FIRM-990219G�� MAN
w4 O� Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
FEB 19 1999
The Honorable Candy Sheehan Community: City of Coppell
Mayor, City of Coppell Community No.: 480170
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas 75019 CW -2
Dear Mayor Sheehan:
the National Flood Insurance Program NFIP ma for our community, dated Apr I1
This is m reference to g (NFIP) p y tY
15, 1994. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be updating the NFIP map for your
community as part of the countywide Flood Insurance Study (FIS) we are processing for Dallas County,
Texas. We will prepare the FIS report and map in our countywide format, which means that flood hazard
information for all jurisdictions of Dallas County, including your community, will be included in one FIS
report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). In addition to the change in format, flood hazard
information received with the draft FIS for Dallas County will allow us to update floodplain information
for the Trinity River in your community.
To ensure that the countywide FIS report and FIRM are as accurate as possible, please provide us with any
information you believe would be helpful in preparing the FIS report and FIRM. This information may
include technical data, detailed topographic information reflecting revised floodplain boundaries of the
flood having a 1- percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood), and a current
community map showing corporate limits and streets.
Within 30 days, please send whatever information you have to our Technical Evaluation Contractor at the 'ill
following address:
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Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
t 601 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 600
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Alexandria, Virginia 22304 �a �w r ' � �•
Attention: Mr. Kenneth M. Kerrigan k. �
(703) 317 -6256
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If authority for the performance oduties related to this correspondence has been delegated to another
official of the community, please forward this document to that official and advise us in writing as to whom't
future correspondence regarding NFIP matters should be addressed.
FEMA makes flood insurance available in participating communities; in addition, we encourage vj4
communities to develop their own loss reduction and prevention programs. Our Project Impact initiative,
developed by FEMA Director James Lee Witt, seeks to focus the energy of businesses, citizens, and;►.
communities in the United States on the importance of reducing their susceptibility to the impact of all
natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, and wildfires. Natural hazard
mitigation is most effective when it is planned for and implemented at the local level, by the entities who 6
are most knowledgeable of local conditions and whose economic stability and safety are at stake. For your, �
information, we are enclosing a Project Impact Fact Sheet. For additional information on Project Impact,'
please visit our Web site at www.fema.gov. �'
Federal Eme 3ncy FAC �� SHEET
Management Agency
Office of Emergency Information and Media Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20472 (202) 646 -4600
PROJECT IMPACT
Building a Disaster Resistant Community
BACKGROUND
PROJECT IMPACT is an initiative developed by FEMA Director James Lee Wm to challenge the
country to undertake actions that protect families, businesses and communities by reducing the
effects of natural disasters. This initiative includes a national awareness campaign, the selection of
pilot communities that demonstrate the benefits of hazard mitigation through a partnership
approach, and an outreach effort to businesses and communities using a new guidebook that offers
a formula for a community or business to follow to become disaster resistant.
RATIONALE
The increasing number and severity of natural disasters the past decade demands that action be
taken to reduce the threat that hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, floods and wildfires impose
upon the economic stability, economic future and safety of the citizens of the U.S. As the federal
agency responsible for emergency management, FEMA is committed to reducing disaster losses by
focusing the energy of businesses, citizens, and communities in the U.S. on the importance of
reducing their susceptibilityto the impact of natural disasters.
There are three primary tenets of the PROJECT NTACI' initiative:
• Mitigation is a local issue. It is best addressed by a local partnership that involves
government, businesses and private citizens.
■ Private sector participation is essential. Disasters threaten the economic and commercial
growth of our cities, towns, villages and counties. Without the participation of the private
sector, comprehensive solutions will not be developed.
■ Mitigation is a long -term effort that requires long -term investment. Disaster losses will not
be eliminated overnight.
PILOT COMMUNITIES
Director Witt and FEMA have worked closely with seven communities throughout the U.S. to
develop a PROJECT IlVII'ACI' plan that localities, businesses and citizens can follow to build
disaster resistant communities where they live and work. Director Witt will participate in events in
each of these communities to congratulate them on their foresight, commitment, and contribution
to a disaster resistant nation.
PROJECT IMPACT GUIDEBOOK
The guidebook presents that steps a community can take to become disaster resistant. It also
provides examples of the actions and resources available to accomplish this.goal.