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16 <br />December 12, 2006 <br />VIA FACSIMILE <br />Mr. Glen Bowles <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Re: Amendment to County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance To Reflect <br />Revised Flood Insurance Rate Map Panel <br />Dear Glen: <br />During the Development Review Committee meeting on Thursday, December 7, <br />2006 you asked me to advise Staff as to the proper procedures for amending the County's <br />existing Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance ("FDPO"). You informed me that the <br />County is required to amend its FDPO prior to February 2, 2006 to incorporate a new <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map ("FIltM") published by the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency("FEMA"). You further advised, as described in the December 4, 20061etter to <br />the Orange County Manager (a copy is attached), if the County's FDPO is not revised <br />according to this deadline, then County residents will become ineligible for the National <br />Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP"). <br />You provided me with a copy of a letter from William R. Blanton, Chief of <br />FEMA's Engineering Management Section addressed to John M. Link that is stamped <br />with the date of December 4, 2006. This letter states as follows: "Your community is <br />currently in the six-month ordinance adoption period for Orange County and incorporated <br />areas that will end on February 7, 2007, when the FIS [Flood Insurance Study] report and <br />FIRM for your community become effective." The letter goes on to state that <br />"Communities that fail to amend their ordinance and submit it to the State and Regional <br />Office for review and approval will be suspended from participation in the NFIP ..." <br />You have informed me that the February 7, 2007 deadline stated in this letter is in error, <br />and that you have confirmed with FEMA staff that the six-month ordinance adoption <br />