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" <br />CHAIRMAN YODTKE COMMENTED, IN REGARD TO THE LETTER RECEIVED <br />FROM INDIAN RIVER FEDERAL, THAT IF WE DO NOT ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, THERE <br />WILL BE NO RATES FOR THEM TO USE IN ORDER TO LOAN MONEY TO BUILD <br />HOUSES, <br />,WILLIAM BIESCHKE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM <br />COMMITTEE, I4F*ORMED THE BOARD THAT AS OF AUGUST 3RD WE ARE OFF BOTH <br />THE REGULAR AND EMERGENCY PROGRAM AND CANNOT GET BACK ON THE PROGRAM <br />UNTIL THIS ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED SENT TO ATLANTA, AND APPROVED BY HUD, <br />MR. BIESCHKE NOTED THAT*WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THIS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS <br />AND HE PERSONALLY FELT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW*UP, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY <br />INPUT, HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT BAD WEATHER IN THE OFFING AND NOTED <br />THAT EVEN WHEN THIS ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, THERE IS A 15 DAY WAIT BEFORE <br />ANYONE CAN BUY FLOOD INSURANCE. HE URGED THAT THE BOARD ACT AS QUICKLY <br />AS POSSIBLE, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE MR. BEISCHKE TO .- <br />UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO EXPEDITE THIS. IT <br />WAS SET UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NO ONE APPEARED AND THERE WAS NO <br />ONE HERE TO HELP THE BOARD WITH QUESTIONS THAT AROSE ABOUT THE ACTUAL <br />ORDINANCE. SHE NOTED THAT THE BOARD WISHED TO BE SURE THAT THE FINANCIAL <br />INSTITUTIONS AND INSURANCE AGENCIES WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING, <br />MR. BEISCHKE POINTED OUT THAT IF SOMEONE APPLIES FOR A LOAN <br />IN THESE FLOOD AREAS AND THE INSURANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEY <br />WILL NOT GET THE LOAN. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHAT THE ESTABLISHED MINIMUM <br />ELEVATION IS IN THIS COUNTY, AND MR. BIESCHKE REPLIED THAT IT DEPENDS <br />ON WHAT ZONE YOU ARE IN, THE LOWER THE ELEVATION, THE HIGHER THE <br />PREMIUM. HE FELT IN MOST CASES THE'PROPERTY OWNER WOULD.BE BETTER OFF <br />TO HAVE THE PROPERTY SURVEYED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF SOMEONE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE FLOOD <br />INSURANCE IN ORDER TO BORROW MONEY TO BUILD, AND MR. BIESCHKE-STATED <br />THAT THEY WILL IF FEDERALLY ASSISTED FUNDS ARE INVOLVED., <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR STAN REDICK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN TERMS <br />OF THESE FLOOD ELEVATIONS, NO -PERMIT WILL BE ALLOWED ON ANYTHING UNDER <br />THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AS SHOWN ON THE MAPS. HE NOTED THAT HE HAS <br />15 <br />AUG 0 9 <br />197 P,��r <br />