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ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS:, The County has had copies of these new maps for several months, and the Public Works Department has reviewed them. Based upon the Public Works analysis, no major flaws were identified with the maps. In fact, the new maps are currently being used as a basis for making recommendations for finished floor elevations for projects undergoing site plan review. According to FEMA, a formal process must be followed for adopting the new maps. This process involves legal ad/public notice requirements by FEMA, a ninety day appeal period for proposed flood elevations on the new maps, and finalization (revision, printing, distribution) of the new maps. This process is expect- ed to take nine months. Until then, however, the new maps may not be used in the building permit process even if they would result in a lower minimum elevation. The FEMA representatives noted that.if a community requests that the new maps become effective as soon as possible and agrees not to appeal or support .an appeal of the proposed elevations, the timeframe for making the maps effective may be reduced signifi- cantly. Since the Public Works Department concurs with the elevations on the new maps and because having the new maps in place would benefit the community, the staff recommends that the county request -that FEMA make the maps effective as soon as possible. To accomplish this, the attached form must be executed and sent to FEMA. RECOMMENDATION: The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the chairman to execute the attached request for an early effective date for Indian River County's new flood insur- ance rate map. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously (4-0) authorized the Chairman to sign the letter requesting an early effective date for the County's new flood insurance rate map, as follows: ,JUL 50 Boos 73 F. u 1! 0