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Commission recommends floodplain ordinance updates after FEMA/DNR map changes
Summary
Planner Cindy Nash said FEMA and the DNR updated Wright County FIRMs in 2024 (and Hennepin County FIRMs in 2016), prompting a recommendation to amend Hanover’s floodplain ordinance so the city remains eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program; the commission voted to recommend the amendments.
At the Nov. 25 meeting Planner Cindy Nash told the commission that Hennepin County’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) were updated in 2016 and that FEMA and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources updated FIRMs for Wright County in 2024, which included portions annexed to Hanover. Because Hanover was not notified of those updates, Nash said the city’s floodplain management ordinance needed changes to remain in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program.
Commissioner Chad Olson moved to recommend approval of amendments to the floodplain ordinance; Commissioner Gretchen Barrett seconded the motion and the commission voted to recommend the amendments, with the meeting record stating the motion "carried unanimously." The transcript does not show individual member votes.
If adopted by the City Council, the ordinance changes would align Hanover’s regulation with the updated FIRMs and help maintain the community’s eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program. The transcript does not record any budgetary impacts or detailed implementation steps beyond the recommendation to update the ordinance.
