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Talent council authorizes work to comply with new National Flood Insurance Program requirements
Summary
Council voted to accept a staff recommendation to pursue pre-implementation compliance options for the National Flood Insurance Program after a consultant outlined three possible 'pathways' (prohibition on new development in floodplain, habitat assessment/permit-by-permit approach, or adopting FEMA/DLCD model code). Council authorized staff to attend study sessions and prepare needed ordinances.
The Talent City Council voted Oct. 16 to begin city-level work to comply with new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements arising from a recent Endangered Species Act-related legal determination that affects Oregon.
Rowan Fairfield, the consultant working with the city, told council that FEMA offered three pre-implementation compliance pathways for communities in Oregon: 1) a prohibition on all new development in floodplain areas; 2) a habitat-assessment,…
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