Board authorizes two-year flood plan review contracts with $100,000 cap

The Board of Business and Neighborhood Services authorized two related two-year professional services agreements on Sept. 24 to support flood plan review and technical services under the National Flood Insurance Program.

Alana Jones, introduced by Chair Abby Brands as the presenter for this agenda item, described the need to formalize flood review as its own scope after recent flooding and a declared disaster. Jones said the board authorized the director to enter into agreements "for flood plan review and technical services, for an amount not to exceed a $100,000," covering engineering permit review and services such as providing elevation certificates to FEMA when applicants fail to supply them.

Jones identified two vendors that will work in the flood scope: Christopher Burke Engineering and DLC. The board moved, seconded and approved the authorization by voice vote; the transcript records the motion and approval but does not record individual roll-call votes.