80-05 R - Participation in National Flood Insurance Program-
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e RESOLUTION NO . 80-C
STATE OF TEXAS :
CITY OF PROSPER
COUNTY OF COLLIN
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of PROSPER 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 PROSPER 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 new
developments within the identified floodplains of PROSPER ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of PROSPER 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, that this City Council hereby:
1 . Assures the Federal Emergency Management Agency that it will
enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas having flood
hazards, adequate land use and controlmeasures with effective enforcement
provisions consistant with the Croteria set forth in Section 60 . 3 of the
National Flood Insurance Program Regulations; and
2 . Vests the Mayor, or his official designate, with the responsibility,
authority, and means to:
a. Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his delineation
of the limits of the areas having special flood hazards .
b . Provide such information as the Administrator may request
concerning present uses and occupancy of the floodplain areas .
c . 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 flood-
plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing
flood hazards .
d . Submit on the anniversary date of the City' s initial program
eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the
progress made during the past year within the City in the
development and implementation of floodplain management
measures .
e . Upon occurance, notify the 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.
3 . Appoints VENNIE C. SPRADLEY to maintain for public
inspection and to furnish upon request, any certificates of flood-proofing,
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arid, information on the elevation (in relation to feet mean sea level) of
the level of the lowest habitable floor of all new and substantially
improved structures located within the identified floodplain of the City
of PROSPER . The information should include whether or
not such structures contain a basement, the elevation of the basement, and
Ar if the structure has been flood-proofed the elevation to which the
was flood-proofed.
4 . Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably
necessary to carry out the objectives of the :'rational Flood Insurance
Program .
'TOW, THEREFORE, on this 14 day of OCTOBER , 1980, in a
meeting of the City Council of PROSPER , Texas, duly convened
and acting in its capacity as governing body of CITY OF PROSPER 5
the following members being present:
RALPH C. BOYER , Mayor
DAN WEBB , Councilman
DON RENEAU , Councilman
STANLEY WEBB Councilman
CECIL NORRIS Councilman
® On motion of Councilman eec;/ /1/OftreCT , seconded by Councilman
OAN IvF11 5 , duly put and carried, this Resolution is hereby adopted.
The vote of the City Council on this matter was as follows:
Voting AYE: LL/YAA//'m Uu_S
Voting NAY: — c
STATE OF TEXAS :
CITY OF PROSPER ••
COUNTY OF COLLIN •
I, MARIAN HOLBROOK City Secretary of the City of
do hereby tertify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution made and
entered by the City Council in regular session, on the 14 day
of OCTOBER , 1980, as it appears od record in the minutes
of said City Council, Volume .. , Page /( .
GIVE 4 UNDER MY IIAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 14 day of
OCTOBER , 1980 .
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