Item N08
Revised 2/95
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 21. 2000
Division: COMMISSIONER NELSON
Bulk Item: Yes
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Department:
BOCC
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
RESOLUTION REQUESTING COUNTY COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE FEMA MANDATE TO
REMOVE AND/OR DENY INSURANCE ON DOWNSTAIRS ENCLOSURES.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
CURRENT FEKA REGULATIONS FOR DOWNSTAIRS ENCLOSURES ARE ARBITRARY AND
CAPRICIOUS AND REQUIRE FURTHER EXAMINATION AND REVISION.
PREVIOUS REVELANT DOCe ACOON:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUEPRODUClNG: Yes_ No_ AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _
OMBlPurchasing _
Risk Management _
DMSION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
TYPE NAME HERE
DOCUMENTATION:
Included_
To Follow
Not Required
DlsPOsmON:
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WHEREAS, the five current county commissioners are not signers of the current
agreement with FEMA and
WHEREAS, the five current county commissioners are interested in working with FEMA
to solve our common problems and
WHEREAS, FEMA pays out 80% of its flood benefits to victims on rivers and tributaries
and
WHEREAS, FEMA is currently providing reliefto the city of Sweetwater, Florida in
which 884 homes flooded, with mortgages, which had no flood insurance, and
WHEREAS, only homes which sit in V zones would be in danger of wave action causing
downstairs enclosures to threaten the integrity of the main building and
WHEREAS, Monroe county has approximately 5 - 7,000 illegal downstairs enclosures
which provide low-cost housing to 15 - 17,000 working people who support the economy of the
Florida Keys and who do not have an alternative source of housing and
WHEREAS, commercial buildings can flood-proof their downstairs enclosures and
residential owners are denied this remedy and
WHEREAS, current mandates are arbitrary and capricious, the time for rules to be
reviewed and revised is long past due.
THEREBY, The Monroe County BOCC respectfully requests that members of BOCC
and FEMA meet to review the policy of removing the downstairs enclosures and not
underwriting the insurance for the real estate of Monroe County based on non-compliance of
current regulations.
Dated: November 21, 2000
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Murray Nelson,
Monroe County Commissioner, District 5
CC: Rep. Ken Sorensen
Rep. Peter Deutsch
Gov. Jeb Bush
US Senator Connie Mack
US Senator Bob Graham
James Lee Witt, F.E.M.A.