FLOOD04694

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: The Region VIII Cape Study - A Guide for Staff Performing Community Assistance and Performance Evaluation Visits
• Date: 9/1/1984
• Prepared For: Region VIII
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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Phase II: Community visit

a. Tour the floodplain, using the floodplain tour
checklist as a guide.
b. Meet with lenders, using the lender checklist as a
guide.
c. Meet with insurance agents, using the agent
checklist as a guide.
d. Meet with local officials, using the local
official's checklist as a guide,
eo Examine the community's permit files, using the
permit file checklist as a guide.
f. Summarize issues identified during the visit, using
the CAPE summary checklist as a guide.

Phase III: Final Report preparation.

Phase IV: Correspondence Preparation.

Phase V: Implementation of Report Recommendations.

Phase I: CAPE Preparations.

A. Confirm Community Selection: The CAPE reviewer's initial
action is to confirm the validity of the community selection
process by contacting the local representative for a brief
interview. There are several circumstances under which a
proposed CAPE should not be pursued. First, in the period
between community selection and CAPE initiation, the issue
supporting selection may have been resolved. Second, the
data upon which the selection was made, e.g., number of
permits or variances, may prove inaccurate. Third, contact
with the local representative may indicate the need for
technical assistance, rather than a CAPE. CAPEs are
time-consuming and costly and each FEMA Region includes
hundreds of communities in need of evaluations. Therefore,
before investing time in detailed preparation for the CAPE,
the reviewer should contact the local representative and
confirm the need for the visit. This contact also provides
the opportunity for scheduling the meeting, but the interview
described in I-K should not be held at this point, although
it too should be scheduled. The preparations described below
need to be completed prior to holding the interview described
at I-K.

8, Complete the CRF Cover Sheet: As soon as meeting
arrangements have been made with the local contact, fill in
the scheduled date along with the other information on the
cover page.

C, Review The Documentation Checklist: This checklist, the
first on the CRF, will be used throughout the CAPE as a

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