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, 1, Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 01-08-179P The Honorable Ed Moss Mayor, City of Westminster 4800 West 92nd Avenue Westminster, CO 80031 Community: City of Westminster, CO Community No.: 080008 Panel Affected: 0012 C Effective Date of FE B 1'. 2002 This Revision: .", 102-I-C Dear Mayor Moss: 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 ofthe National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. Ina letter dated March 6,2001, Ms. Sheila Beissel, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, Department of Community Development, City of Westminster, requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to show the effects of new drainage improvements near Sheridan Boulevard/State Highway 95 (SH95) along Little Dry Creek from approximately 200 feet downstream of West 76th Avenue to approximately 900 feet upstream ofSH95. The drainage improvements included installation of a 22-foot by 10- foot concrete box culvert for a pedestrian trail underpass-crossing of SH95, construction of three new low-flow crossing pedestrian bridges, and grading changes associated with these drainage and trail improvements. 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 the project reach is designated Zone A, with no Base Flood Elevations determined. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Ms. Beissel. 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 along Little Dry Creek from just downstream of West 76th Avenue to approximately 700 feet upstream of SH95. As a result of the modifications, the width of the SFHA increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copy of FIRM Panel 0012 C. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel ofthe effective FIRM dated May 17, 1993. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. 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. We are processing a revised FIRM and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Jefferson County in our countywide format; therefore, we will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for