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RESOLUTION NO. 113
Series of 1971
WHEREAS, certain areas of the Community are subject
to periodic flooding from the streams causing serious damages
to residential properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of flood insur-
ance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as
amended; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this City Council to
comply with land use and management criteria regulations as
required in said act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of this City Council to
recognize and duly evaluate flood hazards in all official actions
relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood
hazards; and
WHEREAS, the Code Citations of any State enabling legis-
lation and of any resulting county, city, town or village ordinance
that authorized this City to adopt land use and control measures
is 89-21-23 (7) (a), 1963, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council
hereby assures the Federal Insurance Adminstration that it will
take legislative action as follows:
(1) Enact by December 31, 1971, and maintain in force for
those areas, adequate land use and control measures with effective
enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in
Subpart A of Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Regula-
tions; and
(2) If necessary, seek State enabling legislation confer-
ring authority to enact land use and control measures designed to
reduce the exposure of property to flood loss; and
(3) Take such other official action as may be reasonably
necessary to carry out the objectives of the program. Such actions
will include but not be limited to:
(a) Assisting the Federal Insurance Admini-
strator, at his request, in delineating the limits of the flood plain
having special flood hazard on available local maps of sufficient
scale to identify the location of the building sites.
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(b) After flood insurance is made available,
furnishing representatives of the National Flood Insurers Associ-
ation (also appropriate Federal or State agencies, upon request)
information concerning new or substantially improved structures with-
in the area of special flood hazard. This information will include
floor elevations and, if there is a basement, the distance between
the first floor and the bottom of the lowest opening where water flow-
ing on the ground will enter.
(c) Cooperating with Federal, State and local
agencies which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood-
prone areas as well as cooperating with neighboring jurisdictions
with respect to adjoining flood plains in order to prevent aggra-
vation of the flooding problem.
(d) Providing the name of the individual and
the office that will be responsible for furnishing the first floor
elevation information.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this City Council hereby
appoints the Mayor with the responsibility, authority and means
to implement the commitment made herein.
DONE AND RESOLVED this
A. D., 1971 by a vote of 4 to
day of
March
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Albert E. :Anderso'n, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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ouise F. Turner, City Clerk
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