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Council keeps permit-by-permit approach to FEMA pre-implementation compliance measures for floodplain development
Summary
Grants Pass City Council adopted a resolution to continue a permit-by-permit habitat-assessment approach for projects in the 100-year floodplain as required by FEMA/NMFS pre-implementation compliance measures; councilors discussed costs, scope and enforcement implications before a unanimous vote.
The Grants Pass City Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the city's floodplain manager to carry out FEMA-required pre-implementation compliance measures (PICMs) on a permit-by-permit basis, preserving a case-by-case review process for development in the 100-year floodplain.
A staff presentation explained the action responds to obligations tied to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and a 2016 Biological Opinion by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) addressing endangered salmon and steelhead. The PICM timeline requires communities to select interim measures; the city selected the permit-by-permit approach, which requires a habitat assessment from applicants showing developments will result in "no net loss" to…
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