HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 91-51RESOLUTION NO. 91 - 51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DIAMOND BAR APPLYING FOR FLOOD INSURANCE FROM
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Diamond Bar are
subject to periodic flooding, mudslides, (i.e., mudflows), or
flood -related erosion, causing serious damages 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 Council to require the
recognition and evaluation of flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or
flood -related erosion hazards in all official actions relating to
.� land use in areas having these hazards; and
WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use
and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to
State law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council hereby:
1. Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it
will enact as necessary, and maintain in force in those areas
having flood, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or flood -related erosion
hazards, adequate land use and 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 of Diamond Bar with the responsibility,
authority, and means to:
(a) Assist the Administrator, at his request, in his
delineation of the limits of the area having special flood,
mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or flood -related erosion hazards.
(b) Provide such information as the Administrator may
request concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain,
mudslide (i.e., mudflow) or flood -related erosion areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State and local agencies
and private firms which undertake to study, survey, map, and
identify flood plain, mudslide (i.e., mudflow), or flood -related
erosion areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with
respect to management of adjoining flood plain, mudslide (i.e.,
mudflow) and of flood -related erosion areas in order to prevent
aggravation of existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community's
initial eligibility an annual report of the Administrator on the
progress made during the past year within the community in the
development and implementation of flood plain management
measures.
(e) Upon occurrence, notify the Administrator in
writing whenever the boundaries of the community have been
modified by annexation or the community has otherwise assumed or
no longer has authority to adopt and enforce floodplain
management regulations for a particular area. In order that all
Flood Hazard Boundary Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps
accurately represent the community's boundaries, include within
such notification a copy of a map of the community suitable for
reproduction, clearly delineating the new corporate limits or new
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area for which the community has assumed or relinquished flood
plain management regulatory authority.
3. Appoints the Director of Public Works to maintain for
public inspection and to furnish upon request, for the
determination of applicable flood insurance risk premium rates
within all areas having special flood hazards identified on a
Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map, any
certificates of flood -proofing, and information on the elevation
(in relation to mean sea level) of the level of the lowest
habitable floor (including basement if habitable) of all new or
substantially improved structures, and include whether or not
such structures contain a basement, and if the structure has been
floodproofed the elevation (in relation to mean sea level) to
which the structure was floodproofed;
4. Agrees to take such other official action as may be
reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of
July , 1991.
MAYOR
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on 2nd day of July , 1991,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILME14BERS - Nardella, Papen, Mayor Pro Tem Kim,
Mayor Forbing
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMENBERS - Werner
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMENBERS - None
LyNgA BURGES,;=Cit Clerk