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R-75-120 - 2/13/1975and ATTEST: RESOLUTION NO. 120R RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FLOOD INSURANCE WHEREAS, certain areas of Round Rock are subject to periodic flooding from Brushy Creek and Lake Creek, 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, WHEREAS,. it is the intent of this City Council to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards, and WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to .Art. 820 -13 V. A. C. S. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council hereby: 1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having flood hazards, adequate land use control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations, and 2. Vests the City Manager 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 hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites. (b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concern- ing present uses and occupancy of the flood plain. (c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify the flood plain, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards. (d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's eligibility an annual report to the .Administration on the progress made during the past year within the community in the development and implementation of flood plain management measures. 3. Appoints the Building Official to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded. 4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program. RESOLVED, this the 13th day of February, 1975. ATTEST: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FLOOD INSURANCE WHEREAS, certain areas of Round Rock are subject to periodic flooding from Brushy Creek and Lake Creek, 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 this City Council to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all official actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special flood hazards, and WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Art. 820 -13 V. A. C. S. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this City Council hereby: 1. .Assures the Federal Insurance .Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having flood hazards, adequate land use control measures with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations, and 2. Vests the City Manager 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 hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites. (b) Provide such information as the Administrator may request concern- ing present uses and occupancy of the flood plain. (c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify the flood plain, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain areas in order to present aggravation of existing hazards. (d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's eligibility an annual report to the Administration on the progress made during the past year within the community in the development and implementation of flood plain management measures. 3. Appoints the Building Official to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade on one or more sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded. 4. .Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program. RESOLVED, this the 13th day of February, 1975.