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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Contact:
Mark J. Swartout, Community Rating System
Coordinator,
360-709-3079
Progress made in implementing Thurston County Flood Hazard Plan
OLYMPIA
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Thurston
County
has issued an annual report on the progress
toward implementing the 27 action
recommendations contained in the county’s 1999 Thurston County Flood
Hazard Management Plan.
This progress report is
required as part of the
Thurston
County
’s recertification under the National Flood Insurance Community Rating
System. The rating
Thurston
County
received again this year allows property owners renewing or purchasing flood
insurance on or after October 1, 2000, a 25% reduction in their insurance
premium. The rating came as part of the county’s reverification process with
the federal government.
Progress Summary:
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Most of the
Plan’s action recommendations call for implementation within the next
six-years.
q
None are
behind schedule.
q
Twenty-two of the 27
actions have been completed, four partially and one
is waiting for other actions to be completed.
Examples include applying for the Community Rating System program,
expanding the Thurston County Storm and Surface Water rate boundary
county-wide, funding for flood related projects in the County’s Capital
Facilities Plan, installation of staff gauges along major rivers and tracking
of flood elevation certificates for individual homes. In addition, each
library in the county has flood management documents, a public outreach
mailing was sent to floodplain residents and real estate offices, and
allowances were made for enforcement capability for maintaining storm water
facilities.
The seven-page progress
report is available to the public by calling Mark Swartout at 360.709.3079.
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