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i --_ - - . ~ _ The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold a Scoping Meeting when a new flood map project is initiated in order to engage all local, state and federal stakeholders within the project county. The goals of the meeting are to: I) Inform the local community officials within the project area that a new mapping project will be starting; 2) Educate local community officials on the mapping process -from initiating the project through adopting a final, effective map -and what role they will play in the process; 3) Seek out and gather as much data that can be used in the new map project as possible and promote local collaboration; and 4) Identify and log mapping needs within the community, and establish whether those needs will be able to be addressed during this map update. Thin_~s to Thir~kAboe~t Before tote 1Vleetin~ These are just some questions to consider before the meeting. We realize that you may not be aware of all of the studies or data that may be discussed below, but these are just ideas to help you think about some of the information we'll be discussing at the meeting. If there is someone else in your community that may know more about some of these topics, please let us know or pass this along to them! Has a federal agency (Army Corps, NRCS, USGS) performed any flood studies or completed any flood control projects within your community since the effective date of your flood map? ~ Has a state agency (DNR, DOT) performed or approved any studies to support new bridges, culverts, or developments within your community since your last flood map? o Has your local community or a regional entity performed or contracted for any flood studies to support watershed plans, disaster mitigation plans, master stormwater planning or to address any other flooding concerns? o Have any developments occurred in your community in which a developer completed a flood study? Has your community or county performed, contracted for or otherwise received topographic mapping (LIDAR, photogrammetry), aerial photography or other basemapping features? Are there areas undergoing high development pressure in your community in which you believe there is, or have witnessed, flood risk, however there is no identified floodplain on the FEMA flood maps? ~~ If you have witnessed a significant flood, how has that matched up to your existing flood maps? If there were discrepancies, were they because the flood elevation didn't correspond or were the elevations were similar, but the areas that flooded didn't match the mapped floodplain boundaries?