HomeMy WebLinkAboutWOOD STREET ANNEXATION & ZONING - ANX120001 - P&Z PACKET - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING® LOMR-Fill Area. Now mapped in Moderate Risk Floodplain
High Risk
FEMA Floodway -Area of 100-year floodplain with greatest depths and
fastest velocities.
FEMA Flood Fringe - May Include:
-Areas of FEMA 100-year floodplain (FEMA Zones A, AE, AO, and AH)
-Areas of City 100-year floodplain including ponding areas and sheet
flow areas with average depths of 1-3 feet.
There is a 1 % annual chance that these areas will be flooded.
Moderate Risk
May include:
- Areas of FEMA500-year floodplain (FEMA Zone X-shaded).
-Areas of FEMA or City 100-year floodplain (sheet flow) with
average depths of less than 1 foot.
-Areas protected by levees from the IDO-year flootl.
Low Risk
Areas outside of FEMA and City mapped 100-year and 500-year
floodplains. Local drainage problems may still exist.
FEMA Flood Risk Mapj
This information is based on the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and the City of
Fort Calling Master Drainageway Plans. This letter open not imply
that the referenced property will or will not be free from flooding or
damage. A property not in the Special Flood Hazard Area or in a
City Designated Floodplain may be damaged by a flood greater
than that predicted on the map or from a local drainage problem
not shown on the map. This map does not create liability on the
part of the City, or any officer or employee thereof, for any damage
that results from reliance on this information.
All floodplain boundaries
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Worksession Follow Up: Wood Street Annexation
May 17, 2012
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o Staffresponse — From my discussions with the applicant, mineral rights were
acquired with the property at the time of closing. Further, as the Urban -Estate
Zone District allows gravel and resource extraction, zoning this property as U-E
does not conflict with the state statute. However, a letter from a qualified
consultant shall be provided by the applicant at the time of PDP submittal.
• In staff s opinion, is there any greater health and safety risk, in this instance, between the
LOMR-Fill process allowed by the County and the full LOMR process required by the
City?
o Staff response — Staff cannot assess the increased health and safety aspects
because a full analysis has not been done. In 2010, City Council adopted a code
provision prohibiting residential structures on LOMR-Fill areas. The lack of a
full analysis of impacts is a key reason why Council adopted the provision.
In addition to these responses, the applicant has provided a packet of additional information for
the Board to consider at their Hearing.
Next steps:
Staff, including Floodplain Staff, will be present at Thursday's public hearing and will be able to
answer any further questions the Board has.
If staff has missed any of the comments or feedback provided at the Worksession, please let me
know and I will update this memo to accurately reflect the Board's discussion.
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MEMORANDUM
DT: May 17, 2012
TO: Members of the Planning and Zoning Board
TH: Laurie Kadrich, Interim Director of Community Development and Neighborhood
Services
FM: Lindsay Ex, Environmental Planner
RE: Worksession Follow Up: Wood Street Annexation
A brief presentation regarding the Wood Street Annexation was given to the Board at their May
I I, 2012 Worksession. Staff outlined the petition for annexation as well as the concerns the
public has expressed regarding the project. Board Members requested items from staff either
prior to or during the May 17, 2012 Hearing. Staff is listing out the items we heard by Planning
and Zoning Board Members and what actions we have been able to take thus far.
• Please provide a map of the location of the floodplain and where the fill, which was
placed on the site via the LOMR-Fill process, is located —
o Staffresponse — A FEMA flood risk map is attached to this memo; this map has
been edited to include the location of the fill placed through the LOMR-Fill
process.
• Determine whether there is any precedent for annexing properties that have used the
LOMR-Fill process instead of the full LOMR process:
o Sta ffresponse — From my discussions with Marsha Hilmes-Robinson, F000dplain
Administrator, in her 15 years at the City, there is no other instance that she is
aware of where a property has been annexed using the LOMR-Fill process.
Further explanation can be provided, if needed, during the Hearing.
• Provide illustrations of what is proposed (by the applicant) to lessen any future flooding
impacts, e.g., the berming proposed on the north side of the development.
o Staff response —At this time, we do not have illustrations on this issue, but there
will be an analysis and mitigation design required at the time of Project
Development Plan submittal.
• Assess whether Sidehill Investments, Inc. (the applicant) has mineral rights on the
property and whether or not there is any substantial commercial interest in mining the
site.