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16. Review Fee for TIF Individual Assessments. This item relates to the previous item, and allows establishment of a specific fee to review TIF individual assessments. It should be noted that a resolution establishing a $500.00 review fee for TIF individual assessments will be considered by the Board when it considers this LDR amendment. 17. Changes to Subdivision Application Submittal Requirements & Procedures A. & B. These changes represent preliminary plat submittal staff and the PSAC. C. & D. minor modifications to requirements agreed to by These changes are minor modifications to land development permit submittal requirements agreed to by staff and the PSAC. E. This change would allow a developer, at his or her option, to submit at the same time a preliminary plat and a land development permit for concurrent staff review. 18-. FEMA -Recommended Changes to Stormwater Management & Flood Protection Requirements. Glenn Woodward, Chief of FEMA's Division of Natural and Technological Hazards, wrote a letter to the County Administrator on October 28, 1993 (see attachment #2). In his letter, Mr. Woodward identified deficiencies in the County's Flood Protection Ordinance that "must be corrected in order to assure compliance with the various regulations of the NFIP" (National Flood Insurance Program). As a participating NFIP community, Indian River County is obligated to comply with FEMA requirements, or risk losing federal flood insurance for residents in the unincorporated county. The LDR changes proposed in this section of amendments fall into the category. of "required" (Subsection A) and "recommended" (Subsection B & C) changes. Subsection A: This proposed subsection amendment would specify the method, required by FEMA, to determine the minimum elevation of structures proposed to be built within a floodplain where no base flood data are available. Subsections B & C: Suggested Revisions: 1 Foot "Freeboard". Although not required, FEMA strongly recommends that the County require all new and substantially improved buildings be elevated at least 1 foot above Base Flood Elevation (BFE). Prior to 1987, County ordinances contained this. "freeboard" requirement. However, in 1987, the requirement was deleted to reduce construction costs. * Advantages In his letter, Mr. Woodward explains FEMA's position that the long-term benefits of requiring 1 foot freeboard outweigh the short-term development cost savings of not requiring the freeboard. Using as an example a $100,000 single-family home with $50,000 contents coverage, he notes that a 1 foot freeboard would save the owner $105 annually in insurance costs, $3,150 over the course of a 30 -year mortgage. The August 15, 1994 7 BOOK 93 ;vuE 6� J