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Commissioners table floodplain-management resolution after public hearing; maps to be available for public review
Summary
County staff said FEMA changed flood maps, prompting a required local resolution for residents to remain eligible for federal flood insurance; commissioners opened the public hearing, heard questions, and voted to table the resolution until next week to allow wider review of maps and materials.
County staff opened a public hearing on floodplain management and asked the Bourbon County Commission to adopt the standard state-model resolution required when FEMA updates flood maps so residents can maintain eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program.
Staff said the county follows the state's model language and must submit a signed resolution to the state for residents to remain eligible for federal flood insurance. The presenter said the deadline to transmit a signed resolution to the state is Feb. 14, and that updated maps had been publicly shown earlier at a hospital meeting; staff said maps will be on display in the commission room from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting the next day to allow public review.
Commissioners opened the hearing and invited public comment. Speakers who had attended the earlier hospital meeting described concerns about properties moving into or out of the floodplain and asked about review processes such as Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). Staff reiterated that FEMA holds final determinations about specific parcels and that LiDAR-derived elevation data used in recent map updates can be very accurate.
After public comment and staff answers, a commissioner moved to table the resolution until next week to allow further review and public access to maps; the motion carried. Commissioners directed staff to keep the maps available for the public and to include more detail in future meeting packets.
Ending: The resolution's submission deadline remains Feb. 14; staff said they will return the revised resolution to the commission at the next meeting for further action.
