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Mitigation Strategy Report FEMA-1134-DR-NC State of North Carolina Division of Emergency Management Appendix A Summary of Recommendations {appearing chronologically in the Mitigation Strategy Report} [continuation: page 6 of 8} . A Multi-Faceted Approach to Floodplain Management . All communities with SFHAs within their jurisdictional boundaries are strongly encouraged to participate in the NFIP. . For those communities who refuse to participate in NFIP, existing State building codes should be expanded to explicitly address the regulation of unsound floodplain development practices. . The State, in partnership with FEMA, should lead an effort to improve the education of the public, the insurance community, and local government officials about flood insurance eligibility. . Insurance agents should have the requisite knowledge and skills to write enforceable NFIP policies. . The use of the Marshall and Swift Residential Estimator Program should be incorporated into the State's early recovery effort following all natural disasters when requested by local building inspectors. . Local flood ordinances should include a remapping provision stipulating the legal compliance with preliminary findings (prior to the mandatory compliance rule associated with amended FIRMs). . The State, working with local governments, should identify additional communities with highly inaccurate FIRMs that received significant flood during Hurricane Fran. The State should urge FEMA to prioritize these locations for re-mapping. . Communities should be encouraged to tag high water marks and record the data on existing community maps, including, if available, a geographic information system. . The State should work with all North Carolina communities to expand the incorporation of building inventories and flood inundation levels into local and EM geographic information systems. . The State, in conjunction with local governments, should work to improve the enforcement of existing floodway regulations, and encourage non-participating communities to join the NFIP. . The State should continue to encourage communities to adopt standards that exceed minimum NFIP requirements. . At a minimum, local ordinances should require that new or replacement manufactured homes be installed at or above the flood levels reached during Hurricane Fran, the BFE, or three feet above the highest adjacent grade, whichever is greater. . An elevated manufactured home in a SFHA should be supported by reinforced piers or other foundation systems of equivalent strength. . The DOl should adopt state-wide regulations requiring a safe installation standard for manufactured homes in the floodplain. Page 35