>>> OKAY.
FEBRUARY 18th, 2026, LAND
USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
WILL COME
TO ORDER. IT'S 9:32 A.M.
I'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE LSU
AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CHAIR CALL THE
ROLE.
>> VICE CHAIR
STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR
LIN.
>>
PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
EDDIE LIN.
COUNCIL LAND USE AND
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS
WEDNESDAY MEETING TO
DISCUSS LAWS AND THANK YOU TO
OUR
CLERK, STAFF AND SDCI FOR
HELPING US
TO PREPARE AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND KRISTI PARKER FROM
CBO HELPING TO PREPARE FOR THIS
MEETING.
WE WILL OPEN THE HYBRID COMMENT
PERIOD, SHOULD RELATE TO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY?
>> WE HAVE ONE IN- PERSON
SPEAKER
AND NO REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> TWO MINUTES WE'LL START
WITH INPERSON SPEAKERS.
CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE MANNER THE PUBLIC COMMENT
IS UP TO 60 MINUTES [ INAUDIBLE
]
IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED IN
PERSON SPEAKERS CALLED FIRST
MOVE
TO REMOTE SPEAKERS
UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
ENDED.
[ INAUDIBLE ] HEAR A
CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT.
IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS WE WILL CALL THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AGENDA, AS IT WAS A
COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, LOOKS LIKE
IT MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THE
PEOPLE'S
BUSINESS.
YOU'LL HELP A FEW
DEVELOPERS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THE
PROCESS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL COMPLY
WITH THE FEDS SO THAT SEATTLE
CITIZENS AND PROPERTY
OWNERS WILL GET THE FULL
BENEFITS OF THE FEDERAL
PROGRAMS, WHICH
IS MAINLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
WE ALSO SHOULD PROBABLY
BE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE WE
SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE
BUILDING.
THAT MIGHT BE A STEP TOO FAR.
THE TIME I WILL USE HERE IS FOR
YOUR AGENDA FOR
THE YEAR. TREES ARE STILL AN
ISSUE AND NOT
WITH CITIZENS WHACKING THEM
DOWN, BUT WITH DEVELOPERS.
THE LOSS OF OUR CANOPY
IS STARTLING AND IT'S QUICK.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL'S GOAL WAS
TO EQUALIZE THE NORTH END AND
SOUTH END, THE RICH AND THE
POOR,
BUT ZERO IS NOT A GOOD NUMBER.
IT WAS SPOKEN, IT WAS LIKE
WE WERE GOING TO RAISE THE
NUMBER OF TREES.
WELL WE'RE RAISING TREE, BUT
NOT IN THE NUMBER OF TREES.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONES
THAT WILL TAKE ALMOST MY
LIFETIME OR HALF OF IT TO BE
OF BENEFIT BECAUSE SHRUBS AND
TREES HAVE DEFINITE DIFFERENCES
AND
BENEFITS.
THE OTHER THING YOU SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT IS DESIGN REVIEW.
DESIGN REVIEW BRINGS
CITIZENS BACK INTO THE
PROCESS WHO HAVE BEEN SHOVED OUT
OF THE PROCESS.
PART OF THE COMPROMISES OF
THE URBAN CENTERS WAS TO HAVE
DESIGN REVIEW.
TO MAKE THE BUILDING SOMEWHAT
CONFORM TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMEWHAT TO BE NOT
THE
WORST POSSIBLE IMPACT, BUT
WE'VE GOTTEN THE CITIZENS OUT
OF THAT.
AND -- TAKE A LOOK AT MHA FEES.
THEY WERE PROMISED
THAT THEY WOULD BE 50-50.
PEOPLE USING THEM, PEOPLE NOT
USING THEM.
GUESS WHAT? IT AIN'T THAT WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS JOINED
REMOTELY.
NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS WE'LL
PROCEED TO
OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK READ
ITEM ONE.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE COUNCILMEMBER
1 21225, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS WITH
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY REGULATIONS.
