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Wheeler delays Pick'em decision, directs staff to continue coordinating with FEMA and DLCD
Summary
After a presentation on FEMANFIP options, the Wheeler City Council directed staff to keep working with FEMA and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and postponed any formal decision on a temporary development moratorium until January for further study and public engagement.
TJ, a city presenter on floodplain issues, told the Wheeler City Council on Dec. 17 that the city faces three options for complying with recent FEMA NFIP guidance: adopt a model ordinance, pursue a permit-by-permit approach, or implement a temporary development moratorium in the floodplain. He urged councilors to weigh four criteria he proposed'equity, neutrality, efficiency and productivity'before selecting a path.
The presentation highlighted legal and operational uncertainties: TJ told the council that the FEMA model ordinance remains incomplete, that Measure 56 notice requirements may apply in Oregon and…
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