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CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO :
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 19P-N
November 16, 2011
The Honorable James Bond Community: City of Encinitas, CA
Mayor, City of Encinitas Community No. : 060726
505 South Vulcan Avenue Map Panels Affected: See FIRM Index
El Cajon, CA 92094
Dear Mayor Bond:
This is to formally notify you of the final flood hazard determination for your community in compliance
with Title 44, Chapter I, Part 67, Code of Federal Regulations . On September 26, 2006, the Department
of Homeland Security' s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Flood Insurance Rate
Map (FIRM) that identified the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) the areas subject to inundation by
the base ( 1 -percent-annual-chance) flood in the City of Encinitas, San Diego County, California.
Recently, FEMA completed a re-evaluation of flood hazards in your community. On May 18, 2009,
FEMA provided you with Preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report and FIRM that
identify existing flood hazards in your community.
FEMA has not received any comments on the Preliminary copies of the FIS report and FIRM.
Accordingly, the FIS report and FIRM for your community will become effective on May 16, 2012 .
Before the effective date, FEMA will send you final printed copies of the FIS report and FIRM.
Because the FIS for your community has been completed, certain additional requirements must be met
under Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, within 6 months from the
date of this letter. Prior to May 16, 2012, your community is required, as a condition of continued
eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to adopt or show evidence of adoption of
floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Paragraph 60 .3 (d and e) of the NFIP
regulations (44 CFR 59, etc.) . These standards are the minimum requirements and do not supersede any
State or local requirements of a more stringent nature.
It must be emphasized that all the standards specified in Paragraph 60 .3 (d and e) of the NFIP regulations
must be enacted in a legally enforceable document. This includes adoption of the current effective FIS
report and FIRM to which the regulations apply and the other modifications made by this map revision.
Some of the standards should already have been enacted by your community in order to establish
eligibility in the NFIP. Any additional requirements can be met by taking one of the following actions :
1 . Amending existing regulations to incorporate any additional requirements of Paragraph 60 .3 (d
and e);
2 . Adopting all the standards of Paragraph 60 .3 (d and e) into one new, comprehensive set of
regulations; or
3 . Showing evidence that regulations have previously been adopted that meet or exceed the
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minimum requirements of Paragraph 60 .3 (d and e).
Communities that fail to enact the necessary floodplain management regulations will be suspended from
participation in the NFIP and subject to the prohibitions contained in Section 202(a) of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973 as amended.
In addition to your community using the FIS report and FIRM to manage development in the floodplain,
FEMA will use the FIS report to establish appropriate flood insurance rates. On the effective date of the
revised FIRM, actuarial rates for flood insurance will be charged for all new structures and substantial
improvements to existing structures located in the identified SFHAs . These rates may be higher if
structures are not built in compliance with the floodplain management standards of the NFIP . The
actuarial flood insurance rates increase as the lowest elevations (including basement) of new structures
decrease in relation to the Base Flood Elevations established for your community. This is an important
consideration for new construction because building at a higher elevation can greatly reduce the cost of
flood insurance .
To assist your community in maintaining the FIRM, we have enclosed a Summary of Map Actions to
document previous Letter of Map Change (LOMC) actions (i.e., Letters of Map Amendment, Letters of
Map Revision) that will be superseded when the revised FIRM panels referenced above become effective.
Information on LOMCs is presented in the following four categories: ( 1 ) LOMCs for which results have
been included on the revised FIRM panels; (2) LOMCs for which results could not be shown on the
revised FIRM panels because of scale limitations or because the LOMC issued had determined that the lots
or structures involved were outside the SFHA as shown on the FIRM; (3 ) LOMCs for which results have
not been included on the revised FIRM panels because the flood hazard information on which the original
determinations were based is being superseded by new flood hazard information; and (4) LOMCs issued
for multiple lots or structures where the determination for one or more of the lots or structures cannot be
revalidated through an administrative process like the LOMCs in Category 2 above . LOMCs in Category
2 will be revalidated through a single letter that reaffirms the validity of a previously issued LOMC; the
letter will be sent to your community shortly before the effective date of the revised FIRM and will
become effective 1 day after the revised FIRM becomes effective . For the LOMCs listed in Category 4,
we will review the data previously submitted for the LOMA or LOMR request and issue a new
determination for the affected properties after the revised FIRM becomes effective.
The FIRM and FIS report for your community have been prepared in our countywide format, which
means that flood hazard information for all jurisdictions within San Diego County has been combined
into one FIRM and FIS report. When the FIRM and FIS report are printed and distributed, your
community will receive only those panels that present flood hazard information for your community. We
will provide complete sets of the FIRM panels to county officials, where they will be available for review
by your community.
The FIRM panels have been computer-generated. Once the FIRM and FIS report are printed and
distributed, the digital files containing the flood hazard data for the entire county can be provided to your
community for use in a computer mapping system. These files can be used in conjunction with other
thematic data for floodplain management purposes, insurance purchase and rating requirements, and
many other planning applications. Copies of the digital files or paper copies of the FIRM panels may be
obtained by calling our FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX), toll free, at 1 -877-FEMA MAP
( 1 -877-336-2627) . In addition, your community may be eligible for additional credits under our
Community Rating System if you implement your activities using digital mapping files .