ADOPTING THE FEBRUARY
2020 UPDATED NATIONAL FLOOD MAPS
TO I
A HOW INDIVIDUALS TO OBTAIN
THE FLOOD INSURANCE THROUGH
FEMA'S
PROGRAM, APPEALING ORDINANCES
126113.
AMENDING CHAPTER 2506
AND
SECTION 2509 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS LEGISLATION SETS
FORTH PERMANENT FLOODPLAINS
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO
COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW BY FEMA.
THESE PERMANENT
FLOODPLAINS DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS APPLY
TO PERMIT APPLICATIONS
FOR CONSTRUCTION ON PROPERTY
WITHIN FLOODPLAINS AREAS MAPPED
BY
FEMA.
FEMA REQUIRES THESE
UPDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FEBRUARY
2020 FEMA FINALIZED FLOOD
INSURANCE RATE MAPS AND BECAME
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 19th,
2020. THE CITY ADOPTED MAPS TEN
TIMES.
THE INTERIM FLOODPLAINS MAPS
AND THE PROPOSED
PERMANENT FLOODPLAINS MAPS ARE
IDENTICAL.
SO OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM
SDCI HAVE JOINED US AT THE
TABLE.
ONCE READY INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
I'M MAGGIE FROM
SDCI. USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.
BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR
25 YEARS WORKING ON
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND I
HAVE
A BACKGROUND IN FISH BIOLOGY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M CHRISTINA.
I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.
I'M GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
MANAGER.
BEFORE WE HAVE MAGGIE KICK IT
OFF I WANT TO LET EVERYONE
KNOW WE'RE -- WE WILL BE
SCHEDULING TIME FOR THOSE WHO
HAVEN'T
BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS.
IT'S DENSE TOPIC AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF
TIME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GET
INTO NUANCE OF THIS.
WE WILL BE SCHEDULING TIME
WITH THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
BRIEFED
YET, BETWEEN TODAY AND THE
NEXT TIME IT GOES TO COMMITTEE
IN EARLY MARCH WHEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING TAKES PLACE.
PLEASE REST ASSURED THIS IS BY
NO MEANS THE ONLY TIME
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR OF THIS
BRIEFING.
WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
LEGISLATION
DOES AND HEAR HOW WE GOT TO
WHERE WE
LANDED AND HELP US HOPEFULLY
MOVE IT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'VE PREPARED A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION TO WALK YOU THROUGH
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO
FAR.
SO I'M GOING TO COVER THE
OVERVIEW OF THE
FLOODPLAINS REGULATIONS AND THE
REASON FOR THE UPDATE.
WE'VE HAD INTERIM REGULATIONS
IN
PLACE SINCE 2020 WITH TEN
EXTENSIONS.
WE HAD PERMANENT REGULATIONS
PROPOSED WITH A SEPA
DECISION BACK IN JULY OF 2021
AND
THE COURT APPEALED THAT
DECISION.
WITH THE APPEAL THE DEPARTMENT
DECIDED TO
WITHDRAW THAT DECISION AND WORK
ON A
SECOND PROPOSAL AND AN ADDENDUM
AND NOW
BEFORE YOU IS OUR FINAL PROPOSAL
FOR PERMANENT REGULATIONS.
SO OUR PERMANENT REGULATIONs ARE
PART OF THE CITY CODES
AND PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS THAT MAKE HOMES,
BUSINESSES
AND PEOPLE SAFER FROM FLOODING.
WE HAVE MAPPED AREAS AND
THOSE MAPPED AREAS COME FROM
FEMA
AND THOSE ARE CALLED THE
FLOODPLAINSES.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
UNDER THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT
TO REGULATE FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS
ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL AREAS AND
SO THESE REGULATIONS SERVE BOTH
PURPOSES.
