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NO: January 19, 1982
SUBJECT: Amendment - Flood Plain Management Ordinance
BACKGROUND: This amendment is necessitated by the placement of the Elwood
Drive embankment and tieback levy in the Squaw/College Creek floodway.
Reference is to be made to the attached letters of December 31,
1981, and January 6, 1982.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Amend the text of the Flood Plain Management Ordinance #2745 as
follows:
"Section Four. Establishment of Zoning Districts.
"The flood plain areas within the jurisdiction of these regulations
are hereby divided into the following districts: (i) Floodway District
(FW) , (ii) Floodway Fringe District (FF) , and (iii) General Flood Plain
District (FP) . The boundaries are shown on the Official Flood Plain
Zoning Map and as supplemented by the 'Hydraulic Analysis of Bridge
Openings and Floodway Realignment, College Creek and Elwood Drive
Extension, Ames, Iowa, September, 1980, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Rock Island District. ' "
2. Amend the map of the Flood Plain Management Ordinance.
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION: Alternative No. 1 - Amend the text of the Flood
Plain Management Ordinance and set a public hearing date for February 1982.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kansas City, MO, approved the
language of the proposed change on January 11, 1982.
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