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.' 5\\ .. Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 SEP 2 7 2000 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.:i:OO~08.262P'. The Honorable Steve Burkholder Mayor, City of Lakewood 480 South Allison Parkway Lakewood, CO 80226-3127 Community: City of Lake wood, CO Community No.: 085075 Panel Affected: 0010 C Effective Date of 0 C T 2 7 2000 This Revision: 102.I.C Dear Mayor Burkholder: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated May 9,2000, Mr. Bruce A. Behrer, Jr., P.E., Project Manager, Muller Engineering Company, Inc., requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to correct the boundary delineations of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the flood having a I.percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood), along Bear Creek from just downstream to approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Estes Street. The SFHA is identified on the effective FIRM as Zone A, an SFHA with no Base Flood Elevations determined. With his submittal, Mr. Behrer provided revised SFHA boundary delineations based on field reconnaissance and new topographic information. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Ms. Wendi S. VanWoerkom, E.I.T., Design Engineer, also with Muller Engineering Company, Inc., and Mr. Behrer. We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM. We have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain boundary delineations of the base flood along Bear Creek from just downstream to approximately 1,300 feet upstream of Estes Street. As a result of the modifications, the width of the SFHA along Bear Creek increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copy of FIRM Panel 00 I 0 C. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel of the effective FIRM dated January 3,1983. The modifications will be effective 30 days after the date of this LOMR. The map panel listed above and as modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. A review of the determination made by this LOMR and any requests to alter this determination should be made within 30 days. Any request to alter the determination must be based on scientific or technical data. Weare preparing a revised FIRM and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Jefferson County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas in our countywide format; therefore, we will not physically revise and republish the FIRM for your community to incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at this time.