SO OUR CODES APPLY TO PERMIT
APPLICATIONS FOR
CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTIES
THAT ARE IN THE
MAPPED
AREAS. SO FEMA, AS WE
STATED, ESTABLISHES THE MAPS,
BUT
THEY ALSO ESTABLISH THE
REGULATIONS
AND THESE ARE THE MINIMUM
STANDARDS.
THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS
ARE WITH -- ARE IN THE CODE
OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS CALLED 44
CFR 60.3.
THEY LAY OUT WHERE
DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
DEVELOPMENT, MEASURED FROM
THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, I
WILL EXPLAIN THAT MORE AS WE
GO THROUGH THE SLIDES AND THE
METHODS FOR INSTRUCTION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY ALSO WORKS WITH FEMA
TO ESTABLISH A MODEL CODE.
HOWEVER, THE MODEL CODE IS FOR
RECOMMENDED AND OPTIONAL
STANDARDS.
SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED.
SO THE REASON WE HAVE
THE FLOODPLAINS REGULATIONS IS
OUR COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN
THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM
KNOWN AS THE NFIP. THIS ALLOWS
FOR
PROPERTY OWNERS TO OBTAIN
FEDERALLY BACKED
MORTGAGES AND ALLOWS FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND OUR
COMMUNITY TO APPLY FOR
AND RECEIVE MITIGATION FLOOD
RISK
FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS
ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH
THE REGULATIONS AND SDCI IS
REQUIRED
TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THE
REGULATIONS.
SO BACK IN FEBRUARY OF
2020, FEMA UPDATED THE
FLOODPLAIN
MAPS FOR ALL OF KING COUNTY, SO
THIS THEN MADE IT A REQUIREMENT
FOR ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN
KING
COUNTY TO ADOPT THOSE
FLOODPLAIN MAPS AND REVIEW OUR
CODE
IN COMPARISON TO THE FEDERAL
STANDARDS AND UPDATE THE
REGULATIONS AS REQUIRED
AND ADOPT THE MAPS.
WE HAD AN AUGUST 2020
DEADLINE FOR
THAT. AND SO HERE IS A LIST OF
WHAT THE FLOOD HAZARD AREAS ARE.
SO WE'VE GOT THE MAPPED
AREAS AND THE MAPPED AREAS
REPRESENT
THESE DIFFERENT FLOOD
ZONES AND SO FLOOD ZONE X IS --
THERE'S
NO FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENT.
WE'VE GOT AN AE WHERE WE KNOW
WHAT THAT BASE LEVEL
ELEVATION IS AND THOSE AREAS ARE
MAPPED, THE SHALLOW SHEET FLOW
FLOODING
AND THEN OUR VE ZONE, THIS IS
A NEW FLOODPLAIN ZONE THAT CAME
IN IN 2020.
THIS IS A HIGH RISK COASTAL
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA AND
SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAD A LOT
OF CHANGE IN OUR MAPS AND I WILL
WALK US THROUGH THE CHANGES AS
WELL.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE MAPS
BEFORE 2020 AND THEN THE MAPS
AFTER
2020.
AND I KNOW THE DETAIL ISN'T
GREAT HERE.
I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN IN IN
A COUPLE OF THE PLACES.
THE MAJOR CHANGES DID OCCUR BOTH
IN THE AREA AND ALONG ALL OF OUR
SHORES OF PUGET SOUND.
WE ALSO HAD SOME CHANGES ALONG
THORNTON AND
LONGFELLOW CREEK CREEK WHERE THE
FLOODPLAIN MOVED A
BIT, SO SOME PROPERTIES
WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN
AND OTHER PROPERTIES
US INTO THE FLOODPLAIN.
. AS WE WENT OVER WE HAD THE
DRAFT
PERMANENT REGULATIONS IN JUNE
OF 2021.
WE PUBLISHED A SEPA DECISION
IN JULY OF 2021.
THAT SEPA DECISION WAS
APPEALED BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE
SO WE
WITHDREW THE DECISION AND
WORKED WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE
SINCE AUGUST 2021 TO RESOLVE
THE ISSUES THEY RAISED.
