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MINUTES FOR THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20, 2024
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Date: November 20, 2024
Location: First Floor Conference Room
300 South Church
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Opening:
In Attendance marked in bold
Members:
Susan Merideth
Jeremy Bevill
Janice Porter
Charles Coleman
David Handwork
Jeannie Gillis, Co-Chair
LaGanzie Kale
Kim Schrantz
Jeff Steiling
Pam Alexander
Rick Wyatt, Chairman
Officials & Staff:
Harold Copenhaver - Mayor
Derrel Smith - Director of Planning & Zoning
Craig Light - Chief City Engineer
Roger Gibson - Stormwater Manager
Marvin Day, Craighead County Judge
Melissa Dooley - ASU
Beverly Parker, Keep Jonesboro Beautiful
Ken Kelso - Construction Outreach Coordinator
Tracey Cooper - Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER
Wyatt called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• Minutes for the September 18, 2024, Stormwater Management Board Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Coleman and seconded by Porter. The minutes were unanimously approved.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Light stated they have been notified that HUD will be amending rules beginning January 1, 2025, to comply with new Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS). FFRMS implemented a two-foot freeboard requirement for structures in the floodplain. FFRMS were adopted by the grant arm of FEMA. The City of Jonesboro’s current regulation is only one-foot of freeboard. HUD will not allow funding for housing not two-feet above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). To ensure compliance with these new rules, the City’s minimum BFE needs to be raised to two-foot above BFE.
Coleman questioned if there is a regulatory elevation study. If it is in a floodplain or next to a drainage easement. The model ordinance has a two-foot freeboard requirement but the City has kept it at one-foot since 2011. Steiling questioned if the one-foot has been serving the City well because this is a blanket o...
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