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Mansions Phase 1-CS 990706 Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington,:....~...~,~L/i/~"["~"~ D.C. 20472 I~ (~ JUL [~ I $ ~1~9 ~1 ~ ''~ ~ .,CITY M&NAG~I~, "~ ~ITY OF COI:~J,~ CERTIFIED MAIL IN'REPLY REFER TO: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: 99-06-831P The Honorable Candy Sheehan Community: City of Coppell, Texas Mayor, City of Coppell Community No.: 480170 255 Parkway Boulevard Panel Affected: 0010 E Coppell, TX 75019 Effective Date of JUl. 0 6 1999 This Revision: 102-I-A-C Dear Mayor Sheehan: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community in accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated February 1, 1999, Mr. Rusty Spiars, P.E., Vice President, Dunaway Associates, Inc., requested that FEMA revise the FIRM and FIS report to show the effects of placement of fill, grading, and excavation of two ponds associated with the Mansions by the Lake development along Denton Creek from approximately 2,570 feet downstream to approximately 540 feet downstream of State Highway 121 (SH121). Expansion and contraction coefficients and ineffective flow areas were added to the hydraulic model for Denton Creek in the vicinity of SH121 to show the effects of the SH121 bridge. In addition, this request included more detailed topographic information from approximately 3,840 feet downstream to just upstream of SH 121 and the effects of an existing pond located just downstream of the project. This request follows up on a Conditional Letter of Map Revision issued on February 10, 1998. All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E., Director of Engineering and Public Works, City of Coppell; Mr. T. S. Kumar, P.E., Assistant City Engineer, Floodplain Administrator, Department of Community Development, City of Lewisville; and Mr. Spiars. We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM and FIS report. We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations and floodplain and floodway boundary delineations of the flood having a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Denton Creek from approximately 3,290 feet downstream to just downstream of SH121. As a result of the modifications, the base flood elevations (BFEs) for Denton Creek decreased and the widths of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, and the regulatory floodway increased in some areas and decreased in other areas. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panel(s) 0010 E, Profile Panel(s) 09P and 10P, and affected portions of the Floodway Data Table. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel(s) of the effective FIRM and the affected portions of the FIS report, both dated April 15, 1994. 2 Because this revision request also affects the City of Lewisville, a separate LOMR for that community was issued on the same date as this LOMR. The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel(s) as listed above and as modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs: Existing BFE Modified BFE Location (feet)* (feet)* Approximately 250 feet downstream of SH121 467 466 Approximately 2,570 feet downstream of SH 121 466 465 *Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot Public notification of the proposed modified BFEs will be given in the Citizen's Advocate on or about August 13 and August 20, 1999. A copy of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register. Within 90 days of the second publication in the Citizen's Advocate, a citizen may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs presented in this LOMR may itself be modified. Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as local insurance agents and mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the community, so that interested persons, such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the information. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps. We are preparing a revised FIRM and FIS report for Dallas County in our countywide format; therefore, we will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at this time. Preliminary copies of the countywide FIRM and FIS report, which will present information from the effective FIRMs and FIS reports for your community and other incorporated communities in Dallas County, will be distributed for review in summer 1999. In order tO avoid delays in processing, we will not incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR into the preliminary countywide FIRM. However, we will incorporate these modifications into the countywide FIRM and FIS report before they become effective. The floodway is provided to your community as a tool to regulate floodplain development. Therefore, the floodway modifications described in this LOMR, while acceptable to FEMA, must also be acceptable to your community and adopted by appropriate community action, as specified in Paragraph 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. 3 This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for approving all floodplain development, and for ensuring all necessary permits required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. If the State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria. The basis of this LOMR is, in whole or in part, a channel-modification project. NFIP regulations, as cited in Paragraph 60.3(b)(7), require that communities ensure that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of any watercourse is maintained. This provision is incorporated into your community's existing floodplain management regulations. Consequently, the ultimate responsibility for maintenance of the modified channel rests with your community. This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed minimum NFIP criteria. These criteria are the minimum and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature. This includes adoption of the effective FIRM to which the regulations apply and the modifications described in this LOMR. Our records show that your community has met this requirement. A Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) has been designated to assist your community. The CCO will be the primary liaison between your community and FEMA. For information regarding your CCO, please contact: Mr. Frank Pagano Director, Mitigation Division Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VI Federal Regional Center, Room 206 800 North Loop 288 Denton, Texas 76201-3698 (940) 898-5127 FEMA makes flood insurance available in participating communities; in addition, we encourage 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 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.I/ov. 4 If you have any questions regarding floodplain management regulations for your community or the NFIP in general, please contact the CCO for your community at the telephone number cited above. If you have any technical questions regarding this LOMR, please contact Mr. Alan Johnson of our staff in Washington, DC, either by telephone at (202) 646-3403 or by facsimile at (202) 646-4596. Sincerely, Alan A. Johnson, P.E., Project Engineer For: Matthew B. Miller, P.E., Chief Hazards Study Branch ~ Hazards Study Branch Mitigation Directorate Mitigation Directorate Enclosure(s) cc: The Honorable Bobbie I. Mitchell Mayor, City of Lewisville Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E. Director of Engineering and Public Works City of Coppell Mr. T. S. Kumar Assistant City Engineer Floodplain Administrator Depamnent of Community Development City of Lewisville Mr. Rusty Spiars, P.E. Vice President Dunaway Associates, Inc.