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If your community is encountering difficulties in enacting the necessary floodplain management
measures, we urge you to call the Director, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division of FEMA in
Oakland, California, at (510) 627-7100 for assistance. If you have any questions concerning mapping
issues in general or the enclosed Summary of Map Actions, please call our FMIX at the toll free number
shown above. Additional information and resources your community may find helpful regarding the
NFIP and floodplain management, such as The National Flood Insurance Program Code of Federal
Regulations, Answers to Questions About the National Flood Insurance Program, Frequently Asked
Questions Regarding the Effects that Revised Flood Hazards have on Existing Structure, Use of Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) Data as Available Data, and National Flood Insurance Program Elevation
Certificate and Instructions, can be found on our website at http ://www. floodmaps .fema. gov/lfd. Paper
copies of these documents may also be obtained by calling our FMIX.
Sincerely,
Luis Rodriguez, P .E., Chief
Engineering Management Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
Enclosure:
Final Summary of Map Actions
cc : Community Map Repository
Mr. Masih Maher, Senior Civil Engineer, City of Encinitas
Representative Darrell Issa
Representative Brian Bilbray
Representative Bob Filner
Representative Duncan Hunter
Representative Susan Davis
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FINAL SUMMARY OF MAP ACTIONS
Community : ENCINITAS , CITY OF Community No: 060726
To assist your community in maintaining the Flood Insurance Rate Map ( FIRM ) , we have
summarized below the previously issued Letter of Map Change ( LOMC) actions ( i . e. , Letters of Map
Revision ( LOMRs) and Letters of Map Amendment ( LOMAs) ) that will be affected when the revised
FIRM becomes effective on May 16 , 2012 .
1 . LOMCs Incorporated
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed below will be reflected on the revised FIRM . In
addition , these LOMCs will remain in effect until the revised FIRM becomes effective .
LOMC Case No. IsCsuetl Project Identifier Pane New
Panel Panel
LA BAJADA BRIDGE -- ESCONDIDO CREEK
102 97-09-1093P 11 /10/1997 06073C 1061 F 06073C 1061 G
06073C1063G
ENCINITAS CREEK
102 98-09-290P 06/16/1998 06073C1034F 06073CIO35G
06073C1045G
LA COSTA GLEN, FORMERLY GREEN VALLE
102 99-09-1228P 09/25/2000 06073C1034F 06073C1035G
2, LOMCs Not Incorporated
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed . below will not be reflected on the revised FIRM
panels because of scale limitations or because the LOMC issued had determined that the lot(s) or
structure(s) involved were outside the Special Flood Hazard Area , as shown on the FIRM . These
LOMCs will remain in effect until the revised FIRM becomes effective. These LOMCs will be
revalidated free of charge 1 day after the revised FIRM becomes effective through a single
revalidation letter that reaffirms the validity of the previous LOMCs .
LOW Case No.
Date Project Identifier Panel anel
OTS 317 & 318, SEA BLUFFE VILLAGE
LOMA 93-09-653A 08/09/1993 0607260008A 06073C1035G
RACT 88-209, PORTION OF LOT 9-- 2801
LOMA 98-09-011A 11 /19/1997 ANTA FE VISTA CT. 06073CIO61F 06073C1061G
512 SAN ELIJO AVENUE — A PORTION OF LOT
LOMA 98-09-837A 07/24/1998 , SECTION 27, T13S, Raw 06073C1044F 06073C1045G
[RANCHO LA ENCINITAS, LOT 28 -- 4159
LOMA 04-09-0728A 05/19/2004 rANCHESTER AVENUE (APN: 259-210-21 ) 06073C1063F 06073C1063G
70-OAS) Parcel 2, Parcel Map 14086 — 2629
LOMA 11 -09-1715A 03/22/2011 [ONE JACK ROAD 06073C 1061 F 06073C 1061 G
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FINAL SUMMARY OF MAP ACTIONS
Community: ENCINITAS , CITY OF Community No: 060726
3 . LOMCs Superseded
The modifications effected by the LOMCs listed below have not been reflected on the Final revised
FIRM panels because they are being superseded by new detailed flood hazard information or the
information available was not sufficient to make a determination . The reason each is being
superseded is noted below. These LOMCs will no longer be in effect when the revised FIRM
becomes effective.
Date Reason Determination
LOMC Case No. Issued Project Identifier Will be Superseded
NO CASES RECORDED
1 . Insufficient information available to make a determination .
2. Lowest Adjacent Grade and Lowest Finished Floor are below the proposed Base Flood Elevation .
3. Lowest Ground Elevation is below the proposed Base Flood Elevation .
4. Revised hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.
5. Revised topographic information .
4. LOMCs To Be Redetermined
The LOMCs in Category 2 above will be revalidated through a single revalidation letter that
reaffirms the validity of the determination in the previously issued LOMC . For LOMCs issued for
multiple lots or structures where the determination for one or more of the lots or structures has
changed , the LOMC cannot be revalidated through this administrative process. Therefore, we will
review the data previously submitted for the LOMC requests listed below and issue a new
determination for the affected properties after the effective date of the revised FIRM .
LOMC Case No. Date Project Identifier Old New
Issued Panel Panel
NO CASES RECORDED
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