WE HAD REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE
PORT SINCE AUGUST 2021.
WE UPDATED OUR
PROPOSED PERMANENT REGULATIONS.
A LOT OF THE CHANGES
WERE CLARIFICATIONS ON
THE STANDARDS AND AS WE MOVED
THROUGH
THIS PROCESS EVERY TIME WE
BROUGHT REGULATIONS FORWARD FOR
SEPA OR AN ADDENDUM WE WORKED
WITH
FEMA TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEMA
REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE KIND OF LAYS
OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR
PRE- 2020 REGULATIONS, SO THE
RIVER WAS MAPPED IN AS WELL
AS AREAS AROUND HARBOR ISLAND,
ELLIOTT BAY AND PUGET
SOUND, CHANGED FROM A ZONE A AND
X TO A
ZONE BE.
SO GOING FROM A LOWER OR
NO, YOU KNOW, NO REQUIREMENT TO
THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.
AS I STATED EARLIER SHIFTS ALONG
LONGFELLOW CREEK AND
THORNTON CREEK
HAPPENED. PRIOR TO 2020 OUR
STANDARDS
WERE FOR A TWO- FOOT ELEVATION
ABOVE
THAT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
.
THAT TERM IS CALLED THE
FREEBOARD AND WHAT IT DOES,
IT KIND OF GIVES US A LITTLE
ROOM
FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND IN SOME
OF THE PLACES DID
INCREASE THAT TWO-FOOT TO THREE-
FOOT BUT
IN OTHER PLACES SUCH AS THE B.E.
ZONE IT WENT FROM TWO FEET TO
ZERO FEET AND I FEEL GO INTO
THE REASONING FOR THAT, BUT A
LOT OF
IT IS BECAUSE WHERE YOU MEASURE
THAT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FROM.
WE ALSO INCLUDEDED THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR STORAGE
WHERE
PRIOR TO 2020 WE HAD
NO REGULATION FOR STORAGE.
SO NOW, I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN AS
TO WHERE SOME OF THE
MAJOR CHANGES IN MAPPING
HAPPENED.
HERE IS WHERE PRIOR TO 2020
AND SINCE 1995 THE AREAS
IN GREEN WERE ACTUALLY MAPPED X
AND
A LOT OF THESE AREAS WERE
UNDERNEATHUNDERNEATH PIERS ALONG
THE
WATERFRONT AS WELL AS THE EAST
AND WEST
WATERWAY.
SO THESE AREAS WENT FROM X TO
VE.
THEN THIS NEXT MAP SHOWS THE
DUWAMISH RIVER WHERE IS WENT
FROM X TO AE.
AGAIN, PRIOR TO 2020
THE DUWAMISH WASN'T REGULATED,
BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT
A LOT OF THIS IS WITHIN THE
RIVER
BANKS.
THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT GO ON
TO LAND, BUT A LOT OF THIS
IS WITHIN THE RIVER.
ON THE LEFT- HAND SIDE THIS IS
LONGFELLOW CREEK SO YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THE SHIFTS HAPPENED
AND SOME OF THE PROPERTIES WERE
MAPPED IN.
AND THEN THIS IS THE AREA
THAT REPRESENTS KIND OF ELLIOTT
BAY AND PUGET SOUND WHERE IT
WENT FROM AN A TO VE.
A LESSER REGULATED AREA TO
THE MOST -- LIKE THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS, SO IT WAS REGULATED
BUT
THE STANDARDS WERE DIFFERENTLY.
.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
BASE FOOT ELEVATIONS AND HOW OUR
STANDARDS PLAY INTO
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO ON THIS SLIDE THE BLUE DOTTED
LINE SHOWS THE BASE
FLOOD ELEVATION AND THAT IS
FEMA'S MINIMUM STANDARDS.
