2007-085-RES-Committing the Community to Floodplain management

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RESOLUTION N0. 2007-085 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, COMMITTING THE COMMUNITY TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, certain areas of the city of Paris are subject to periodic flooding, causing serious damages to properties within these areas; and, WHEREAS, under the National Flood Insurance act of 1968, as amended, residents of the City of Paris can purchase Federally subsidized flood insurance if the City qualifies for and participates in the National Flood Insurance Program; and, WHEREAS, it is the intent of this City Council to qualify for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards for all proposed developments within the identified floodplains of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has the legal authority to adopt and enforce floodplain management criteria to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Subchapter I, Section 16.315 of the Texas Water Code; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of this resolution is hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City Council hereby assures the Federal Emergency Management Agency it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas having flood hazards, adequate floodplain management standards with effective enforcement provisions consistent with the minimum criteria set forth in Section 60.3 of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations. Section 3. That the City Council hereby vests the City Manager, or his official designate, with the responsibility, authority, and means to (1) assist the Floodplain Administrator, at her request, in her delineation of the limits of the areas having special flood hazards; (2) provide such information as the Floodplain Administrator may request concerning present uses and occupancy of the floodplain; (3) cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify floodplain areas and cooperate with neighboring political subdivisions with respect to management of adjoining floodplain areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing flood hazards; (4) submit, as requested by the Floodplain Administrator, a biennial report to the Floodplain Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the city in the development and implementation of floodplain management measures; and (5) upon occurrence, notify the Floodplain Administrator in writing whenever the boundaries of the city have been modified or changed by annexation of new areas or if the city no longer has the authority to enforce floodplain management regulations in a particular area. Include within such notification a copy of a map of the city clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new area for which the city has assumed or has relinquished floodplain management regulatory authority. Section 4. That the City Council hereby appoints the Director of Community Development to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request any certificates offlood-proofing and information on the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the level of the lowest habitable floor