Today Mayor Bud Norris was notified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that FEMA has approved the City's request for a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) for the City's proposed downtown flood protection project. A CLOMR is FEMA's comment on a proposed project that would, upon construction, be recognized by FEMA and thus result in the modification of the regulatory floodplain identified on effective National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps. Once the flood project is completed and certified by an engineer to the design approved through the CLOMR, the City can then request a revision to FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) to reflect the project and remove Mount Vernon's historic downtown from the 100-year floodplain. Please click on the link below for more details.

The Public Hearing held on August 3, 2010 before the Planning Commission on the City of Mount Vernon Draft Shoreline Master Program and continued to September 7, 2010 has been re-scheduled to October 19, 2010 at the Police & Court Campus, 1805 Continental Place, at 7:00 pm. The public is encouraged to review and comment on the City's Shoreline Master Program. Please use the following links to review the Shoreline Master Program and associated appendices. Please refer to the Process Summary for more detail.

The City has completed engineering plans for the flood protection measure. These plans were submitted to FEMA for review under the Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) review process in February 2009. The City received comments from FEMA on October 8, 2009 and responded with additional information submitted to FEMA on January 4, 2010. FEMA has 90 days to review the additional information and respond back to the City, which is anticipated the first part of April 2010. Click on "Read More" below for further information.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released the revised Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Mount Vernon on July 1, 2010. The new information shows areas that will be inundated by the base (100-year) flood as well as the revised base flood elevations (BFE). The maps, once adopted by the community are utilized by lending institutions and insurance agents to determine who must purchase flood insurance. In addition, the maps will be used by community officials for floodplain management and permitting purposes. The issuance of this study may directly affect many property owners, especially those owning property and/or living in the identified flood hazard areas or behind a levee. The open houses will be staffed by FEMA, County, and local community officials to answer questions. Click on the link below for further details and the full schedule of Public Open Houses.

Due to extremely difficult budget constraints, the City offices listed under "Read More" will be closing every Friday at 4:30 P.M. beginning on January 1, 2010. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and thank you for your help, patience and understanding in this matter.

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