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Nueces County reviews FEMA draft flood maps; staff to notify roughly 300 property owners and prepare technical rebuttals
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners on draft FEMA floodplain maps that add about 250–300 rural properties and several neighborhoods (including Fiesta Ranch and Tierra Verde Unit 1). Officials plan outreach (open house Jan. 14, 2016), owner letters in English and Spanish and to compile technical data to contest errors.
Nueces County officials on Dec. 16 held a workshop-style briefing to review draft Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain maps that county staff say add roughly 250–300 rural houses and several neighborhoods previously outside the regulatory floodplain.
Glenn Sullivan of the county’s public works staff told the commissioners that “the FEMA maps, draft maps are out there. The public can get access to them now,” and that the agency’s updated analyses allow staff to drill down to lot and house levels on interactive maps. Sullivan identified subdivisions the draft maps now include, such as Fiesta Ranch (about 80 houses) and Tierra Verde Unit 1 (about 17 houses), and said some areas previously in the floodplain are no longer…
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