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A Resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, approving the Intergovernmental Agreement between Pinal Couty Flood Control District and the City of Maricopa for the maintenance of the flood control improvements in Red Valley Ranch. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
The project, Red Valley Ranch, is a proposed Residential Development and will consist of various buildings, amenities, drainage facilities, and open spaces. The site is irregular in shape, consisting of approximately 38 acres. The site is surrounded by agricultural land and residential development. The Volkswagen testing facility is located less than half a mile north of the site. The site is located within the limits of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, in Pinal County. The site is bounded by Farrell Road on the north, Steen Road on the south, Anderson Road on the east, and the alignment of the East Main Irrigation Canal on the west (Pinal County Assessor’s Parcel Number 502-07-010-0). The proposed Red Valley Ranch development is located within the existing Flood Zone "X."
Red Valley Ranch has designed and engineered a flood control solution and has submitted a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (Red Valley Ranch CLOMR) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that removes the property from the floodplain. The Red Valley Ranch CLOMR requires the construction of certain flood mitigation structure(s) (the Flood Control Structures) within the boundaries of the property. Pursuant to 44 C.F.R. 65.10(d), (Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations) in order to qualify for the issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), Red Valley Ranch must assure FEMA that ultimate responsibility for maintenance of the Flood Control Structures is under the jurisdiction of a Federal or State agency, an agency created by Federal or State law, or an agency of a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, hereinafter referred to as the Agency. The ...
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