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Mayor updates assembly on FEMA flood mapping, Veterans Memorial Park sponsorships and first opioid remediation grants
Summary
Mayor Hopkins told the assembly the borough rescheduled comprehensive plan outreach due to weather, is coordinating LiDAR for FEMA flood-map revisions and has issued $25,000 opioid remediation grants to three local organizations; the borough also rolled out a bus shelter on the transportation route.
Mayor David Hopkins reported to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Feb. 13 that the borough's comprehensive-plan outreach open houses were rescheduled because of weather and that FEMA and the borough's community planning staff are coordinating LiDAR aerial mapping for updated flood maps.
Hopkins said the borough expects the FEMA map revisions and new elevation data to reduce floodplain designations in places that would save borough residents an estimated $10 million in net insurance costs over the next 20 years. "FEMA is working with…
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