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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-068-07/11/1974-ASSURING THE FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE CITY WILL ENACT AS NECESSARY AND MAINTAIN IN S tiJ RESOLUTION 74-68 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ASSURING THE FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WILL ENACT AS NECESSARY AND MAIN- TAIN IN FORCE ADEQUATE LAND USE AND CONTROL MEASURES WITH EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSUR- ANCE PROGRAM REGULATIONS WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Fort Collins are su b3ect to periodic flooding or mudslides from streams causing serious damage to properties within these areas, and WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of federally subsidized flood insurance as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to comply with land use and management criteria regulations as required in said Act, and WHEREAS, it is also the intent of the City Council to recognize and duly evaluate flood and/or mudslide hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood plain and/or mudslide areas having special flood and/or mudslide hazards, and WHEREAS, the City Council has the legal authority to adopt land use control measures to reduce future flood loses pursuant to Article 20 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado and the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, that the City Council hereby assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it takes the following legislative action (1) The Director of the Department of Community Develop- ment is hereby appointed with the responsibility, authority and means to (a) Delineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood and/or mudslide hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites (b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain and/or mudslide area (c) Maintain for public inspection and furnishing upon request with respect to each area having special flood hazards, information on elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floors of all new or substantially improved structures, and (d) Cooperate with federal, state and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain or mudslide areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities in respect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards (e) Submit on the anniversary date of this City' s initial eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the City in the development and implementation of flood plain and/or mudslide area management measures (2) Take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby appoints the Department of Community Development with the overall responsibility, authority and means to implement all commitments made herein PASSED AND ADOPTED at an adjourned meeting of the City Council held this llth day of July, A D 1974 - ) )a&m-41 0 ) ATTEST Assistant Mayor de den- City Cler -2-