The City, also, submitted its final response to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) to fulfill its requirements. This letter provides assurance that upon project completion, properties will be removed from the FEMA flood map. United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceĪs of November 2019, our Public Works staff has secured the necessary easements for the construction of the North Shoreview Flood Zone Project, and obtained the Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).California Department of Fish and Wildlife.In 2019, the City received permits from the following agencies for the construction of the North Shoreview levee and pump station improvements: North Shoreview Levee and Pump Station Improvement Project In the meantime, property owners in the flood plain must still carry flood insurance.Ĭlick on the tabbed links below to read more about the project. In March 2018, City Council approved the formation of the North Shoreview Assessment District to fund a portion of levee and pump station complete, is anticipated to revise the flood map and remove the newly-added areas above. For more information, read the following informational handouts: Fact Sheet for Properties Newly Mapped Into-High Risk Areas and Map Changes & Flood Insurance: What Property Owners Need to Know.įormation of North Shoreview Assessment District

View the current (2019) FEMA Flood Zone Map to see which additional areas may be affected in the North Central neighborhood, highlighted in red. An estimated additional 176 additional addresses could be added to the high-risk zone, although FEMA is still in the appeal resolution stage of releasing the map. In 2018, FEMA performed a coastal study and released a preliminary map which became effective as of April 5, 2019.

New Homes Entering 'High Risk' Zones in April 2019 The CLOMR provides assurance that FEMA will revise the flood map upon completion of the levee improvements. The City obtained the Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) from FEMA in 2019. In 2003, the City requested revision of the FIRM and provided FEMA information on planned or in-progress flood improvement measures. The City also completed a comprehensive study of tidal and residual flood risks, flood protection measures to address these risks, and estimated costs and funding sources to implement improvements. In response, the City adopted a flood ordinance that meets federal standards for regulating development and improvements to properties in special flood hazard areas. City’s Efforts to Revise FIRMįEMA requires communities to address tidal flooding (from the San Francisco Bay) and residual flooding (from interior sources like creeks) to remove areas designated as flood prone from the FIRM. Since then, the City has undertaken a number of steps to modify FEMA’s designation and reduce residents’ insurance premiums. This designation became part of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that went into effect in 2001 and made flood insurance mandatory for properties within the special flood hazard area and optional for those in other areas. In response, FEMA conducted a flood insurance study that designated areas north of Highway 92 for inclusion in a special flood hazard area. Historically, the City was not considered flood prone, but studies completed in the 1980s revised this assessment. The City of San Mateo has been a regular member of the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981. The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make flood insurance available to communities that adopt floodplain management regulations.

Fema designated flood zone