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YUEN:Yeah, I have a question about the CLOMR for the property. When this, <br />when the plan approval application came in for the office building in I think it was March of this <br />year to the Department, we looked at the regular Public Works maps and saw that much of the <br />property was in the AE flood zone and did not see how the building was going to be put there. <br />We then wound up not approving the plan, not giving plan approval because of the time lapse on <br />the original zoning ordinance. But we have information from the Applicant that a CLOMR was <br />issued that would allow the development of the property. Can you explain what happened in that <br />CLOMR? <br />GOMES: The engineer representing the owners did a topography, and based on that <br />topography and the existing conditions, they have shown that they're not going to increase the <br />water level, so that's why they did a, what they call a backwater flood study showing cross <br />sections and it was reviewed by the Department of Public Works and then we sent it on to FEMA <br />and they reviewed it and they addressed the issue of, you know, no adverse effects to the, effects <br />to the adjoining properties.The flood zone is not going to raise, you know, that's our main <br />concern is that it's not going to raise the flood waters, yeah. <br />YUEN:If I recall correctly, I guess we don't have a smaller scale map of this. <br />PUBLIC:We do. <br />YUEN:But -. Okay. That the -. Do you have a more detailed map of the area? <br />Okay. <br />GOMES:I think this map right now that Norman is putting up is the map that was <br />prepared by Yen Wen Fang, he's the engineer for the developers, and it's his study and cross- <br />sections of the lines are the cross-sections in his determination of what's going to happen with <br />this development. <br />YUEN:If their office building is put there, how does the water get across the lot? <br />GOMES:It would flow around the building. <br />YUEN:It goes around the building? <br />GOMES:Yeah. So it would be what they call an encroachment into the flood zone. <br />YUEN:Can you show us, can you just point things out on the map, and the before <br />and after, and give us some reference points here? <br />GOMES:This is the flood zone, and the water's flowing this way. <br />YUEN:Can you show us the streets, just for point of record? <br />6 <br /> <br />