HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-017 CCR Member Tony Kuefler introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 74_17
RESOLUTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Brooklyn Center are sub-
ject to periodic flooding from the Mississippi River, causing serious
damages to properties within these areas; and
WHEREAS, relief is available in the form of flood insurance
as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Brooklyn Center City Council
to comply with land use and management criteria regulations as re-
quired in said act; and
WHEREAS, it is also the intent of the Brooklyn Center City
Council to recognize and duly evaluate flood hazards in all official
actions relating to land use in the flood plain areas having special
flood hazards; and
WHEREAS, the Code Citations of State enabling legislation
and of any resulting local ordinance that authorizes this City to
adopt land use and control measures are: Minn. Statutes Sections
394.01 et sect and 505.09 to 505.13 (counties); Minn. Statutes 462.351
to 462.363 (cities, villages, boroughs); Minn. Statutes, C. 104 (Flood
Plain Management Act); etc.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Brooklyn Center to take the following action:
1) Appoint the City Manager with the responsibility,
authority and means to:
a) Delineate or assist the Federal Insurance Adminis-
trator 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 area.
c) Maintain for public inspection and furnishing upon
request, with respect to each area having special
flood hazards, information on elevations (in relation
to mean sea level) of the lowest floors of all new or
substantially improved structures.
RESOLUTION NO. 74 -17
d) Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies
and private firms which undertake to study, survey,
map, and identify flood plain areas, and cooperate
with neighboring communities with respect to manage-
ment of adjoining flood plain areas in order to
prevent aggravation of existing hazards.
e) Submit on the anniversary date of the City's
initial eligibility, an annual report to the
Administrator on the progress made during the past
year within the City in the development and imple-
mentation of flood plain management measures.
2) Take such other official action as may be reasonably
necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
January 21, 1974
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Date Mayor
ATTEST:
L Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member Maurice Britts and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen,
Maurice Britts Bill Fignar, Tony Kuefler and Robert Jensen;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.