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Approved 11/01/2017 6 Tony Blake noted that with federal financing, the recipient must agree to certain federal rules governing changes in 266 order to receive such funding. 267 268 Lydia Wegman asked the Board if there were any additional questions. Hearing none, she referred to the audience 269 for comments and questions. She and Tony Blake said that there will be a 3 minute rule in place for persons 270 speaking. Ms. Wegman announced that she would read the names of people who had signed-up to speak, and at 271 that time, if an individual wanted to speak, they would be welcome to come up to the microphone to ask a question or 272 share comments. The read the following names: James Davis, Shannon Murdoch-Doherty, Ruth Lun (spelling?). 273 274 Tony Blake asked if the names she was reading aloud were those of people who wanted to speak. 275 276 Lydia Wegman said that instead of reading off the list, she invited all audience members who wanted to speak to line-277 up behind the microphone. She then invited those individuals to introduce themselves before their comments. 278 279 Claude B. Tyson introduced himself. He said that he lives at 904 Miller Road off of 70. He explained that he has a lot 280 of water around his property, which he likes. He asked for more explanation for how he can understand the difference 281 between what his floodplain looks like now as compared to the new floodplain plat he received in the mail. He asked 282 if Mr. Harvey could show an example using online maps of how to compare the floodplain maps. 283 284 Michael Harvey said that the maps mailed by the County were color-coded. The blue on the maps indicates 285 floodplain; the lavender/pink color shows areas that were not previously in the floodplain but are being added; yellow 286 shows areas no longer in the floodplain. He remembered that Mr. Tyson’s property showed only blue, so even with 287 new data, the maps are the same. 288 289 Lydia Wegman reiterated that there is no change on Mr. Tyson’s flood maps. 290 291 Michael Harvey concurred. More information is available on the Orange County webpage including the project 292 factsheet (he showed this visually), a floodplain information page that provides details of program, protections, 293 resources and links to other information, and copies of certain properties with elevation certificates on-file. Within the 294 factsheet, Staff has provided links to the UDO, to County’s GIS webpage to look-up a property, to the FRIS webpage, 295 and information on how to petition FEMA (link) to request a “letter of map change.” 296 297 Tony Blake asked if the County’s GIS data is in sync with the FRIS data. 298 299 Michael Harvey responded that the data is in sync with the current effective flood maps. These online maps will be 300 updated once the County officially adopts the new maps. He said that people can access archived data for residents 301 to use to compare and notice changes (2000-2007 FRIS maps). 302 303 Mike Efland wanted to know if there are any changes in setbacks from the floodplain line. 304 305 Michael Harvey said yes, the County enforces a buffer measured from the edge of the Special Flood Hazard Area, 306 and if there are increases in the floodplain on one’s property, then this buffer has also increased. 307 308 Tony Blake said that the same logic applies here - enforcement action will not being taken immediately. 309 310 Michael Harvey agreed and said that if there is development that was already in existence, the structure was legal at 311 the time of development. The fact that there was a change to the ordinance regarding floodplain would not be cause 312 for Staff to cite a property owner for violating the floodplain buffer requirements. 313 314 Lydia Wegman said that all existing development is “grandfathered-in” (or still considered legal) but future 315 development may be affected as far as where it could go on the property. 316 317