Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission Joint Public Hearing   6/25/2025

Oh, you already opened, right?

No, I just called the Planning Commission to order.

FEMA is a federal agency that administers the National Flood Insurance Program, or the NFIP, and they create the maps for regulatory purposes.

State agencies such as DCR, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, are responsible for guiding and providing technical assistance with floodplain administration to localities, and the locality is ultimately responsible to administer its floodplain ordinance and compliance with FEMA regulations.

Our current effective flood maps are dated June 10, 2010.

The latest flood insurance rate maps or firms have been finalized for Nelson County by FEMA.

They are due to be effective on August 5, 2025.

This involved years of data compilation studies and community meetings facilitated by FEMA.

In order to remain active in the NFIP, localities required to amend, update,

Its floodplain ordinance and submit the adopted ordinance to DCR for review at least 30 days prior to the effective date.

Our current floodplain ordinance was amended in 2017.

It was sent to DCR for a compliance review.

Only minor changes were required, including replacement of definitions for post-firm, free-firm, and new construction, and updating references to the upcoming effective date.

Upon adoption, the ordinance will be sent back to DCR and FEMA for final review and acceptance.

So this will be a joint public hearing.

So we'll have a public hearing.

Any questions you might have, the ordinances attached with your report there.

And we are required by state code also to notify all property owners where the floodplain is changing.

So we've had our GIS overlay those and put together a list and we're doing a mass mail out to comply with those requirements as well.

Do you have any questions for me?

It is not available on our GIS site yet.

It's available on the FEMA site.

So is that going to be 5,000 people that are going to have to, I guess, get flood insurance?

Okay then I will open the public hearing for those people that signed up ahead of time in which we had no one.

Please

Anyone who wishes to speak or are only here to speak on the public hearing, this is not a public comment session.

So please approach the podium, speak to the microphone to address the board, give your name and address for the record.

When you address the board, you'll have three minutes to give your comments.

If you represent a group, please identify the group and then you'll have at least five minutes.

Dr. Ligon is usually the timekeeper, and when there's 30 seconds left, she'll let you know, and also let you know when your time's up.

More time can be allowed at the discretion of the chair, and as you approach the end of your time, please try to wrap it up and be civil, courteous, and concise in your comments.

So since nobody has signed up on our list, is there anybody who would like to speak at this public hearing on ordinance 0 2025?

Since no one has to speak to it, we will close the public hearing.

Does that have the amendment number on it or the ordinance?

I didn't have one here.

I'll make a motion.

Okay, we have a motion.

Do we have a second?

I'll second.

Aye, Mike Aye, Bill Yes, William Yes, Jessica

Okay, thank you Planning Commission.

We'll take this into consideration and we would like to request adoption of ordinance 0-2025-3.

And second?

Second.

Okay, motion is second.

Dr. Ligon?

Yes.

Mr. Reed?

Yes.

Do we have any other joint business to tend to?

Second.

Dr. Ligon?

Yes.

Mr. Rutherford?

Yes.

Mr. Reed?