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Middleton commission approves Phase 1 and Phase 2 of floodplain remapping; staff to present FEMA options to council
Summary
The commission voted to fund Phase 1 and Phase 2 of an updated floodplain mapping project aimed at preparing maps for either local use or a FEMA physical map revision; Phase 2 was estimated at about $43,000 and a FEMA submittal could raise costs to roughly $60,000 and take multiple years.
The Middleton commission voted to approve Phase 1 and Phase 2 of a floodplain remapping project intended to update 2020 modeling and produce maps that could be used locally or, if the council directs, be readied for FEMA submittal.
Consultant Steve, who said he was hired by the city to update floodplain maps following the 2018 flooding, summarized the work and timeline. "The FEMA submittal process is phase 3," he said, "which... is typically 3 or 4 [years]." He described a physical map revision (PMR) as a larger-scale, multi-year undertaking compared with a letter…
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