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RESOLUTION NO. 5336
RESOLUTION ASSURING DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT
IT WILL ENACT ANY NECESSARY LAND USE CONTROL MEASURES TO MEET CRITERIA
FOR NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND DESIGNATING
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER TO COORDINATE AND WORK WITH ADMINISTRATOR OF
FEDERAL INSURANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Richfield are subject to periodic flooding
from ponding areas, lakes and wetlands, 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 1868; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this council to require the recognition and evalu-
ation 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 Minnesota State Law, Chapter 351, Minnesota
Flood Plain Management Act:
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 for those areas having flood 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 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 concerning
present uses and occupancy of the flood plain areas.
(c) Cooperate with Federal, State, and :~oca1 agencies and private firms
which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood plain areas,
and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to r:a.nagement
of adjoining flood plain areas in order to prevent aggravation of
existing hazards.
(d) Submit on the anniversary date of the community initial eligibility
an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made during the
past year within the community in the development and implementation
of flood plain management measures.
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3. Appoints the Department of Public Works to maintain f'or public inspection
and to furnish upon request a record o_f elevations (in relation 'to mean sea level)
of the lowest floor of all new or substantially improved structures located in the
special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is beJ_ow grade on one or more
sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded.
~+. Agrees to take such other official action as ma~% be reasonably necessary
to carry out the objectives of the prc6x~at;~.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 2~+th day of March, 1975.
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