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0, " Federal Emergency Management Agency Region VIII Denver Federal Center, Building 710 Denver, CO 80225 Dear Mayor Struble: Novembe~18, 1983 if~~~~~;-IQ (01 rii;-,'~, ;tIn Co Ji;:,:1, ~'O iifi.'-:::-)/ fJ I c_',I.!',.'.... ,.,1,..r, " -. ":' \"\/ f2 ~r, ". -:J.~ffD ~ i, Honorable Philip E. Struble Mayor of Steamboat Springs Town Hall Box 771174 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 This is a follow-up letter to Mr. Fred Metzler's visit of September 8, 1983, with representatives from the City's Departments of Community Development and Public Works. This visit was a Community Assistance and Program Evaluation (CAPE), which is designed to provide technical assistance for local officials in carrying out their responsibility under floodplain management and to evaluate the effectiveness of the floodplain management program in your communtiy as a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The review included both a review of City files on documenting permits, which have been issued for residential and nonresidential building improvements in the identified floodplains within the city, as well as discussion and field reconnaissance to tour areas of development along the floodplains. Mr. Metzler reviewed a list of 51 permits that had been issued in 1982 which were identified as being in floodprone areas. Most of the permits were for minor property improvements, with a substantial majority of the 51 permits outside the special flood hazard areas. Among the permits for new construction or substantial improvements, all but two were identified to be outside the 100-year floodplain. City records show that a permit was issued for Mr. Joe Robbins and a variance was granted to permit construction of a house with a mechanical room floor level below the 100-year floodplain elevation. Minutes of the Board of Adjustment hearing concerning the appeals process for the Robbin's property were reviewed. The City needs to document the variance action in accordance with the provisions of your ordinance at Section 17.47.070, Variance Procedure. Also, Mr Robbins needs to be given written notice that the cost of flood insurance will be commensurate with the increased risk resulting from the reduced lowest floor elevation.