IN PRIOR TO 2020, OUR
REGULATIONS REQUIRED YOU TO
GO TWO FEET ABOVE THAT BASE
FLOOD
ELEVATION AND SOME OF
OUR PROPOSAL WAS TO GO THREE
FEET.
SO TWO SITUATIONS I WANT
TO POINT OUT IN THE A ZONE,
I'M GOING TO USE THIS
BUILDING ON THE RIGHT TO EXPLAIN
THIS,
GOING FORWARD, IF YOUR PROJECT
IS
LIKE MEETS THE THRESHOLD FOR
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT,
THAT'S WHEN THE REGULATIONS
WOULD KICK
IN.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE
STANDARDS. IF YOUR BUILDING IS
AT BASE
FLOOD ELEVATION OR ABOVE, THE
CODE SAYS YOU DON'T NEED
TO BRING ALL OF YOUR
ENTIRE STRUCTURE UP TO THREE
FEET ABOVE
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
HOWEVER IF YOU'RE BELOW
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION YOU NEED TO
MEET
THE REQUIREMENT.
THIS KIND OF TAKES INTO ACCOUNT
THE EXISTING CONDITIONS
RATHER FOR EXISTING
STRUCTURES WITHIN OUR
FLOODPLAIN.
THE OTHER THING TO POINT
OUT WITH THE CHANGE IN VE
ZONES, WHERE YOU MEASURE THE
BASE FLOOD
ELEVATION HAS CHANGED AND SO
IT'S NOT AT THE LOWEST
FLOOR, LET'S USE THE ONE ON THE
RIGHT, THE LOWEST FLOOR THE LOW
BLUE
LINE.
THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU MEASURE
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FROM THE VE
ZONE. YOU NEED TO MEASURE IT
FROM
THE LOWEST STRUCTURAL MEMBER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE
APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET BELOW
YOUR LOWEST
FLOOR, SO THAT'S ANOTHER CHANGE
THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING
TO ACCOMMODATE THROUGH THE NEW
VE ZONE AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS FOR CHANGING THE
MINIMUM ELEVATION STANDARD TO
THAT BASE
FLOOD ELEVATION.
NOW THE NEXT TWO SLIDES
ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH OUR
LAST SEPA DECISION WAS IN 2024.
WE MADE ADDITIONAL CHANGES
TO THE CODE.
WE CHANGED THE MINIMUM
ELEVATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE VE
ZONE TO
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION TO
ACCOMMODATE WHERE YOU MEASURE
THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FROM
BECAUSE IT'S THREE FEET
BELOW ESSENTIALLY THE LOWEST
FLOOR.
I WOULD WALK THROUGH
THE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS FOR
THE
A ZONE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
ACCOMMODATE EXISTING
DEVELOPMENT.
ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE MADE
WAS WE REPLACED SPECIFIC
STANDARDS
FOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT INCLUDING
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TO A STANDARD
THAT
SAYS EITHER THAT NEEDS TO BE
STORED IN A STRUCTURE THAT MEETS
THE STANDARDS OR THEY'RE STORED
IN
A MANNER REASONABLY SAFE FROM
FLOODING.
THAT'S A FEMA STANDARD.
AND THEN WE ALSO
REMOVED FROM THE CRITICAL
FACILITIES
DEFINITION INSTALLATIONS
THAT USE OR STORE HAZARDOUS
MATERIAL OR WASTE.
THAT'S A CHANGE FEMA MADE.
THEY REMOVED THAT FROM THEIR
DEFINITION.
THE TWO LAST CHANGES THAT WE
MADE IS WE CORRECTED
INFORMATION IN THE TABLES AND WE
CHANGED FROM USING PARCELS AND
AREAS
TO JUST USING AREAS
BECAUSE THAT WAS A CLEARER WAY
TO
SHOW HOW MUCH CHANGE HAD
HAPPENED
BETWEEN 1995 AND THE 2020 FEMA
MAPS AND WE UPDATED OUR MAPS TO
ALSO CLARIFY WHERE, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE
WERE VERY INTERESTED IN WHERE
WE CHANGED FROM X TO VE, X TO
A, AND FROM A TO VE.
