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Kenai Borough delays adoption of revised FEMA flood maps after residents object
Summary
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly postponed action on an ordinance to adopt FEMA's revised Kenai River flood insurance study and maps until Feb. 4 after residents said the maps misstate current conditions and would impose costly permitting requirements.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Jan. 21 postponed action on Ordinance 2024-35, which would amend KPB 21.06.030 to adopt the most recent FEMA flood insurance study and associated Flood Insurance Rate Maps for a 47-mile stretch of the Kenai River, after several property owners and planning staff urged more time to work with the borough's congressional delegation and FEMA.
The ordinance would incorporate FEMA's revised river mapping into borough code; the borough planning director told the assembly that FEMA has said the maps must go into effect by Feb. 28. Assembly member Eklund moved to postpone the ordinance to the assembly's next meeting on Feb. 4; the assembly approved the postponement by unanimous consent.
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