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Edgewater staff discusses ISBA boundary choices, annexing conservation land to boost FEMA credits
Summary
Development services director Ryan Solstice said the city may consider changing its interlocal service boundary agreement (ISBA) to allow annexation of conservation land and argued annexation could raise FEMA CRS points and deepen residents' flood-insurance discounts.
Ryan Solstice said staff will ask the public whether the city's current interlocal service boundary agreement (ISBA) should be expanded or adjusted to accommodate growth through 2050 and to assign future land-use designations for unincorporated properties in the ISBA area.
"The ISBA is our interlocal service boundary agreement," Solstice explained, noting that under Florida statute annexation is voluntary but an ISBA lets the city and county agree on a growth boundary that allows annexation of noncontiguous parcels. He said staff will run public activities to define whether to expand, contract or reshape that boundary.
Solstice described a specific rationale for annexing conservation parcels owned by the St. Johns River Water Management District: bringing conservation acreage inside city limits can increase the city's Community Rating System credits from FEMA and reduce flood-insurance premiums for residents. "This would probably give us another 5% discount for flood insurance for residents," he said, citing the city's prior gains from conservation credits.