WE UPDATED THE MAPS TO MAKE
THAT MORE CLEAR.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> THAT WAS A LOT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
JUST REINFORCING WE'LLWE'LL
BRIEFING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
STAFFS MULTIPLE
TIMES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED
TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN FRONT OF YOU AFTER THE YEARS
OF WORKING THROUGH THIS,
MULTIPLE
EXTENSIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO
SAY HOW MANY, AND MAGGIE HAS LED
THE CHARGE WORKING WITH THE
PORT.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE
HERE AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING
FORWARD
TO [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THE YEARS OF WORK
THAT
HAS GONE INTO THIS.
CLEARLY IT'S A LOT OF
WORK ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE HAVE
BEEN AREAS THAT PREVIOUSLY
WERE ESSENTIALLY UNREGULATED
THAT
NOW ARE REGULATED UNDER THAT VE
ZONE.
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT TOOK
A LOT OF TIME, SO I APPRECIATE
YOU
WORKING THROUGH
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I
SEE A
HAND.
>> THANK YOU SO
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN FOR MY
BRIEFING SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO DOING THAT.
CAN I GET YOU TO RETURN TO
SLIDE 15
PLEASE.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK OVER THIS ONE
MORE TIME.
DEPENDING ON THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE AND WHERE THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE SITS, THAT
WAS
A LITTLE UNCLEAR FOR
ME.
>> YEAH.
IF WE USE THE -- THIS
GRAY BUILDING ON THE RIGHT- HAND
SIDE, USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE,
SAY
THIS WAS IN THE AE ZONE, THIS
DEVELOPMENT, IF THEY REACH
THE THRESHOLD FOR SUBSTANTIAL
IMPROVEMENT THAT THAT
THRESHOLD IS GREATER THAN 50% OF
THE
COST OF THE -- OF THE STRUCTURE,
THEN THAT TRIGGERS THE PROJECT
TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
THE EXISTING STANDARDS AND THOSE
EXISTING STANDARDS WOULD BE
YOUR ELEVATION NEEDS TO BE BASE
FLOOD
ELEVATION PLUS THREE FEET.
AND REMEMBER THE LAST CODE
WAS PLUS TWO FEET.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE FOOT.
SO IN THIS SITUATION YOU CAN
SEE THAT THE LOWEST FLOOR
AS REPRESENTED BY THE HORIZONTAL
LINE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
BUILDING, THAT THAT'S BELOW
THE BLUE DOTTED LINE
REPRESENTING THE BASE FLOOD
ELEVATION, SO,
THEREFORE, THEY WOULD HAVE
TO RAISE THEIR ENTIRE STRUCTURE
UP
THREE FEET, SO THEN IF
WE IMAGINE THAT THAT LOWEST
FLOOR, THE LOWER SOLID LINE WAS
AT
THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IN THE
SAME
SCENARIO, THEY WOULD NOT
BE REQUIRED TO RAISE
THEIR STRUCTURE.
ANOTHER SCENARIO, SAY THEY
WERE ONE FOOT ABOVE OR ONE AND A
HALF FEET ABOVE, AS LONG AS THEY
WERE ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD
ELEVATION, WHATEVER THAT
ELEVATION WOULD
BE THE STANDARD.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU, AGAIN,
FOR ALL THE WORK AND SOUNDS LIKE
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN
SOON.
AND WE'LL BE HOLDING A
PUBLIC HEARING SOON.
LET'S SEE.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4th, 2026, AT
9:30 A.M. , AT WHICH TIME WE
WILL HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE PERMANENT FLOODPLAIN
REGULATIONS AND WE HAVE REACHED
THE END
OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE WE
ARE
ADJOURNED AT 9:56 A.M. THANK
YOU.