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Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 97-08-132P The Honorable Linda Morton Mayor, City of Lakewood 445 South Allison Parkway Lakewood, Colorado 80226-3105 Community: City of Lakewood, Colorado Community No.: 085075 Panel Affected: 0010 C Effective Date of This Revision: A PRO 3 1997 102-D Dear Mayor Morton: 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 February 18, 1997, Mr. Jim Jones, P.E., JR Engineering, Ltd., requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to show the effects of updated topographic information along North Weir Gulch. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Jones. 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 flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along North Weir Gulch. As a result of the modifications, the width of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, for North Weir Gulch decreased. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copy of FIRM Panel(s) 0010 C. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel(s) of the effective FIRM dated January 3, 1983. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel(s) as 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 will not physically revise and republish the FIRM for your community to reflect the modifications made by this LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panel(s) warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at that time. This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria.