. I assume that you will notify Ms. <br />Lawless that the City of Durango has complied with the directives ofFEMA. . <br /> <br />I will forward you a fully executed copy of our adopted ordinance as well as the official minutes from last <br />night's City Council meeting which reflect the City Council's actions to adopt the ordinance as soon as they <br />are available from our City Clerk. In the meantime, I have attached an article from this morning's Durango <br />Herald that verifies that the Durango City Council did indeed approve the floodplain revisions ordinance. <br />Please notify me immediately you should'find anything amiss relative to the enclosed attaclunents. <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />C: Robert F. Ledger, Jr., City Manager <br />Fred Metzler, FEMA Program Specialist <br />Tom Browning, Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Project File 01,043 . <br /> <br />Department of Planning and Community Development, Gregory 5. Hoch, Director <br />. 1235 Camino del Rio <br />Mailing: 949 E, Second Avenue, Durango, CO 81301-5109 <br />970-385-2890 voice, 970-385-7786 fax <br />