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DONOVAN James
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VOGENEY Ken
Friday, June 1B, 2010 1:44 PM
'Tim Verkler'
DONOVAN James
RE: Flood Study
Tim,
Thank you for your email and voicemail messages.
The flood insurance study (FIS) being prepared by the Corps of Engineers is currently on hold for 2 key considerations:
1. The preliminary results from the study show that additional data and analysis is needed t6 complete the
upstream study area beyond Hendricks Bridge. This additional work may need to extend up to the Walterville
area or beyond. Funding for this additional work was not included in the original study scope and has not been
identified.
2. I learned in late May that FEMA has contracted with the Corps of Engineers to develop new hydrology (river
flow) data for the Upper Willamette Basin, which includes the McKenzie River. This hydrology study will likely
take a couple of years to complete and is being done to support a broader FEMA effort for updating their flood
studies throughout the Upper Willamette Basin. Both FEMA and the Corps recommend that the current
McKenzie River/Cedar Creek FIS work be tabled pending the results of the hydrology study since this may have a
significant effect on the FIS results.
Concerning the potential annexation of the property at the north end of 6Sth Street, the City has adopted new standards
and codes for annexing property as a result of the dissolution of the Lane County Boundary Commission a couple years
ago. Any annexation application will be subject to the new requirements. While we have not reviewed the subject
property in the context of the new requirements, it is likely that some conditions or reference to flood plain concerns
would be included in the required Annexation Agreement since we believe that the current FIS for the McKenzie River
and Cedar Creek is flawed and we do not have an updated FIS.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Sincerely,
Ken Vogeney
City Engineer
541-736-1026
kvogenev@lci.soringfield.or.us
From: Tim Verkler [mailto:timverkler@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 9:55 AM
To: VOGENEY Ken
Subject: Flood Study
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Ken,
I'm a real estate broker at REIMAX Integrity and I've been working with the owners of 954 66th 81. in Thurston
since March 2006. In 2007, we were able to partition the property and sell the part that was outside the urban
growth boundary. We had a buyer, Mike Blankenship, for the 4.69 acres withiri. the UGB and he spent a
considerable sum of money on the partition and engineering work for a proposed subdivision. The flood study
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being done by the Corps of Engineers put that purchase on hold and the change in the market further
complicated the proposed sale.
The flood study results that I saw in 2009 seemed to verify that the property was not going to be in the flood
plain. I'm hoping for an update on the flood study status and whether the property located at the end of North
65th could be annexed without conditions related to the flood study.
Thank you,
Tim
Tim Verkler
RE/MAX Integrity
Full Service Real Estate Broker
Direct - 541-485-1613
Cell- 541-554-0910
,Fax - 541-868-8310
timverkler@remax.net
www.eugeneproperties4u.com
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