HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 032372F - Seeking Flood Insurance Coverage Under The National Flood Insurance Program - 03_23_19720 326'I2lc_
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, is a politi-
cal subdivision of the State of Texas referred to in Article 8280-13, Vernons
Revised Civil Statutes (Texas); and,
WHEREAS, political subdivisions of the State of Texas are authorized
by Article 8280-13, Vernons Revised Civil Statutes (Texas) to take all neces-
ary and reasonable actions to comply with the requirements and criterion of
the National Flood Insurance Program; and,
WHEREAS, certain areas under the jurisdiction of the City of Lubboc
Lubbock County, Texas, have suffered damage from flooding within the city;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas desires to have flood insurance coverage made available to its citizen
under the National Flood Insurance Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock, Lubbocl County, Texas, has not
adopted flood plan regulatory measures; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas,
recognizes a public need for flood insurance and hereby evidences a positive
interest in securing flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insur-
ance Program.
SECTION 2. THAT the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas,
will cooperate with the federal, state and local agencies which undertake to
study, survey, map and indentify flood prone areas, and to indentify and eval
uate local flood hazards, all within the boundaries of the City of Lubbock,
Lubbock County, Texas.
SECTION 3. THAT the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas,
will adopt by December 31, 1973, land use and control measures, with ef-
fective enforcement measures, which are consistent with such criterion for
land management and use as may be developed by the Federal Insurance Ad-
ministrator.
SECTION 4. THAT the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas,
will apply and enforce such land use control measures commencing as soon
as the necessary technical information on flood ways and controling flood
elevation becomes available.
SECTION 5. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to submit to the Federal Insurance Administrator, with the necessar
supporting documentation, an application for the establishment of premium
rates and the declaration of eligibility of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock Count3
Texas, for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram. _
Passed by the City Council this
ATTEST:
Lavenia Lowe,' -City Secretary -Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
. Senter, Jr., Cit Xttorney
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