MEMORANDUM

KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

To: William R. Popp, Assembly President

        KPB Assembly Members

Through: Dale L. Bagley, Borough Mayor

Through: Max Best, Acting Planning Director

From: Rachel Clark, Planner

Date: November 15, 1999

Subject: Ordinance 99-73

During the 1995 flood, it became evident that floodplain mapping in the Big Eddy area was inaccurate. The federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) investigated this discrepancy and found the original floodplain maps contained a significant error in topography. New maps were developed, and published for public comment over the last year. The new maps will become effective December 6, 1999.

KPB 21.06.030 identifies by date the Flood Insurance Rate Maps to which the borough must regulate floodplain development. This section of the Code needs to be modified to reflect the new map revision dates.