Planning Commission recommends council accept new FEMA floodplain map

The Planning Commission reviewed new FEMA floodplain mapping created using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) topographic data and voted to recommend that the Council accept the proposed map.

Mayor Levanger presented a side‑by‑side map showing the current FEMA floodplain and the proposed LIDAR‑derived floodplain, which the record states "decreases the flood plain on many of the properties." After discussion of the map and its local effects, Commissioner Shane Moreno moved "to recommend that the council accept the proposed FEMA mapping," with Jerry Lynch seconding; the motion carried by unanimous consent.

The commission did not record a formal amendment or implementation timetable at the meeting; their action was a recommendation to the Council. Commissioners noted the map's potential to change which parcels are regulated and implied that parcel‑level impacts would require follow‑up review by staff and Council, but no additional directives or binding regulatory changes were made at this meeting.