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Attachment 3 25 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br /> 111.4a4c' �o9p�.s <br /> Current Planning : �;i 306F Revere Road <br /> (919) 245-2575 (, �'_� P 0 Box 8181 <br /> (919) 644-3002 (FAX) 4, Hillsborough, <br /> www.co.orange.nc.us otr5 dACe0 North Carolina, 27278 <br /> ®'t <br /> 1 1 IIt`IIR .LL <br /> 46.4 <br /> IF <br /> November 12, 2008 <br /> Kenneth W. Ashe <br /> Assistant Director <br /> Office of Geospatial and Technology Management <br /> 4719 Mail Service Center <br /> Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4719 <br /> Subject: National Flood Insurance Program and Community Assistance Visit <br /> Dear Mr. Ashe; <br /> Thank for your follow up letter of November 7, 2008 in regard to the August 22, 2008 <br /> Community Assistance Visit. We found Randy Mundt and Mark Stafford to be very helpful and <br /> courteous. As noted in your letter, Orange County's commitment to floodplain management is <br /> paramount. <br /> Orange County respectfully requests an extension of time to complete the amendments to our <br /> Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. Our procedures to amend any ordinance is more <br /> involved than that which is outlined in the State Zoning Enabling Ordinance. First, staff must <br /> obtain approval from the Board of County Commissioners to place an item on the legal <br /> advertisement for the required Public Hearing. Secondly, Public Hearings for ordinance <br /> amendments are only scheduled four (4) times a year (February, May, August, and <br /> November). <br /> We have missed the November 2008 Quarterly Public Hearing. The next available meeting <br /> date is the fourth Monday in February 2009. We propose to have amendments complete by <br /> late March. Our Board of County Commissioners has a Quarterly Public Hearing and then <br /> makes their decision after minutes of the meeting are prepared. <br /> We did receive a copy of the correction checklist for the Orange County Flood Damage <br /> Prevention Ordinance yesterday by email, which we did not receive with your November 7, <br /> 2008 letter. <br />