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Minutes of the
<br /> Meeti-hg of the
<br /> PLANNING BOARD
<br /> DATES June 11, 1975
<br /> TIMEt 86. 00 -
<br /> PRESENTz Thomas Bourgeois Pauline DeLory . (Conservation)
<br /> Earle Marsters Henry Godleski (Civil Defense)
<br /> R31chard.son Jonas Brent McMahan (Selectmen)
<br /> Peter Sloane George Bingham (Police)
<br /> If-arold. Collins George Green (Highway)
<br /> Guest Speakers, Ann Volpe of the. C.C.PoE..D.C.
<br /> 4A&R*
<br /> The Cape Cod Planning and. Economic Development Comma.ssion.,
<br /> has offered. technical assistance in the area of Flood Pla,3-n
<br /> Insurance. Simply put, the Federal Government makes low,"
<br /> cost flood. plrain 'insura_ nce favailrable to. towns which agree to
<br /> try and control land. use _in �the flood. plain careause First,
<br /> by joining the program which Mashp,ee hr,_�,s done - and se condo by
<br /> having a flood Plain study and, mce,3,p made. The final mapo wh3ich
<br /> should. be available she rtly� incliides -9:, flood, base line based.
<br /> on a, crlter: ia. of a. 100&-year storm. The elevinati* on will be
<br /> about eleven feet*
<br /> After July 1, flood insurance will be a - requirement before
<br /> a, f ederally-a connected bg:,nk can give ta mortgage on too truetion in a. "gray" careat Tnsurance benefits and, costs were
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<br /> di scussed from M else
<br /> supplied by Ms,
<br /> Another requirement of ca town wishing to parta.c3Lpri,te in the
<br /> program is enactment of a, by-1,aw wh.ich controls construction
<br /> in the flood, plain arease An example given was the Bourne
<br /> Zoning By,--Law and. would, "Include _,a)a c1cause which would. not
<br /> allow a build,"
<br /> :Lng permit for a, residence below the elevenwafoot
<br /> elevation, b)general building specifiCfAtions such as erg.
<br /> tight closures.
<br /> How is this program subsi' dized.? Everyone prays their premium .
<br /> into the New England, area pool.-- If there is 8, storm -and. ,the
<br /> pool cannot cover the lossesp- the Fed.eral - Government steps in,
<br /> As of this program, -there will be no more. 11d,:*Lq, -,q.,ster - axecall
<br /> Claims- and f edercal funding ras- in - the prast o Th'e plan is de-,
<br /> signed. to reduce damage by forcing people to build caxefullya;'
<br /> If Mazhpee does not raocept its flood plain ra,,;3,P, i' t has s 3.X
<br /> months to appeal, 90 dayr, cadminis teat iire appeal to IIUDp and
<br /> then ccri-,n take the matter to-- court. Fralmouth is. challenging
<br /> HUD' s method of mappi-ng (tre r i r:-'Lver areas the name as
<br /> coastal- areas) . How will th3i's affect -Mcashpeel? Will Mashpee
<br /> have to comply with its map, tr.he, - portinent by-la,WS and
<br /> enforce the eleven-foot elevation while Falmouth' s su21t is
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