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City reviews FEMA CRS standing and proposes floodplain ordinance changes including 1-foot freeboard
Summary
City staff briefed the commission on the FEMA Community Rating System review, a new detention pond under construction and proposed floodplain ordinance language to add mechanical/equipment elevations and a 1-foot freeboard.
City engineering staff updated the Mayor and Board of Commissioners on Enid’s standing in FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS), recent mapping details and proposed changes to the city’s floodplain ordinance intended to strengthen flood-protection credits.
Raleigh (presenter, Engineering) said the city is currently at CRS Class 9 — which yields approximately a 5% flood-insurance discount for properties in the mapped floodplain — and the city is targeting a move to Class 8 by documenting additional maintenance and program measures. The CRS review is periodic and FEMA assesses the city roughly every five years; staff said final results from…
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